Song of Retribution

Song of Retribution was a Covenant Carrier that was being constructed in an obscure Shipyard when the Covenant officially fell apart. The Carrier was in the last stages of construction when the news arrived that the war was over, and so it was commissioned without weapons or shielding, instead being used as a transporter for three years before falling into the hands of the Covenant Remnant.

Jul Mdama used this ship as his personal flagship after refitting it with weapons and shields, allowing it to fulfil its original potential as a warship. It went up against the UNSC Infinity over Requiem but was beaten back. Despite being of a similar size to the Infinity, the Song of Retribution had inferior weapons compared to the state-of-the-art Human ship, and Jul Mdama was apparently heard saying that he did not want to bring his ship anywhere near the Infinity again.

After a long, drawn-out battle on Requiem, the Song of Retribution eventually docked on the planet and delivered most of its payload of war machines onto the surface. When Jul decided to destroy the planet, the Song of Retribution was one of the last ships to leave and it was the meeting place of Jul and Catherine Halsey before a deal was made between the two to join forces.

It is unknown what became of the Song of Retribution following this. Jul Mdama went on to establish the closest thing there had been to a New Covenant Empire, reigniting the abandoned forges and factories of the Covenant and commissioning thousands of warships to wage war against the UNSC. The Song of Retribution may have continued to be Jul's flagship or he may have simply built a newer and better ship to command, leaving the Song of Retribution to a lesser Shipmaster. The Shitmaster would state by 2590 that the Shadow of Intent was the last of the original Covenant Carriers still in service, though he may have meant in service with the Swords of Sanghelios, making it remotely possible that the Song of Retribution is still out there somewhere.