UNSC Discovery

== UNSC Discovery ==
The UNSC Discovery was one of the first Phoenix class Colony ships humanity sent out among the stars. She would land on the world that would become the colony of Veriposa. On world, She was partially disassembled for parts, but remained largely intact. After the colony became more established, the Discovery was largely forgotten until 2480. For several decades, the Discovery remained largely as a museum. In 2528, the UNSC began a search for any vessel able to be refit for service in the Human-Covenant war. The search discovered that the Discovery, both due to later restorations as part of becoming a museum and never being fully taken apart, was still miraculously 80% intact, and could indeed become space worthy if given several months of work. Work began on her in July 2529, and by August 2530, Discovery entered orbit over Veriposa, under her own power. Here she would undergo final refits for military service, being turned into a supply vessel just as the UNSC Spirit of Fire had.
=== Service [2530-????] ===
In October 2530, the newly refit and restored UNSC Discovery formally entered military Service. Discovery would serve as a supply vessel for several different fleets through out the war. By December 2549, she was stationed as the supply vessel for the Epsilon Eridani defense fleet. Her service there was uneventful until later that year when the Covenant invaded the system. During the battle, the Discovery provided ground support and performed repair and resupply for Damaged UNSC warships. Eventually, as Reach fell, she was order to evacuate, but not before loading herself to double capacity with survivors from both the planet and drifting bumblebee escape pods. On route to Earth, she was ambushed by pursuing Covenant forces, but managed to escape, taking heavy damage in the process. When she arrived at Earth, she was immediately put into repair as her current state was considered too damaged to take part in the defense. When the covenant arrived, she was still undergoing repairs in orbit. Against orders, her captain disengaged her from the repair dock and brought The Discovery into the battle for Earth. She deployed ground forces to Voi, New Mombasa, Cairo, London, and Los Angeles. When the battle was over, Discovery was discovered to have survived, though disabled and once again suffering heavy damage.
By June 2553, the Discovery had once again been fully restored and was helping in recolonization efforts due to her original design and purpose. She managed to re-establish contact with multiple worlds. In 2558, when the Created arose, the Discovery was on a mission to re-establish a colony world. A single Guardian arrived, and began demanding the submission of the colony and the Discovery. Unbeknownst to the Created however, the AI of the Discovery had feigned loyalty to the cause when it was contacted, all the while remaining loyal to the UNSC, and had given her crew prior warning. As such, the discovery was ready when the forerunner construct arrived, had already evacuated the colonists from the world below, and was ready to get under way. As the Guardian arrived, the UNSC Discovery managed to fire several salvos from her MAC and secondary armaments as she made her escape into slip space. 
She reunited with other scattered UNSC forces, and became a vital part of the resistance due to her resupply and production abilities. After the battle for Zeta Halo, her current status is unknown, though it is largely believed she was lost with all hands.