Black Ghost

Category:Gamestrider1
Category:Individual Ships
The monstrous legend of the “Black Ghost” ship is a mystery. Even before the Human-Covenant War, many pilots told tales about signals allegedly sent from an unknown ship. But no one could find any official records about it. And recently, some pilots have been talking about personally meeting this ship away from the major space routes. They say that stumbling upon it "means bad luck." Perhaps this is only a legend, but if you hear the sound of a fog whistle or see a mark on the radar, it is said you must run, or face death.
== Design details ==
The "Black Ghost," as it has been dubbed by pilots and traders across settled space, appears to resemble an ancient design of maritime warship, more specifically a destroyer. However, it appears to have been modified with more recent technologies. Reports of the ship's appearance and capabilities vary from person to person, leading many to even doubt its existence. According to one pilot, the ship was equipped with weapons known as "halo launchers."
Despite the ancient nature of the vessel, it has been modified with advanced technologies capable of overpowering even Covenant ships. The vessel possesses energy shielding similar to that of Covenant vessels, but it does not appear of Covenant make. The vessel also seems to have been fitted with a slipspace drive of unknown model.
According to various descriptions, the identification on the side of the vessel's hull either reads "75" or "79," with no letters in the designation.
== History ==
The existence of the Black Ghost is widely debated. All of its "history" exists as legend, with freighter pilots telling stories of its terror to others. The vessel was supposedly first encountered before the Human-Covenant War. According to the first to tell of the ship, their vessels encountered the ship outside normal travel routes, lurking in the shadows of settled space. Several signals were allegedly sent from the ship, but several minor efforts by the Office of Naval intelligence to look into the Black Ghost found no records of it, leading to it to be disregarded as a myth. However, the rumor of the ship has spread widely throughout the Unified Earth Government's outer colonies, becoming a popular ghost story used to frighten others. Whether or not it truly exists is still unknown, but if the vessel really does exist, it is a force to be feared.