Flotilla of Supplication

The Flotilla of Supplication was a Covenant naval unit of the Ministry of Tranquility assigned with the task of locating and retrieving sacred artefact's on Human worlds prior to their cleansing by units of the main Covenant Navy. The unit was commanded by Commander Riko 'Kasamee, under the supervision of the Minor Minister of Reclamation.
== History ==
=== Formation ===
At the outset of the Human-Covenant War, the outgoing Vice Minister of Tranquility, prior to his assentation to the rank of Prophet, ordered the assembly of a flotilla of ships for the express purpose of retrieving Forerunner artefacts that had yet to be defiled by humanity. The newly minted Flotilla of Supplication was placed under the direct command of the devout and ruthless Commander Riko 'Kasamee, whom had shown his efficiency as a commander in the elimination of rogue Kig-Yar privateers who had been hoarding Forerunner artefacts from the Covenant. Whilst the position of overall leadership fell to the Minor Minister of Reclamation, a San'Shyuum with no qualifications, other than his loyalty to the now Prophet of Regret and devout belief in the Great Journey.
=== Human-Covenant war ===
==== Battle of Vision ====
==== Battle of NX-583 ====
Upon arrival at the planet, Commander 'Kasamee immediately deployed the flotilla's ground forces to secure the forerunner ruins, whom came into contact with a contingent of Spartan-III's whom had just landed hours earlier. Whilst the ground forces began either gathering the artefacts for transport to the Conveyor of the Faithful or engaged the Spartan's on the planets surface, the flotilla assumed a picket around the planet with the intention of denying the Spartan's from being able to escape into orbit from the forces hunting them.
However, whilst commander 'Kasamee was in the middle of dealing with the provocations of the minister for 'allowing' the humans to desecrate the planet, the UNSC's Battlegroup Churchill arrived to reinforce the Spartans. Upon seeing the oncoming human fleet, 'Kasamee ordered the flotilla to close up its formation around the Pilgrim's Solace for the inevitable space battle, whilst he sent the Conveyor of the Faithful with its forerunner artefacts, out of the system for saftey. He had also told the minister to also return to the outbound supply ship, but the San'Shyuum was still aboard the flagship when combat was joined.
Despite the technological superiority of the Covenant ships, the numerical superiority of the UNSC and the still scattered Covenant fleet proved fatal to the flotilla. Whilst the two flagships tore into each other to little effect other than stripping the others escort screen, the flanking UNSC cruiser squadrons blew through both of the covenant flanks at the cost of most of their frigates in return. Surrounded by the remnants of the UNSC force, the Pilgrim's Solace fought a last stand as it retreated towards the planets gravity well, intending to use the gravity well to disengage from the unfavourable odds, destroying the Halcyon-class cruiser Rudras and the Marathon-class cruiser Royal Oak in the process. Unfortunately the UNSC's overwhelming firepower proved too much as the flagship was battered into a drifting hulk, saved only from complete destruction when it fell into the planets gravity well, crash landing near the ruins main complex, killing many of the surviving crew along with the Minister.
Commander 'Kasamee was one of the few to survive both the space battle and the crash landing, however his wounds would prove to be his death, as whilst a skilled swordsman, his wounded state meant he was unable to defend himself from Aytron-A384, who killed him in a duel whilst trying to stop the Spartans from detonating the wrecked ships reactor to destroy the complex. The resulting explosion obliterating both the complex, the ship, and the entirety of the covenant ground contingent, along with the survivors of the flotilla's other ships.
=== Disbandment ===
The Conveyor of the Faithful and its small crew, under the assumed command of intelligence specialist Fyze 'Mogamee, as the only remaining ship in the flotilla returned to the safety of Covenant Space, before heading to the capital of High Charity to offload its artefacts.
With all but one ship left and all of its leaders dead, the flotilla was formerly disbanded with the Conveyor of the Faithful and its crew returning to the Ministry of Tranquillity, whilst Fyze, who had been initially considered for assassination, was instead promoted to the rank of Major and was reassigned to the Fleet of Righteous Vindication.
The prophets, aware that the flotilla's lack of naval strength had resulted in its destruction, decreed that all future artefact recovery efforts would be a part of dedicated combat formations, rather than as independent flotilla's.
==Order of Battle==
Name 	Class 	Fate 	Notes
Pilgrim's Solace 	ORS-Class Heavy Cruiser 	Shot down by UNSC Churchill, later destroyed by reactor overload by Team Grizzly.	Flotilla Flagship.
Conveyor of the Faithful	DSC-Class Supply ship 	Returned to Ministry of Tranquility. 	Flotilla supply and storage, command ship of Minor Minister of Reclamation, crewed entirely by San'Shyuum, and Huragok.
Sacred Fire 	RPV-class light destroyer	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Truth Seeker 	RPV-class light destroyer	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Divine Charity 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Triumphant Spirit 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Pious Justice 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Rising Prayer 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Unflynching Absolution 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Infinite Clarity 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Raptuous Sancity 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
Glorious Penance 	SDV-Class Corvette 	Destroyed by Battlegroup Churchill. 	
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