UNSC 42nd Naval Battlegroup

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=History=
The 42nd was commandeered by ONI Section III at the end of the Human-Covenant War to test weapons technologies. The Battlegroup went through a total refit and overhaul. Some of the modifications to the group included:
:*Removing frigates and replacing them with new Umbra Class prowlers.
:*Replacing old destroyers with the experimental Steam-class.
:*Replacing old "dumb" AIs with new experimental "smart" AIs.
:*Upgrading infantry with new weapons, armor, and communications equipment.
:*Refit of the UNSC Lugh into a Nuada class cruiser, which allows for total AI control.
After the refit the Battlegroup was relocated to the Alpha Aurigae System were they proceeded to put the new technologies through its paces.
=Composition=
===Overview===
*Danu - Carrier
*Lugh - Cruiser
*Dagda - Cruiser
*Aengus - Destroyer
*Fionn - Destroyer
*Amadain - Destoyer
*Conn - Prowler
*Scathach - Prowler
*Ecne - Prowler
*Morrigan - Prowler
*St. Bridget - Support/Troop Transport
*St. Michael - Support/Troop Transport
===The Lugh===
The cruiser Lugh is the result of Project: NUADA. The project was commissioned after the Battle of Reach to help offset the huge loss of human resources that occurred at Reach. The goal was to build a ship controlled entirely by AI. A Halcyon class cruiser was chosen for the project. The ship was gutted and a huge number of modifications were made. The ship was to be AI controlled so she only had a skeleton crew of engineers and a few officers, because of this the majority of the cyro tubes and crew quarters could be removed, freeing up huge amounts of space. This space was used to add three new reactors, replacing the original MAC gun with two Shredder MACs, adding 80 MLA 100mm auto-cannons for point defense, shields, and ten Shiva-class nuclear weapons that can be are carried in modified LRSOIPs for slispace insertion.
===Destroyers===
The destroyers of the 42nd are an interesting prototype called Steam-class. These designs came out of a Section-III think tank for unorthodox weapons. The destroyers, in addition to conventional weapons, are equipped with EM weaponry. These weapons let out pulses of EM that disable Covenant shields and ships. Because of the disruption that field causes to everything around it, including the ship itself, Steam-class destroyers are all radiation-hardened and critical systems have mechanical backups.
===Prowlers===
===Support===
=Quotes=
*"We might be working as Section 3 lackeys but you have to admit, those AIs that they gave us are top of the line, the rest of the fleet hasn't even seen them yet." - Engineer
*"Boom said the lay-day" - Admiral Stone, on seeing a NOVA explosion
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