Shadow of Intent

Shadow of Intent is a Kerel-pattern assault carrier of the Swords of Sanghelios formerly assigned to the Covenant fleet. Commanded by Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum. During the Great Schism it served as the flagship of the Fleet of Retribution.
== History ==
The Shadow of Intent was originally designed by the Prophet of Expediency in conjunction with the Vice Minister of Sacral Assembly during the Third Age of Discovery. The ship's construction was performed by the Lathe of the Enlightened at Song of Victory. Much of the ship's operational history was later lost following the Fall of High Charity and loss of Ministry records.
At the dawn of the Great Schism, shortly after the Sangheili's betrayal by the Hierarchs and Jiralhanae, Shadow of Intent was attached to one of the Covenant fleets at High Charity when the Covenant holy city was at Installation 05. Under the control of the jiralhanae, Shadow of Intent attacked the Sangheili fleets over High Charity as the Covenant civil war began. Special Operations Commander Rtas 'Vadum led a strike-force that boarded Shadow of Intent and seized control of the carrier. The damage taken the hand-to-hand combat of these boarding actions was hastily sealed off and much left without full repair. Becoming the flagship of 'Vadum's Fleet of Retribution, Shadow of Intent was thereafter one of two assault carriers used against the Jiralhanae-led forces loyal to the San'Shyuum, alongside the Eternal Reward. However, Eternal Reward was destroyed when the carrier was attacked by ships led by Prelate Tem'Bhetek's frigate Spear of Light. Shadow of Intent led the blockade of High Charity, trading plasma torpedoes with san 'shyuum-controlled vessels to prevent any ships from escaping the quarantine of the station. The loyalists had no vessels capable of matching Shadow of Intent in firepower and intended to overwhelm it with sheer numbers once its support vessels had been eliminated, though this plan went awry following the emergence of the Flood.
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