The lore of this ship is actually heart breaking. A colony ship, meant to bring life and light and hope to new worlds, having guns bolted to it in desperation, for need of humanities survival in our darkest hours.
Even the peaceful shepherd has to defend his flock from the wolves now and again. The Phoenix Class: She'll deliver you to your new home, or deliver you straight to hell.
She did what the covenant couldnt do, fight the banished and win. And lets not forget before all of that she helped take back a planet from the covenant!
she was built for colonial logistics, the was refit for war logistics, and served that role well, makes you wonder if the UNSC has successors for the Phoenix class for recolonizing glassed worlds
Her mottos says it all; "The Ends Justify The Means" Also she was converted originally for anti-Insurrection work, she was well into her new roll by the time the Covenant hit human space.
@@TheMhalpern Several of her features were included in full scale carriers I believe, at least according to Fleet Battles. The Infinity features quite a few of her same capabilities.
Cpt. James Cutter: “We are just one ship… and an old one at that. But here we are. Thirty years past what anyone could ask of us. Our war is gone. The lives we had are gone. The worlds we knew have moved on. And now, all that we may have left are those standing beside us and the duty that defines us - battle after battle, fighting side-by-side together. Where you see half a crew, Isabel, I see family, courage, and a thousand heroes who swore to fight their way through hell before they’d ever turn their backs and run. And where you see one old ship… I see home. And that is always worth fighting for! If we don’t stop Atriox now, we leave the galaxy at the mercy of a monster. So no, Isabel. We won’t be running anywhere today.”
While there are many things I love about Halo, the ship names have always been one of my favorites. The Spirit of Fire, The Pillar of Autumn, Forward Unto Dawn. They all have a speak to something greater than the words themselves, each a little poem.
How can you miss out the amazingly complex and unique ship names 343 came up with like Infinity, which clearly symbolises how infinite the new studio’s creativity level is
@@legomacinnisinc Midsummers Night is from the Book "Halo: the Cole Protocol" IDK about the other ship. The covies have awesome sounding fleet names: Fleet of Glorious Consequence, Furious Retribution, Rigorous Prayer.
Phoenix-class is an appropriate name, especially for the _Spirt of Fire_ given how it has been "reborn" twice so far. 1st from being refitted from a colony ship to a logistical support ship, & 2nd from the fires of the shield world being active once more at Instillation 00.
@@CBRN-115 Not all. People overlook them for the more unique names, but the UNSC does have a lot of rather bland ship names. Trafalgar, Hercules, Texas, Halberd and the like.
I really like the Spirit of Fire. It's a flying factory that somehow became a bigger pain it the butt for the Covenant and the Banished than any ship than the Infinity.
I mean, In Amber Clad got hijacked and used to drop flood onto High Charity, while Forward Unto Dawn got Master Chief onto installation 00 and the Pillar of Autumn blew up a Halo ring. Sooo... It's a bit more like it's in good company than anything else.
@@Grounders10 True, but The Spirit of Fire is still operational (Okay, barely). Plus it was never a warship, the retrofit gave it some serious firepower, but even in it's prime it wasn't a match for Covenant ships. If the Ship Master wasn't such a tool or the Spirit of Fire didn't have plot armour thick enough to make Master Chief jealous, the Enduring Conviction should of wrecked it in Halo Wars 2. I hope that game isn't the last of the Spirit of Fire. A updated refit for a Halo Wars 3 would be cool.
@@chaosreaver3597 Unless they retconned in the team looting some construction Sentinels and Sernea programming them to refit the ship in the 30 years between games, it REALLY should have spent all of Halo Wars hiding on the far side of the Ark (With some reason given that the Enduring Conviction couldn't just outmaneuver them in the chase)
@@DIEGhostfish True, plot armour, you can't beat it. But from the first entry of the Halo franchise you do insane [expletive] that shouldn't work. The last level of Halo: CE, cracking the containment field of a fusion reactor with grenades (I know everyone just used the rocket launcher), in a heavily damaged ship that crash landed from space, at best it should of immediately blown up or not worked. Not given you a convenient timed run to escape to a working, undamaged, space worthy Longsword fighter that just happens to be parked in front of a open hanger bay. Again I know, the plan was to get picked up by Foehammer and find the nearest space bar for a beer or 10, but every time John rolls a nat 20 on his luck stat someone dies, usually everyone and he still gets live another day.
Let's be honest The Forward Unto Dawn, In Amber Clad and Infonity may be the ships of the main story but The Spirit of Fire is the ship name that catches you in the feels.
This is my actual favorite ship in all of Halo, it’s so interesting to see civilian ship to be converted into different roles then their original intended ones
Absolute favorite Halo ship and definetly in my top 3 of all sci-fi. We definetly need to name at least one of the colony ships to Mars "Spirit of Fire".
@@KayleighBourquin That and, not every ship has to have an amazing name, for every Heart of Midlothian, Feeling Lucky, Do You Feel Lucky? and Dawn Under Heaven etc. there are 10 ships with names like Victory, Belfast, Commonwealth, Mars, Utopia etc etc
@@KayleighBourquin Sadly both were destroyed. what makes it worse is, you know that Marathon crusier that gets destroyed by 'Day of Jubilation' during the Halo 2 cutscene 'Return to Sender'? That was UNSC Felling Lucky. She may have felt lucky, but damn, they weren't even close to being lucky.
And let us not forget the class of ship made a cameo in an episode of "The Orville". I though it was cute but also sort of spoke to their being more than Union ships in and around space.
@@Man-O-Little-Tan I was referring to theaters details from divine wind of Spartans 3's arrival into the battle on the ark. They had communicated between installations before, like 343 guilty spark did before serious monitor failure occurred on the rest of the rings. The ark is linked to those rings, but they hadn't had a chance to get into a comms station yet
When i joined the navy we didnt have any fancy smancy ships, we had a pheonix, and a couple of halcyons, and we had to share the phoenix, your one lucky captain - Some UNSC admiral (probably called Johnston) telling a complaining UNSC captain to shove it
@@KayleighBourquin The comment was an edit of what Johnson said. The fictional character being referenced does not exist but is instead a reference to Johnson with the simple addition of a letter "t".
@@KayleighBourquin Oh, I'm sorry. It's just that your reference seemed to be lacking any sort of hint as to it being a reference, and instead comes off as being serious and not adding anything to the joke.
The Halo Wars story is really good when you give it a chance. Sure the RTS style isn’t everyone’s thing but the story really deserves more love for how awesome it is.
I desperately want more sci-fi stories that directly cover humanity making those first steps as an interstellar civilization. The discovery of some means to travel FTL, the first habitable worlds... Lots of stuff like Halo treat that as background lore only. The closest I can think of is The Expanse but that's about the only example I can think of.
To a degree Stargate hits some of those notes. Off course I'm also just a fan of the BC-304 Daedalus class design; but that did take until around Season 9 of SG-1 & Season 2 of Atlantis to appear while Prometheus appears about halfway through Season 6.
Star Trek: Enterprise is very early in the Star Trek timeline, following the NX-01 Enterprise (earth’s first warp 5 capable ship). The federation doesn’t exist yet. Humanity’s only extraterrestrial allies are the Vulcans; it’s so early Human ships don’t have energy shields or photon torpedos yet and transporters are only for cargo and not people. Through the show you see first contact with the Klingons, Romulans and others. Captain Archer helps forge Earth’s first alliances beyond the Vulcans which lays the foundation for the United Federation of Planets. Overall I really like the show, it can be a little hit or miss at times but the final season is excellent, probably one of the best in any Star Trek series.
There an old saying" She might not be pretty but she can get the job done." Very much sum up the spirit of fire and it journey through both the human insurrection wars, to the covenant war. No matter what the galaxy throws at her both her an the crew of the spirit of fire will keep on going until the day is done.
CCS battlecruiser. Do it! You've done literally every other Halo ship despite the CCS being the second ship we see in Halo. It's a bit like ignoring the ISD to cover a freaking Gozante (Though those ships are dope in a utilitarian way)
I love how at the opening of Halo Wars 2, when the coilgun batteries pop out of their housings, they all say #5 on the side, but in the first game, those same guns had #3, #4, and #5 written on them before they were blown up by that Covenant Destroyer's broadside, implying that they basically took a bunch of spare guns meant to replace gun #5 and just filled in the now vacant gun slots for numbers 3 and 4 as well as 5.
They missed a trick by just loading the interior space down with missiles and launchers. Imagine a 'broad side' capacity in the high thousands to low tens of thousands of missiles per launch.
The problem with that is that, as the Phoenix Class is a refit civilian ship, it doesn't have the staying power to actually use such a tactic ... Well, outside of using it against other human ships ... Covenant weaponry would silce such a huge target to shreds before it get in position and even if it managed to fire off its payload, it wouldn't do anything to any Covenant/Banished ship unless they already had their shields down.
The ship was meant to bring life and light to be a symbol of hope to the new worlds and it served very well and every time I hear the Halo theme it gives me a sense of reverence.
The Phoenix and the Orion class are my two favorite UNSC designs. Siege vessels capable of supporting nearly any operation from the front of the formation. Interior factories and all
This is one of my favorite videos you guys have done in recent memory. Never even played Halo Wars, and now you make me feel like I missed out. Well done!
The acomplishments of this ship are insane, they took a planet back from the covenant, killed a arbiter and stopped his plans, and fought and won against the banished.
@@HexAyed survived a flood infestation & prevented further contamination would be more accurate. Which is an achievement that not many in the UNSC have.
I like that it has factories on board. A lot of sci-fi assumes re-supply but given the distances involved, a self-sufficient colony style ship makes more sense even if it a warship or other non-colonization purpose.
Just wanted to say, I love your work. The videos are always a joy to both watch and listen to. And the cherry on top is hearing that intro and outro music. It gives me nostalgia vibes, as Battlezone 2 was my big game as a kid.
When people say Halo isn't emotional I tell them the history of this ship and the sacrifice of Sgt. Forge, heck the episode homecoming comes to mind as well
Realy interesting parallels between the UNSC Spirit of Fire and BSG Galactica. Vessels who inadvertently became tools for the protection and preservation of humanity albeit on different scales.
Particularly when you consider that both are old and stubborn ships that refuse to go quietly into the night. Both also have inherent survivor spirit and dogged determination.
This Bird along with it's brave crew define the meaning of Human Courage amongst the Stars. They didn't need to buy yet they did tread and make the path.
Everyone in the lore is like "The Phionex is an Old Civilian Ship" but I feellike that's really not doing it justice. Because it's basically a manufactoring fortress with guns attachted.
Easily my favorite sci-fi ship, I love oh so many more in so many stories, shows, and games. But this ship to me is just the coolest, and fairly realistic in it's uses.
Easley my favorite halo ship right up there with the stalwart class frigate. Aside from the amount of customization this ship is able to have should be the standard of the unsc a phinox II class should be the staple of the unsc.
If I was commanding a core world shipyard I would’ve concentrated on building militarized colony ships with Marathon dual MAC guns extra reactors feeding the MACs directly to reduce recharge time and fire consecutive shots. Vanadium hull bracing for extra durability with over 2M of titanium A armor.
Hey Spacedock, you always make some really nice and detailed breakdowns about many different Sci Fi ships, I would like to ask you, is there any chances you may cover in the future some ship from the game Dreadnought? I been playing that game for like 3 years already and really like it, there is many nice Capital ships there built for war with their Lore and designs, that may be worth a video, thanks anyways, keep the good work.
Can we just appreciate that this ship and its crew (1) *SURVIVED several Flood encounters* and decimated an entire Forerunner fleet, (2) wasn't built for war but endured 80 years past its creation and service as a colonial ship, (3) is captained by a man who is born from Reach - the military capital and fallen world of humanity, (4) houses its own team of Spartan IIs by chance, (5) slingshotted its way around a dying star as a jump-start into a 28-year-long limping journey back to populated space, (6) IMMEDIATELY rejoined the fight for humanity after realizing "oh we won the last war, what's one more?" and (7) has perhaps the best musical score of any game or ship in the series. Chief, Keyes and the Pillar of Autumn were cool, but Jerome, Cutter and the Spirit are absolutely based, goated and red pilled.
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The lore of this ship is actually heart breaking. A colony ship, meant to bring life and light and hope to new worlds, having guns bolted to it in desperation, for need of humanities survival in our darkest hours.
Even the peaceful shepherd has to defend his flock from the wolves now and again.
The Phoenix Class: She'll deliver you to your new home, or deliver you straight to hell.
She did what the covenant couldnt do, fight the banished and win. And lets not forget before all of that she helped take back a planet from the covenant!
she was built for colonial logistics, the was refit for war logistics, and served that role well, makes you wonder if the UNSC has successors for the Phoenix class for recolonizing glassed worlds
Her mottos says it all; "The Ends Justify The Means"
Also she was converted originally for anti-Insurrection work, she was well into her new roll by the time the Covenant hit human space.
@@TheMhalpern Several of her features were included in full scale carriers I believe, at least according to Fleet Battles.
The Infinity features quite a few of her same capabilities.
"Threading a needle next to an exploding star, inside a planet that's falling apart... sure, why not?" -Serina
"Serina can you do it?"
@@williamcostigan91 "It's done."
@@KayleighBourquin "You might want to hold on to something. Closing your eyes might help too."
Cpt. James Cutter: “We are just one ship… and an old one at that. But here we are. Thirty years past what anyone could ask of us. Our war is gone. The lives we had are gone. The worlds we knew have moved on. And now, all that we may have left are those standing beside us and the duty that defines us - battle after battle, fighting side-by-side together. Where you see half a crew, Isabel, I see family, courage, and a thousand heroes who swore to fight their way through hell before they’d ever turn their backs and run. And where you see one old ship… I see home. And that is always worth fighting for! If we don’t stop Atriox now, we leave the galaxy at the mercy of a monster. So no, Isabel. We won’t be running anywhere today.”
That speech is what sold me on the new Captain Cutter actor. Still miss the old one, though.
10/10 best speech in halo…
SIR, YES SIR!
You forgot the part where he slams the general quarters alarm right after "...And that is always worth fighting for!".
Now that is some fine writing.
While there are many things I love about Halo, the ship names have always been one of my favorites. The Spirit of Fire, The Pillar of Autumn, Forward Unto Dawn. They all have a speak to something greater than the words themselves, each a little poem.
Love the say my name and the in abmer clad, here's hoping 343 gets back to that type of name convention.
How can you miss out the amazingly complex and unique ship names 343 came up with like Infinity, which clearly symbolises how infinite the new studio’s creativity level is
UNSC Midsummers Night and the civilian ship Two for Flinching have the best names Ive ever heard for ships thanks Halo Universe 😇
@@wangchung2157 I hadn't heard of those! Those are great!
@@legomacinnisinc Midsummers Night is from the Book "Halo: the Cole Protocol" IDK about the other ship. The covies have awesome sounding fleet names: Fleet of Glorious Consequence, Furious Retribution, Rigorous Prayer.
My god the Halo Wars Theme was spine tingling, absolutely one of the best pieces of music in the series
My favorite track in the series. The Halo 2 track has nothing on it
@@CMTechnica I hate to admit it, but you're right.
I absolutely love that they actually remembered to show the damage on the port side whare she collided with that covenant ship in the first game.
Where can I see it.
Phoenix-class is an appropriate name, especially for the _Spirt of Fire_ given how it has been "reborn" twice so far. 1st from being refitted from a colony ship to a logistical support ship, & 2nd from the fires of the shield world being active once more at Instillation 00.
Definitely one of my favorite Halo Ships, if only for the name: "Spirit of Fire"
UNSC Fëanor
Halo ship names are all beautiful. Both UNSC and Covenant
@@CBRN-115 Indeed. Pillar of Autumn set a great precedent.
Nothing beats the UNSC Say My Name
@@CBRN-115 Not all. People overlook them for the more unique names, but the UNSC does have a lot of rather bland ship names. Trafalgar, Hercules, Texas, Halberd and the like.
I really like the Spirit of Fire. It's a flying factory that somehow became a bigger pain it the butt for the Covenant and the Banished than any ship than the Infinity.
I mean, In Amber Clad got hijacked and used to drop flood onto High Charity, while Forward Unto Dawn got Master Chief onto installation 00 and the Pillar of Autumn blew up a Halo ring. Sooo... It's a bit more like it's in good company than anything else.
Never underestimate the power of the humble logistics vessel. ^^
@@Grounders10 True, but The Spirit of Fire is still operational (Okay, barely). Plus it was never a warship, the retrofit gave it some serious firepower, but even in it's prime it wasn't a match for Covenant ships.
If the Ship Master wasn't such a tool or the Spirit of Fire didn't have plot armour thick enough to make Master Chief jealous, the Enduring Conviction should of wrecked it in Halo Wars 2.
I hope that game isn't the last of the Spirit of Fire. A updated refit for a Halo Wars 3 would be cool.
@@chaosreaver3597 Unless they retconned in the team looting some construction Sentinels and Sernea programming them to refit the ship in the 30 years between games, it REALLY should have spent all of Halo Wars hiding on the far side of the Ark (With some reason given that the Enduring Conviction couldn't just outmaneuver them in the chase)
@@DIEGhostfish True, plot armour, you can't beat it. But from the first entry of the Halo franchise you do insane [expletive] that shouldn't work.
The last level of Halo: CE, cracking the containment field of a fusion reactor with grenades (I know everyone just used the rocket launcher), in a heavily damaged ship that crash landed from space, at best it should of immediately blown up or not worked.
Not given you a convenient timed run to escape to a working, undamaged, space worthy Longsword fighter that just happens to be parked in front of a open hanger bay. Again I know, the plan was to get picked up by Foehammer and find the nearest space bar for a beer or 10, but every time John rolls a nat 20 on his luck stat someone dies, usually everyone and he still gets live another day.
Let's be honest The Forward Unto Dawn, In Amber Clad and Infonity may be the ships of the main story but The Spirit of Fire is the ship name that catches you in the feels.
Pillar of autumn is also a great name
Seriously how can you then not mention The Pillar of Autumn!
The famous “Infonity”
Twelve years - twelve long years. That's how long it took us to get this video in all its glory.
Best ship design of the franchise hands down.
This and the Paris-class are the top two for me. Can't decide which one I like more.
This is my actual favorite ship in all of Halo, it’s so interesting to see civilian ship to be converted into different roles then their original intended ones
During WWII, cargo ships were converted to aircraft carriers. The Bogue class escort carriers of the US Navy were an example.
Absolute favorite Halo ship and definetly in my top 3 of all sci-fi.
We definetly need to name at least one of the colony ships to Mars "Spirit of Fire".
Seconded
Starship spirit of fire
She maybe an old ship but she can still pack a punch.
I hope in later games we will see her fighting alongside the Infinity.
heh
Dayum, gonna have to get Halo Wars 2, using a Halo ring as a distress beacon, wow
Halo has THE BEST ship names.
Infinity & Eternity though, kinda lame in comparison. Though, the lore justification makes sense, they still sound faux-epic (as opposed to true epic)
@@KayleighBourquin That and, not every ship has to have an amazing name, for every Heart of Midlothian, Feeling Lucky, Do You Feel Lucky? and Dawn Under Heaven etc. there are 10 ships with names like Victory, Belfast, Commonwealth, Mars, Utopia etc etc
@@HexAyed what madman named Feeling Lucky, Do You Feel Lucky?
@@KayleighBourquin Sadly both were destroyed. what makes it worse is, you know that Marathon crusier that gets destroyed by 'Day of Jubilation' during the Halo 2 cutscene 'Return to Sender'?
That was UNSC Felling Lucky. She may have felt lucky, but damn, they weren't even close to being lucky.
@@KayleighBourquin Those names go from being lame to awesome if you take the full lines from that poem instead of just single words.
Hell yeah! Phoenix-class FTW! Possibly my favourite ship in all of Halo, let alone sci-fi in general! Oh how I've waited for a on it from here!
And let us not forget the class of ship made a cameo in an episode of "The Orville". I though it was cute but also sort of spoke to their being more than Union ships in and around space.
I hope we see the Spirit of Fire in Halo Infinite. I could care less for the infinity.
Probably wont see it in Infinite, that focuses on Instillation 07 and the Spirit is still over the Ark.
Divine Wind DID just come out though...
@@KillerOrca they had a 4 month time from this to the battle of installation 07.
@@debbiebernhardt5406 I dont think they have ftl tho and the ark isnt exactly close
@@Man-O-Little-Tan I was referring to theaters details from divine wind of Spartans 3's arrival into the battle on the ark. They had communicated between installations before, like 343 guilty spark did before serious monitor failure occurred on the rest of the rings. The ark is linked to those rings, but they hadn't had a chance to get into a comms station yet
Speaking of a tough ship that couldn't be destroyed by any foe, have you considered making a video on the SDF-1 Macross?
I do want to see that ship
Beautiful music. Beautiful ship. I really love the Spirit of Fire. It's such a wonderful example of ship design.
When i joined the navy we didnt have any fancy smancy ships, we had a pheonix, and a couple of halcyons, and we had to share the phoenix, your one lucky captain - Some UNSC admiral (probably called Johnston) telling a complaining UNSC captain to shove it
Johnson was an enlisted Marine, he would never willingly hold the rank of Admiral ;-P
@@KayleighBourquin
The comment was an edit of what Johnson said. The fictional character being referenced does not exist but is instead a reference to Johnson with the simple addition of a letter "t".
@@cdhr6743 No? Really? I totally didn't get that and make reference to it. Wow, you learn something new everyday.
@@KayleighBourquin
Oh, I'm sorry. It's just that your reference seemed to be lacking any sort of hint as to it being a reference, and instead comes off as being serious and not adding anything to the joke.
@@cdhr6743 I wasn't trying to add anything to the joke, I was criticising it.
The Halo Wars story is really good when you give it a chance. Sure the RTS style isn’t everyone’s thing but the story really deserves more love for how awesome it is.
I desperately want more sci-fi stories that directly cover humanity making those first steps as an interstellar civilization. The discovery of some means to travel FTL, the first habitable worlds... Lots of stuff like Halo treat that as background lore only. The closest I can think of is The Expanse but that's about the only example I can think of.
To a degree Stargate hits some of those notes. Off course I'm also just a fan of the BC-304 Daedalus class design; but that did take until around Season 9 of SG-1 & Season 2 of Atlantis to appear while Prometheus appears about halfway through Season 6.
Star Trek: Enterprise is very early in the Star Trek timeline, following the NX-01 Enterprise (earth’s first warp 5 capable ship).
The federation doesn’t exist yet. Humanity’s only extraterrestrial allies are the Vulcans; it’s so early Human ships don’t have energy shields or photon torpedos yet and transporters are only for cargo and not people.
Through the show you see first contact with the Klingons, Romulans and others. Captain Archer helps forge Earth’s first alliances beyond the Vulcans which lays the foundation for the United Federation of Planets.
Overall I really like the show, it can be a little hit or miss at times but the final season is excellent, probably one of the best in any Star Trek series.
What a wonderful ship. As a support ship lover I'm happy to be introduced to this ship!
You sound definitely check out Halo Wars and Halo Wars 2, both are in Game Pass (console and PC). The Spirit's story in one worth experiencing
@@KayleighBourquin thanks I'll look into it!
@@CMDRArsenCross Have fun!
There an old saying" She might not be pretty but she can get the job done." Very much sum up the spirit of fire and it journey through both the human insurrection wars, to the covenant war. No matter what the galaxy throws at her both her an the crew of the spirit of fire will keep on going until the day is done.
CCS battlecruiser. Do it! You've done literally every other Halo ship despite the CCS being the second ship we see in Halo. It's a bit like ignoring the ISD to cover a freaking Gozante (Though those ships are dope in a utilitarian way)
I love how at the opening of Halo Wars 2, when the coilgun batteries pop out of their housings, they all say #5 on the side, but in the first game, those same guns had #3, #4, and #5 written on them before they were blown up by that Covenant Destroyer's broadside, implying that they basically took a bunch of spare guns meant to replace gun #5 and just filled in the now vacant gun slots for numbers 3 and 4 as well as 5.
Halo has some lovely ship designs but there's something special about the Phoenix. Stunner!
The Human ship designs are just fabulous.
Can you take a look at the Everest-Class dreadnoughts in Mass Effect if you haven't yet?
Best name of any fictional ship
Spirit of Fire needs to be reunited with UNSC Infinity and the UNSC as a whole once again.
343, PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Oh man, I’ve always dreamed of a Halo: Fleet Battles anime done by the same studio that made Star Blazers 2199
#2 favorite ship of all time, what a beauty
They missed a trick by just loading the interior space down with missiles and launchers. Imagine a 'broad side' capacity in the high thousands to low tens of thousands of missiles per launch.
The problem with that is that, as the Phoenix Class is a refit civilian ship, it doesn't have the staying power to actually use such a tactic ... Well, outside of using it against other human ships ... Covenant weaponry would silce such a huge target to shreds before it get in position and even if it managed to fire off its payload, it wouldn't do anything to any Covenant/Banished ship unless they already had their shields down.
The ship was meant to bring life and light to be a symbol of hope to the new worlds and it served very well and every time I hear the Halo theme it gives me a sense of reverence.
The Phoenix and the Orion class are my two favorite UNSC designs. Siege vessels capable of supporting nearly any operation from the front of the formation. Interior factories and all
Orion class needs more love honestly. Beautiful class of ships
This is one of my favorite videos you guys have done in recent memory. Never even played Halo Wars, and now you make me feel like I missed out. Well done!
Man, despite this thing's age, it's incredibly versatile in functions. I wonder what a purpose-built military version of similar size could do.
Humanity rises from the Ashes. Blazing the way with the Spirit of Fire
I love how the dropshits are deployed, it makes me remember the movie starship troopers during the attack on one of the insect worlds
that last line though speaks so much about the history of this beautiful vessel
This is a welcome surprise to wake up to. Thank you, you just made my day.
The Spirit of fire essentially went you threatened my home I destroy you
The first time I saw that wide angle shot of this ship in Halo Wars, I was in love with it!
Honestly, one of my favorite ships in scifi. Doesn't have the biggest guns but it's got a crew with heart.... miles and miles of heart.
The production value on these new episodes is astounding! Looking forward to what the future has in store for this channel and the Sojurn.
Loves this design so much I like the thinness towards the bottom
really want to see this ship and red team tie into the main halo story fingers crossed infinite
I just finished painting a miniature of this ship for Halo Fleet battles, it is one of my absolute favourite designs
The acomplishments of this ship are insane, they took a planet back from the covenant, killed a arbiter and stopped his plans, and fought and won against the banished.
Defeated the Flood also
@@HexAyed survived a flood infestation & prevented further contamination would be more accurate. Which is an achievement that not many in the UNSC have.
One of my favourite designs in all fairness
I like that it has factories on board. A lot of sci-fi assumes re-supply but given the distances involved, a self-sufficient colony style ship makes more sense even if it a warship or other non-colonization purpose.
"And where you see one old ship… I see home. And that is always worth fighting for!" *slams the general quarters button*
Just wanted to say, I love your work. The videos are always a joy to both watch and listen to. And the cherry on top is hearing that intro and outro music. It gives me nostalgia vibes, as Battlezone 2 was my big game as a kid.
When people say Halo isn't emotional I tell them the history of this ship and the sacrifice of Sgt. Forge, heck the episode homecoming comes to mind as well
Realy interesting parallels between the UNSC Spirit of Fire and BSG Galactica. Vessels who inadvertently became tools for the protection and preservation of humanity albeit on different scales.
Particularly when you consider that both are old and stubborn ships that refuse to go quietly into the night. Both also have inherent survivor spirit and dogged determination.
@@jensonkiin3678 True, those kinds of stories are always enduring.
Been waiting for this one for ages. Damn, so good.
one of the most realistic ships from halo.
"Exitus Acta Probat" -- The ship's motto (Latin for "The Outcome Justifies the Deed")
Love The Battle zone 2 opening music
This Bird along with it's brave crew define the meaning of Human Courage amongst the Stars. They didn't need to buy yet they did tread and make the path.
A lovely ship for a amazing story. Good work guys.
Everyone in the lore is like "The Phionex is an Old Civilian Ship" but I feellike that's really not doing it justice. Because it's basically a manufactoring fortress with guns attachted.
Is it no coincidence that Spacedock releases this breakdown on the same day that a certain Halo novel is published. ;)
Easily my favorite sci-fi ship, I love oh so many more in so many stories, shows, and games. But this ship to me is just the coolest, and fairly realistic in it's uses.
The unsc needed ships like this in the battle of earth
One of my favorite ships in Halo, amazing job on this review
What a great summary.
For support ship, It flew pretty good
Ship design and lore master class right here.
One of my favourite sci fi ships!
my favorite ship in Halo
Easley my favorite halo ship right up there with the stalwart class frigate.
Aside from the amount of customization this ship is able to have should be the standard of the unsc a phinox II class should be the staple of the unsc.
What’s something about the spirit of fire theme song that hits my core
The Spirit of Fire. Man of culture!
The Spirit of Fire really is just the starship equivalent of Ash Williams
Finally you've done my favorite sci fi ship of all time :)
I really need to play these games
Honestly halo should hire you for the audio logs in halo and they should do what they did In mass effect. People like detail descriptions of stuff
This ship never be underestimated.
Man I need to play the Halo RTS’s
Favourite ship of all Halo no doubt
this ship is realistic tbh.
a colony ship refitted as a support aircraft carrier type ship is cool
Most people just love the bigger guns. But those are not as effective without support. For me I love the look the feel and the purpose of this ship.
Epic, as always!
persnally i feel lke the Spiit of Fire is the best UNSC ship, it represents the UNSC at its best.
The Spirit of fire is single-handedly the most important UNSC ship ever to be created even more so than the infinity
Five years... Five long years...
You guys rock!!
The Halo Wars still have one of the best OST in the video game.
Just finished reading Divine wind such wow
If I was commanding a core world shipyard I would’ve concentrated on building militarized colony ships with Marathon dual MAC guns extra reactors feeding the MACs directly to reduce recharge time and fire consecutive shots. Vanadium hull bracing for extra durability with over 2M of titanium A armor.
I love the spirit of fire!
Hey Spacedock, you always make some really nice and detailed breakdowns about many different Sci Fi ships, I would like to ask you, is there any chances you may cover in the future some ship from the game Dreadnought? I been playing that game for like 3 years already and really like it, there is many nice Capital ships there built for war with their Lore and designs, that may be worth a video, thanks anyways, keep the good work.
So I'm imagining a carnival cruise ship being retrofitted for military service.
Am I in the ballpark here?
Can we just appreciate that this ship and its crew (1) *SURVIVED several Flood encounters* and decimated an entire Forerunner fleet, (2) wasn't built for war but endured 80 years past its creation and service as a colonial ship, (3) is captained by a man who is born from Reach - the military capital and fallen world of humanity, (4) houses its own team of Spartan IIs by chance, (5) slingshotted its way around a dying star as a jump-start into a 28-year-long limping journey back to populated space, (6) IMMEDIATELY rejoined the fight for humanity after realizing "oh we won the last war, what's one more?" and (7) has perhaps the best musical score of any game or ship in the series. Chief, Keyes and the Pillar of Autumn were cool, but Jerome, Cutter and the Spirit are absolutely based, goated and red pilled.