Parhelia

The Qwis-109* Parhelia is a highly-modified racing freighter.

History
Built by the Aanrar shipyards during the Twentieth Age of Discovery, the ship that would become the Parhelia was intended as the first of seventeen freighters ordered for Quantol Mercantile Concerns. She was never delivered to the organization, as during construction, the Quantol clan were audited and fined by the government of their homeworld, and were unable to pay for the vessels. While the rest of her sisters were cancelled and scrapped soon after work started, its advanced construction saw her being completed. She remained at the docks for the next six years, with no buyers making a bid on the freighter until Rael 'Umtalla.

With his funding, the Parhelia was significantly modified by the shipwrights to his specifications, with many components being supplied by the businessman himself. Under his command, the former freighter led a very successful career in racing, and stories were still told of her victories within the competitive scene of Kantuon Edict Primary Domain by as late as the Ninth Age of Reclamation. Her most enduring legacy was cementing the trend of freighters-turned-sprint yachts that were later known as 'Second-Sundogs.'

After Rael's death, the Parhelia was laid up in the 'Umtalla dockyards of High Charity, and his descendants would only rarely use it in deep-space races. This was not because of its age, but rather because it required an extreme amount of skill on the part of the pilot to maneuver. By the time of the Great Schism, she had not left her berth in years. During the Fall of High Charity, she was passed over by the Jiralhanae occupying forces, and was instead spirited away by a Kig-Yar crew led by Quatch.

Known Crew
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Officers

 * Rael 'Umtalla - First shipmaster of the Parhelia, died during the 20th Age of Discovery.
 * Quatch - Shipmaster, led the hijacking of the freighter during the Fall of High Charity.

Crewmen

 * Cam
 * Dith Oalarch - Keelworker
 * Dwe
 * Heik - Signalworker
 * Kess
 * Lan Esaki - Junior pipeliner, escaped with Quatch during the Sangheili attack.
 * Nak - Engine chief.
 * Pem - Keelworker
 * Taol - Member of the engine crew
 * Tur - Deserter of the Covenant Loyalists

Passengers
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 * Leleb the Scribe
 * P'thon 'Umtalla - Scion of Clan 'Umtalla.
 * Ihyera 'Rehestuf

List of Appearances

 * Not All Who Wander