Editing Eklon'Dal Workshop Spirit

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{{Vehicle infobox
|name=Eklon'dal Workshop warrior transport
|image=[[File:HW2 Banished Spirit.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Eklon war-forges]]{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|line={{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}}{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}
|model=Eklon'dal Workshop{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|cost=
|length={{Convert|92.6|ft|m|sigfig=3|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|width={{Convert|52.7|ft|m|sigfig=2|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|height={{Convert|30.1|ft|m|sigfig=2|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|mass={{Convert|79.2|MT}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|max speed=
|engine=
|hull=
|armament=1 [[heavy plasma cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|crew=1 [[pilot]]{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|complement=*20 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
*[[Antimatter charge]] {{C|Gunship configuration}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p475}}
|consumables=
|othersystems=[[Energy shielding]] {{C|Gunship configuration}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p475}}
|service=*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Reuse|hw2}}
**[[Created conflict]]{{Ref/Reuse|SOR5}}
|role=[[Dropship]]{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
|affiliation=[[Banished]]{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}}
}}

The '''Eklon'dal Workshop Warrior Transport'''{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p474|Enc22|Page=474}} is a modified [[Spirit]] employed by the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}

==Overview==
Banished Eklon'dal Workshop Spirits were manufactured by [[Eklon war-forges]] and developed by the [[Eklon'dal Workshop]], hailing from the crimson forests of [[Qabik]] on [[Teash]], the war-arcitects responsible for the Banished's Spirit acknowledged the need to provide a direct surrogate of the Covenant's traditional [[dropship]], mimicking its operational design very closely.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p474}} The distinctive 'tuning-fork' shape of the Spirit comes from the twin carrier bays that extend out from the pilot's compartment at the rear of the ship. The Banished have reengineered the Spirit's contragravity system so that its chassis can take the strain of transporting prefabricated buildings to forward [[Banished outpost|command centers]].{{Ref/Game|Id=PL|HW2|Part=Phoenix Logs|Detail=[[Phoenix Logs#Air|Spirit]]}}

==Variants==
===Spirit gunship===
The gunship configuration of the Eklon'dal Workshop Spirit is a powerful ship-killing spacecraft as extraordinary results yielded by the efforts to augment the existing Spirit by Eklon war-forges at [[Atriox]]'s behest, explicitly designed to break the back of enemy vessels by breaching and infiltrating their hulls to employ a horde directly inside, usually delivering a highly lethal package.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p475|Enc22|Page=475}} The Spirit gunships are up-armored and feature as well [[energy shielding]], and they rely on an array of overclocked plasma cannons to ward off fighters as they make their approaches.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p475}} Once within range, spike harpoons blitz its quarry, piercing the foe battleplate and quickly drawing the Spirit gunship in close for the kill: a modified [[antimatter charge]] that can turn a [[warship]] into a debris field, brought by the Banished detachment within the battleplate.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p475}} 

Despite the vehicle's production for years, the Spirit gunship has never been witnessed in combat—whether this was due to constraints on manufacturing or concern over its design falling into enemy hands is unknown.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p475}}

<gallery>
File:Enc22 SpiritGunship.png|Banished Spirit gunship
</gallery>

==Service history==
These Spirits saw heavy use by the Banished during their [[Second Ark Conflict|campaign]] on [[Installation 00|the Ark]] against the forces of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in [[2559]].{{Ref/Game|Id=hw2|HW2|Detail=gameplay}}

==Gameplay==
===''Halo Wars 2''===
Like their counterparts in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', Spirits are used to transport infantry and vehicles around the map. However, they now use their onboard plasma turrets to fire at enemies, and can also be called in during multiplayer matches. Spirits are also used to drop off [[socket base]] buildings, similarly to the [[D77-TC Pelican]] employed by their [[UNSC]] counterparts.{{Ref/Reuse|hw2}}

==Trivia==
*Spirits assigned to deploy buildings are able to be cloaked by a Shroud or any cloaking utilizes, however, Spirits assigned to deploy units aren't cloakable.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW2 Spirit.png|Concept art of the Banished Spirit for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
File:HW2-Spirit Concept.jpg|''Halo Wars 2'' concept art.
File:HW2-spirit 01 concept.png|More concept art of a Banished Spirit, later considered as the gunship variant in ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]''.
File:HW2-spirit 02 concept.png|Concept art for the Banished Spirit gunship configuration.
File:HW2-Spirit Render.jpg|Render of a Eklon'dal Workshop Spirit.
File:HW2B-T25Spirit.png|A Eklon'dal Workshop Spirit in the ''[[Halo Wars 2 Open Beta]]''.
File:HW2-BanishedT25Spirit.png|A Banished Eklon'dal Workshop Spirit in ''Halo Wars 2''.
File:HW2-GruntSwarm.jpg|[[Blitz]] card of a Banished Spirit dropping off [[Cannon Fodder]].
File:HW2 Blitz Spirit Assault.png|A Banished Spirit deploying troops.
File:HW2 Shrouded Spirit deploying building.png|A Spirit deploying a building being cloaked by a Shroud.
File:HW2 Shrouded Spirit deploying units.png|A Spirit deploying units not being cloaked by the Shroud.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR5|HSoR|Chapter=5}}
*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''

==Sources==
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{{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}}
[[Category:Banished vehicles|Spirit]]
[[Category:Spirit variants]]