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{{Title|''Kewu''-pattern battleship}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship Class Infobox
{{Ship class infobox
|image=[[File:Unidentified Covenant Warship.JPG|300px]]
|name=''Kewu''-pattern battleship
|manufacturer=Covenant
|image=[[File:Invasion - Covenant sniper warship.png|300px]]
|line=
|manufacturer=
|model=
|class=[[Battleship]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|class=
|role=Flagship, ship-to-ship artillery{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}
|length-title=Mass
|length={{Convert|3500|m|ftin}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=FOR36}}
|length=~272 million tons<ref name="mass"/>
|width=
|width=
|height=
|height=
|mass=500 million tons{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|max accel=
|power=[[Pinch fusion reactor]]s
|max speed space=
|max speed air=
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s
|slipspace drive=Yes
|slipspace drive=Yes
|hull=Unknown Covenant material
*Equipped with [[Energy shields]]
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=
|navigation=
|hull=[[Nanolaminate|Nanolaminate hull plating]]
|avionics=
|shielding=Yes
|armament=*Prow-mounted turret with five [[energy projector]]s<ref name="weapons">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition''', ''page 345''</ref><br/>
|armament=
*Dorsal-mounted turret<ref name="mass"/>
*1 [[Plasma lance|''Muesh''-pattern flensing lance]] turret{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*10 [[Plasma beam emitter|''Luxor''-pattern heavy plasma beam]] arrays{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*55 [[Pulse laser turret|''Phot Et''-pattern pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|complement=
|complement=
|crew=
|crew=
|skeleton=
|passengers=
|passengers=
|capacity=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|othersystems=
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}
|firstuse=
|introduced=[[Age of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|role=Ship-to-ship combat
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]
}}
}}


The '''''Kewu''-pattern battleship''' is one of the most powerful [[Covenant starship|vessels]] fielded by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=267}}
This '''unidentified warship class''' is one of the most powerful vessels used by the [[Covenant]]. The vessel has three times the mass of a {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}<ref name="mass">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition''', ''page 376''</ref> and is large enough to stand out among a fleet containing hundreds of ships. It is armed with a prow-mounted turret containing five [[energy projector]]s, a configuration that had not been witnessed prior to the [[Fall of Reach]],<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition''', ''page 346''</ref> as well as another pod-shaped turret mounted on its dorsal surface.<ref name="mass"/> The ship is capable of withstanding several [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] rounds and hundreds of [[M58 Archer missile]]s.<ref name="duel">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition''', ''pages 374-377''</ref>
 
==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Kewu''-pattern is a ship seemingly purpose-built for the task of destroying other Covenant warships.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The vessel masses out at 500 million tonnes,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} over three times that of a typical [[Covenant cruiser]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=FOR36|TFoR|Chapter=36}} and sizes up at three times the size of a typical [[UNSC cruiser]]; laying at 3.5 kilometres in length.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
The ship is capable of withstanding three [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] rounds and hundreds of [[M58 Archer missile]]s before losing its shields, as well as surviving a dozen Archers to its unshielded hull with minor damage.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}
 
===Armament===
The ''Kewu''-pattern is armed with a dorsal-mounted{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}} [[Plasma lance|''Muesh''-pattern flensing lance turret]], alongside ten [[Plasma beam emitter|''Luxor''-pattern heavy plasma beam]] arrays{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} and fifty-five [[Pulse laser turret|''Phot Et''-pattern pulse laser]] turrets.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
===Development history===
The ''Kewu''-pattern was comissioned, unusually, by the [[Ministry of Concert]] during the [[Age of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]]. This was viewed as highly unusual, and the design broke many conventions of naval architecture and pattern approval processes, though was ultimately blessed by the [[Hierarchs]] in an extremely unorthodox process. The Ministry of Concert's charge of ensuring the governance and subjugation of lower-caste species in the empire may be the primary reason for the ship's overwhelming focus on countering other Covenant vessels.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
===Fall of Reach===
The only such vessel known to have been encountered by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was present at the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552|August 30, 2552]], where it served as a secondary [[flagship]] for the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]. During the battle, it remained outside the range of the planet's [[orbital defense platform]]s and destroyed many UNSC ships, including the ''[[UNSC Musashi|Musashi]]'', the ''[[UNSC Minotaur|Minotaur]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Herodotus|Herodotus]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach Definitive Edition''', ''pages 345-346''</ref> Soon, the {{UNSCship|Pillar of Autumn}} used its upgraded MAC and over 500 Archer missiles to drop the ship's shields and damage the hull. The ''Pillar of Autumn'' then launched a remote-controlled [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] armed with a {{Class|Shiva|nuclear missile}}, which impacted the ship while its energy shields were recharging. The explosion was contained by the newly regenerated shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially and the ship was destroyed.<ref name="duel"/>
The only such vessel known to have been encountered by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was present at the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552|August 30, 2552]]. During the [[Space engagements over Reach|battle]], it remained outside the range of the planet's [[orbital defense platform]]s and destroyed many [[UNSC starship|UNSC ships]], including the ''[[UNSC Musashi|Musashi]]'', the ''[[UNSC Minotaur|Minotaur]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Herodotus|Herodotus]]''. Soon, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} used three shots from its upgraded [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#Mark II|MAC]] and over 500 [[Archer missile]]s to drop the ship's shields and apply minimal damage to the hull. The ''Pillar of Autumn'' then launched a remote-controlled [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] armed with a {{Class|Shiva|nuclear missile}}, which impacted the ship while its energy shields were recharging. The explosion was contained by the newly regenerated shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially, and the ship was destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Unidentified Covenant Warship 1.JPG|A ''Kewu''-pattern battleship observed from the ''Pillar of Autumn''.
File:Unidentified Covenant Warship 1.JPG|The vessel observed from the ''Pillar of Autumn''.
File:Invasion - Sniper vs Autumn.png|The ''Kewu''-pattern battleship engages the ''Pillar of Autumn'' over Reach as its energy projector crippled the UNSC light cruiser.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==Sources==
==Sources==
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