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{{Title|''Kewu''-pattern battleship}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{References}}
{{Ship class infobox
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|name=''Kewu''-pattern battleship
{{ArticleName}}
|image=[[File:Invasion - Covenant sniper warship.png|300px]]
{{Ship Class Infobox
|manufacturer=
|image=
|class=[[Battleship]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|name=Covenant supercruiser
|role=Flagship, ship-to-ship artillery{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}
|manufacturer=Covenant Empire
|length={{Convert|3500|m|ftin}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=FOR36}}
|line=
|model=
|class=[[Cruiser]]
|length=3576 meters (11,732 feet){{Citation needed}}
|width=
|width=
|height=
|height=
|mass=500 million tons{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass=
|power=[[Pinch fusion reactor]]s
|max accel=
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s
|max speed space=
|max speed air=
|engine=[[Repulsor engine|Repulsor Engines]]
|slipspace drive=Yes
|slipspace drive=Yes
|slipspace speed=Unknown
|poweroutput=
|power=
|shield gen=Resistant to 3 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds and 488 [[Archer missile]]s or 1+ Nuclear mines
|hull=Unknown Covenant material; Resistant to greater than 1 [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|Shiva missile]]
*Equipped with Energy Shields
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=
|navigation=
|hull=[[Nanolaminate|Nanolaminate hull plating]]
|avionics=
|shielding=Yes
|countermeasures=
|armament=
|armament=*5 [[Energy projector|Energy Projectors]]
*1 [[Plasma lance|''Muesh''-pattern flensing lance]] turret{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*[[Pulse laser turret|Pulse Lasers]]
*10 [[Plasma beam emitter|''Luxor''-pattern heavy plasma beam]] arrays{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*[[Plasma turret|Plasma Torpedoes]]
*55 [[Pulse laser turret|''Phot Et''-pattern pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|complement=
|complement=
|crew=
|crew=Several thousand
|skeleton=
|passengers=
|passengers=
|capacity=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|othersystems=
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}
|firstuse=[[2552]] - [[Fall of Reach|First Battle of Reach]]
|introduced=[[Age of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|role=*Ship-to-ship combat
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|era=9th [[Ages of Reclamation|Age of Reclamation]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant Navy]], [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]
}}
}}


The '''''Kewu''-pattern battleship''' is one of the most powerful [[Covenant starship|vessels]] fielded by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=267}}
The '''supercruiser''' is a classification of extremely powerful capital warship within the [[Covenant Navy]].


==Overview==
==Design Details==
===Design details===
The supercruiser is approximately 3.5 kilometers in length, over three times that of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] {{Class|Marathon|Cruiser}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 297''</ref> They are durable enough to withstand one [[hORNET Mine|nuclear mine]] detonation, or even three [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] rounds and nearly five hundred [[Archer missile]] impacts. However, they are more vulnerable to larger-scale MAC weaponry, as the only known supercruiser used a hit-and-run tactic to avoid fire from the planet Reach's [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platforms]]' "Super" MACs.
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}}
==Operational History==
The only supercruiser known to have been encountered by the UNSC was present at the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552|August 2552]]. During the battle, it destroyed many UNSC ships, including the ''[[UNSC Musashi|Musashi]]'', the ''[[UNSC Minotaur|Minotaur]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Herodotus|Herodotus]]'', before being engaged by the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.  The two ships battled it out, with the ''Autumn'' using its upgraded MAC gun and over 500 missiles to drop the shields and damage it. The ''Autumn'' then launched a remote-controlled Longsword armed with a Shiva missile, which impacted the ship while its energy shields were in the process of recharging. The explosion was contained by the newly-regenerated shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially. During the battle, the supercruiser hit the ''Autumn'' twice with its main weapon, but due to the ''Autumn's'' design and the tactics of its captain and AI, the ship survived, albeit badly damaged.


===Armament===
==Weapons==
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}}
Like many other Covenant vessels, the supercruiser possesses several energy projectors, which it can use to slice through enemy vessels and (presumably) engage in glassing operations.


===Development history===
==Complement==
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}}
Given its gigantic size, (second only to the [[covenant assault carrier|assault carrier]] and [[covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]]), it is likely able to carry hundreds of [[type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|''Seraph''-class starfighters]] and [[dropship]]s. Moreover, it probably carries large numbers of ground vehicles and troops, possibly entire [[legion]]s.
 
==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]]. 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>
File:Unidentified Covenant Warship 1.JPG|A ''Kewu''-pattern battleship 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>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>


{{Covenant Ships}}
{{CovenantShips}}


[[Category:Battleship classes]]
[[Category:The Covenant]]

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