Editing Kmiro'sish-pattern Lich

{{Title|''Kmiro'sish''-pattern Lich}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Disambig header|the mainline Lich model|the variant used by the [[Banished]]|Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich}}
{{Ship class infobox
|image=[[File:H4-T56LichGSDPUH.png|300px]]
|name=''Kmiro'sish''-pattern World Patroller
|manufacturer=[[Achoem Weapons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=283}}
|line=
|class=World Patroller
|cost=
|length={{Convert|102.8|m|ft}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H4VG|H4EVG|Page=120}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|50.9|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4VG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height={{Convert|34.7|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4VG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass=1,511.3 tons (1371 tonnes){{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|max speed=
|engine=*[[Impulse drive]] system {{Ref/Reuse|H4VG}}
*Movement control turbines {{Ref/Reuse|H4VG}}
|hull=Nanolaminate hull plating 
|sensor=
|target=
|armament=*1 [[Focus cannon|''Emim''-pattern focus beam]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} (T-56 PEW/M){{Ref/Reuse|Guide}}
*4 Side-mounted [[Pek-pattern plasma cannon|plasma cannons]] (4){{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|crew=Pilot and weapons officer{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|complement=*30-40 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*1 [[Phantom]]{{Ref/Level|Id=H5SoS|H5G|Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios}}
|consumables=
|othersystems=*[[Gravity lift]]
|era=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|role=
*Deployment platform of infantry and matériel
*[[wikipedia:siegeworks|Siegeworks]]/ ultra heavy ground support
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]<br>
[[Swords of Sanghelios]]<br>
[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]<br>
[[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]]<br>
[[Kig-Yar]] [[Piracy|pirates]]<br>
[[Banished]]
}}

The '''''Kmiro'sish''-pattern World Patroller'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}, {{Type|56|Deployment Platform Ground Support/Ultra Heavy}}, or colloquially the '''[[Lich]]''', is a [[Covenant]] matériel deployment vessel manufactured by [[Achoem Weapons]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Guide|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/inteldetail/7543ad4d-1f51-4093-876d-f742929cdec1/lich|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 Interactive Guide - Vehicles: Lich|D=01|M=05|Y=2013|LocalArchive=Halo 4 Interactive Guide#Vehicles}} In keeping with the naming scheme of most Covenant vehicles, the Lich is named after a [[Wikipedia:Lich|supernatural being]].

==Overview==
The Covenant's largest airborne deployment platform, the Lich boasts heavy armament and is capable of mass deployments of up to forty soldiers. Because of this, [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] encounters with Liches have almost always resulted in total destruction of the UNSC ground forces, resulting in a lack of available information on the craft.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} Like smaller Covenant dropships, the Lich is spaceworthy. It is also capable of traveling through [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], though presumably it cannot do so under its own power. Its shielding, at the very least, is strong enough to endure the radiation of slipspace while following in ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'s'' wake.{{Ref/Level|Id=Shutdown|H4|Shutdown}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Midnight|H4|Midnight}}

Similar to the [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Type-44]] and [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Type-52 Phantom]] dropships, the Lich sports a [[gravity lift]] on its ventral surface. It likewise has two large bay doors on either side of the hull and [[Pek-pattern plasma cannon|Type-52 plasma cannons]] are stationed at each doorway. The Lich's primary weapon consists of a [[Plasma weaponry|plasma autocannon]], designated the Type-56 PEW/M.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} Part of the craft's power core is exposed on an aft pylon.{{Ref/Level|Id=Reclaimer|H4|Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer}}

==Identified Liches==
*''[[Sundered Psalm]]'' - Operated by the [[Shields of Requiem]] mercenary band.
*''[[Upright Chalice]]'' - Used in the attack on the UNSC's [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].

==Deployment history==
Though the Covenant used the Lich during the [[Human-Covenant War]], it remained rarely seen due to it usually being used by civilian and security roles.{{Ref/Book|Halo 4: Official Game Guide|Detail=Collector's Edition|Page=63}} Moreover, the vehicle's great effectiveness often resulted in the annihilation of its human opponents. Thus, it remained poorly documented by the UNSC until the post-war period.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} At least one notable encounter with a Lich occurred late in the war. During the [[Battle of Installation 04|Battle of]] [[Installation 04]] in [[2552#September|September 2552]], the Lich ''[[Upright Chalice]]''⁠ was deployed from the [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Blameless Conceit]]'' to deliver Covenant troops to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]], in a [[Battle of Alpha Base|ploy to destroy]] the UNSC's primary foothold on the ring. After delivering its compliment, the Lich returned to the ''Blameless Conceit''.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFRaven|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/thats-so-raven|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - That's So Raven|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Level|Id=AlphaBase|HFR|Alpha Base (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Alpha Base}} Following the [[Great Schism]], the need for troop transports outweighed the supply of Liches.{{Ref/Book|Id=W79|HWF|Page=79}}

[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] deployed multiple Liches during [[Battle of Requiem|their initial foray]] on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in July [[2557]]. After the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] and [[SPARTAN Program|Spartan]] complement disabled an array of Forerunner [[particle cannon]]s, they were attacked by a Lich. The Lich quickly disabled a [[M510 Mammoth|Mammoth's]] [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] and dropped off troops supported by Phantoms dropping in Wraiths and Ghosts. [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and a team of SPARTAN-IVs boarded the craft and destroyed it by destroying its reactor, causing it to explode.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}

Later, when the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] set course for [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 03]], several Liches followed [[Mantle's Approach|his vessel]] through slipspace. One of them was commandeered by SPARTAN-117 and his AI companion [[Cortana]].{{Ref/Reuse|Shutdown}} Due to a [[Rampancy|rampant]] episode, Cortana allowed this Lich to crash into [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI's]] ''[[Ivanoff Station]]''.{{Ref/Level|H4|Composer (level)|Composer}}

In February [[2558]], during the [[Requiem Campaign]], [[Roland]] had [[Fireteam Crimson]] activate an alarm at "[[Apex]]" that summoned a Lich to the area. Needing a replacement power source for a [[Type-58 Harvester|Harvester]] at [[Harvester (location)|another location]], Roland planned to have Crimson steal the Lich's power source. Aided by [[Fireteam Forest]], Crimson defeated the troops deployed by the Lich until it took up position at a nearby cliffside to pepper the area with turret fire. Crimson was able to board the Lich and eliminate the crew. As Roland couldn't override the security locks, Crimson was sent to the engine core rather than the cockpit. Crimson removed the power core, causing the Lich's systems to run wild. Moments after Crimson jumped to safety, the Lich, energy flowing all over it, flew a short distance away and exploded.{{Ref/SpOps|10|Seize the Power}} Crimson was subsequently able to use the Lich's power core to successfully restore power to the Harvester and use it to reach [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|the artifact]] needed to free ''Infinity'' from Requiem.{{Ref/SpOps|One Last Time}}

On March 5, 2558, [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]] [[Battle of Ealen IV|attacked]] attacked the peace conference between the UNSC, the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], and [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]]' pack. During the battle one of the mercenaries' Liches was destroyed by [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Sarah Palmer]] when she threw her helmet full of grenades into the Lich's gravity lift.{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=2}} By May 2558, a band of [[Kig-Yar]] [[pirate]]s had collected numerous Liches in a [[black market]] base on [[Ven III]].{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=11}}

On October 27, the Swords of Sanghelios sent a Lich to rendezvous with {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} in the Urs System. [[Fireteam Osiris]] used the ship to reach Sanghelios, and then inserted to Nuusra aboard a Phantom deployed by the Lich.{{Ref/Reuse|H5SoS}} Arbiter [[Thel 'Vadam]] used Liches among his aerial forces during his assault against Covenant forces in [[Sunaion]], travelling aboard one with Osiris until it landed in the city.{{Ref/Level|H5G|Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion}}

By April [[2559]] the [[Banished]] utilized their own [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich|variants]] of the Lich as transports during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].{{Ref/Game|HW2|[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]] in-game unit}} They continued to use these modified variants throughout the year, with [[Atriox]]'s personal Lich ''[[Pegoras]]'' later playing a key role during [[Operation: WOLFE]]{{Ref/Novel|HSoR}} and the later stages of the war on [[Installation 00|the Ark]].{{Ref/Novel|HDW}}

==Trivia==
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*The Lich occupies a remarkably similar gameplay niche to the Scarab in previous games. The Lich is likewise encountered in the campaign and Spartan Ops as a "boss" enemy that must be boarded and destroyed via firing into its power core. Its weaponry, internal layout, and size are also somewhat reminiscent of the Scarab.
*When the Lich is first encountered in the level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]'', Commander Lasky refers to it as an "unidentified Covenant vehicle" despite the craft being cataloged in 2556, though it may refer to him not seeing the vehicle until it was in sight.

==Gallery==
===Concept art===
<gallery>
File:H4 Lich Concept 1.jpg|Early concept art for the Lich.
File:H4 Lich Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for the Lich.
File:H4 Lich Concept 3.jpg|Finalised concept art for the Lich.
File:H4 CovenantTerminal Concept 1.jpg|Concept art of a control panel that later became the Lich's control panel in ''Halo 4''.
File:H4 CovenantTerminal Concept 2.jpg|Concept art of a Covenant terminal.
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:Lich_Controls.png|Lich control panel in ''Halo 4''.
File:Halo4-T56-Lich-GSDPUH-Screen.jpg|A Lich flying through space toward ''Ivanoff Station'' in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:Halo4-T56-Lich-Mammoth.jpg|A Lich firing at an [[M510 Mammoth]].
File:Halo4-T56-Lich-Plasma Cannon.jpg|The Lich's plasma cannon.
File:H4 SO S01E10 Lich in Apex.jpg|A Lich flying through [[Apex]].
File:Halo-4-spartan-ops-ep10-06.jpg|A Lich hovering in place at the Apex on Requiem.
File:H4-Wreckage-T56LichDPGSUH-01.jpg|A destroyed Lich at [[Line Installation 9-12]].
File:H4-Wreckage-T56LichDPGSUH-02.jpg|The underside of the aforementioned Lich.
File:Lich core.jpg|The Lich's power core.
File:H4-Lich-Interior-01.jpg|A corridor on the Lich.
File:H4-Lich-Interior-02.jpg|The control room of the Lich.
File:H4-Lich-Interior-03.jpg|Closeup of the Lich's core.
File:MCC-H4 Lich&Phantoms.png|A T-56 Lich and two T-44 Phantoms on [[Impact]] in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.
File:Lich Halo Escalation Issue 2.png|A Lich being used by Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group during the Battle of Ealen IV in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
File:Lich Explosion.png|A Type-56 Lich is destroyed during the Battle of Ealen IV by Spartan Sarah Palmer.
File:HE12 Space Combat.jpg|Several T-56 Liches and T-44 Phantoms are destroyed by [[F-41 Broadsword]]s during the [[Mission to Ven III]].
H2ALich.png|A Swords of Sanghelios Type-56 Lich in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A-Lichdooropens.png|Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and Spartan Jameson Locke, along with their respective teams, prepare to exit a T-56 Lich.
File:Sword_Lich.png|A Swords of Sanghelios Lich in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:H5G Battle of Sunaion 3.jpg|A Swords of Sanghelios Lich during the Battle of Sunaion. 
File:HFR_UprightChalice.jpg|''Upright Chalice'', a Covenant Lich used in the Battle of Alpha Base in ''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''.
File:HFR-Lich-UprightChalice-Extraction.png|The Covenant Lich ''Upright Chalice''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''

==Sources==
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