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==Production notes==
The ''Maugen''-pattern armoured cruiser was first mentioned in ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'',{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} and first-depicted as a 3D model created by 3D artist Steve "Coolhand" Tyler for [[Axis Studios]]' cutscenes in ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. Tyler was commissioned to construct two Covenant ships; a large capital ship he referred to as (and based on) the [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|CCS-class battlecruiser]], and a smaller escort ship based on the same design. The "CCS-class" was later fully-canonised as the RCS armoured cruiser in ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''. To begin the modelling process, Tyler initially modelled the smaller {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}, ultimately overdetailing the model and being asked to strip back some of the detail. As such, some of the excess geometry discarded from the early light cruiser design was reused and scaled up for placement on the armoured cruiser.{{Ref/Site|Id=Tyler1|URL=http://coolhandgraphics.blogspot.com/2013/02/big-spaceships-003-covenant-ccs-battle.html|Site=Coolhand Graphics|Page=Big Spaceships 003 - Covenant CCS Battle Cruiser - part 1|D=13|M=11|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Tyler2|URL=http://coolhandgraphics.blogspot.com/2013/02/big-spaceships-003-covenant-ccs-battle_26.html|Site=Coolhand Graphics|Page=Big Spaceships 003 - Covenant CCS Battle Cruiser - part 2|D=13|M=11|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Tyler3|URL=http://coolhandgraphics.blogspot.com/2013/05/big-spaceships-003-covenant-ccs-battle.html|Site=Coolhand Graphics|Page=Big Spaceships 003 - Covenant CCS Battle Cruiser - part 3|D=13|M=11|Y=2022}}
To try and add a sense of scale, Tyler looked to real-world oil tankers, and attempted to add a similar sense of industrial machinery alongside "window" lights to the ship to help make it easily identifiable as a massive ship.{{Ref/Reuse|Tyler1}}{{Ref/Reuse|Tyler2}}{{Ref/Reuse|Tyler3}}


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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:InfinityRam.jpg|The UNSC ''Infinity'' rams through an ''RCS''-class armored cruiser in ''[[Halo 4]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.
File:H4 SpOps CovenantCruisers ScaleRef Blockout.jpg|An early blockout of the ''Maugen''-pattern cruiser (top), based on the ''Ket'' battlecruiser model found in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:H4 SO S01E10 Palmer watching Covenant fleet.jpg|An ''RCS'' cruiser and its ''CRS'' escort flee Requiem.
File:H4 SpOps LightCruiser EarlyModel 14.jpg|Steve Tyler's initial model for the Covenant light cruiser; much of this detail was ultimately stripped from the model and reused on the final armoured cruiser model instead.
File:HFB-RCSmodel.jpg|An ''RCS'' model for ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:InfinityRam.jpg|The UNSC ''Infinity'' rams through an ''Maugen''-pattern armored cruiser in ''[[Halo 4]]''{{'}}s ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.
File:HFB Orion RCS Comparison 580 Line.jpg|A scale side-on comparison between an [[Orion-class assault carrier]] and an ''RCS''-class armored cruiser.
File:H4 SO S01E10 Palmer watching Covenant fleet.jpg|A ''Maugen''-pattern cruiser and its ''CRS'' escort flee Requiem.
File:HFB RCSCruiserBox.jpg|The RCS-class cruiser Upgrade Box for ''Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB-RCSmodel.jpg|A ''Maugen''-pattern model for ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:HFB_RCS_fleet.jpg|A fleet led by an RCS in ''Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB Orion RCS Comparison 580 Line.jpg|A scale side-on comparison between an [[Orion-class assault carrier]] and a ''Maugen''-pattern armored cruiser.
File:HFB RCSCruiserBox.jpg|The ''Maugen''-pattern cruiser Upgrade Box for ''Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB_RCS_fleet.jpg|A fleet led by a ''Maugen''  in ''Fleet Battles''.
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