Kewu-pattern battleship
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
Template:Ratings Template:ArticleName Template:Ship
The Covenant Supercruiser was a classification of Covenant warship that was among the most powerful capital ships in any of the Covenant Fleets and even in the Covenant Navy.
Background
Physical Characteristics and Armament
Its length of 3.5 kilometers was over three times that of the UNSC Marathon-class Cruiser.[1]
These ships were armed with at least 5 energy projector turrets. They were also durable enough to withstand one nuclear mine detonation, or even three MAC rounds and nearly five hundred Archer missiles.
Operational Use
One of these warships led the Covenant invasion Fleet during the the First Battle of Reach in August 2552, but was destroyed by the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. The Autumn launched a remote controlled Longsword armed with a Shiva missile under the Supercruisers shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially.
Weapons
The Covenant Supercarrier's weapon sytems seem limited, but extremely powerful. It's main cannon shoots a needle thin beam at lightspeed, able to cut through the hull armour of several UNSC ships at a time. First described as a type of sniping ship because of it's combat tactics, it's weapon can be described as similiar to the Beam Rifle's shot. This weapon needs to charge over time, but once charged can unleash it's wrath with pinpoint accuracy.
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 297