Kmiro'sish-pattern Lich: Difference between revisions

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{{Disambig header|the mainline Lich model|the variant used by the [[Banished]]|Banished Lich}}

|name=Type-56 Lich

|manufacturer=[[Achoem Weapons]]<ref name="Guide"/>

|model=Type-56

|length={{Convert|102.8|m|ft}}<ref name="H4VG">'''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 120''</ref>

|width={{Convert|50.9|m|ft}}<ref name="H4VG"/>

|height={{Convert|34.7|m|ft}}<ref name="H4VG"/>

|mass=

|engine=*[[Impulse drive]] system <ref name="H4VG"/>

*Movement control turbines <ref name="H4VG"/>

|armament=*Primary plasma autocannon (T-56 PEW/M)<ref name="Guide"/>

*Side-mounted [[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon|plasma cannons]] (4)

|crew=Pilot and weapons officer

|complement=30-40 passengers

The '''Deployment Platform T-56 Ground Support/Ultra Heavy''', colloquially known as the '''[[Lich]]''', is a [[Covenant]] matériel deployment vessel manufactured by [[Achoem Weapons]].<ref name="Guide">'''[[Halo 4 Interactive Guide]]'''</ref> In keeping with the naming scheme of most Covenant vehicles, the Lich is named after a [[Wikipedia:Lich|supernatural being]].

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 name="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 name="Shutdown">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Shutdown]]''</ref><ref name="Midnight">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>

Similar to the [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Type-44]] and [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|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 [[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon|Type-52 plasma cannons]] are stationed at each doorway. The Lich's main gun seems to be an ultra-heavy [[focus cannon]] like that of the [[Scarab]]. Part of the craft's power core is exposed on an aft pylon.<ref name="Reclaimer">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref>

*''[[Upright Chalice]]'' - Used on the attack against UNSC's [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].

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>'''[[Halo 4: Official Game Guide]] (Collector's Edition)''' Page 63</ref> 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>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/inteldetail/7543ad4d-1f51-4093-876d-f742929cdec1/lich?category=vehicles '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Lich'']</ref> Following the [[Great Schism]] the need for troop transports outweighed the supply.<ref name="W79">''[[Halo Warfleet]]'', ''p. 79''</ref>

[[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 name="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 name="Shutdown"/> Due to a [[Rampancy|rampant]] episode, Cortana allowed this Lich to crash into [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI's]] ''[[Ivanoff Station]]''.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref>

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>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Exodus/Seize the Power|S1010 ''Seize the Power'']]</ref> 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>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Exodus/One Last Time|S1010 ''One Last Time'']]</ref>

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>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 2|Issue #2]]''</ref> By May 2558, a band of [[Kig-Yar]] [[pirate]]s had collected numerous Liches in a [[black market]] base on [[Ven III]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 11|Issue #11]]''</ref>

On October 27th, 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>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''' ''campaign level [[Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios]]''</ref> 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>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''' ''campaign level [[Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion]]''</ref>

By April [[2559]] the [[Banished]] utilized their own [[Banished Lich|variants]] of the Lich as transports for their [[Banished outpost]]s during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> They were later employed by [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] following their release of the [[Flood]] from the ruins of [[High Charity]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'''</ref>

File:Sword_Lich.png|A Swords of Sanghelios Lich preparing the [[Battle of Sunaion]].

File:HFR_UprightChalice.jpg|''Upright Chalice'', a Covenant Lich used in the Battle of Alpha Base.

*''[[Halo Mythos]]''

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