Editing Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler

|name=Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler

|image=[[File:Enc22 SiegeHauler.png|300px]]

|manufacturer=[[Armory of Barukaza]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=472}}

|length={{Convert|178.8|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|width={{Convert|180.6|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|height={{Convert|62.9|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|mass={{Convert|2703.4|MT|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Note|The ''Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)'' lists the siege-hauler's mass as 2,980 tons (2,703.4 tonnes). This is likely an error, as this number would mean the craft masses over 2 million kilograms.}}

|crew=1 [[pilot]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The '''Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler''' is a type of heavy-lift [[dropship|transport craft]] employed by the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Game|Id=AL11|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost Intel 3|UNSC Audio log|Detail=Outpost Intel #11 - A Hastily-Assembled Plan}}

 

==Overview==

The siege-hauler is a large aircraft employed by the Banished. The craft sports a layout broadly similar to the [[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]] and {{Pattern|Mokol'ta|Spirit}}, employing three primary parallel hulls. The two outermost hulls are each equipped with two rotating thrusters, while the spaces linking the outermost and inner hulls are lined with lifting equipment. The siege-hauler appears not to be fitted with any sort of armaments, though is coated in a thick layer of armour plating. Siege-haulers are manufactured by the [[Armory of Barukaza]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

 

Siege-haulers are among the standard complement of most Banished spacecraft, allowing them to safely transport equipment and loot across a besieged world. The siege-hauler is typically unarmed, though heavily armoured, and thus able to survive on the front lines though generally not suited for direct combat. As such, they are often deployed with an escort of [[Banshee]]s. Despite this, some warlords and chieftains modify their siege-haulers to include additional equipment including weaponry, stealth systems, additional [[gravitics|gravitic]] controllers and emblazoning the hulls of their craft with clan sigils and totems.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

Throughout the course of the war on [[Installation 07]], numerous such craft were employed by the Banished during the xenoarchaeology digs across the [[Halo Array|ringworld]]. One such craft was stationed at the Banished outpost at [[Annex Ridge (location)|Annex Ridge]], where it was ultimately stolen by [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartans]] [[M. Jaide|Jaide]] and [[Rosado]]. The craft was fitted with an autopilot system which prevented the Spartans from commandeering it fully, though the Spartans remained resolute to find out where the autopilot system was taking them and its cargo of three [[Forerunner]] artifacts.{{Ref/Reuse|AL11}} The vehicle was later reported as lost by [[Zeretus]].{{Ref/Game|Id=wftp|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost Intel 4|Banished Audio log|Detail=Outpost Intel #12 - Whispers from the Past}} In May [[2560]], [[John-117]] encountered and destroyed another siege-hauler at Annex Ridge by detonating the fuel tanks around it.{{Ref/Quest|HINF|Reformation|Annex Ridge}}

File:HINF SiegeHauler Back Screenshot.png|A view of the siege-hauler, from the rear.

File:HINF PrismHaulers.png|Several siege-haulers seen from behind.

==Notes==

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