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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW|Post}} |
| {{Wikipedia}} | | {{Wikipedia|Battleship}} |
| [[File:Vindication - Spartan Ops.png|thumb|300px|A trio of ''Vindication''-class light battleships]] | | [[File:Vindication - Spartan Ops.png|thumb|300px|A trio of ''Vindication''-class light battleships]] |
| A '''battleship''' is a type of ship utilized by several factions. | | A '''battleship''' is a large armored [[capital ship]] with a main battery consisting of heavy-caliber guns. Battleships generally comprise some of the most powerful warships a navy can field. |
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| | Although their mass tends to be in the same tonnage range as [[carrier]]s, battleships are designed primarily for traditional naval combat and rely on their heavy armaments instead of squadrons of fighters. During the height of power for seaborne battleships they were central to nations' force projection, and formed the cores of battle groups protected and screened by [[destroyer]] and [[cruiser]] escorts. They fell out of use as they became increasingly vulnerable to mines and torpedoes; they were ultimately replaced in combat doctrine by carriers. |
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| | ==In the 26th century== |
| | The [[Covenant]] used two-kilometer-long battleships during the [[Human-Covenant War]], particularly during the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 32''</ref> A significant number was later amassed at the space station [[Unyielding Hierophant]], though they were destroyed in [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 276 (2011 edition)''</ref> After the war the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] introduced the 1.6 kilometer {{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}. Several of these vessels engaged [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]]'s [[Mantle's Approach|flagship]] [[Battle of Earth (2557)|over Earth]] in support of the UNSC's own flagship, ''[[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]]''. Three ''Vindication''s later participated in the [[Second Battle of Requiem]].<ref name="Bulletin">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-5-14-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 5.14.14'']</ref><ref>'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[Key]]''</ref> |
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| | ==Classes== |
| ===UNSC=== | | ===UNSC=== |
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| | *{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}} |
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| |'''{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}'''|| [[File:H4-Vindication.png|250px]] || At some point prior to the [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]], the 1.6 kilometre-long {{Class|Vindication|light battleship}} entered service.<ref name="HCD1">''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'', [[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue #1]]</ref> Several ''Vindication''-class light battleships vessels engaged [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]]'s [[Mantle's Approach|flagship]] [[New Phoenix Incident|over Earth]] in support of the UNSC's own flagship, ''[[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]]''. Three ''Vindication''s later participated in the [[Requiem Campaign]].<ref name="Bulletin">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-5-14-14 ''Halo Waypoint'': The Halo Bulletin 5.14.14]</ref><ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[Key]]</ref>
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| ===Covenant=== | | ===Covenant=== |
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| |'''{{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}'''|| [[File:HWG SuperDestroyer.png|250px]] || The [[Covenant]] used two-kilometer-long battleships during the [[Human-Covenant War]], particularly during the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 32</ref> A significant number was later amassed at the space station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', though they were destroyed in [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>''Halo Encyclopedia'', p. 276 (2011)</ref>
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| | '''{{Pattern|Kewu|battleship|battleship}}'''|| [[File:Invasion - Covenant sniper warship.png|250px]] || The Kewu-pattern was comissioned, unusually, by the [[Ministry of Concert]] during the [[Ninth Age of Reclamation]]. This was viewed as highly unusual, and the design broke many conventions of naval architecture and pattern approval processes, though was ultimately blessed by the [[Hierarchs]] in an extremely unorthodox process.<ref>''Halo Encyclopedia'', p. 267 (2022)</ref> One of these vessels was present at the [[Fall of Reach]], during the battle it destroyed many UNSC ships, including the [[UNSC Musashi|Musashi]], [[UNSC Minotaur|the Minotaur]] and the [[UNSC Herodotus|Herodotus]], but the vessel was ultimately destroyed by the [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]].<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 36''</ref>
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| ==Related vehicles==
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| *'''{{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}}''' - initially drafted by the [[UNSC Navy]] as a compromise between a battleship and [[Cruiser|heavy cruiser]].<ref name="canon fodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Bulkhead Banter]</ref>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
| | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' | |
| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
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| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Invasion]]''
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| *''[[The Commissioning]]'' | | *''[[The Commissioning]]'' |
| *''[[Halo 4]]'' | | *''[[Halo 4]]'' |
| **''[[Spartan Ops]]'' | | **''[[Spartan Ops]]'' |
| *''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Ship types}} | | {{Ship types}} |
| {{Human Ships}}
| | [[Category:Ship Classifications]] |
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| [[Category:Battleship classes| ]]
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