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{{Wikipedia}} | {{Wikipedia}} | ||
[[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 | 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 [[warship]]s a navy can field. | ||
== | ==Role== | ||
== | 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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==History== | |||
The {{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}} was 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/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Bulkhead Banter'']</ref> 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> | |||
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)''</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> | |||
==Classes== | |||
|} | ===United Nations Space Command=== | ||
*{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}} | |||
===Covenant=== | ===Covenant=== | ||
*[[Covenant battleship]] | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[The Commissioning]]'' | *''[[The Commissioning]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' | *''[[Halo 4]]'' | ||
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' | **''[[Spartan Ops]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'' | *''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Ship types}} | {{Ship types}} | ||
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[[Category:Ship classifications]] | [[Category:Ship classifications]] | ||
