Editing Battleship

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[[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.

==Types==
===UNSC===
{{Main|UNSC starship}}
*'''{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}''' - 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>

===Covenant===
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>
*'''[[Covenant battleship]]'''

==Related vehicles==
*'''{{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/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Bulkhead Banter]</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Commissioning]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Ship types}}
{{Human Ships}}

[[Category:Ship classifications]]
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 ===UNSC===
 {{Main|UNSC starship}}
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+*'''{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}''' - 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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-|'''{{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===
-{| class="wikitable"
+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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+*'''[[Covenant battleship]]'''
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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==
-*'''{{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>
+*'''{{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/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Bulkhead Banter]</ref>
 ==List of appearances==
-*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
-*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
 *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}
-*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
-*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
-**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
-*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
-**''[[Invasion]]''
 *''[[The Commissioning]]''
 *''[[Halo 4]]''
 **''[[Spartan Ops]]''
-*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' {{Mo}}
 *''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
-*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
 ==Sources==
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 [[Category:Ship classifications]]
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