Editing Covenant battleship

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{{Ship
|image=[[Image:SuperCarrier3j.jpg|300px]]
|name=Covenant Battleship
|manufacturer=[[Covenant]]
|line=
|model=
|class=Battleship
|length={{Convert|2000|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', page 264</ref>
|width=
|height=
|mass=
|max accel=
|max speed space=
|max speed air=
|engine=[[Repulsor Engines]]
|slipspace drive=equipped
|slipspace speed=Unknown
|poweroutput=
|power=
|shield gen= Yes
|hull= Unknown Covenant alloy
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=
|avionics=
|countermeasures=
|armament=*[[Energy projector]]s (12) <ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 301: "''...there were even bigger vessels with five bulbous sections that were two kilometers stem to stern and had a dozen deadly energy projectors''"</ref>
*[[Plasma turret (starship)|Plasma turrets]]
*[[Pulse laser turret]]s
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|crew=
|skeleton=
|passengers=
|capacity=
|consumables=
|othersystems= 
|firstuse=
|firstsight=[[2525]] - [[Second Battle of Harvest]]
|role=Naval Engagements, [[Orbital bombardment]]
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant Empire]]
}}
The '''Covenant Battleship'''<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 32</ref> is a heavy [[Capital Ship|capital warship]] classification within the [[Covenant Navy]]. This warship is approximately two kilometers long, has five bulbous sections and bristles with a dozen [[Energy Projector]]s - enough weapons and firepower to decimate any [[UNSC]] [[Fleet]] from long range. It is larger than most [[Covenant]] [[warship]]s, even surpassing the keel length of the {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}, but itself is dwarfed by the Covenant [[Assault Carrier]].

==Background==
Multiple battleships defended the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''. {{citation needed}}

A battleship was encountered by the {{UNSCShip|Heracles}}, {{UNSCShip|Vostok}}, and {{UNSCShip|Arabia}} as well as the forces under [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] in the [[Second Battle of Harvest]]. It single handedly destroyed thirteen ships in Cole's fleet before being destroyed by concentrated fire.<ref name="gen">'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]''', ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''</ref>

==Appearance==
The Battleship is made up of five primary bulbous sections and appears as a light shade of purple. It is one of the largest ships in the Covenant fleet. It's extremely well-armed and boasts three [[energy projector]]s near the fore of the ship and four to six on its stern. Various [[pulse laser turret]]s and [[Plasma turret (starship)|plasma turrets]] litter the hull as well.

Though most of its power is likely used up by the large number of energy projectors it uses in battle, the ship still can project a shield strong enough to protect it from multiple nuclear missiles and [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds. However, the shield and hull will buckle under concentrated fire as shown when the 27 ships left in Cole's fleet were able to destroy one.<ref name="gen"/>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Duel]]''

==Gallery==
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File:SuperCarrier1.jpg|A Covenant Battleship being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.
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==Sources==
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