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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|passengers=
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|firstuse=
|firstsight=[[2525]] - [[Second Battle of Harvest]]
|role=Naval Engagements, [[Orbital bombardment]]
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant Empire]]
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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 and is equipped with 12 [[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>

So far, battleships have been encountered in strictly space-based combat areas (around Covenant space stations and in Harvest's orbit). This may mean that it is designed specifically for ship-to-ship combat, as opposed to [[CCS-class Battlecruisers]] and [[Destroyers]], which are also used for glassing operations.

==Appearance==
The battleship's hull is composed of five bulbous sections - a swollen prow, two lateral lobes, a dorsal bulb and a protruding stern. The ship itself is a pale shade of purple. It is one of the largest ships in the Covenant fleet, being between a Battlecruiser and Assault Carrier in size. It is armed with 12 energy projectors, which is unprecedented on a Covenant ship of its size, along with pulse laser turrets and plasma torpedo batteries found on most Covenant warships.

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]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Duel]]''
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''

==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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