Editing Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner

{{Title|''Hekar Taa''-pattern Blockade Runner}}

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|class=[[Corvette]]<ref name="Mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 194''</ref>

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*[[Plasma cannon (starship)|Plasma cannon]]s<ref name="fb">''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''</ref>

*[[Plasma torpedo]]es<ref name="fb"/>

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|othersystems=Stealth generators<ref name="hot drops"/>

|era=*[[War of Beginnings]]<ref name="canonfodder"/>

*[[Blooding Years]]<ref name="canonfodder"/>

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|affiliation=*[[Swords of Sanghelios]]<ref name="hot drops"/>

*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]<ref name="hot drops"/>

{{Quote|Swift corvette preferred by the boldest and most audacious shipmasters.|[[Curator]]<ref name="Mythos"/>}}

The '''''Hekar Taa''-pattern Blockade Runner'''<ref name="hot drops"/> is a vestigial class of [[corvette]] used by the [[Sangheili]] during the [[War of Beginnings]]. This class of corvette was later utilized by the [[fleet]]s of [[Covenant remnants]], including the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]].<ref name="canonfodder"/><ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level, ''[[Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios]]''</ref> While these corvettes lack in armor and protection, Blockade Runners are fast ships with powerful armaments.<ref name="canonfodder"/>

==Specifications==

===Hull and superstructure===

The ''Hekar Taa''-pattern Blockade Runner is a swift class of [[corvette]], abstaining from protection for speed and firepower. As with most older [[Sangheili]] designs, these [[warship]]s were designed for the sole purpose of breaking through enemy formations, as well as flanking around enemy lines to hunt down and destroy damaged vessels.<ref name="canonfodder"/><ref name="reinforcements">[http://www.spartangames.co.uk/halo-fleet-battles-reinforcements '''Spartan Games''': ''Halo: Fleet Battles – Reinforcements'']</ref> Like most Sangheili warships, the aesthetics of the Blockade Runners of the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern have strong biomimetic elements, bearing a resemblance to the aggressive shapes of wildlife native to [[Sanghelios]] and other [[Sangheili colonies]].<ref name="canonfodder"/> The Blockade Runner is comparable to the modern {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}, albeit with less armor.<ref name="reinforcements"/>

Sleek and nimble, yet a powerful medium-sized warship, Blockade Runners are designed to allow even the boldest [[shipmaster]]s to complete their missions.<ref name="reinforcements"/> Configured with only minor modifications, the ancient stealth generators that these corvettes are outfitted with conceal the vessel's location through brute-force jamming and expenditure of small [[drone]]s, as opposed to the sensor distortion grids utilized by modern [[active camouflage]] systems installed on [[Covenant]] designs.<ref name="hot drops"/> Blockade Runners also host a large complement of crew, for countering [[boarding]] efforts and launching attacks of their own.<ref name="reinforcements"/>

[[File:H5G-Blockaderunnerpew.png|thumb|250px|A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo.]]

The Blockade Runner's armaments are antiquated, but not ineffective. The unrefined [[energy projector]]s offended [[San'Shyuum]] bureaucrats of the Covenant, but they are more than capable of disabling the [[energy shielding]] and shattering the hulls of modern warships.<ref name="hot drops"/> The [[plasma torpedo]]es equipped to the Blockade Runner primarily shoot backwards, further aiding the corvette in its breakthrough strategies.<ref name="reinforcements"/> These corvettes are also outfitted with [[Plasma cannon (starship)|plasma cannon]]s.<ref name="fb"/> Often supported by more modern designs, such as the {{Class|ADP|escort}}, a Blockade Runner is still capable of generating enough firepower to threaten even the most powerful warships of the Covenant, [[Swords of Sanghelios]], [[Banished]], or [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="hot drops"/>

The Blockade Runners were first used by the [[Sangheili]] against the [[San'Shyuum]] during the [[War of Beginnings]]. One legendary Blockade Runner, ''[[Joori's Light]]'', succeeded in evading destruction and capture at the hands of the San'Shyuum during the war. When the war came to an end and the [[Covenant]] was established through the [[Writ of Union]], the crew of ''Joori's Light'' refused to join the Covenant and instead escaped to uncharted space.<ref name="canonfodder"/>

Over the course of history the ships received upgrades. As the [[Blooding Years]] embroiled [[Sanghelios]], Blockade Runners were pulled from hidden stocks by [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] to bolster their fleets.<ref name="hot drops"/> Upgraded to modern specifications,<ref>[http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=130303 '''Halo Archive''': ''Canon Fodder thread'']</ref> these corvettes have been used in supporting ground operations during the civil war against the better judgement of their [[shipmaster]]s.<ref name="canonfodder"/> In [[2558#October|October 2558]], some Blockade Runners were present during the [[Battle of Kamchatka]],<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]''</ref> the [[raid on Argent Moon]],<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]''</ref> and the [[Battle of Sunaion]].<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion]]''</ref> [[Spartan-IV]]s aboard {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} trained in a [[Truth|simulation]] of [[War Games]] set during the [[Battle of Installation 04]], but with the ships from the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] replaced by these ships.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', multiplayer map, ''[[Truth]]''</ref>

===Covenant Blockade Runner===

[[File:HFB-BlockadeRunner1.jpg|thumb|250px|A Blockade Runner in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.]]

===Covenant Escorted Blockade Runner===

[[File:HFB-BlockadeRunner.png|thumb|250px|A Blockade Runner with an {{Class|ADP|escort}} from ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.]]

==Behind the scenes==

File:HM-BlockadeRunner.png|A profile of a Blockade Runner.

File:HFB-Lotsofships.png|The blockade runner to scale with numerous other Covenant and [[UNSC]] warships, rivalling the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser in size.

File:H5 - Truth ship aft.png|Blockade runner ship over [[Threshold]].

File:H5 - Truth fleet.png|The ships accompanied by a [[Carrack]]-class vessel.

File:Halo 5 - Blockade Runner and Man O' War.png|A Blockade runner escorted by a Sangheili Man O' War.

File:H5G-SanctumBlockadeRunner.png|A Blockade Runner on [[Attack on Sanctum]].

File:H5G-Blockaderunneraftplasma.png|A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo from its aft section.

File:H5G-Blockaderunnerleaves.png|A Blockade Runner flees from Attack on Sanctum.

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