Editing Karve

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{{Quote|The [[Banished]] travel in [[pack]]s. Where there is a [[drekar]], there are karves.|[[Thel 'Vadam]]{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=20}}}}
The '''karve''' is a classification of [[Capital ship|capital warship]] designed and employed by the [[Jiralhanae]], primarily the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Reuse|SOR13}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=460}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The karve is a craft of [[Jiralhanae]] origin designed for siege and planetary invasion operations. As of [[Operation: WOLFE]], the [[UNSC]] was unaware of whether the vessels had [[superluminal communications]] capability.{{Ref/Reuse|SOR13}} They are quick to construct and easy to maintain, making them extremely popular throughout Jiralhanae space as patrol craft and cargo ferries, or by the [[Banished]] as escorts to [[Banished dreadnought|dreadnoughts]]. They are much smaller than the dreadnoughts, though share a similar design including the signature armoured prow, which can be used as an offensive weapon when necessary.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

As part of their use in planetary invasions, a pair of karves can carry and deploy hundreds of [[Gydrozka Workshop Breaching Pod|drop pods]].{{Ref/Novel|HOut|Chapter=24}}

===Armaments===
The specific armaments of Banished karves are unknown, though they have been observed in effect in the sky battle over [[Suban]]. In this engagement, the karves of the Banished fleet employed two weapons of note; the first a primary [[directed-energy weapon]] of some kind, which appears to involve a lengthy charging time and a [[laser designator]] before firing a large energy bolt at a ship. This weapon is capable of singlehandedly destroying the {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}s and {{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}s of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Reuse|prism}}

The second weapon observed in use by the Banished karves over Suban is a secondary weapon, which appears to fire four projectiles in rapid succession. It is unclear whether this is a single repeating cannon, or a battery of individual guns coordinating their fire; or whether it is an energy weapon or projectile weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|prism}}

===Usage===
Prior to the [[First Immolation]], the Jiralhanae employed karves as patrol ships and cargo [[freighter]]s. Following the Immolation, the [[Banished]] leveraged [[Kig-Yar]] shipbuilding methods to construct karves to augment their existing fleets and serve as dreadnought escorts.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-encyclopedia-extravaganza|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Encyclopedia Extravaganza|D=01|M=06|Y=2022}}

==Operational history==
During [[Operation: WOLFE]] in October [[2559]], a karve was deployed by the Banished to capture the city of [[New Mohács]] on [[Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|SOR13}} In November 2559, seven karves accompanied [[Atriox]]'s ''[[Hammer of Fate]]'' to [[Netherop]] to find [[Keely Iyuska]], a [[human]] that had taken Banished funds to study and find [[Divine Hand|a weapon]] capable of destroying [[Guardian Custode]]s. The Banished sent three of the karves on a slingshot maneuver around the planet to draw off any [[Created]] presence patrolling the planet. The trio was pursued by two {{Class|Acolyte|harrier}}s, and served as decoys on the outer reaches of the [[Ephyra system]]. The remaining four vessels, along with the ''Hammer of Fate'', were concealed by a [[cloaking generator]] on the one of the moons.{{Ref/Reuse|out6}} Atriox later deduced that two of the three decoy karves were destroyed, because the harriers have returned to the orbit of Netherop.{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=15}} 

Circa [[2560]], a Banished fleet consisting of dozens of karves and a [[Banished dreadnought]] battled a [[Swords of Sanghelios]] fleet in the skies of [[Suban]], one of the [[natural satellite|moon]]s of the [[Sangheili]] homeworld [[Sanghelios]]. During the battle, the Banished collected [[Subanese crystal]]s from their mines on the moon's surface using [[Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|prism}}{{Ref/Site|Id=WaypointS5Maps|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/maps-overview-season-5|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Maps Overview - Season 5|D=12|M=10|Y=2023}}

==Trivia==
Like their fellow [[drekar]]s, karves are named after a [[Wikipedia:Karve (ship)|type of longship]] employed by [[Wikipedia:Norway|Norse]] raiders during the [[Wikipedia:Viking Age|Viking Age]].

==Gallery==
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File:Enc22 Karve alternate angles.jpg|Karve artwork produced for the ''Halo Encyclopedia'', but unused in the final book.
File:Enc22 BanishedKarves.png|A trio of karves in formation.
HINF PrismSkyboxBattle 2.png|A Banished fleet of numerous karves in ''Halo Infinite''.
HINF PrismSkyboxBattle 1.png|A karve firing its cannon at a {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} in ''Halo Infinite''.
HINF PrismSkyboxBattle 3.png|Two karves firing their armaments in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF KrunchyKarve.png|A close-up view of one of the karves in [[Prism]]'s skybox.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
**''[[Season 05: Reckoning]]''

==Sources==
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