Editing Ket-pattern battlecruiser

{{Title|''CCS''-class battlecruiser}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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{{Ship class infobox
|name=''CCS''-class battlecruiser
|image=[[File:DH CCS Ket.png|300px]]
|manufacturer= [[Assembly Forges]]<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/indulgence-of-conviction '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Indulgence of Conviction'']</ref>
|class=[[Covenant cruiser|Cruiser]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=264}}
|engine=2 [[Repulsor engine|''Gablien''-pattern repulsor engines]]
|power=2 [[pinch fusion reactor]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|slipspace drive=''Ophon''-pattern [[borer]]
|length={{Convert|1782|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 265''</ref><ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|862|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
|height={{Convert|230.8|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="StnLfts">'''[http://halo.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_covenantcruiser/ Covenant CCS-class Battle Cruiser]'''</ref>
|mass=90.7 million metric tons<ref name="Warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]], pgs. 63''</ref>
|shielding=''Corvex''-pattern [[Energy shielding|dispersal field generators]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
|armament=*1 [[Energy projector|''Profero''-pattern excavation beam]]<ref name="Warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]], pgs. 63''</ref>
*1 [[Plasma lance|''Ignis''-pattern plasma lance]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*16 [[Plasma torpedo|''Serpens''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*42 [[Plasma cannon (starship)|''Sono''-pattern plasma cannons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*50 [[Pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|complement=*180 [[Sangheili Major|Obedientaries]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*2,500 Warriors{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*4,100 Thralls{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*55 [[Covenant drop pod|Insertion pods]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*10 [[Spirit]]/[[Phantom|Phantom dropships]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*50 [[Banshee|Banshee flyers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*20 [[R'sisho-pattern Tick|Tick boarding craft]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*44 [[Ruwaa-pattern Shadow|Shadow transports]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*32 [[Seraph]]/[[Keljiric-pattern Tarasque|Tarasque strikecraft]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*48 [[Wraith|Wraith mortar tanks]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*150 [[Ghost|Ghost scouts]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|crew=*8 [[Sangheili|Superiors]]
*2 [[Huragok|Engineers]]
*500 [[Menial]]s
|misc-title=
|misc=
|role=*Ship-to-ship combat
*Fleet command
*Air and ground warfare{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
*Planetary occupation{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
*Infantry and matériel deployment
*Glassing operations
|era=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
*[[Great Schism]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|introduced=[[Age of Reclamation|Seventh Age of Reclamation]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|affiliation=*[[Covenant]]
*[[Covenant separatists]]
*[[Covenant remnants]]
**[[Banished]]
**[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
**[[Merg Vol's Covenant]]
**[[Swords of Sanghelios]]
**[[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]]
}}
{{Quote|Mother of God... I'd never thought I'd get close to one of these things. How the hell are we supposed to get inside that monster?|UNSC Marine during the first [[Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation|raid on ''Truth and Reconciliation'']].}}<ref name="T&R">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>

The '''''CCS''-class battlecruiser''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Capital ship|capital warship]]. It is one of several [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]] types used by the Covenant, each of which is similar in design but differs in size and function.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''CCS''-class battlecruiser is a mid-sized [[capital ship]] that is used in both offensive and defensive roles. This type of ship is known for its large personnel and equipment capacity, which makes it ideal for infantry, vehicle, and matériel deployments during ground engagements.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} The vessel is well known for its offensive capabilities, often participating in ship-to-ship combat and in [[glassing]] operations. The ''CCS''-class battlecruiser, while not the largest cruiser in service with the Covenant, is the most prominent of the Covenant's ships, and is used in large numbers at the heart of nearly every Covenant invasion force.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} They are often deployed in three-ship battle groups.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> The "S", or Salvation, in the cruiser's three-letter classification code, "CCS", denotes that the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser is a dedicated [[warship]].<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref>

Nearly two kilometers from stem to stern, the standard battlecruiser follows the typical architecture of a Covenant ship: a sleek, amphibious design with sweeping contours, bulbous sections, and perfect symmetry,<ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/battlecruiser/355706b7-6bd3-480a-89b7-6986e8cd03a3 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Battlecruiser''] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20120428124054/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/battlecruiser/355706b7-6bd3-480a-89b7-6986e8cd03a3 Archive.org])</ref> with either two or four fin-like structures beneath the bow. It is shaped this way to allow for mobility in atmosphere during the deployment of infantry, as well as for a significant level of agility when in combat in orbit.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} Unlike the larger {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} and the more aggressively deployed {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}, the battlecruiser serves in a somewhat intermediary role: a fully weaponized warship with the ability to apply meaningful military deployment. For this reason it is frequently utilized, easily surpassing the numbers of any other known Covenant vessel.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}

===Armament===
''CCS''-class battlecruisers are typically armed with several dozen energy weapons, which are used both in ship-to-ship combat and in glassing operations.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide''', ''page 73''</ref> These weapons include [[pulse laser turret]]s, very powerful speed-of-light weapons that fire high-intensity laser bolts, radiating energy in the blue wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum,{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} though they sometimes fire nearer the red wavelength.<ref name="Package">'''Halo Legends''', '''The Package'''</ref> The turrets are chitinous pods featuring insect-like antennae and are located at various points around the vessel.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 123'', ''page 146'' (2010 edition)</ref>

The battlecruiser also has weapon emplacements along its lateral lines. These weapons include [[plasma torpedo]] turrets, which fire long, powerful lances of blue-white, amber, or red plasma contained and guided by a shaped magnetic field.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Package}}<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 8'', ''page 22'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 21'', ''page 33'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant]]''</ref> The ship also possesses two [[energy projector]]s, or "cleansing beams", located on the ventral surface - one fore and one amidships, concentric with the [[gravity lift]].{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} In addition to their use in space combat, the energy projectors are used for low-altitude glassing operations. They can seemingly be charged before firing, causing a powerful initial blast,<ref name="NA">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[New Alexandria]]''</ref> though they are typically fired as a free-flowing beam.<ref name="tsavo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref><ref name="Highway">'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level, ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref> This beam is typically bluish white,{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}{{Ref/Reuse|Highway}}<ref name="ReferenceA">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo Wars'''</ref><ref>'''Halo Legends''', ''Origins''</ref> though it also may be red{{Ref/Reuse|NA}} or purple.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign levels, ''[[Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]''</ref>{{Ref/Note|The purple beams seen in ''Halo 2'' are emitted from assault carriers' energy projectors, though it is reasonable that a battlecruiser's energy projectors could also emit purple beams.}} These different colors likely represent varying beam intensity.

==Ships of the line==
[[File:H3 CCSCruiser Aft.jpg|thumb|right|The aft view of a CCS.]]
At least two known [[design pattern]]s of the CCS-class are known to exist; the ''Ket'' and ''Elefen''-patterns.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=73}} The two can most prominently be distinguished by the sensor vanes present on the front of the ship; the ''Ket''-pattern may have four, while the ''Elefen'' may have two.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Note|While never explicitly stated in ''Warfleet'', book co-contributor [[Stephen Loftus]] elaborated on this on his [[User talk:ScaleMaster117#Elefen-pattern battlecruiser|talk page]].}}

===''Ket''-pattern===
*''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' - Participated in the [[Fall of Reach]], and destroyed over [[Installation 04]] after it was boarded by [[UNSC Marines]] and the [[Flood]].

===Unknown pattern===
<!-- Note this pattern of CCS can have its underbelly look slightly different -->
The following CCS share a design pattern, but the name has not been confirmed yet:
*''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' - Participated in the Battle for Earth, infected by the Flood, and crashed on Earth.
*''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'' - Participated in the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] on Mars.

===Misc===
The following CCS have no confirmation on what pattern they are:
*''[[Sanctity of Purification]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Fumirole]].
*''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' - Participated and destroyed in the [[Battle for Earth]].
*''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' - Participated in the [[Battle for Earth]] and [[Battle of Installation 00]], destroyed by [[Kig-Yar]] over [[Shaps III]].
*''[[Purity of Spirit]]'' - Participated in the [[Fall of Reach]].
*''[[Purveyor of Serenity]]'' - Unknown
*''[[Sacred Promise]]'' - Heavily damaged in an unspecified battle.
*''[[Undiminished Entelechy]]'' - Participated in the [[Battle of Installation 04]] and destroyed by [[Thel 'Vadam]] to prevent the Flood from leaving.
*''[[CCS-U321]]'' - Participated and destroyed in the [[Battle for Arcadia]] and was destroyed by the {{UNSCShip|Texas}}, {{UNSCShip|Belfast}}, {{UNSCShip|Armstrong}} and {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} after it was caught with its shields down.
*''[[CCS-U624]]'' - Participated in the Battle for Arcadia.

==Internal layout==
===Control center===
Buried deep within the vessel's heart is the control center, also known as the bridge and the Combat Information Center (CIC),{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} from where the entire ship's operations are coordinated. Typically occupied by only the highest-ranking officers, the control center is a large room with a centralized bridge platform overlooking the rest of the room. [[Holography|Holographic]] controls line the outer perimeter of the raised dais. The viewscreens are also holographic projections, visible at the forward end of the room near the ceiling. The viewscreens can either display exterior views of the ship's surroundings or can display tactical data. They can also be synchronized to the onboard security cameras and can display ship schematics.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}{{Ref/Reuse|T&R}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}

===Brigs===
The ''CCS'' has at least two brigs for holding prisoners. Each is a rectangular room with four force field-secured cells on either side, for a total of eight per brig. Each cell can accommodate a large number of prisoners, although normally only one is placed in each cell, probably for security purposes against the possibility of an organized escape attempt. The cell barriers appear to use the same technology as the [[shield door]]s that are common to Covenant installations and vessels, though they obviously do not allow passage from one side to the other. Even plasma bolts and ballistic projectiles can not pass through the fields. The shield barriers can be lowered by a holographic control panel on a raised platform on the far side of the brig opposite the entrance. The cells are arranged at the periphery of a spacious room, with guards patrolling them. The guards usually have [[active camouflage]], using their stealth to monitor the prisoners.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}{{Ref/Reuse|T&R}}

===Cargo bays===
The ''CCS''-class battlecruiser has multiple storage bays. These bays are connected to cargo hatches and corridors that allow the transfer of matériel from other bays to either the gravity lift room or to the hangar bays. The storage bays are two-level expanses that contain weapons, food, and military equipment crates, in addition to storing both land and air vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}{{Ref/Reuse|T&R}}

===Hangar bays===
The ''CCS''-class battlecruiser contains four bisected hangar bays; two to starboard and two to port. They are each three-tiered, with a large amount of space between the floors and ceilings of each level. Each three-tier bay has two retracting metal doors. The bays feature [[energy barrier]]s over the openings to allow ships to pass through them while retaining atmosphere and pressure inside the ship. These barriers deny the movement of all forms of matter attempting to enter or leave the hangar bays. Each launch area in the bay is capable of housing dropships and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee attack craft]]. Retracting elevators in the decking of each bay are used to ship Covenant ground and air craft into the bays for launching or for gravity connection to a waiting dropship. These elevators lower into holding areas adjacent to cargo bays.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}

===Gravity lift===
Like most Covenant warships, the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser is equipped with a single ventrally mounted [[gravity lift]], enabling quick and easy transportation of personnel, vehicles, equipment and supplies to a planet's surface. A large, circular platform can be detached and lowered to the ground to provide a stable surface for disembarking and embarking troops, vehicles, and matériel. The platform has six interlocking hinges and is carried with the ship; when the cruiser is in position over a planet's surface, the six interlocks retract and the beam repels the platform at a controlled descent to the surface. Once on the ground the platform acts as an anchor for the ship. The ship can make use of the gravity lift without the platform, but it must remain in position.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} When attached to the ship, the central gravity platform doubles as the firing port for the energy projector,{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} like that of the ''CAS''-class assault carrier and the {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}}.

The gravity lift bay is similar in design to the cargo bays except that it is only one level high. The gravity lift's door mechanism is situated in the center of the room, with cargo and personnel hatches located around the rectangular bay's walls. Several gravity lift bays are on board the cruisers, not far from the cargo and shuttle bays. Each bay has four cargo hatches along opposite walls for vehicle transfer.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}{{Ref/Reuse|T&R}}

===Corridors and doors===
The class features a labyrinthine network of curved corridors, with circuitry concealed behind purple metal casings. At junctions, gaps in the ceiling and floor appear to accommodate [[Huragok]] maintenance personnel, allowing them to float between levels easily and quickly. 

Like those of the {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}, the doors on the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser open by a three-way system. Unlocked doors are outlined in white light, while locked ones have crimson light. They are protected from electronic intrusion by a 128,000-bit modulating encryption key, but this key can be penetrated by a sufficiently advanced [[artificial intelligence]] within minutes.{{Ref/Reuse|T&R}}

===Engines and engine room===
The ''CCS''-class battlecruiser is outfitted with two large tritium plasma-powered<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 331''</ref> [[repulsor engine]]s for sublight propulsion. The ship's [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] field generators are fine-tuned enough to make much more efficient and lower-power transitions to slipspace than UNSC ships; making the vessel faster at traveling through the alternate dimension. Covenant ships are also capable of greater precision in exiting Slipspace at a given location.{{Ref/Reuse|StnLfts}}

The engine room contains fiber-optic cables that run from to the control room. These cables are very delicate and, if severed, can cause the vessel to crash.{{Ref/Reuse|McKay}}

==Operational history==
Since the beginning of the Covenant, the battlecruiser has consistently been the hegemony's primary mode of intragalactic transportation.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} For the centuries leading up to the [[Human-Covenant War]], the ''CCS'' was involved in every major event in the Covenant's history, including both peace and conflict. 

===Human-Covenant War===
Countless ''CCS''-class battlecruisers were used during the Human-Covenant War in operations ranging from fleet engagements to glassing. They were considered among the most dangerous of Covenant ships and often spearheaded invasions.

The earliest known UNSC encounter with a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser occurred in [[2526]].<ref>[[Data pads|Data pad 10]]</ref> Two ''CCS''-class vessels were present at the [[Battle for Arcadia]] in [[2531#February|February 2531]]. [[CCS-U321|One]] was destroyed by the {{UNSCShip|Texas}}, {{UNSCShip|Belfast}}, {{UNSCShip|Armstrong}} and {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} when caught with its shields down, but [[CCS-U624|the other]] destroyed the ''Texas'' and ''Belfast'', severely damaged the ''Armstrong'' and ''Pillar of Autumn'' and continued on to [[Arcadia]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Arcadia City]]''</ref> Several battlecruisers were later encountered by [[Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole's]] [[Battle Group India]] at the [[Battle of Psi Serpentis]] in [[2543#April|April 2543]]; these ships, as well as the rest of the Covenant fleet, were destroyed when Cole's flagship, [[UNSC Everest|''Everest'']], caused the nearby gas giant [[Viperidae]] to go nova.{{Ref/Note|According to ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser was first encountered at the Battle of Psi Serpentis in 2543. This contradicts ''Halo Wars: Genesis'', which shows Cole's fleet engaging such vessels in [[2526]]; ''Halo Wars'', in which two ''CCS''-class ships are encountered at Arcadia in 2531; data pad 10, which states that the [[The Assembly|Assembly]]'s findings about glassing were derived from observing the ''CCS'' class in 2526; and ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'' and the ''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe'', which state that the vessel was encountered throughout the war.}}

One of the largest known deployments of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers was during the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552|summer 2552]], in which dozens of such vessels were used in the invasion of [[Reach|the planet]]. During the [[Siege of New Alexandria]], at least two battlecruisers glassed the city of [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] from low altitude with their [[energy projector]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[New Alexandria]]''</ref> During the [[Battle of Asźod]], one attempted to prevent the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} from escaping the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]]. [[SPARTAN-B312]] was able to use an [[Mark 2488 Onager|Onager]] [[mass driver]] to shoot down the battlecruiser by targeting its energy projector when the ship dropped its shields to destroy the ''Pillar of Autumn''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>
[[File:H3ODST-Highway.jpg|thumb|right|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser and Type-52 Phantoms in Mombasa.|250px]]
As Reach was being glassed, several ''CCS''-class battlecruisers from the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] pursued the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]]; after arriving at Halo on [[2552#September|September 19]], ''Pillar of Autumn'' disabled several battlecruisers, most notably ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. UNSC forces [[Battle for the Truth and Reconciliation|raided]] the ship three times, first to rescue [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]],{{Ref/Reuse|T&R}} then to recover the captain's [[command neural interface]], and finally to recover the ship and use it to escape to [[Earth]]. However, [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] understood that doing so would allow [[the Flood]] to infest Earth; she thus severed the fiber-optic link between the engines and the [[bridge]], causing the ship to crash and killing everyone aboard.<ref name="McKay">'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 332''</ref>

On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], thirteen battlecruisers of the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] participated in the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret's]] [[Battle for Earth|botched invasion]] of Earth; only few of these vessels, such as ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', survived and later coalesced over New Mombasa during the [[Battle of Mombasa|battle]] on the city.<ref name="lootcrate2">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref> An even much larger number of battlecruisers would be deployed to Earth during the Covenant's continuation of the invasion, likely comparable to the cruiser deployments during the Fall of Reach.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} Several, along with at least three {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s, part of a [[Truth's fleet|support fleet]] sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]] were used to excavate the [[Portal at Voi]].<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST'''</ref> During the [[Battle of Cleveland]], [[Ruwan Ackerson]] was brought aboard the battlecruiser ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' to be interrogated about his knowledge about the [[Key of Osanalan]]. Injected with [[Tykos 30]], Ruwan acted as a targeting vector for ''[[Nassau Station]]''{{'}}s Super MAC to destroy the vessel.<ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising]]'''</ref> Later, a battlecruiser took part in the [[Attack on Crow's Nest|attack]] on the [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]] base, hovering nearby and sending in Phantoms carrying reinforcements while [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] and [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] battled nearby. The cruiser's dropships eventually retreated after the Master Chief retook the Crow's Nest hanger.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref>

After the [[Great Schism]] erupted on [[2552#November|November 3]], ''CCS''-class battlecruisers played crucial roles on both sides. A [[Indulgence of Conviction|Flood-infected battlecruiser]] broke through the [[Sangheili]]'s blockade of [[Installation 05]] and arrived at [[Voi]], [[Kenya]] on November 17; the Flood forms released by this vessel were glassed by the Sangheili [[Fleet of Retribution]], which arrived moments later.{{Ref/Reuse|ReferenceA}} At the [[Battle of Installation 00]] on [[2552#December|December 11]], both sides made use of several ''CCS''-class battlecruisers; though the Brute-led Covenant forces outnumbered the [[Covenant separatists|Sangheili-led Covenant]] three-to-one, the Fleet of Retribution triumphed, turning the tide of the last battle of the Human-Covenant War.

===Post-war===
As the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|Sangheili and Jiralhanae feuds]] continued throughout at least the [[2559|following seven years]], the Sangheili and the [[Jiralhanae]]-led remnants of the Covenant continued to make use of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', '''The Return''', ''page 506''</ref> Several ships of the class were present during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]], serving within the [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sangheili]] and [[Lydus' clan|Jiralhanae]] fleets tasked with protecting the delegates alongside the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. The [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|mercenary group]] under the command of [[Vata 'Gajat]] also possessed a number of these ships during the [[Attack on Ealen IV]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', '''Issue 1'''</ref> Many other ''CCS''-battlecruisers fell into the hands of Kig-Yar scavengers and independent Sangheili factions.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 195''</ref>

==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
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===Covenant ''CCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a single ''CCS''-class battlecruiser.
*Cost: 150 points
*Movement: 8"
*Damage Track: 8 • 7 • 3
*Build rating: 3
*Hangers: 2
*Boarding Craft: 2
*Security detail: 4
*System loadouts:
**Carrier action (1)
**Defense array (4)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (3)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 12
*Secondary Weapon: [[Plasma cannon (starship)|Plasma cannon]] arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9

===Covenant Supported ''CCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser and one ''SDV''-class heavy corvette.
*Cost: 170 points
*Movement: 7"
*Damage Track: 8 • 7 • 4
*Build rating: 4
*Hangers: 3
*Boarding Craft: 2
*Security detail: 5
*System loadouts:
**Carrier action (1)
**Defense array (5)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (4)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 12
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 10
*Additional secondary weapon: [[Plasma torpedo]]s
**Range: 10/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward
**Dice: 5
===Covenant Reinforced ''CCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser and two ''SDV''-class heavy corvettes.
*Cost: 200 points
*Movement: 7"
*Damage: 8 • 7 • 5
*Build Rating: 5
*Hangars: 5
*Boarding Craft: 4
*Security Detail: 6
*System loadouts:
**Carrier action (1)
**Defense array (6)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (6)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 12
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 12
*Additional secondary weapon: plasma torpedos
**Range: 10/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward
**Dice: 6
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===Covenant Escorted ''CCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser and one ''ADP''-class escort.
*Cost: 170 points
*Movement: 8"
*Damage: 8 • 7 • 4
*Build Rating: 4
*Hangars: 2
*Boarding Craft: 2
*Security Detail: 5
*System loadouts:
**Carrier action (1)
**Defense array (5)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (5)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 12
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9
*Additional secondary weapon: plasma torpedos
**Range: 10/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward
**Dice: 5
===Covenant Defended ''CCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser and two ''ADP''-class escorts.
*Cost: 190 points
*Movement: 8"
*Damage: 8 • 7 • 5
*Build Rating: 4
*Hangars: 2
*Boarding Craft: 2
*Security Detail: 5
*System loadouts:
**Cloaking system
**Carrier action (1)
**Defense array (5)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (5)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 12
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9
*Additional secondary weapon: plasma torpedos
**Range: 10/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward
**Dice: 7
===Covenant Paired ''CCS'' Battlecruisers===
This element includes two ''CCS''-class battlecruisers.
*Cost: 260 points
*Movement: 7"
*Damage: 11 • 11 • 4
*Build Rating: 8
*Hangars: 4
*Boarding Craft: 4
*Security Detail: 8
*System loadouts:
**Carrier action (2)
**Defense array (7)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (6)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 18
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 15
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==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
{{Main|Silver Timeline}}
CCS-class battlecruisers are used by the Covenant against humanity.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=HTVOT|b4doITNi2RE|Paramount+|Halo The Series (2022) Official Trailer|Y=2022|M=3|D=14}}
==Trivia==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of CCS-class battlecruisers}}
*[[Wikipedia:Battlecruiser|Battlecruisers]] were a ship class used by European, American and Japanese navies during the First and Second World Wars, developed as an evolution of the armored cruiser, being faster and better-armed than their predecessors, often featuring armaments equivalent to a larger battleship but with lighter armor. By the 1930s, only the Royal navy was using the term "battlecruiser" for its older ships, as other navies replaced battlecruisers with battleships.
* In the level ''New Alexandria'' in ''Halo: Reach'', if the player performs the [[flyable Pelican and Phantom]] Easter egg and flies inside one of the ''CCS''-class battlecruisers outside of the map, they will find a small cube in the center of either ship. It is a cube map, which contains the texture for the vessel.
*If the Mythic skull is turned on while playing ''Halo: Reach'', the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser at the end of the level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' requires two shots from the [[Mark 2488 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Onager]] to be destroyed.

===Production notes===
*During the development of ''Halo 2'', ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' was originally going to be a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser, as seen in the [[Halo 2 E3 Demo|E3 2003 demo]].
*The battlecruisers featured in ''Halo 3'' and most later media have four fins instead of two, like those of the ''Truth and Reconciliation''. These battlecruisers also feature the ''[[Marathon]]'' logo on their launch bays.

==Gallery==
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File:HCE CovenantShip Concept 2.png|Concept art of the cruiser's front for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
File:HCE CovenantShip Concept 3.png|Concept art of the cruiser's bottom.
File:HCE CovenantShip Concept 4.jpg|Finalized concept art by [[Eddie Smith]].
File:HCE - TR ship.png|The CCS in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. 
File:HaloCE-CovenantGravityLift-screen.png|The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:Cc_gravlift2.jpg|The ''Truth and Reconciliation'' projecting its gravity lift.
File:Cc bay3.jpg|One of ''Truth and Reconciliation''<nowiki />'s hangar bays.
File:HCE TaR bay with Banshee.jpg|Another look of a hanger bay in the ''Truth and Reconciliation''.
File:HCE-CCSBattlecruiser-HangarBay-screen.jpg|An external view of the ''Truth and Reconciliation''{{'}}s hangar bays.
File:Cc corr1.jpg|An internal corridor within the ''Truth and Reconciliation'', with a proximity-operated sliding door at the end.
File:1214508748 Cc decks.gif|An overlay of the interior of the ship.
File:CCS Covenant Battlecruiser.png|An underbelly view of a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser from ''[[Halo 2]]''. Note the design similarities to the ''Truth and Reconciliation''.
File:CCS-Battlecruiser-Overview.png|Dorsal, starboard, and ventral views of the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser from ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:CovenantShip1-CCS-Battlecruiser.png|A profile view of the CCS-class battlecruiser from ''Halo 3''.
File:H3-CCS-Battlecruiser-Side.png|A side view of the CCS-class battlecruiser from ''Halo 3''.
File:ThePackage Battlecruiser Concept.png|Concept art of a battlecruiser for The Package.
File:CCS Legends.jpg|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser firing its plasma torpedo and pulse laser turrets in ''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''.
File:Slip.jpg|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser entering slipspace in ''[[Origins]]''.
File:DeliverHope - CCSHangar.png|Covenant forces boarding [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] in a hangar bay on a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser from ''[[Deliver Hope]]''.
File:DeliverHope - CCSBattlecruiser.png|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser hovering over a ruined city during the [[Battle of Fumirole]].
File:CCS Shield Collapsing.jpg|''Sanctity of Purification''{{'}}s shield collapsing by the explosion of an [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|MFDD]].
File:HR NAGlassingConcept.jpg|Early concept art of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers glassing [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:HR_Glassing_Concept.jpg|Finalized concept art of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers glassing [[Asźod]] in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:HReach-CCS-Battlecruiser-Side.png|A sideview of the CCS-class battlecruiser from ''Halo: Reach''.
File:HR CCS Pro.png|CCS in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:HR CCS-class BC TurnRef.jpg|Turnaround reference of the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser.
File:HR CCS layout ref.jpg|Layout reference of the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser.{{Ref/Note|The layout reference image is compiled based on both all the canonical information as viewed in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', the novels, the latest reference guides, and the ''Halo Legends'' episode ''The Package''. If new information contradicts this information, the image will be updated accordingly.}}
File:cc stats.gif|''CCS''-class battlecruiser statistics compiled by [[Stephen Loftus]].
File:HCEA TruthAndReconciliation GravityLift Concept.jpg|Concept art of the battlecruiser ''Truth and Reconciliation'''s gravity lift in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.
File:HCEA-Concept-TnR-Hangar.jpg|Concept art of [[John-117]] fighting alongside [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] in the ''Reconciliation'''s hangar bay.
File:HCEA-TruthRecon-GravityLift.jpg|The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''.
File:HCEA-CCSBattlecruiser-HangarBay.jpg|External view of the ''Truth and Reconciliation'''s hangar bays.
File:CCS-class Battlecruiser Holographic Rendering.jpg|A holographic rendering of a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'''s [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|terminals]].
File:H2A Cutscene CovenantAtI04.png|''CCS''-class battlecruisers around [[Installation 04]] in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A-Battlecruisers Battle of Earth.png|''CCS''-class battlecruisers engaging the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] during the [[Battle of Earth]].
File:H2A CCSOverI05.png|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser in [[Installation 05]]'s atmosphere.
File:HFB-CCSduo.png|''CCS''-class battlecruisers in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:HW2 - CCSs over the Ark.jpg|Battlecruisers over the Ark in concept art for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
File:HTV-John&CCS.jpg|A CCS-class battlecruiser in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
{{Col-begin}}
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*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Duel]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
**''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[Human Weakness]]''
**''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]'' {{c|Motion comic only}}
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
**''[[The Return]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Remember Reach]]''
**''[[Deliver Hope]]''
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*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Data pads]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: New Blood]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'' 
*''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Hologram only}}
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
**''[[Reckoning]]''
**''[[Solace (TV Series)|Solace]]''
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==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}

==Sources==
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