Editing Ket-pattern battlecruiser

{{Title|''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship class infobox
|name=''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser
|image=[[File:DH CCS Ket.png|300px]]
|manufacturer= [[Assembly Forges]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Indulgence|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/indulgence-of-conviction|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Indulgence of Conviction|D=20|M=10|Y=2020}}
|class=[[Covenant cruiser|Cruiser]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=264}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Warfleet|HWF|Page=62-63}}
|engine=2 [[Repulsor engine|''Gablien''-pattern repulsor engines]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|power=2 [[pinch fusion reactor]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|slipspace drive=''Ophon''-pattern [[borer]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|length={{Convert|1782|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=41}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=265}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=277}}
|width={{Convert|862|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
|height=
|mass=90.7 million metric tons{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|shielding=''Corvex''-pattern [[Energy shielding|dispersal field generators]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
|armament=*1 [[Energy projector|''Profero''-pattern excavation beam]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*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 [[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 {{Pattern|R'sisho|Tick}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*44 {{Pattern|Ruwaa|Shadow}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*32 [[Seraph]]s or {{Pattern|Keljiric|Tarasque}}s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*48 [[Wraith|Wraith mortar tanks]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*150 [[Ghost|Ghost scouts]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|crew=*8 [[Superior]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*2 [[Huragok]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*500 [[Menial]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
|othersystems=[[Sensor vane]]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/Level|Id=T&R|HCE|The Truth and Reconciliation}}}}
The '''''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser'''{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} {{3Letter|CCS|battlecruiser}}{{Ref/Site|Id=WP09|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/battlecruiser/355706b7-6bd3-480a-89b7-6986e8cd03a3|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Battlecruiser|D=28|M=04|Y=2012|LocalArchive=Archive:Halo_Waypoint/2009_to_2014/Universe/Ships#Battlecruiser}}{{Ref/Site|Id=WP14|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/covenant-cruiser|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Covenant Cruiser|D=28|M=10|Y=2020}} 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|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} The ''Ket''-pattern served as one of the empire's most prominent warship classes alongside the {{Pattern|Elefen|battlecruiser}}, succeeded the aging {{Pattern|Maugen|armored cruiser}}s, and has since become a workhorse of the empire's various [[Covenant remnants|successor states]].

==Overview==
Battlecruisers have consistently served in the Covenant's [[Covenant fleet|starfleet]] in some capacity throughout the empire's long existence{{Ref/Reuse|WP09}}, replacing the older {{Pattern|Maugen|armored cruiser}}s between the [[Fifth Age of Reclamation|Fifth]] and [[Seventh Age of Reclamation]]. Since then, battlecruisers have proliferated to be produced in vast quantities - moreso than any other [[Covenant starship]]{{Ref/Reuse|WP14}} - across dozens of shipyards in a litany of design patterns and other modifications - with the ''Ket'' and ''Elefen'' dominating the battlecruiser classifications as a whole.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

Battlecruisers primarily serve in attack and occupation roles{{Ref/Reuse|WP14}}, though their workhorse nature sees them frequently serving in a wider variety of functions outside of this.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Their offensive and defensive capabilities, combined with a large troop and equipment payload, make them ideal for deployment of ground forces during [[Planetary warfare|ground campaigns]], or serving as middle-weight combatants (relative to other Covenant ships) in [[space warfare]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} This is contrasted with more aggressive [[executioner]]s such as the {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} and large [[Covenant carrier|carriers]] such as the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier}}.{{Ref/Reuse|WP09}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}

The overall characteristics of the ''Ket''; numerous and highly-capable in multiple roles as to form the core of the Covenant fleet, indicate it is likely classed as an [[advocate]] within Covenant naval schema.

===Design details===
Battlecruisers are shaped to allow for mobility in atmospheric flight and agility when fighting in space.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} Their hulls are shaped with sweeping contours and almost-perfect symmetry, visually reminiscent of [[List of animals|marine life]] found on [[Sangheili colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|WP09}}{{Ref/Reuse|WP14}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Battlecruisers, as with other [[Covenant cruiser]]s, feature internal modular bays that can be configured as engineering, medical, armory, barracks and religious facilities.{{Ref/Reuse|WP14}}

Battlecruisers are best recognised for their distinctive fins, located on the underside of the ship's nose. These fins serve as sensor arrays, the number of which can differ between designs - though the configuration of the fits themselves is not an indicator of [[design pattern]] variation.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/calm-in-the-storm|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Calm in the Storm|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/calm-in-the-storm.html|D=04|M=08|Y=2021|Quote=No, although the sensor vane layout is often a way of helping to differentiate between different patterns. For example, if you look closely most of the battlecruisers you see in Halo 3 are actually different from than the Ket-pattern Truth and Reconciliation described in Halo: Warfleet (pp. 62-63), despite their similar fin arrangement.|Quotee=Kenneth Peters}} The battlecruiser's ubiquitous nature has seen them influence many other cruiser designs produced since, with the {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} produced as a stable mutation of the ''Ket'' and ''Elefen'' design.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=73}}

===Armament===
[[File:CCS Legends.jpg|250px|thumb|A battlecruiser firing its pulse lasers and torpedoes.]]
While specific pattern models and custom variations can vary, battlecruisers typically follow a fairly consistent suite of armaments. Their primary weapon system usually consists of a ventral [[energy projector]], with [[plasma cannon]]s and [[pulse laser turret]]s for secondary and tertiary weapons, respectively.{{Ref/Reuse|WP14}}{{Ref/Reuse|Indulgence}} They may also be fitted with [[plasma torpedo]]s.{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Episode=The Package}} The '

For the ''Ket''-pattern ships in the design style of the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', these armaments consisted of the following, respectively;
*1 [[Excavation beam|''Profero''-pattern excavation beam]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*1 [[Plasma lance|''Ignis''-pattern plasma lance]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*42 [[Plasma cannon (starship)|''Sono''-pattern plasma cannons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*16 [[Plasma torpedo|''Serpens''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
*50 [[Pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

The primary [[pinch fusion reactor]] located in the ship's core provides the power needed to operate the excavation beam and plasma lance, alongside igniting the plasma torpedoes. The inert plasma torpedo cores themselves are stocked in the "wings" of the ship, and can be fired out of the sixteen silos located on the top of the ship's ventral surface.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

===Defenses===
The ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser is outfitted with an [[Dispersal field generator|''Corvex''-pattern dispersal field generator]], which provides the ship with [[energy shielding]] defences. The hull is formed of layers of shield-reinforced [[nanolaminate]] plating, capable of withstanding the force of even a nearby [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear detonation]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} Fifty ''Gon''-pattern pulse laser turrets are equipped on the ship for point-defence.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

===Internal layout===
[[File:HWF_T&R.jpg|250px|thumb|A cross-section of a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser.]]
====Control center====
Buried deep within the vessel's heart is the control center, also known as the bridge and the Combat Information Center (CIC), from where the entire ship's operations are coordinated.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} 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|WP09}}

====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 [[dropship]]s and [[Banshee|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|WP09}}

====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|WP09}} When attached to the ship, the central gravity platform doubles as the firing port for the energy projector,{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} in a similar fashion to those of the [[Covenant assault carrier]]s and the {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}}.

==Ships of the line==
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===''Ket''-pattern===
The only specifically-identified ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser has a relatively unique design, consisting of a nearly-entirely smooth hull and two sensor fins.
*''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' - Participated in the [[Fall of Reach]], and later destroyed over [[Installation 04]].
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File:H2A CCSOverI05.png|A ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser on [[Installation 05]].
</gallery>

===Unknown pattern===
The following vessels share a broadly similar design, indicating they may belong to a different design pattern to the ''Ket''-pattern. These include a more segmented hull and variable number (typically 3-4) sensor fins.
*''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' - Participated in the Battle for Earth, infected by the Flood, and crashed on Earth.
*''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' - Participated and destroyed in the [[Battle for Earth]].
*''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'' - Participated in the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] on Mars.
*''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' - Participated in the [[Battle for Earth]] and [[Battle of Installation 00]], destroyed by [[Kig-Yar]] over [[Shaps III]].
*''[[Sanctity of Purification]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Fumirole]].
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File:CSS_6.png|A ship of this design in the [[Fleet of Retribution]].
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===Misc===
The following battlecruisers cannot be identified to belong to a specific design pattern.
*''[[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.

==Operational history==
The ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser entered service in the [[Ages of Reclamation|Seventh Age of Reclamation]], succeeding the aging {{Pattern|Maugen|armored cruiser}}s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The vessel was produced by dozens of shipyards in huge numbers, leading it to become a mainstay workhorse of the Covenant fleet alongside the {{Pattern|Elefen|battlecruiser}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} In service, they served a huge range of functions for the naval forces of the Covenant, allowing it to dominate other cruiser designs such as the later {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} As such, they fulfilled a key role during the [[Human-Covenant War]], and were so ubiquitous that their silhouettes were recognisable to even the most inexperienced [[United Nations Space Command]] cadets.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

CCS-class vessels contributed to many of the war's most significant battles including the [[Battle of Harvest]]{{Ref/Comic|HWG}}, [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II|Alpha Corvi II]]{{Ref/Comic|HCD|Issue=1}}, [[Battle for Arcadia]]{{Ref/Level|HW|Arcadia City}}, the battles of [[Battle of Psi Serpentis|Psi Serpentis]]{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Story=The Impossible Life and Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}}, [[Battle of Kholo|Kholo]]{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Return|Evo|The Return}} and [[Algolis Invasion|Algolis]].{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Midnight in the Heart of the Midlothian}} In the war's [[2552|final year]], CCS-class ships participated in the battles of [[Battle of Fumirole|Fumirole]]{{Ref/Generic|Deliver Hope}}, [[Battle of Beta Eridani|Beta Eridani]]{{Ref/Level|Id=fb1|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario One: Flight!}}{{Ref/Level|Id=fb2|Halo: Fleet Battles|Scenario Two: Contact}} and the culminative [[Fall of Reach]]. CCS-class battlecruisers formed the core of Covenant fleets [[Space engagements over Reach|battling]] over [[Reach]], with several part of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] pursuing {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to [[Installation 04]].{{Ref/Level|HFR|Escape (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Escape}} 

During the [[Battle over Installation 04]], a particular ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' was damaged in combat with ''Pillar of Autumn'' and set down on the ringworld's surface to become the ground headquarters for Covenant forces in the ensuing [[Battle of Installation 04|groud campaign]].{{Ref/Level|HCE|Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo}}{{Ref/Reuse|T&R}} The ship would serve as the headquarters for [[Zuka 'Zamamee]] and later, the [[Prophet of Stewardship]], during the campaign before ultimately being beset upon by [[Flood]] forces and finally captured and destroyed by a force of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]].

In the final months of the war, ''Ket''-pattern battlecruisers saw significant usage in the Covenant invasion of the [[Sol system]]. Thirteen battlecruisers served as escorts for the carrier ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' in the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] during the High [[Prophet of Regret]]'s inadvertent [[Battle for Earth|attack on]] the human homeworld [[Earth]].{{Ref/Level|H2|Cairo Station}}, with the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s reinforcement fleet sent in the following days also largely consisting of battlecruisers.{{Ref/Level|H3ODST|Coastal Highway}} Battlecruisers took a final role for the empire in the [[Great Schism|civil war]] that saw the empire's collapse, with both [[Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae]] crews commandeering the vessels for use against one another.{{Ref/Level|H3|The Ark (level)|The Ark}}

===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/Reuse|Return}} 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/Comic|HE|Issue=1}} Many other ''CCS''-battlecruisers fell into the hands of Kig-Yar scavengers and independent Sangheili factions.{{Ref/Book|H4EVG|Page=195}}

==''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==
<gallery>
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 [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|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]]''.
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==List of appearances==
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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==
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==Sources==
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