Editing Kewu-pattern battleship

{{Title|''Kewu''-pattern battleship}}

{{Status|Canon}}

|name=''Kewu''-pattern battleship

|class=[[Battleship]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|role=Flagship, ship-to-ship artillery{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}

|length={{Convert|3500|m|ftin}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=FOR36}}

|mass=500 million tons{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|armament=

*1 [[Plasma lance|''Muesh''-pattern flensing lance]] turret{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

*10 [[Plasma beam emitter|''Luxor''-pattern heavy plasma beam]] arrays{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

*55 [[Pulse laser turret|''Phot Et''-pattern pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}

|introduced=[[Age of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|affiliation=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The '''''Kewu''-pattern battleship''' is one of the most powerful [[Covenant starship|vessels]] fielded by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=267}}

==Overview==

The ''Kewu''-pattern is a ship seemingly purpose-built for the task of destroying other Covenant warships.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The vessel masses out at 500 million tonnes,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} over three times that of a typical [[Covenant cruiser]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=FOR36|TFoR|Chapter=36}} and sizes up at three times the size of a typical [[UNSC cruiser]]; laying at 3.5 kilometres in length.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

 

The ship is capable of withstanding three [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] rounds and hundreds of [[M58 Archer missile]]s before losing its shields, as well as surviving a dozen Archers to its unshielded hull with minor damage.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}

The ''Kewu''-pattern is armed with a dorsal-mounted{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}} [[Plasma lance|''Muesh''-pattern flensing lance turret]], alongside ten [[Plasma beam emitter|''Luxor''-pattern heavy plasma beam]] arrays{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} and fifty-five [[Pulse laser turret|''Phot Et''-pattern pulse laser]] turrets.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

 

The ''Kewu''-pattern was comissioned, unusually, by the [[Ministry of Concert]] during the [[Age of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]]. This was viewed as highly unusual, and the design broke many conventions of naval architecture and pattern approval processes, though was ultimately blessed by the [[Hierarchs]] in an extremely unorthodox process. The Ministry of Concert's charge of ensuring the governance and subjugation of lower-caste species in the empire may be the primary reason for the ship's overwhelming focus on countering other Covenant vessels.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The only such vessel known to have been encountered by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was present at the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552|August 30, 2552]]. During the [[Space engagements over Reach|battle]], it remained outside the range of the planet's [[orbital defense platform]]s and destroyed many [[UNSC starship|UNSC ships]], including the ''[[UNSC Musashi|Musashi]]'', the ''[[UNSC Minotaur|Minotaur]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Herodotus|Herodotus]]''. Soon, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} used three shots from its upgraded [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#Mark II|MAC]] and over 500 [[Archer missile]]s to drop the ship's shields and apply minimal damage to the hull. The ''Pillar of Autumn'' then launched a remote-controlled [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] armed with a {{Class|Shiva|nuclear missile}}, which impacted the ship while its energy shields were recharging. The explosion was contained by the newly regenerated shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially, and the ship was destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR36}}

File:Unidentified Covenant Warship 1.JPG|A ''Kewu''-pattern battleship observed from the ''Pillar of Autumn''.

File:Invasion - Sniper vs Autumn.png|The ''Kewu''-pattern battleship engages the ''Pillar of Autumn'' over Reach as its energy projector crippled the UNSC light cruiser.

[[Category:Battleship classes]]