Editing Lursu-pattern brigantine

{{Title|''Lursu''-pattern brigantine}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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|name            = ''Lursu''-pattern
|image           = [[File:Enc22 Brigantine.png|300px]]
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*Ancient [[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}} {{C|formerly}}
*[[Swords of Sanghelios]]{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}}
*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}}
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|type            = [[Covenant carrier|Heavy carrier]]{{Ref/Site|Id=canonfodder|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-holiday-shipping|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Holiday Shipping|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}}
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|mass            = 3.2 billion tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|slipspace drive = [[Borer]]
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*1 [[Excavation beam|''Elseon''-pattern superheavy excavation beam]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*12 [[Plasma lance|''Razu''-pattern heavy plasma lance batteries]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*188 [[Plasma torpedo|''Ksuchu''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*200 [[Pulse laser turret|''Quiran''-pattern pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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{{Quote|Massive carrier reclaimed from the Covenant's merchant-tithe fleets.|[[Curator]] on Brigantines.{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos|HM|Page=195}}}}
The '''''Lursu''-pattern brigantine''' is an ancient heavy [[carrier]] class, designed by the [[Sangheili]] during [[The Former Age]] prior to the establishment of the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Overview==
===Usage===
The ''Lursu''-pattern brigantine entered service in the Former Age; the earliest centuries of Sangheili space travel prior to contact with the [[San'Shyuum]] at [[Ulgethon]]. Following the end of the [[War of Beginnings]], the San'Shyuum aimed to diminish Sangheili shipbuilding capability and thus reduced the brigantine's role to one of mere formality.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Centuries after being rendered obsolete as a mainline [[warship]] within the [[Covenant fleet]], Brigantines were placed in Covenant missionary and tithe fleets throughout a majority of the empire's existence. Following the Covenant's fall during the [[Great Schism]], Brigantines have since been brought back into service as a command ship by Sangheili factions during the [[Blooding Years]], primarily the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}} - with the former posessing the majority of surviving brigantines.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Many of these ships were sourced from ancient orbital shipbreaking facilities and upgraded to modern specifications, pressed into service as a heavy carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?page=59&tab=comments|Site=Halo Archive|Page=Canon Fodder thread|D=25|M=05|Y=2018|Quote=I mean, it's not like there wouldn't be upgrades to those older designs as well...|Quotee=Jeff Easterling}}

==Trivia==
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While [[Wikipedia:brigantine|"brigantine"]] referred to a sail configuration, rather than a specific ship class, they were often more powerful, faster and more agile than smaller ships, such as schooners or sloops, but smaller than the [[Wikipedia:brig|brigs]] used by naval forces, and frequently found use as pirate ships, fleet suppliers and light escorts.

==Gallery==
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File:H5G Concept OsirisIntro1.jpg|''Halo 5: Guardians'' concept for the level [[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]. Several brigantines (the largest vessels) can be seen in combat over [[Kamchatka]].
File:Brigantine heavy carrier.jpg|A blueprint of a Brigantine.
File:Halo 5 - Brigantine.png|A Lursu-pattern brigantine during the Battle of Sunaion.
File:HFB-Lotsofships.png|The Brigantine to scale with other Covenant and UNSC vessels, dwarfing nearly every other class seen during the wartime era. 
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''

==Sources==
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{{Covenant Ships}}

[[Category:Carrier classes]]
[[Category:Covenant ship classes]]
[[Category:Sangheili ship classes]]
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