Editing R'ea'kuk-pattern command shuttle

{{Title|''R'ea'kuk''-pattern command shuttle}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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*[[Capital ship]]-scale [[proselytization network]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
*Defensive [[augur array]]s{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
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|role=Command-level [[dropship]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
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The '''''R'ea'kuk''-pattern command shuttle''' is a large command-scale [[dropship]] employed by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFLore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-cutting-room-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Cutting Room Lore|D=26|M=7|Y=2022}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''R'ea'kuk'' displays many outward similarities to the [[Spirit]] family of troop carriers; in particular the {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit|}}. It shares a number of features with the ''Dextro Xur'' such as the twin pronged hulls, though is equipped with additional [[capital ship]]-scale [[proselytization network]] relays and defensive [[augur array]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}

===Usage===
Befitting its name, the command shuttle served in a role comparable to the larger transport shuttles employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]] (UNSC) or various [[human]] megacorporations, working to ferry high-value [[Covenant military]] officers or political figures (such as [[Hierarchs]], [[Minor Prophet]]s, [[Minister (title)|Ministers]], [[San'Shyuum High Councilor|San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili High Councilor]]s etc) on their deployments outside of [[High Charity]]. In this role, they had many features such as capital scale proselytization network relays and specialty defensive augur arrays.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}

Due to this usage, the ''R'ea'kuk'' was rarely deployed on the front lines during the [[Human-Covenant War]], and the rare occasions in which it did make contact with human forces saw the UNSC devote considerable effort to target analysis and tracking of the individual shuttles encountered.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}

==Production notes==
The command shuttle is one of [[Cut Halo 2 vehicles|many vehicles]] cut during the [[Development of Halo 2|production]] of ''[[Halo 2]]''. In the original storyboards, the command shuttle had a very different visual look, and was intended to be used to deploy the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] and his [[Special Operations Sangheili]] during the level [[The Arbiter]]. It was later to be used at the end of [[deltatemple]] as the personal transport of the [[Prophet of Regret]], before finally being seen in the final epilogue cutscenes.

The model for the command shuttle was unearthed by the [[Digsite]] project, and officially canonised in an issue of [[Canon Fodder]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}} The dropship reuses the textures of the original ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' [[Spirit]] in a similar fashion to the {{Pattern|Brhi Xur|Leech}} boarding craft, though was developed extremely early during the development cycle of ''Halo 2'' - during the era in which the game was still mostly the ''Combat Evolved'' engine.

==Gallery==
===Storyboards===
<gallery>
File:H2_TheArbiter_V2_Storyboard_Intro_1.jpg|Storyboards of a command shuttle inserting the Arbiter's team into the gas mine.
File:H2_TheArbiter_V2_Storyboard_Intro_3.jpg|Storyboards of a command shuttle inserting the Arbiter's team into the gas mine.
File:H2_TheArbiter_V2_Storyboard_Intro_6.jpg|Storyboards of a command shuttle inserting the Arbiter's team into the gas mine.
File:H2_TheArbiter_V2_Storyboard_Intro_7.jpg|Storyboards of a command shuttle inserting the Arbiter's team into the gas mine.
File:H2_Epilogue_Storyboard_2.jpg|A command shuttle can be seen in storyboards for the game's [[Earth Ark|original ending]].
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:H2 CommandShuttle Render 2.jpg|View of the shuttle's rear.
File:H2 CommandShuttle Render 3.jpg|A three-quarters angle on the shuttle's rear.
File:H2 CommandShuttle Render 4.jpg|A side orthogonal view of the shuttle.
File:H2 CommandShuttle Render 5.jpg|The ventral surfaces of the shuttle.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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{{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}}