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| {{Title|''R'sisho''-pattern Tick}} | | {{Ship |
| {{Status|Canon}}
| | |image=[[Image:Boardingcraft.jpg|150px]] |
| {{Disambig header|the Covenant boarding craft introduced in ''Halo 2''|the boarding craft seen in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''|Brhi Xur-pattern Leech}}
| | |name=Covenant Boarding Craft |
| {{Ship class infobox
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| |name=''R'sisho''-pattern Ship Breacher
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| |image=[[File:H2A-Boarding Craft.png|300px]] | | |model= |
| |manufacturer=[[Assembly Forges]]{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/tick|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Tick|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=281}} | | |class=Boarding Craft |
| |class= | | |length=62.2m |
| |role=[[Naval boarding|Boarding]] craft{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
| | |width=35.4m |
| |length={{Convert|204|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |height=28.1m |
| |width={{Convert|116|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |mass= |
| |height={{Convert|92.2|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |max accel= |
| |mass={{Convert|194.4|MT|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |max speed space= |
| | |max speed air= |
| | |engine= |
| | |slipspace drive= |
| | |slipspace speed= |
| | |poweroutput= |
| |power= | | |power= |
| |engine=[[Impulse drive]]s{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | | |shield gen= |
| |slipspace drive= | | |hull= |
| | |sensor= |
| | |target= |
| |navigation= | | |navigation= |
| |hull= | | |avionics= |
| | |countermeasures= |
| |armament= | | |armament= |
| |complement=75 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |complement=*75 Infantry |
| |crew=1 pilot{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |crew=*2 Pilots |
| | |skeleton=*2 Pilots |
| |passengers= | | |passengers= |
| | |capacity= |
| | |consumables= |
| |othersystems= | | |othersystems= |
| |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] | | |firstuse= |
| |introduced= | | |role=Boarding Craft |
| |affiliation=[[Covenant]]<br>Independent [[Sangheili]] factions | | |era= |
| }}
| | |affiliation=}} |
| The '''''R'sisho''-pattern Ship Breacher'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} {{Type|28|Intrusion Vehicle|IV}}{{Ref/Book|Id=VIS|H4EVG|Page=118}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} or simply the '''Tick''', is a [[Covenant]] ship specifically designed for [[Naval boarding|boarding]] an enemy vessel.{{Ref/Level|Id=cairo|H2|Cairo Station}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Design details===
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| The Tick has an unconventional layout, consisting of a central boarding tube with three large arms surrounding it, facing the front of the vessel. Completely unarmed, the Tick is designed to launch itself at high speed toward an enemy target and clamp itself onto the hull, before extending a proboscis that cuts through the hull of the target vessel. Once the connection is secure, the craft's troop payload is free to exit the Tick and commence boarding operations. Once the mission is complete, the Tick retracts the boarding tube, unclamps, and boosts away to safety.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} When the craft boards via windows it seems to use the outer edge of the boarding tube to superheat the glass, thus the glass does not shatter and depressurise the compartment.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}
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| The entry tube for the Tick appears to have an [[Energy shielding|energy shield coating]] preventing unauthorised entry from the outside, and has an [[Anti-gravity technology|antigravity]] system of some kind similar to [[High Charity]]'s [[gravity bridge]]s, which pushes troops out of the front of the Tick.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}
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| ===Usage===
| | When a [[UNSC]] ship is under siege by the [[Covenant]] Fleet, rather than simply destroy it, Covenant forces may attempt to board the ship and search for vital information or capture valuable individuals on the crew. In such a situation the '''Boarding Craft''' is used. They simply use the windows or the empty [[Bumblebee|escape pod]] docking rings to board the vessel. |
| The Tick is a [[boarding craft]] similar in nature to the {{Pattern|Brhi Xur|Leech}}, and is such only intended for use as a specialised [[dropship]] in [[naval boarding]] actions. Due to the overwhelming disparity of firepower found on [[Covenant starship]]s, such actions are generally a rarity (especially during the [[Human-Covenant War]]), and generally occur only at the edict of a [[fleetmaster]] or [[San'Shyuum]] official.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Unlike the Leech, the Tick has very little in common with the [[Spirit]] dropship family and has no armaments to speak of, instead relying on its high-thrust [[impulse drive]]s to navigate space at bone-crushing accelerations.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Due to the Tick's size, it is sometimes unsuitable for deployment in confined spaces; in these situations, the Leech or specialised {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} conversions bearing docking connectors may be used instead.{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
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| ==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
| | The Boarding Craft are reusable, and able to leave the UNSC ship and return to a nearby cruiser should the need to retreat occur. |
| ===Covenant Type-28 Boarding Craft===
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| *'''Flight slots:''' 0
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| *'''Movement:''' 12"
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| *'''Damage track:''' 4
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| *'''Security detail:''' 2
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| *'''Systems loadout:''' Heroic save (Trooper)
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| ==Trivia==
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| In ''Halo 2'', players cannot enter the boarding craft even when the shields for the entrance are turned off.
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| ==Gallery==
| | The Covenant have been known to try and capture a UNSC ship instead of simply destroying it. When they attempt to capture a ship they damage it enough so that the crew must abandon it, then they simply use the escape pod docking rings to board the vessel--[[humans]] go out, the Covenant go in. |
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| ===''Halo 2''===
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| <gallery>
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| File:Halo2-CovenantBoardingCraft.png|A Covenant boarding craft in ''Halo 2''.
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| File:H2-BCraft-doj6.jpg|The interior of a Covenant boarding craft in ''Halo 2''.
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| File:Boardingcraft.jpg|A Covenant boarding craft attached to ''Cairo Station'' in ''Halo 2''.
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| File:H2-CovenantBoardingCraftSide.png|An in-game profile view of the Covenant boarding craft with docking tube extended in ''Halo 2''.
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| File:H2-CovenantBoardingCraft.png|Another in-game preview of the Covenant boarding craft with docking tube retracted in ''Halo 2''.
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| File:H2-T28CovBoardingCraft-SideProfile.png|In-game preview of the back end of the Covenant boarding craft.
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo 2: Anniversary''===
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| File:H2A-pavel-belov-covenant-boarding-craft.jpg|Concept art of the boarding craft in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
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| File:H2A-Boarding Craft Attached.png|A Covenant boarding craft attached to ''Cairo Station'' in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
| | When it boards through windows it probably superheats the needle (passageway) to melt the glass and won't shatter when it latches on.It also seems it must be done quick and carefully because the vacuum of space will instantly cool the glass down. |
| *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| **''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Envoy]]''
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| ==Sources==
| | Several fan-sites have given it the nickname "razor". |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}} | | [[Image:Covenant bording craftl.gif]] |
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