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{{Title|''R'sisho''-pattern Tick}}
{{Era|HCW|Post}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Cleanup}}
{{Disambig header|the Covenant boarding craft introduced in ''Halo 2''|the boarding craft seen in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''|Brhi Xur-pattern Leech}}
{{Center|''This article is about the boarding craft introduced in ''[[Halo 2]]''. For the model featured in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', see [[Unidentified boarding craft]].''}}
{{Ship class infobox
{{Ship class infobox
|name=''R'sisho''-pattern Ship Breacher
|name=Type-28 Intrusion Vehicle
|image=[[File:Enc22 Tick.png|300px]]
|image=[[File:H2A-Boarding Craft.png|300px]]
|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}}
|manufacturer=[[Assembly Forges]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/tick '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tick'']</ref>
|class=
|class=
|role=[[Naval boarding|Boarding]] craft{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|role=[[Boarding]] craft<ref name="universe"/>
|length={{Convert|204|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|length={{Convert|62.2|m|ft|sigfig=3}}<ref name="universe"/>
|width={{Convert|116|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|35.4|m|ft|sigfig=3}}<ref name="universe"/>
|height={{Convert|92.2|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height={{Convert|28.1|m|ft|sigfig=3}}<ref name="universe"/>
|mass={{Convert|194.4|MT|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass=
|power=
|power=
|engine=[[Impulse drive]]s{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|engine=[[Impulse drive]]s<ref name="universe"/>
|slipspace drive=
|slipspace drive=
|navigation=
|navigation=
|hull=
|hull=
|armament=
|armament=
|complement=75 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|complement=
|crew=1 pilot{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|crew=
|passengers=
|passengers=
|othersystems=
|othersystems=
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|affiliation=[[Covenant]]<br>Independent [[Sangheili]] factions
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]<br>Independent [[Sangheili]] factions
}}
}}
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}}
 
The '''Type-28 Intrusion Vehicle''', also known as the '''Type-28 boarding craft'''<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> or simply the '''Tick''', is a [[Covenant]] ship specifically designed for [[boarding]] an enemy vessel.<ref name="cairo">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]''</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
===Design details===
The Covenant, although their ships are fully capable of reducing most [[UNSC]] vessels to heaps of molten slag in a matter of minutes, have also shown a desire to board and hopefully capture a [[human]] vessel, in hopes of capturing valuable information from their computers. Thus far, they have done so by using boarding craft. This has only been done rarely, such as at [[23 Librae]]. Infantry are deployed into the heart of a vessel for purposes the UNSC can only speculate. Suggestions and evidence collated so far for motivations have been:
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}}


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}}
*To collect information/specifications of UNSC military equipment, vehicles, weapons, etc.
*To capture key members of the vessels crew and thus unlock classified UNSC intelligence including the location of [[Earth]].
*To destroy or capture a shipboard [[Artificial intelligence|AI]].
*To destroy the vessel from within (such as the ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'' [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platforms]] during the [[Battle of Earth]]).


===Usage===
==Operation==
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}}
The boarding craft is a reusable vessel and is able to leave the UNSC ship and return to a nearby cruiser should the need to retreat occur. 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.<ref name="cairo"/>
 
==Types of boarding craft==
Boarding craft were also responsible for the destruction of the [[Orbital defense platform|ODPs]] ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'' stations. Unlike in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', these boarding craft could be clearly seen through the station's windows. The craft used a long boarding tube to penetrate the windows of the station. The entrance/exit to the boarding tube was covered with an impenetrable [[energy shielding|energy shield]] that only allowed their considerable complement of Covenant soldiers out. The boarding tube seemed to function on a similar basis to the [[gravity conveyor]]s found in the Covenant holy city ''[[High Charity]]''. The tube, once deployed, had a superheated rim to melt glass instead of shattering it, therefore cooling down so air cannot escape.<ref name="cairo"/>


==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
===Covenant Type-28 Boarding Craft===
===Covenant Type-28 Boarding Craft===
*'''Flight slots:''' 0
*Flight slots: 0
*'''Movement:''' 12"
*Movement: 12"
*'''Damage track:''' 4
*Damage track: 4
*'''Security detail:''' 2
*Security detail: 2
*'''Systems loadout:''' Heroic save (Trooper)
*Systems loadout: Heroic save (Trooper)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Type-28 boarding craft}}
In ''Halo 2'', players cannot enter the boarding craft even when the shields for the entrance are turned off.
In ''Halo 2'', players cannot enter the boarding craft even when the shields for the entrance are turned off.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
===''Halo 2''===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Halo2-CovenantBoardingCraft.png|A Covenant boarding craft in ''Halo 2''.
File:Halo2-CovenantBoardingCraft.png|A Covenant boarding craft 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''.
File:H2-CovenantBoardingCraft.png|Another in-game preview of the Covenant boarding craft with docking tube retracted in ''Halo 2''.
File:H2-T28CovBoardingCraft-SideProfile.png|In-game preview of the back end of the Covenant boarding craft.
File:H2-T28CovBoardingCraft-SideProfile.png|In-game preview of the back end of the Covenant boarding craft.
</gallery>
===''Halo 2: Anniversary''===
<gallery>
File:H2A-pavel-belov-covenant-boarding-craft.jpg|Concept art of the boarding craft in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A-pavel-belov-covenant-boarding-craft.jpg|Concept art of the boarding craft in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A-Boarding Craft Attached.png|A Covenant boarding craft attached to ''Cairo Station'' in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:H2A-Boarding Craft Attached.png|A Covenant boarding craft attached to ''Cairo Station'' in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:H2A-Boarding Craft.png|The aft of the updated Tick model.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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