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| {{Title|''R'sisho''-pattern Tick}} | | {{Era|H1|H2|TF}} |
| {{Status|Canon}}
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| {{Disambig header|the Covenant boarding craft introduced in ''Halo 2''|the boarding craft seen in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''|Brhi Xur-pattern Leech}}
| | |image=[[Image:Boardingcraft.jpg|150px]] |
| {{Ship class infobox | | |name=Covenant Boarding Craft |
| |name=''R'sisho''-pattern Ship Breacher
| | |manufacturer=Covenant |
| |image=[[File:Enc22 Tick.png|300px]] | | |line= |
| |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}} | | |model= |
| |class= | | |class=Boarding Craft |
| |role=[[Naval boarding|Boarding]] craft{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
| | |length=62.2 meters (204 feet) |
| |length={{Convert|204|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |width=35.4 meters (116 feet) |
| |width={{Convert|116|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |height=28.1 meters (92.2 feet) |
| |height={{Convert|92.2|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |mass= |
| |mass={{Convert|194.4|MT|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |max accel= |
| | |max speed space= |
| | |max speed air= |
| | |engine= |
| | |slipspace drive=None |
| | |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=Up to 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=Covenant}} |
| 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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| | The [[Covenant]], although fully capable of reducing most [[UNSC]] vessels to molten slag in a matter of minutes, have shown a desire to board and hopefully capture [[human]] starships. Thus far they have done so using Boarding Craft. Infantry are deployed into the heart of the vessel for purposes the UNSC can only guess at. Suggestions and evidence collated so far for motivations have been: |
| | *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 shipboard [[AI]]. |
| | *To destroy the vessel from within. (Such as the [[Athens Station|Athens]] and [[Malta Station|Malta]] [[Orbital Defense Platforms]] during the [[First Battle of Earth]]). |
| | [[Image:DSC00213.JPG|right|thumb|Destruction of the UNSC Athens 'Super' MAC Platform as a result of Covenant boarding action]] |
| | In [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] they contained two [[overshield]] powerups in the far corners of the pods. |
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| ==Overview== | | == Operation == |
| ===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}}
| | When a UNSC ship is being attacked by Covenant forces, rather than destroy it, the Covenant may attempt a boarding. In such a situation the '''Boarding Craft''' is used. So far the Covenant have proved highly intelligent in their entry points, having burnt holes through hanger bay windows or used the empty [[Bumblebee|escape pod]] docking rings to board a vessel. |
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| ===Usage===
| | The Boarding Craft are reusable, and are 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 super heat the glass, thus the glass does not shatter. It must be done quickly and carefully because the vacuum of space will instantly cool the glass down. |
| 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''== | | == Types of Boarding Craft == |
| ===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==
| | So far there appear to have been two variations of the boarding craft. The first encountered in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] attacked as the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'' attempted to flee towards [[Installation 04|Halo]]. These craft appeared, although only viewed internally, to be small (of comparable size to the [[Bumblebee]]) and carried a compliment of up to 8-10 covenant warriors, usually a mixed bag of grunts and Elites. Each boarding craft also carried two overshields. |
| 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 second, much larger, type of boarding craft were responsible for the destruction of the Athens and Malta [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] Platforms. These possessed the large bodied structure with attached boarding tube. The entrance/exit to the boarding tube was covered with an impenetrable [[shield]] that only allowed their considerable complement of Covenant soldiers out. The boarding tube seemed to function on a similar basis to the gravity-bridges 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. |
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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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| File:H2A-Boarding Craft.png|The aft of the updated Tick model.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | == Trivia == |
| *''[[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". |
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| {{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}} | | [[Image:Covenant bording craftl.gif|600px]] |
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