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| {{Title|''Rapid Conversion''}} | | {{era|CH}} |
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| | The '''''Rapid Conversion''''' was a pear shaped [[Covenant]] vessel commanded by [[Jiralhanae]] [[Chieftain]] [[Maccabeus]] <ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', page 194</ref>. It was decommissioned by the [[Elites]] for their own use but was deemed worthy of [[Brute]] use. Its lifts were replaced by ladders. |
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| {{Individual ship infobox
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| |name=''Rapid Conversion''
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| |image=[[File:TFoR AS - Rapid Conversion.jpg|300px]]
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| |class=[[Covenant cruiser]]{{Ref/Reuse|class}}{{Ref/Note|Id=shipclass|Text=''Halo: Contact Harvest'' refers to the ''Rapid Conversion'' simply as a [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]]. In the ''Halo: Fall of Reach'' comic adaptation, the vessel is depicted in the likeness of a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}. While this may indicate that the ship was a battlecruiser, it may also be an [[List of changes in Halo: Fall of Reach#Boot Camp|artistic liberty]] similar to the way the ovoid-shaped ''[[Unrelenting]]'' is depicted as a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser. Based on the visual depiction in ''Fall of Reach'', ''Rapid Conversion'' may also have been a {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} (properly introduced in ''[[Halo 4]]''), since the ''CRS'' class is virtually identical to the ''CCS'' class in outward appearance. However, the animated adaptation clearly portrays the ship as a ''CCS'' based on its scale in comparison to the ships of Battlegroup 4, and ''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' used a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser model from ''Halo 3'' to portray ''Conversion''. Later media such as ''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'' established that the ''Zanar''-pattern typically has no complement, much oppose to Covenant deployments of troops and vehicles, including Spirits and Choppers, from a single cruiser during the First Battle of Harvest. As such, this make the possibility of ''Rapid Conversion'' being a ''CRS''-class being very unlikely.}}
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| |engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s{{Citation needed}}
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| |slipspace drive=Yes{{Citation needed}}
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| |hull=[[Nanolaminate]] plating{{Citation needed}}
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| |countermeasures=
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| |armament=1 [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo turret]]{{Citation needed}}
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| |destroyed=
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| |battles=[[First Battle of Harvest]]{{Ref/Reuse|p336342}}
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| |fleet=
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| |namedcrew=[[Lighter Than Some]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=p226|HCH|Page=226}}
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| |captains=*[[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]] [[Maccabeus]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=p200|HCH|Page=200}} {{c|formerly}}
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| *[[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=p346|HCH|Page=346}}
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| |affiliation=*[[Covenant]]
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| **[[Covenant military]]
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| ***[[Covenant fleet]]
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| }}
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| '''''Rapid Conversion''''' was a [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]] used by [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=class|HCH|Page=???}} In [[2525]], it was commanded by [[Maccabeus]] and later by his nephew [[Tartarus]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=p194|HCH|Page=194}}
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| ==Service history==
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| ''Rapid Conversion'' was originally decommissioned by the [[Sangheili]] for their own use, but was deemed worthy of use by Jiralhanae. Many of its systems, including weapons and [[gravity lift]]s, were disabled. Upon taking command of the vessel, [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]] [[Maccabeus]] commissioned a number of changes to its interior decor, including an authentic facsimile of a traditional Jiralhanae feasting hall with [[door]]s and ceiling supports of forged [[steel]] and lighting provided by primitive oil lamps on clawed floor stands.{{Ref/Novel|Id=p194195|HCH|Page=194-195}} The crew was comprised of a pack of ten Jiralhanae, roughly sixty [[Unggoy]], and over a hundred [[Yanme'e]] responsible for the vessel's upkeep.
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| ===Human-Covenant War===
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| The warship was used to deploy troops and vehicles, such as [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirits]] and [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|Choppers]], to the surface of [[Harvest]] during the [[First Battle of Harvest]] and also used as the Covenant's command center. Though its weapon system, a [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo turret]], had been disabled, the [[Huragok]] [[Lighter Than Some]] was able to repair them in time for the ship's actions against Harvest and its colonists.
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| Later, going into low orbit over Harvest's surface in order to deliver troops and gather the relics they sought, ''Rapid Conversion'' fell into a trap that had been laid by [[Captain (ground forces)|Captain]] [[Ponder]] and his troops and was hit by two rounds from a [[mass driver]] based on Harvest's surface. The first round did little damage. The second round, however, passed completely through the warship, severing the connections between the ship's reactor and anti-grav generators, causing the ship to plummet to the planet's surface.{{Ref/Novel|Id=p336342|HCH|Page=336-342}}
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| In the following months, however, the crew managed to repair the ship and began to glass Harvest, eventually reducing the planet's surface to cinder.{{Ref/Novel|Id=p382|HCH|Page=382}} In April, ''Rapid Conversion'' destroyed the [[Colonial Military Administration]] scout ship [[CMA Argo|''Argo'']].{{Ref/Novel|Id=p391396|HCH|Page=391-396}} Six months later, the CMA's [[Battle Group 4]], consisting of the [[CMA Heracles|''Heracles'']], the [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']], and the [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']], was sent to investigate the loss of contact with Harvest and the ''Argo''; the battle group was almost completely destroyed by a {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}} ''[[Heaven's Brilliant Bier]]'' that was holding station over the planet.
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| ===Great Schism===
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| After ascending to the title of [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]], ''Rapid Conversion'' remained under Tartarus' control. During the [[Great Schism]], following [[Tartarus]]' death on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Sangheili assassins led by [[Resa 'Azavayl]] under the banner of the [[Silent Shadow]] eliminated the remaining members of Tartarus' crew aboard the ship.{{Ref/Comic|Id=hunting party|HTFS|Story=Hunting Party}}
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| == Crew ==
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| ===Jiralhanae===
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| *[[Calid]]
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| *[[Licinus]]
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| *[[Maccabeus]]
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| *[[Ritul]]
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| *[[Strab]]
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| *[[Tartarus]]
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| *[[Vorenus]]
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| ===Unggoy===
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| *[[Dadab]]
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| *[[Yull]]
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| ===Huragok===
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| *[[Lighter Than Some]]
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| ==Production notes==
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| ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' and ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' depict ''Rapid Conversion'' in place of the ''Heaven's Brilliant Bier'' that Battle Group 4 canonically encountered at Harvest.{{Ref/Site|Id=WP|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-reaching-out|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Reaching Out|D=08|M=09|Y=2015}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:FoR_RapidC.png|''Rapid Conversion'' over Harvest.
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| File:RCSS.png|The crew of ''Rapid Conversion'' was slaughtered by the Silent Shadow.
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| File:HM-RapidConversionOverUtgard.jpg|''Rapid Conversion'' over Utgard.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
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| **''[[Hunting Party]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Notes==
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| | The crew was compiled of a pack of [[Jiralhanae]], 60+ [[Unggoy]], and a hive of [[Yanme'e]] responsible for Rapid Conversion's upkeep. |
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| [[Category:Cruisers]] | | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
| [[Category:Covenant ships]] | | [[Category:Covenant Starships]] |
