Editing Vindication-class light battleship

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{{Title|''Vindication''-class light battleship}}
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|image=[[File:H4-Vindication.png|300px]]
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|class=Light [[Battleship]]
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|length={{Convert|5183|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip|sigfig=3.5}}<ref name="Bulletin">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-5-14-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 5.14.14'']</ref>
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|hull=[[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A battle plate]]
|armament=*Presumably at least one [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]
*Point-defense guns
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|era = [[Human-Covenant War]]<br>[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]]
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The '''''Vindication''-class light battleship''' is a [[capital ship|capital warship]] utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]] during and after the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Bulletin"/><ref name="Mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 74''</ref>

==Specifications==
===Design details===
The ''Vindication''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull is rather flat, though the bow slants upward and forward. Several antennae protrude from the fore end. The ship has one large, primary thrust nozzle and four smaller, secondary nozzles.<ref name="Midnight">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>

==Service history==
The class had entered service as early as [[2525]].<ref name="HCD1">''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'', ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref><ref name="Mythos"/> Several helped defend [[Alpha Corvi II]] from the Covenant in December of that year. At least one was present at the {{UNSCship|Infinity}}'s commissioning ceremony.<ref>'''[[The Commissioning]]'''</ref> Several ''Vindications'' were part of [[Battle Group Dakota]] and attacked the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' during the [[Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth]] in July of 2557.<ref name="Midnight"/> During the [[Second Battle of Requiem]], at least three ships of this class deployed fireteams to the surface in order to find [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] after her abduction at the hands of the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant]].<ref name="search-for-halsey">'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[S1/Key|S1E9 ''Key'']]''</ref>

==Ships of the line==
*{{UNSCShip|Vindication}} - The [[Wikipedia:lead ship|lead ship]] of the class

==Behind the scenes==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
*Two ''Vindication''-class battleships appear in the background of the ''Halo 4'' level ''Midnight''; given their nature they are intended to be seen only from a considerable distance. However, exploiting a [[Midnight Vacation|glitch]] allows the player to examine these vessels up close, along with a number of {{Class|Poseidon|light carrier}}s and {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}s. Because these ships are intended to appear only as scenery, they are rendered as brushes rather than level geometry; as such, the player can fly the Broadsword through them without harm. By the same merit the ships' in-game models are not to scale with their canonical incarnations.<ref name="Bulletin"/>
*The ''Vindication''-class battleship and ''Poseidon''-class carrier were to be featured in ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' but were cut due to space constraints.<ref name="Bulletin"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Commissioning-5.jpg|A ''Vindication'' attends UNSC ''Infinity'''s commissioning ceremony; note the in-atmosphere boosters.
File:H4 - Vindication early sketches.jpg|Early concept art of what would become the ''Vindication''-class for ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:H4-PaulRichards-Vindication_early.jpg|Concept art for the ''Vindication''-class.
File:Unidentified UNSC CS A1.jpg|A ''Vindication''-class battleship engaging ''Mantle's Approach''.
File:Unidentified UNSC CS A2.jpg|Rear view of the battleship.
File:Dakota 4.jpg|Another view of the ''Vindication''-class.
File:HM-Vindication.png|Profile of the ''Vindication''-class in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
File:Vindication - Spartan Ops.png|Three ships of this class participating in the Requiem Campaign of 2558.
File:HCD-AlphaCorviIIholo3.png|A battlegroup featuring a pair of ''Vindication''-class battleships defends Alpha Corvi II from a Covenant armada.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[The Commissioning]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''

==Sources==
{{reflist}}

{{Human Ships}}

[[Category:United Nations Space Command ship classes]]
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+|hull=[[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A battle plate]]
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-|class in service     = [[2554]]-present{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Note|Id=service|Text=''Vindication''-class ships can be seen at the [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]] in a hologram in [[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue #1]] of ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''. While this was initially implied to suggest the ''Vindication'' had a service history in the Human-Covenant War, the [[2022]] ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]'' established the ''Vindication'' as having been first launched in 2554 - retconning this panel as just an example of unreliable comic artwork and also contradicting ''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''{{'}}s page 74, which states that ''Vindication''-class light battleship was in service during the Human-Covenant War.}}
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+|affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]]
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-*1 battery of 2 Mark X [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|76G3V5 superheavy MACs]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
-*50 [[Archer missile|M58 Archer missile pods]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
-*4 [[Sentry autocannon|M60 Sentry naval autocannons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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-The '''''Vindication''-class light battleship''' is a [[capital ship|capital warship]] utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]] during the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos|HM|Page=74}}
-==Overview==
+The '''''Vindication''-class light battleship''' is a [[capital ship|capital warship]] utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]] during and after the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Bulletin"/><ref name="Mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 74''</ref>
+==Specifications==
 ===Design details===
-The ''Vindication''{{'}}s hull is rather flat, though the bow slants upward and forward. Several antennae protrude from the fore end. The ship has one large, primary thrust nozzle and four smaller, secondary nozzles.{{Ref/Level|Id=Midnight|H4|Midnight}} The ship is equipped with experimental [[energy shielding]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
+The ''Vindication''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull is rather flat, though the bow slants upward and forward. Several antennae protrude from the fore end. The ship has one large, primary thrust nozzle and four smaller, secondary nozzles.<ref name="Midnight">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>
-===Armaments===
+==Service history==
-The ''Vindication''-class is designed as a ship-killer, intended to hunt down [[Covenant carrier]]s and [[support ship]]s before they can engage. To this end, the ''Vindication'' is equipped with two gargantuan [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Mark X 76G3V5 Superheavy MACs]], mounted in a battery. The superheavy MACs have a long charge time, and thus the ''Vindication'' requires extensive support from friendly ships to defend itself while preparing a new volley. The MAC armament is supplemented with fifty [[Archer missile|M58 Archer missile]] pod and four [[Sentry autocannon|M60 Sentry naval autocannons]] - alongside twenty [[M910 Rampart point defense network|M910 point-defence guns]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
+The class had entered service as early as [[2525]].<ref name="HCD1">''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'', ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref><ref name="Mythos"/> Several helped defend [[Alpha Corvi II]] from the Covenant in December of that year. At least one was present at the {{UNSCship|Infinity}}'s commissioning ceremony.<ref>'''[[The Commissioning]]'''</ref> Several ''Vindications'' were part of [[Battle Group Dakota]] and attacked the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' during the [[Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth]] in July of 2557.<ref name="Midnight"/> During the [[Second Battle of Requiem]], at least three ships of this class deployed fireteams to the surface in order to find [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] after her abduction at the hands of the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant]].<ref name="search-for-halsey">'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[S1/Key|S1E9 ''Key'']]''</ref>
 ==Ships of the line==
 *{{UNSCShip|Vindication}} - The [[Wikipedia:lead ship|lead ship]] of the class
-==Operational history==
+==Behind the scenes==
-===Post-war===
-The ''Vindication''-class was launched from [[Martian Metals Shipyards]] at least in [[2554]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|service}} At least one ''Vindication'' was present at the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s commissioning ceremony on [[2557#February|February 21, 2557]].{{Ref/Generic|[[The Commissioning]]}} Part of [[Battle Group Dakota]], several assaulted the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' during the [[Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth]] in [[2557#July|July 2557]].{{Ref/Reuse|Midnight}} During the [[Requiem Campaign]] in early [[2558]], at least three ships of this class deployed fireteams to the surface in order to find [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] after her abduction at the hands of the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]].{{Ref/SpOps|Id=search-for-halsey|Key}}
-==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
-===''Halo: Collateral Damage''===
-Several ships resembling the ''Vindication''-class helped to [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II|defend]] [[Alpha Corvi II]] from the [[Covenant]] in [[2525#December|December 2525]] during the earliest stages of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Comic|HCD|Issue=1}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|service}}
-==Production notes==
 {{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
-*Two ''Vindication''-class battleships appear in the background of the ''Halo 4'' level ''Midnight''; given their nature they are intended to be seen only from a considerable distance. However, exploiting a [[Midnight vacation|glitch]] allows the player to examine these vessels up close, along with a number of {{Class|Poseidon|light carrier}}s and {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}s. Because these ships are intended to appear only as scenery, they are rendered as brushes rather than level geometry; as such, the player can fly the Broadsword through them without harm. By the same merit the ships' in-game models are not to scale with their canonical incarnations.{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin}}
+*Two ''Vindication''-class battleships appear in the background of the ''Halo 4'' level ''Midnight''; given their nature they are intended to be seen only from a considerable distance. However, exploiting a [[Midnight Vacation|glitch]] allows the player to examine these vessels up close, along with a number of {{Class|Poseidon|light carrier}}s and {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}s. Because these ships are intended to appear only as scenery, they are rendered as brushes rather than level geometry; as such, the player can fly the Broadsword through them without harm. By the same merit the ships' in-game models are not to scale with their canonical incarnations.<ref name="Bulletin"/>
-*The ''Vindication''-class battleship and ''Poseidon''-class carrier were to be featured in ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' but were cut due to space constraints.{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin}}
+*The ''Vindication''-class battleship and ''Poseidon''-class carrier were to be featured in ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' but were cut due to space constraints.<ref name="Bulletin"/>
 ==Gallery==
-===Concept art===
 <gallery>
+File:Commissioning-5.jpg|A ''Vindication'' attends UNSC ''Infinity'''s commissioning ceremony; note the in-atmosphere boosters.
 File:H4 - Vindication early sketches.jpg|Early concept art of what would become the ''Vindication''-class for ''[[Halo 4]]''.
-File:H4-PaulRichards-Vindication_early.jpg|Concept art for the ''Vindication''-class. A ship seen in the ''[[The Commissioning]]'', would be based on this art.
+File:H4-PaulRichards-Vindication_early.jpg|Concept art for the ''Vindication''-class.
-</gallery>
+File:Unidentified UNSC CS A1.jpg|A ''Vindication''-class battleship engaging ''Mantle's Approach''.
+File:Unidentified UNSC CS A2.jpg|Rear view of the battleship.
-===Illustrations===
+File:Dakota 4.jpg|Another view of the ''Vindication''-class.
-<gallery>
 File:HM-Vindication.png|Profile of the ''Vindication''-class in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
-File:HM Infinity.jpg|''Halo Mythos'' artwork of UNSC warships, including a ''Vindication''-class battleship in the distance.
-File:HCD-AlphaCorviIIholo3.png|A battlegroup featuring a pair of ''Vindication''-class battleships defends Alpha Corvi II from a Covenant armada.{{Ref/NoteReuse|service}}
-</gallery>
-===Screenshots===
-<gallery>
-File:Commissioning-5.jpg|An unidentified vessel in ''[[The Commissioning]]'', bearing heavy resemblance to the ''Vindication'' concept art.
-File:H4 - MidnightShips1.png|Two ''Vindication''-class vessels along with a {{Class|Poseidon|light carrier}} and a {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}.
-File:H4 - MidnightShips3.jpg|The rear of a ''Vindication''-class vessel along with two ''Poseidon''-class carriers.
 File:Vindication - Spartan Ops.png|Three ships of this class participating in the Requiem Campaign of 2558.
+File:HCD-AlphaCorviIIholo3.png|A battlegroup featuring a pair of ''Vindication''-class battleships defends Alpha Corvi II from a Covenant armada.
 </gallery>
 ==List of appearances==
-*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[The Commissioning]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo 4]]''
 **''[[Spartan Ops]]''
-*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
+*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
-*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'' {{C|Non-canon appearance}}
+*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
-==Notes==
-{{Ref/Notes}}
 ==Sources==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
+{{reflist}}
 {{Human Ships}}
-[[Category:UNSC ship classes]]
+[[Category:United Nations Space Command ship classes]]
-[[Category:Battleship classes]]