Twelfth-order escort
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17 meters (55 ft)[2] |
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22.4 meters (73.5 ft)[2] |
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Energy shielding-equipped (Optional)[1] |
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Varies[1]
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50 personnel[2] |
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The Twelfth-order escort[1] (UNSC Z-classification: Z-330 Independent Actuation Defense Escort/Heavy, Z-330 IADE/H) is a type of small escort ship employed by the Forerunners.[2][3]
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
Escorts are small craft, crewing only 50 personnel. They are manufactured by the Minoris Assembler Vats in innumerable configurations, and served in roles ranging from Sentinel carriers to personnel shuttles and maintenance tenders, or even close range picket defence craft.[1] They are equipped with an ancilla and stasis manipulators.[2] They are built in many varying configurations.[3]
Armament[edit]
Escorts employed by the Warrior-Servants aboard their vessels displayed unusual levels of uniformity, and frequently eschewed utility functions in favour of offensive armaments. These examples instead employed heavy energy projectors and resilient energy shielding.[1]
Usage[edit]
Twelfth-order escorts occupy one of the lowest tiers in the order classification system, and represent one of the weakest spacecraft employed by the Forerunners. They were employed aboard other, larger, ships used by the Ecumene and were often used for maintenance and transportation aboard these gargantuan capital ships.[1] Escort vessels such as these were oftentimes circumvented by leaner, fully weaponized and armored combat suits such as war sphinxes.[2]
Service history[edit]
They were stationed at Requiem and used to escort Mantle's Approach during the New Phoenix Incident in July 2557,[4] during which they were used to ferry individuals and equipment through the vast interior of the ship. As such, they have very limited mobility outside of this capacity.[2] The complement of escort ships around Mantle's Approach was noted by Catalog as unusual, in that the fleet lacked any form of harrier or other expected warships for protection.[5] At this time, the full functionality and purpose of these escort vessels (including whether they were controlled by individual ancilla constructs or through some automated means) were currently unknown to the UNSC.[2]
Escorts were later used as part of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction, following the Didact's defeat and Jul's inheritance of the Forerunner's Promethean forces. In mid-2558, Twelfth-order escorts were used to deploy the Third Dignitary Schema of Promethean Knights onto Oban during a Covenant raid on the UNSC facilities on the planet.[6]
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Concept art for the Escort.
Other concept art for the vessel.
Side view of the escort.
Top view of the escort.
An escort flanked by a flock of Sentinels.
An escort flanked by a flock of Sentinels. Note the upper "wings" moving up.
An escort flanked by a flock of Sentinels.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo 4 (First appearance)
- Halo: The Machine Breaks
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 380
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 123
- ^ a b X.com, Halo (@Halo): "Twelfth-order escort craft were fabricated in innumerable configurations. These automated Forerunner vessels served as sentinel carriers, maintenance craft, close-range defense pickets, and shuttles for Promethean Knight units. #FictionFriday" (Retrieved on Oct 4, 2024) [archive]
- ^ Halo 4, campaign level Midnight
- ^ Halo Waypoint Forums, Catalog Interaction (Retrieved on Sep 12, 2015) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ Halo: The Machine Breaks
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