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|name=''Zashk''-pattern | |name=''Zashk''-pattern mobile fortress | ||
|image=[[File:HR Draugr SiegeEngine Concept.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:HR Draugr SiegeEngine Concept.jpg|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer=[[Assembly Forges]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=277}} | |manufacturer=[[Assembly Forges]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=277}} | ||
|line= | |line= | ||
|model=Draugr | |model=Draugr | ||
|class = Mobile fortress | |||
|cost= | |cost= | ||
|length={{Convert|553.1|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |length={{Convert|553.1|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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|engine= | |engine= | ||
|hull= | |hull= | ||
|armament=5 heavy [[focus cannon]]s | |armament=5 heavy [[focus cannon]]s | ||
|crew=12{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |crew=12{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
|complement=100 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |complement=100 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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|firstuse= | |firstuse= | ||
|service= | |service= | ||
|role=Mobile fortress{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22 | |role=Mobile fortress{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |affiliation=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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The '''''Zashk''-pattern mobile fortress''', more commonly known simply as the '''Draugr''', is a gargantuan mobile fortress employed by the [[Covenant military]] as the centrepiece in a large [[Planetary warfare|ground campaign]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
The '''''Zashk''-pattern | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The Draugr is a massive vehicle employed by the [[Covenant]], featuring a [[gravity lift]] and heavy-duty [[energy shielding]]. It is among one of the largest and most powerful land vehicles of the Covenant, with only the [[Harvester]] and [[Kraken]] surpassing it in scale.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22 | The Draugr is a massive vehicle employed by the [[Covenant]], featuring a [[gravity lift]] and heavy-duty [[energy shielding]]. Analogue to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landship Land Battleship]. It is among one of the largest and most powerful land vehicles of the Covenant, with only the [[Harvester]] and [[Kraken]] surpassing it in scale.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
===Armament=== | ===Armament=== | ||
The Draugr is equipped with five [[focus cannon]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22 | The Draugr is equipped with five [[focus cannon]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
The Draugr is employed by the Covenant as the centrepiece of their largest mobile field armies, where they are flanked by [[Scarab]]s for protection. They can house [[legion]]s of combat troops inside their shield dome, and thus make a useful tool when the Covenant wish to completely annihilate a well-entrenched enemy.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22 | The Draugr is employed by the Covenant as the centrepiece of their largest mobile field armies, where they are flanked by [[Scarab]]s for protection. They can house [[legion]]s of combat troops inside their shield dome, and thus make a useful tool when the Covenant wish to completely annihilate a well-entrenched enemy.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
The Draugr was initially | The Draugr was initially concepted by [[Isaac Hannaford]] under the working name "[[Cut Halo: Reach vehicles#Siege engine|Siege Engine]]" during the [[Development of Halo: Reach|production]] of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. At the time, the vehicle was to be the centrepiece of a [[Cut Halo: Reach levels|cut level]] later in the game, and can be seen in several pieces of concept art. Hannaford designed the vehicle based on the H-K Tank from ''Terminator''. | ||
The vehicle was later brought back and canonised in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' | The vehicle was later brought back and canonised in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]''. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
A Draugr is a type of undead creature from Norse mythology, akin to zombies. This is to keep in the Covenant's tradition of naming most of its vehicles after undead mythological entities. | *A Draugr is a type of undead creature from Norse mythology, akin to zombies. This is to keep in the Covenant's tradition of naming most of its vehicles after undead mythological entities. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HR_CovenantArmy_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art for a Covenant army, depicting what appear to be siege engines. | File:HR_CovenantArmy_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art for a Covenant army, depicting what appear to be siege engines. | ||
File:HR_WarthogCharge_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art for Tip of the Spear - note the presence of siege engines in the artwork. | File:HR_WarthogCharge_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art for Tip of the Spear - note the presence of siege engines in the artwork. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
{{Covenant Ground Vehicles}} | {{Covenant Ground Vehicles}} | ||
