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The ''RCS''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s use during the [[Human-Covenant War]] was largely overshadowed by the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser, the mainstay of the fleet.<ref name="H4EVG"/> At the dawn of the [[Great Schism]], many armored cruisers played an important role in many [[Covenant remnants|remnant factions]] of the Covenant Empire.<ref name="universe"/> Following the end of the war, many surviving battlecruisers were commandeered by [[Kig-Yar]] scavengers or independent [[Sangheili]] factions. As a result, the ''RCS''-class armored cruiser took on a more predominant role in [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]].<ref name="H4EVG"/> Several ''RCS''-class cruisers were assigned to Jul 'Mdama's fleet occupying [[Requiem]] in [[2558#February|February 2558]], escorted by a much larger number of comparatively diminutive {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}s.<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> One was destroyed when the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} emerged from slipspace and rammed it. Another fled the [[shield world]] after 'Mdama set the planet on a collision course with the [[Epoloch system|local star]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Spartan Ops]]''</ref>
The ''RCS''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s use during the [[Human-Covenant War]] was largely overshadowed by the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser, the mainstay of the fleet.<ref name="H4EVG"/> At the dawn of the [[Great Schism]], many armored cruisers played an important role in many [[Covenant remnants|remnant factions]] of the Covenant Empire.<ref name="universe"/> Following the end of the war, many surviving battlecruisers were commandeered by [[Kig-Yar]] scavengers or independent [[Sangheili]] factions. As a result, the ''RCS''-class armored cruiser took on a more predominant role in [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]].<ref name="H4EVG"/> Several ''RCS''-class cruisers were assigned to Jul 'Mdama's fleet occupying [[Requiem]] in [[2558#February|February 2558]], escorted by a much larger number of comparatively diminutive {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}s.<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> One was destroyed when the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} emerged from slipspace and rammed it. Another fled the [[shield world]] after 'Mdama set the planet on a collision course with the [[Epoloch system|local star]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Spartan Ops]]''</ref>
==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
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===Covenant ''RCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a single ''RCS''-class battlecruiser.
*Cost: 120 points
*Movement: 7"
*Damage Track: 9 • 8 • 4
*Build rating: 2
*Hangers: 2
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security detail: 5
*System loadouts:
**Defense array (2)
**Glide (3")
**Point defense (4)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 10
*Secondary Weapon: [[Plasma cannon]] arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 8
===Covenant Supported ''RCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a ''RCS''-class battlecruiser and one ''SDV''-class heavy corvette.
*Cost: 140 points
*Movement: 7"
*Damage Track: 9 • 8 • 5
*Build rating: 3
*Hangers: 3
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security detail: 6
*System loadouts:
**Defense array (3)
**Glide (3")
**Point defense (5)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 10
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9
*Additional secondary weapon: [[Plasma torpedo]]s
**Range: 10/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward
**Dice: 5
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===Covenant Reinforced ''RCS'' Battlecruiser===
This element includes a ''RCS''-class battlecruiser and two ''SDV''-class heavy corvettes.
*Cost: 160 points
*Movement: 7"
*Damage: 9 • 8 • 6
*Build Rating: 4
*Hangars: 4
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security Detail: 6
*System loadouts:
**Defense array (4)
**Glide (3")
**Point defense (6)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 10
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 10
*Additional secondary weapon: plasma torpedos
**Range: 10/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward
**Dice: 7
===Covenant Paired ''RCS'' Battlecruisers===
This element includes two ''RCS''-class battlecruisers.
*Cost: 220 points
*Movement: 7"
*Damage: 12 • 9 • 7
*Build Rating: 6
*Hangars: 4
*Boarding Craft: 5
*Security Detail: 8
*System loadouts:
**Defense array (5)
**Glide (3")
**Point defense (7)
*Primary weapon: Plasma lance
**Range: 18/32"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 16
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 15
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==