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|length=2,000 meters (6,562 feet)<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref> | |length=2,000 meters (6,562 feet)<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref> | ||
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The '''''RCS''-class armored cruiser''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Capital ship|capital]] [[warship]] classification. | The '''''RCS''-class armored cruiser''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Capital ship|capital]] [[warship]] classification.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
The ''RCS''-class armored cruiser was first commissioned when [[Covenant]] [[energy shielding]] technology was far more limited. An older class of [[cruiser]], the class lacked both the firepower and robustness of the later {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}. | The ''RCS''-class armored cruiser was first commissioned when [[Covenant]] [[energy shielding]] technology was far more limited. An older class of [[cruiser]], the class lacked both the firepower and robustness of the later {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} The armored cruiser's primary roles are patrol and planetary occupation. Measuring 2,000 meters long, 1,000 meters wide, and 296 meters tall, it is the second-largest known cruiser of the former [[Covenant fleet]], overshadowed only by the {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}. Armed with [[plasma torpedo]] turrets, [[pulse laser]] point-defense cannons, and a ventral [[energy projector]], it is also outfitted with a stasis enfolder system;{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} this technology is presumably a much larger version of the [[stasis cannon]] used by the [[Type-29 Vampire]].<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 200''</ref> | ||
The "R", or Reverence, in the cruiser's three-letter classification code, "RCS", indicates that the cruiser is capable of conducting reconnaissance missions and is capable of excavating [[Forerunner]] artifacts. The "S", or Salvation, denotes that the ''RCS''-class armored cruiser is a dedicated [[warship]].<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref> | The "R", or Reverence, in the cruiser's three-letter classification code, "RCS", indicates that the cruiser is capable of conducting reconnaissance missions and is capable of excavating [[Forerunner]] artifacts. The "S", or Salvation, denotes that the ''RCS''-class armored cruiser is a dedicated [[warship]].<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref> | ||
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''RCS''-class armored cruisers served in the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] for centuries as the empire's primary "missionary and compliance" [[warship]], having allegedly been in service when [[human]]ity was just making its first long-distance ocean voyages. However, the class was eventually supplanted by the more refined {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}. Many cruisers of the ''RCS'' class were broken down into feedstock for [[High Charity|High Charity's]] [[Assembly Forges]], being reformed and remade into new ships, vehicles, and armor to equip the [[Covenant military]]. The remaining vessels of this class were left as reserve vessels in the [[fleet]]s of important Covenant colonies or transferred to distant reserve fleets to take on various utilitarian roles.<ref name="canon fodder armory">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</ref> | ''RCS''-class armored cruisers served in the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] for centuries as the empire's primary "missionary and compliance" [[warship]], having allegedly been in service when [[human]]ity was just making its first long-distance ocean voyages. However, the class was eventually supplanted by the more refined {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}. Many cruisers of the ''RCS'' class were broken down into feedstock for [[High Charity|High Charity's]] [[Assembly Forges]], being reformed and remade into new ships, vehicles, and armor to equip the [[Covenant military]]. The remaining vessels of this class were left as reserve vessels in the [[fleet]]s of important Covenant colonies or transferred to distant reserve fleets to take on various utilitarian roles.<ref name="canon fodder armory">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</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. | 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/Reuse|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/Reuse|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/Reuse|H4EVG}} Several ''RCS''-class cruisers were assigned to Jul 'Mdama's fleet [[Requiem Campaign|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''== | ==''Halo: Fleet Battles''== |