Vindication-class light battleship: Difference between revisions

{{Ship class infobox

|name=''Vindication''-class light battleship

|image=[[File:H4-Vindication.png|300px]]

|hull symbol=

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|manufacturer=[[Martian Metals Shipyards]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=125}}

|class=Light [[Battleship]]

|role=

|length={{Convert|5183|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip|sigfig=3.5}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}<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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|height=

|mass=12 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|power=

|engine=

|slipspace drive=Presumably equipped

|navigation=

|hull=[[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A battle plate]]

|shielding=Yes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|armament=

*2 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|76G3V5 MAC batteries]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

*4 [[M60 Sentry naval autocannon]]s{{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 name="Mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 74''</ref>

==Specifications==

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> The ship is equipped with experimental [[energy shielding]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

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 Mark X Superheavy MACs, mounted in two [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|76G3V5 MAC batteries]]. 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 [[M60 Sentry naval autocannon]]s - alongside twenty [[M910 Rampart point defense network|M910 point-defence guns]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Service history==

The ''Vindication''-class was launched from [[Martian Metals Shipyards]] in [[2554]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} At least one ''Vindication'' was present at the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s commissioning ceremony on [[2557#February|February 21, 2557]].<ref>'''[[The Commissioning]]'''</ref> 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 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

===Images===

*''[[The Commissioning]]'' {{1st}}

*''[[Halo Mythos]]''

*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''