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{{Title|''Sojourner''-class dreadnought}}
{{Title|''Sojourner''-class dreadnought}}
{{Era|Forerunner|HCW}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship class infobox
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|manufacturer=[[Summus Assembler Vats]]<ref name="warfleet">'''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''', ''pages 80-81''</ref>
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*28 [[converging beam cannon]]s{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}
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*300 [[light mass fusillade cannon]]s{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}
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*5,000 [[venatore]]s and [[war sphinx]]es{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}
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{{Quote|Let the deconstruction of our gifts begin! The majesty of our new fleet will be unparalleled!|Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee, upon activating these dreadnoughts{{Ref/Level|Id=Beachhead|[[Halo Wars]]|[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]}}}}


The '''''Sojourner''-class dreadnought'''<ref name="lootcrate4">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #4]]''</ref>, formally known as '''Dragoon Prime''' by the [[Forerunner]]s, are a type of capital warship used by the [[Forerunner fleet]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref><ref name="origins">'''Halo Legends''', ''[[Origins]]''</ref>
The '''''Sojourner''-class dreadnought'''{{Ref/Game|Id=lootcrate4|Halo Legendary Crate|Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #4}} is a class of [[Forerunner dreadnought|prime dragoon]] used by the [[Forerunner]] [[Forerunner fleet|fleet]].{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Film|Id=origins|HLeg|Episode=Origins}} Manufactured within [[Summus Assembler Vats]], the ''Sojourner'' class was commissioned shortly before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] and the warships were ready for combat soon after the [[Flood]]'s reemergence.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P382}}


==Specifications==
==Overview==
===Superstructure and hull===
===Design details===
Two ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts and the docking battle station form combat tridents, independent squadrons that could be deployed on any solar system. During the war against the Flood, the Forerunners made a new combat formation: ten ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts arranging themselves into a octagonal formation and a battle station arranged into deadly decimation lattices, capable of splitting other vessels in half. The dreadnoughts can detach from the battle station and act as components of the ships themselves when hovering above the surface of a planet.<ref name="origins"/>
Two ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts and the docking battle station form combat tridents, independent squadrons that could be deployed on any solar system. During the war against the Flood, the Forerunners made a new combat formation: ten ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts arranging themselves into an octagonal formation and a battle station arranged into deadly decimation lattices, capable of splitting other vessels in half. The dreadnoughts can detach from the battle station and act as components of the ships themselves when hovering above the surface of a planet.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|origins}}
 
''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts are equipped with long-range scanning [[auspex array]] systems, which can peer through slipspace to look for approaching ships, mapping local star systems by probing vast distance in realspace, or detecting subtle changes in planetary or ship atmosphere.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}


''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts are equipped with long-range scanning [[Auspex array]] systems, which can peer through Slipspace to look for approaching ships, mapping local star systems by probing vast distance in realspace, or detecting suttle changed in planetary or ships atmospheres.
===Crew and complement===
===Crew and complement===
The ''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts are crewed by 15 Navarch, which oversee naval or combat operations. The Navarchs are led by the ship's Princeps. The crew is protected by 200 heavily armored [[Warrior-Servant]] Scutarii. The dreadnought also carry 5,000 [[War sphinx]]-clad Venatores who can direct the ship's millions of autonomous {{Class|Despair|fighter}}s on long-range strikes.
Like most Forerunner [[warship]]s, ''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts only required a handful of living beings to oversee ship operations. These dragoons were crewed by fifteen [[navarch]]s, which oversee naval or combat operations. The navarchs were led by the ship's [[princeps]]. The crew was protected by two hundred heavily armored [[Warrior-Servant]] [[scutarii]], who excelled in shipboard combat and the tactical reconfiguration of the dreadnoughts' interior spaces.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}
===Armament===
The primary weapon of the ''Sojourner'' is a capital-scale torsion driver, a gravitic emiter that can be used as a delicate grasping tool or as a crude scalpel, pushing and pulling enemy ships beyond their shielding and structural supports with discordant harmonies, ripping them apart and exposing vulnerable systems to concentrated fire from the dreadnought's other weapons.


The ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts are also armed with 28 converging beam cannons, which shoot tendrils of energy capable of tracking enemy vessels. The dreadnoughts also have 300 light mass fusillade cannons, and [[antimatter]] streams.
The dreadnought also carried millions of autonomous {{Class|Despair|fighter|hunter-killers}}, which were directed by the ship's complement of five thousand [[venatore]]s on long-range strikes. The venatores donned [[war sphinx]]es while carrying out their duties aboard these dreadnoughts.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}


==History==
===Armaments===
The ''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts were the last in a line of first-order warships stretching to the Forerunner's earliest interstellar expansion, and were the pinnacle of Forerunner naval technologu: impossibly fast, heavily armed and highly efficient. The ''Sojourners''' were introduced shortly before containment efforts [[Forerunner-Flood war|against]] the [[Flood]] began.<ref name="origins"/> Millions of ''Sojourners'' were raised up and thrown up against the Flood, leading strikes deep into Flood-dominated [[Burn]]s, rughtlessly cauterizing the slightest hint of infection. Despite their efforts, only a few remained intact to the end of the war. Some ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts were docked at the Apex Site on Shield World 0459.
The ''Sojourner'' was a heavily armed class of dragoon with a single capital-scale [[Torsion field|torsion driver]] as its primary weapon. A gravitic emitter that could be used as a delicate grasping tool or as a crude scalpel, the torsion driver was capable of pushing and pulling portions of the enemy ships beyond their shielding and structural supports with discordant harmonies, tearing them apart and exposing the vulnerable systems of the enemy ship to the rest of the dreadnought's complement of armaments.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}


During the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2531]], the [[High Prophet of Regret]] and [[Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]] went to the Apex to gather a massive and powerful invasion fleet for the Covenant. However, a [[Reclaimer]] was required to release the locking mechanisms holding the ships in place. Thus, they abducted [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]] to activate it for them. The ships were destroyed when the artificial star inside the [[shield world]] went [[supernova]] after the crew of the {{UNSCship|Spirit of Fire}} used their ship's [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Slipspace drive]] as an improvised bomb.
The ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts were also armed with twenty-eight [[converging beam cannon]]s. Controlled by Warrior-Servant crewmen, these beam cannons launched tendrils of energy capable of tracking enemy vessels, creating a path that allowed for antimatter streams to pursue hostiles. The dreadnoughts were also outfitted with three hundred [[light mass fusillade cannon]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}


==Trivia==
==Operational history==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Forerunner dreadnoughts}}
===Development===
*Parts of these ships were strewn about the outer surface of the Shield World. These derelicts are probably from a battle between the Forerunners and [[the Flood]] that resulted in the installation's infestation.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Anders' Signal]]''</ref>
[[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished]], one of the most decorated Warrior-Servants within the Forerunner [[ecumene]], took particular interest in the inner workings of military technology, particularly with respect to [[dragoon]] warships. She would ultimately rise to the rank of Commander of Second-Order Dragoons and personally oversaw the development of the ''Sojourner''-class dreadnought's early iterations which went on to prove their effectiveness in breaking through the [[Ancestors]]' defensive lines during the [[Battle of Charum Hakkor|Battle of]] [[Charum Hakkor]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CF151|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-lorelord|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Lorelord|https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-lorelord|D=20|M=3|Y=2024}}
*These ships bear a resemblance to a type of horizontal Forerunner structure found on [[Installation 00]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark]]''</ref>
 
===Forerunner service===
The ''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts were the last in a line of [[Orders of battle|first-order]] warships stretching to the Forerunner's earliest interstellar expansion and were the pinnacle of Forerunner naval technology: impossibly fast, heavily armed and highly efficient. The ''Sojourner'' was introduced shortly before containment efforts [[Forerunner-Flood war|against]] the [[Flood]] began.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P382}}{{Ref/Reuse|origins}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF151}} Millions of ''Sojourners'' were raised up and thrown up against the Flood, proving to be astonishingly effective against the parasite. These vessels participated in all major engagements of the war and were praised as the apex of Forerunner naval accomplishment. ''Sojourners'' were sent on strikes deep into Flood-dominated [[Burn]]s, deployed from trident spire and linked together in weapon configurations of world-ending firepower that ruthlessly cauterized the slightest hint of infection. Despite their efforts, only a few remained intact by the end of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P382}}
 
===Reemergence===
Some ''Sojourner'' dreadnoughts were docked at the [[Apex Site]] on the [[shield world]] known as [[Trove]]. During the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2531]], the [[High Prophet of Regret]] and [[Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]] went to the Etran Harborage to gather a massive and powerful invasion fleet for the Covenant. However, a [[Reclaimer]] was required to release the locking mechanism holding the ships in place. Thus, they abducted [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]] to activate it for them. The ships were destroyed when the artificial star inside the [[shield world]] went [[supernova]] after the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} used their ship's [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]] as an improvised bomb.{{Ref/Reuse|Beachhead}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Escape|Halo Wars|Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape}} Parts of these ships were strewn about the outer surface of the shield world.{{Ref/Level|Id=Anders|Halo Wars|Anders' Signal}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Forerunner dreadnoughts}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Apex Concept.jpg|Concept art of the dreadnoughts for ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:HW Sojourner Sketches.jpg|An initial sketch of ideas for the the dreadnoughts for ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:HW Sojourner Concept 1.jpg|Rejected concept art for the dreadnoughts, which would end up as the canon appearance of the {{Class|Skirr|battlecruiser}}s.
File:HW Sojourner Concept 2.jpg|Finalised concept art for the dreadnoughts.
File:HW Sojourner Concept 3.jpg|Finalised concept art for the dreadnoughts.
File:HW Sojourner Concept 3 Alt.jpg|Alternate concept sheet for the dreadnoughts.
File:HW-Dreadnought-Model.jpg|Untextured and textured 3D models of a ''Sojourner''-class dreadnought.
File:HW-Dreadnought-Model.jpg|Untextured and textured 3D models of a ''Sojourner''-class dreadnought.
File:HW16.png|The Forerunner dreadnoughts being contained within the Apex.
File:HW16.png|The Forerunner dreadnoughts being contained within the Apex.
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File:Library.jpg|Dreadnoughts docked around a [[Library]] on an unknown installation.
File:Library.jpg|Dreadnoughts docked around a [[Library]] on an unknown installation.
File:Ships_fr.png|A group of ''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts combining their fire.
File:Ships_fr.png|A group of ''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts combining their fire.
File:HL SojournerCombineFire.png|The powerful beam of energy resulting from several ''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts combining their fire.
File:Ships_flood.png|Flood-infested dreadnoughts.
File:Ships_flood.png|Flood-infested dreadnoughts.
File:Dreadnaughts-.png|''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
File:Dreadnaughts-.png|''Sojourner''-class dreadnoughts in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
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**''[[Origins]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


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[[Category:Forerunner ship classes]]

Revision as of 15:45, March 24, 2024

Sojourner-class dreadnought
Old HW ForerunnerFleet.png
Production information

Manufacturer:

Summus Assembler Vats[1][2]

Class:

Prime dragoon[1]

Role:

Technical specifications

Length:

9,430 meters (30,900 ft)[1][2]

Mass:

10 billion metric tons[1][2]

Engine(s):

Reaction drive

Slipspace drive:

Equipped[1]

Other system(s):

Auspex array[1]

Armament:

Complement:

Crew:

One princeps, fifteen navarchs[1]

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Forerunner-Flood war[1]

Introduced:

Circa 97,745 BCE[1][2]

Affiliation:

Forerunner navy[1]

 

"Let the deconstruction of our gifts begin! The majesty of our new fleet will be unparalleled!"
— Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee, upon activating these dreadnoughts[3]

The Sojourner-class dreadnought[4] is a class of prime dragoon used by the Forerunner fleet.[1][5] Manufactured within Summus Assembler Vats, the Sojourner class was commissioned shortly before the Forerunner-Flood war and the warships were ready for combat soon after the Flood's reemergence.[1][2]

Overview

Design details

Two Sojourner dreadnoughts and the docking battle station form combat tridents, independent squadrons that could be deployed on any solar system. During the war against the Flood, the Forerunners made a new combat formation: ten Sojourner dreadnoughts arranging themselves into an octagonal formation and a battle station arranged into deadly decimation lattices, capable of splitting other vessels in half. The dreadnoughts can detach from the battle station and act as components of the ships themselves when hovering above the surface of a planet.[1][5]

Sojourner dreadnoughts are equipped with long-range scanning auspex array systems, which can peer through slipspace to look for approaching ships, mapping local star systems by probing vast distance in realspace, or detecting subtle changes in planetary or ship atmosphere.[1]

Crew and complement

Like most Forerunner warships, Sojourner-class dreadnoughts only required a handful of living beings to oversee ship operations. These dragoons were crewed by fifteen navarchs, which oversee naval or combat operations. The navarchs were led by the ship's princeps. The crew was protected by two hundred heavily armored Warrior-Servant scutarii, who excelled in shipboard combat and the tactical reconfiguration of the dreadnoughts' interior spaces.[1]

The dreadnought also carried millions of autonomous Despair-class hunter-killers, which were directed by the ship's complement of five thousand venatores on long-range strikes. The venatores donned war sphinxes while carrying out their duties aboard these dreadnoughts.[1]

Armaments

The Sojourner was a heavily armed class of dragoon with a single capital-scale torsion driver as its primary weapon. A gravitic emitter that could be used as a delicate grasping tool or as a crude scalpel, the torsion driver was capable of pushing and pulling portions of the enemy ships beyond their shielding and structural supports with discordant harmonies, tearing them apart and exposing the vulnerable systems of the enemy ship to the rest of the dreadnought's complement of armaments.[1]

The Sojourner dreadnoughts were also armed with twenty-eight converging beam cannons. Controlled by Warrior-Servant crewmen, these beam cannons launched tendrils of energy capable of tracking enemy vessels, creating a path that allowed for antimatter streams to pursue hostiles. The dreadnoughts were also outfitted with three hundred light mass fusillade cannons.[1]

Operational history

Development

Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished, one of the most decorated Warrior-Servants within the Forerunner ecumene, took particular interest in the inner workings of military technology, particularly with respect to dragoon warships. She would ultimately rise to the rank of Commander of Second-Order Dragoons and personally oversaw the development of the Sojourner-class dreadnought's early iterations which went on to prove their effectiveness in breaking through the Ancestors' defensive lines during the Battle of Charum Hakkor.[6]

Forerunner service

The Sojourner-class dreadnoughts were the last in a line of first-order warships stretching to the Forerunner's earliest interstellar expansion and were the pinnacle of Forerunner naval technology: impossibly fast, heavily armed and highly efficient. The Sojourner was introduced shortly before containment efforts against the Flood began.[1][2][5][6] Millions of Sojourners were raised up and thrown up against the Flood, proving to be astonishingly effective against the parasite. These vessels participated in all major engagements of the war and were praised as the apex of Forerunner naval accomplishment. Sojourners were sent on strikes deep into Flood-dominated Burns, deployed from trident spire and linked together in weapon configurations of world-ending firepower that ruthlessly cauterized the slightest hint of infection. Despite their efforts, only a few remained intact by the end of the war.[1][2]

Reemergence

Some Sojourner dreadnoughts were docked at the Apex Site on the shield world known as Trove. During the Human-Covenant War in 2531, the High Prophet of Regret and Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee went to the Etran Harborage to gather a massive and powerful invasion fleet for the Covenant. However, a Reclaimer was required to release the locking mechanism holding the ships in place. Thus, they abducted Professor Ellen Anders to activate it for them. The ships were destroyed when the artificial star inside the shield world went supernova after the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire used their ship's slipspace drive as an improvised bomb.[3][7] Parts of these ships were strewn about the outer surface of the shield world.[8]

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Halo: Warfleet, page 80-81
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 382
  3. ^ a b Halo Wars, campaign level Beachhead
  4. ^ Halo Legendary Crate, Data Drop #4
  5. ^ a b c Halo Legends, episode Origins
  6. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Lorelord (Retrieved on Mar 20, 2024) [archive]
  7. ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Escape
  8. ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Anders' Signal