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{{Title|''Rasus''-pattern interdictor}}
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{{Quote|How many of the Archers, sir? How many Shivas?|Chief Weapons officer of the UNSC ''Everest''}}
{{Quote|no=two
{{Quote|All of them, Lieutenant.|Admiral Preston Cole during the [[Second Battle of Harvest]].<ref name="quote">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', page 465</ref>}}
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The '''''Rasus''-pattern interdictor'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=267}}, nicknamed the '''"Covenant battleship"'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=264}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=276}} and '''"Covenant super-destroyer"'''{{Ref/Reuse|Cole}} by [[human]]ity, was a type of [[Covenant]] [[warship]] that was in service within the Covenant's [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].


The '''Covenant super-destroyer'''<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 471''</ref> is a heavy [[Capital ship|capital warship]] classification within the [[Covenant Navy]].  
==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Rasus''-pattern interdictor is approximately two kilometers long and one kilometer wide.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole}} It is larger than many Covenant warships, even surpassing the keel length of the ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser, but itself is dwarfed by other starships such as [[Covenant carrier]]s. The super-destroyer's hull is composed of five bulbous sections - a swollen prow, two lateral lobes, a dorsal bulb and a protruding stern - presumably housing the array of ancient and puissant [[Forerunner]] [[weapon-core]]s that the ship is built around. The loss of any of these ships was considered a tragic event, with a super-destroyer impossible to replicate without finding an appropriate new trove of weapon-cores.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


A super-destroyer was encountered by the [[Colonial Military Administration]]'s [[Battlegroup 4]] during its [[First Battle of Harvest#UNSC investigation|investigation of]] [[Harvest]] in [[2525#July|July 2525]]; the CMA [[UNSC frigate|frigates]] [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']] were destroyed after a minute-long skirmish, while the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] [[CMA Heracles|''Heracles'']] was heavily damaged and was forced to retreat.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'''</ref> [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]'s forces later encountered the same vessel during the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] in [[2526#March|March 2526]]. It single-handedly destroyed thirteen ships in Cole's [[battle Group X-Ray|battlegroup]] before being destroyed by concentrated fire.<ref name="gen">'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"</ref>
Given the ship's Forerunner-derived armaments, its classification as an "interdictor" may be based on the [[Ecumene]] [[Forerunner fleet|navy's]] own [[interdictor]] ships.


So far, super-destroyers have only been encountered in operations taking place primarily in vacuum, such as the Second Battle of Harvest, as opposed to planetary defense missions. This may mean that it is designed specifically for ship-to-ship combat, unlike {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s and [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]], which are also used for [[glassing]] operations.
===Armament===
The interdictor is equipped with enough weapons and firepower to destroy most [[United Nations Space Command]] [[fleet]]s from long range. Considered a mobile altar of wrath, the ship is one of the most heavily-outfitted warships in the Covenant arsenal. It boasts enough firepower to take on dozens of enemy ships at once, with twelve [[Plasma lance|''Worthy Fire''-pattern plasma lances]], ten [[Plasma beam emitter|''Luxor''-pattern heavy plasma beams]], twenty-four [[Plasma cannon (starship)|''Melusean''-pattern heavy plasma cannons]] and four [[Plasma torpedo|''Jaet''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]] forming the core of its anti-starship armament.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


==Design details==
===Defenses===
This warship is approximately two kilometers long and is equipped with enough weapons and firepower to destroy most [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] fleets from long range. It is larger than most Covenant warships, even larger then the CSO-class supercarrier.
Alongside the aforementioned weapons complement, the ''Rasus'' is outfitted with a considerable [[Point-defense gun|point-defense]] of 124 [[Pulse laser turret|''Reskuk''-pattern pulse laser turrets]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Though most of its power is likely used up by its large number of weapons, the ship can project a shield strong enough to protect it from multiple nuclear missiles and [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] (MAC) rounds. However, the shield and hull will buckle under concentrated fire, as occurred when the twenty-seven ships left in Cole's fleet were able to destroy one.{{Ref/Reuse|gen}}


The super-destroyer's hull is composed of five bulbous sections - a swollen prow, two lateral lobes, a dorsal bulb and a protruding stern. The ship itself is a pale shade of purple. It is one of the largest ships in the Covenant fleet, being between a battlecruiser and an assault carrier in weaponry. It is armed with [[energy projector]]s, along with pulse laser turrets and plasma torpedo batteries found on most Covenant warships.
==Ships of the line==
*''[[Heaven's Brilliant Bier]]''


Though most of its power is likely used up by its large number of weapons, the ship can project a shield strong enough to protect it from multiple nuclear missiles and [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds. However, the shield and hull will buckle under concentrated fire, as occurred when the twenty-seven ships left in Cole's fleet were able to destroy one.<ref name="gen"/>
==Operational history==
[[File:HWG BattleGroupDestroyed.png|thumb|250px|''Heaven's Brilliant Bier'' attacks the CMA's Battle Group 4.]]
The interdictor ''[[Heaven's Brilliant Bier]]'' was encountered by the [[Colonial Military Authority]]'s [[Battle Group 4]] during its [[First Battle of Harvest#UNSC investigation|investigation of]] [[Harvest]] in [[2525#July|July 2525]]; the CMA [[UNSC frigate|frigates]] [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']] were destroyed after a minute-long skirmish, while the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] [[CMA Heracles|''Heracles'']] was heavily damaged and was forced to retreat.{{Ref/Comic|FoRBC}} [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]'s forces later encountered the same vessel during the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] in [[2526#March|March 2526]]. It single-handedly destroyed thirteen ships in Cole's [[Battle Group X-Ray|battle group]] before being destroyed by concentrated fire.{{Ref/Comic|Id=gen|HWG}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Cole|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}}
 
Several interdictors served in the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]].{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=1}} [[2552#September's anomaly|Weeks later]], several battleships were among the vessels comprising the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|secret fleet]] gathered at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''. Though these vessels were intended to attack [[Earth]] without the knowledge or consent of the other [[Hierarchs]], a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] sabotaged the platform before the invasion could commence; the battleships, as well as hundreds of other warships, were destroyed along with the station.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS32|HFS|Chapter=32}}


==Production notes==
==Production notes==
*The quasi-canonical ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' replaces the super-destroyer encountered at Harvest with the cruiser ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''.
For the longest time, the "Covenant super-destroyer" as described in ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' and the "Covenant battleship" as described in ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' were considered to be two separate ship classifications, with no source explicitly tying the two together. The [[2022]] release of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]'' explicitly provided the name and statistics for the "super-destroyer" as almost identical to those described in ''First Strike'' - which included a ship two kilometres long and equipped with a dozen energy projectors.{{Ref/Reuse|FS32}} The ''Rasus''{{'}} encyclopedia-given stats match this description accurately, effectively confirming that the two ship classifications were one and the same.
*It is possible that the super-destroyer and the [[Covenant battleship]] are synonymous, as both classes are described as having a rather similar physical arrangement, size and armament.
 
===Errors and inconsistencies===
''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' and ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' replace the super-destroyer encountered at Harvest with the cruiser ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''.
 
In the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' and its [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011 reprint]], the "Covenant battleship" is erroneously listed as having a length of {{Convert|656|ft|m|sp=us}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Super-destroyer2.jpg|A Covenant super-destroyer being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.
File:HWG RasusInterdictor Side.jpg|''Heaven's Brilliant Bier'' being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
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Revision as of 08:09, May 18, 2024

"Covenant battleship" redirects here. For the larger Covenant sniper vessel, see Kewu-pattern battleship.
Rasus-pattern interdictor
Heaven's Brilliant Bier, as depicted in HWG.
Production information

Class:

Battleship

Technical specifications

Length:

2,000 meters (6,600 ft)[1][2]

Width:

1,000 meters (3,300 ft)[1]

Mass:

90 million tonnes[2]

Engine(s):

Repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Equipped

Hull:

Nanolaminate hull plating

Armament:

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Human-Covenant War

Introduced:

Twenty-Third Age of Doubt[2]

Affiliation:

Covenant

 

Chief Weapons officer: "How many of the Archers, sir? How many Shivas?"
Preston Cole: "All of them, Lieutenant."
— Preston Cole and the Chief Weapons officer of UNSC Everest during the Battle of Harvest[1]

The Rasus-pattern interdictor[2], nicknamed the "Covenant battleship"[3][4] and "Covenant super-destroyer"[1] by humanity, was a type of Covenant warship that was in service within the Covenant's fleet during the Human-Covenant War.

Overview

Design details

The Rasus-pattern interdictor is approximately two kilometers long and one kilometer wide.[1] It is larger than many Covenant warships, even surpassing the keel length of the Ket-pattern battlecruiser, but itself is dwarfed by other starships such as Covenant carriers. The super-destroyer's hull is composed of five bulbous sections - a swollen prow, two lateral lobes, a dorsal bulb and a protruding stern - presumably housing the array of ancient and puissant Forerunner weapon-cores that the ship is built around. The loss of any of these ships was considered a tragic event, with a super-destroyer impossible to replicate without finding an appropriate new trove of weapon-cores.[2]

Given the ship's Forerunner-derived armaments, its classification as an "interdictor" may be based on the Ecumene navy's own interdictor ships.

Armament

The interdictor is equipped with enough weapons and firepower to destroy most United Nations Space Command fleets from long range. Considered a mobile altar of wrath, the ship is one of the most heavily-outfitted warships in the Covenant arsenal. It boasts enough firepower to take on dozens of enemy ships at once, with twelve Worthy Fire-pattern plasma lances, ten Luxor-pattern heavy plasma beams, twenty-four Melusean-pattern heavy plasma cannons and four Jaet-pattern plasma torpedo silos forming the core of its anti-starship armament.[2]

Defenses

Alongside the aforementioned weapons complement, the Rasus is outfitted with a considerable point-defense of 124 Reskuk-pattern pulse laser turrets.[2] Though most of its power is likely used up by its large number of weapons, the ship can project a shield strong enough to protect it from multiple nuclear missiles and Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (MAC) rounds. However, the shield and hull will buckle under concentrated fire, as occurred when the twenty-seven ships left in Cole's fleet were able to destroy one.[5]

Ships of the line

Operational history

Battle Group 4 is ravaged by Heaven's Brilliant Bier over Harvest.
Heaven's Brilliant Bier attacks the CMA's Battle Group 4.

The interdictor Heaven's Brilliant Bier was encountered by the Colonial Military Authority's Battle Group 4 during its investigation of Harvest in July 2525; the CMA frigates Arabia and Vostok were destroyed after a minute-long skirmish, while the destroyer Heracles was heavily damaged and was forced to retreat.[6] Vice Admiral Preston Cole's forces later encountered the same vessel during the Second Battle of Harvest in March 2526. It single-handedly destroyed thirteen ships in Cole's battle group before being destroyed by concentrated fire.[5][1]

Several interdictors served in the Fleet of Particular Justice during the Fall of Reach on August 30, 2552.[7] Weeks later, several battleships were among the vessels comprising the Prophet of Truth's secret fleet gathered at Unyielding Hierophant. Though these vessels were intended to attack Earth without the knowledge or consent of the other Hierarchs, a team of SPARTAN-IIs sabotaged the platform before the invasion could commence; the battleships, as well as hundreds of other warships, were destroyed along with the station.[8]

Production notes

For the longest time, the "Covenant super-destroyer" as described in The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole and the "Covenant battleship" as described in Halo: First Strike were considered to be two separate ship classifications, with no source explicitly tying the two together. The 2022 release of the Halo Encyclopedia explicitly provided the name and statistics for the "super-destroyer" as almost identical to those described in First Strike - which included a ship two kilometres long and equipped with a dozen energy projectors.[8] The Rasus' encyclopedia-given stats match this description accurately, effectively confirming that the two ship classifications were one and the same.

Errors and inconsistencies

Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp and Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series replace the super-destroyer encountered at Harvest with the cruiser Rapid Conversion.

In the Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition) and its 2011 reprint, the "Covenant battleship" is erroneously listed as having a length of 656 feet (200 m).[3][4]

Gallery

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  • Heaven's Brilliant Bier being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.

    Heaven's Brilliant Bier being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Evolutions - The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 267
  3. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 264
  4. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 276
  5. ^ a b Halo Wars: Genesis
  6. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp
  7. ^ Halo: First Strike, chapter 1
  8. ^ a b Halo: First Strike, chapter 32

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