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Template:Ship The Covenant battleship^[1] is a heavy capital warship classification within the Covenant Navy. This warship is approximately two kilometers long and is equipped with 12 Energy Projectors - enough weapons and firepower to decimate any UNSC Fleet from long range. It is larger than most Covenant warships, even surpassing the keel length of the CCS-class Battlecruiser, but itself is dwarfed by the Covenant Assault Carrier.

Background

Multiple battleships defended the Unyielding Hierophant. ^{[citation needed]}

A battleship was encountered by the UNSC Heracles, UNSC Vostok, and UNSC Arabia as well as the forces under Vice Admiral Preston Cole in the Second Battle of Harvest. It single handedly destroyed thirteen ships in Cole's fleet before being destroyed by concentrated fire.^[2]^[3]

Appearance

The Battleship is made up of five primary bulbous sections and appears as a light shade of purple. It is one of the largest ships in the Covenant fleet. It's extremely well-armed and boasts three energy projectors near the fore of the ship and four to six on its stern. Various pulse laser turrets and plasma turrets litter the hull as well.

Though most of its power is likely used up by the large number of energy projectors it uses in battle, the ship still can project a shield strong enough to protect it from multiple nuclear missiles and MAC rounds. However, the shield and hull will buckle under concentrated fire as shown when the 27 ships left in Cole's fleet were able to destroy one.^[2]

Trivia

The Covenant battleship has the basic shape of the Wraith.

List of appearances

Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
Halo Legends
- The Duel
Halo Wars: Genesis

Gallery

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A Covenant Battleship being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.

Sources

^ Halo: First Strike, page 32
^ ^a ^b Halo Wars: Genesis
^ Halo: Evolutions, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole

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[1] Halo: First Strike, page 32

[gen-2] Halo Wars: Genesis

[3] Halo: Evolutions, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole

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-The '''Covenant battleship'''<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 32</ref> is a heavy [[Capital Ship|capital warship]] classification within the [[Covenant Navy]]. This warship is approximately two kilometers long, has five bulbous sections and bristles with a dozen [[Energy Projector]]s - enough weapons and firepower to decimate any [[UNSC]] [[Fleet]] from long range. It is larger than most [[Covenant]] [[warship]]s, even surpassing the keel length of the {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}, but itself is dwarfed by the Covenant [[Assault Carrier]].
+The '''Covenant battleship'''<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 32</ref> is a heavy [[Capital Ship|capital warship]] classification within the [[Covenant Navy]]. This warship is approximately two kilometers long and is equipped with 12 [[Energy Projector]]s - enough weapons and firepower to decimate any [[UNSC]] [[Fleet]] from long range. It is larger than most [[Covenant]] [[warship]]s, even surpassing the keel length of the {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}, but itself is dwarfed by the Covenant [[Assault Carrier]].
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