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|armament=At least 1 [[stasis cannon|stasis beam]]{{Ref/Reuse|gbraakon}}
|power           =  
|complement=*Numerous ground forces
|maneuver drive  = Three [[repulsor engine]]s{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}
*[[Banished drop pod|Drop pods]]
|slipspace drive =  
*[[Banished Phantom|Phantom dropships]]
|crew            = <!--Describes crew counts only-->
|complement      =
*[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Wraith|Wraith mortar tanks]]
*[[Qavardu Workshop war-skiff|War-skiffs]]
*[[Barug'qel Workshop Chopper|Chopper scouts]]
*[[Riuctda Workshop Ghost|Ghost scouts]]
|troops          = Carrying capacity up to "Over ten thousand warriors"{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|shielding      = <!--Describes shielding-->
|sensors        = <!--Describes sensors and whatnot-->
|ew              = <!--Describes electronic warfare capabilities-->
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*At least 1 [[stasis cannon|stasis beam]]{{Ref/Reuse|gbraakon}}
*1 [[Superheavy grav-impact driver]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*6 [[Plasma lance|Light plasma lances]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*10 [[Plasma cannon (starship)|Incinerator plasma cannon clusters]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*40 Scindere arrays{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Enc22|Enc22}}
*24 [[Plasma torpedo|Plasma torpedo silos]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*70 [[Pulse laser turret|Pulse laser batteries]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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*[[Gydrozka Workshop Breaching Pod|Drop pods]]
*[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom|Phantom dropships]]
*[[Banished drop base|Drop base]]s{{Ref/Reuse|gbraakon}}
*[[Banished drop base|Drop base]]s{{Ref/Reuse|gbraakon}}
*[[Banished Banshee|Banshee flyers]]
*[['Ahtulai Workshop Banshee|Banshee flyers]]
*[[Banished Wraith|Wraith mortar tanks]]
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*[[Skiff|Skiff transports]]
*[[Banished Chopper|Chopper scouts]]
*[[Banished Ghost|Ghost scouts]]
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The '''Banished dreadnought'''{{Ref/Level|HINF|[[House of Reckoning]]}} is a classification of [[Capital ship|capital warship]] designed and employed by the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}
The '''Banished dreadnought'''{{Ref/Level|HINF|House of Reckoning}} is a [[Banished]] [[Capital ship|capital warship]] utilizing heavily modified [[Covenant starship|Covenant ship hulls]] upgraded by the [[Irusk Workshop]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Modified|Site=Halo Waypoint|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-shippin-out|Page=Canon Fodder - Shippin' Out|D=02|M=02|Y=2022}} While originally created to support Jiralhanae [[Planetary warfare|planetary occupations]], they have since become a lifeline of Jiralhanae civilisation in the wake of the [[Razing of Oth Sonin|destruction]] of [[Doisac]], the Jiralhanae homeworld.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
==Overview==
===Design details===
Banished dreadnoughts were originally intended as full-scale occupation ships, carrying everything needed to invade a world. Because of this, they can carry a massive amount of vehicles, drop-bases, and [[outpost]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} [[Holk]]s are similar vessels to dreadnoughts, though built as [[battleship]]s and intended for peer space warfare.{{Ref/Reuse|ET19}}
 
Due to the prevalence of ramming as a Banished battle tactic, the [[energy shielding]] of a dreadnought is strongest at its bow. A dozen [[Archer missile]]s launched at the center of the ship where the shields are weaker can soften up a dreadnought for a follow-on [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] strike.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET15|ET|Chapter=15}}


==Design details==
===Propulsion===
{{Expand-section}}
Dreadnoughts are propelled by a three massive [[repulsor engine]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}
 
===Crew and complement===
Banished dreadnoughts can carry over 10,000 warriors, as well as many vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
===Armament===
They possess many [[pulse laser turret]]s, as well as [[plasma torpedo]]es, [[plasma lance]]s, [[scindere arrays]], and a [[superheavy grav-impact driver]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The ship itself can also simply ram into enemy vessels, presumably using the aforementioned [[gravitic]] impact driver to inflict more damage.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}} Task forces of dreadnoughts have been compared to the [[Ogre-wolf|ogre-wolves]] of [[Teash]], using pack-hunting tactics to hunt down and destroy any opponent they choose.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
==Ships of the line==
Dreadnoughts are named for spirits and legends originating from the Jiralhanae's native culture, much of which was lost following contact with the [[Covenant]] in [[2492]] CE. The practice was originally intended to honour and preserve what had been lost prior to the [[Great Immolation]], the nuclear war that engulfed [[Doisac]] centuries ago, but the [[Razing of Oth Sonin]] and Doisac's total obliteration has seen the practice given a new meaning for the survivors of the holocaust.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*''[[Ghost of Barolon]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} - commanded by High Warlord [[Orna 'Fulsam]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=BFTBM|Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon}}
*''[[Ghost of Gbraakon]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=13|M=12|Y=2021}}
*''[[Ghost of Gfolos]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*''[[Ghost of Helotry]]'' - the personal ship of [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=4}}
*''[[Ghost of K'rryk]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET16|ET|Chapter=16}}
*''[[Ghost of Lodon]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*''[[Ghost of Malkadyr]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*''[[Ghost of Tiacoro]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*''[[Ghost of Voranth]]''{{Ref/Reuse|ET16}}


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
{{Spoiler/begin}}
[[File:Enc22 Doisackening.jpg|thumb|250px|Dreadnoughts were used to ferry the remnants of Jiralhanae civilisation to safety during the destruction of Doisac.]]
===Installation 07 conflict===
The dreadnoughts were first created in [[2553]], using salvaged and old hulls of ex-[[Covenant starship]]s heavily modified by the [[Irusk Workshop]]. They rapidly became the most common warship class in the fleet of the Banished, intended for use in supporting planetary occupations and raiding in the wake of the Covenant empire's [[Great Schism|collapse]]. As such, their outfit with long-term occupation equipment made them ideally suited for ferrying the survivors of the Jiralhanae away from the now-shattered remains of Doisac, following its destruction by the [[Guardian Custode]] at the behest of [[Cortana]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} One was later used to support a large fleet of dozens of [[karve]]s in an attack on [[Suban]], one of the moons of the [[Sangheili]] homeworld [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Map|HINF|Prism}}
During the [[Installation 07 conflict]] in [[2559#December|December 2559]], many dreadnoughts were deployed to [[Battle over Installation 07|engage]] the [[UNSC]] [[fleet]] near [[Installation 07]] and in high orbit around the planet [[Ephsu I]], with at least two used to ram the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} multiple times to brutally damage her. During that time the leader of the Banished, [[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]], led boarding parties inside the UNSC supercarrier, defeated [[John-117]] and threw the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] out of a hangar and into space. [[Banished Phantom]]s fired upon [[Pelican]]s and life pods as they fled the burning and broken carrier. Eventually, ''Infinity'' was forced to crash land on [[Installation 07]] alongside many [[Mulsanne-class frigate|UNSC frigates]], with her fleet devastated by the enemy armada. However, Installation 07 was damaged during the battle and moved from the [[Ephsu system]] to an unknown location; even with the advantage of their dreadnoughts and total space superiority in the ring's locale, the Banished were just as stranded as the UNSC survivors.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}  
 
On [[2557#August|August 2, 2557]], a Banished flotilla of just under a dozen ships made up of [[karve]]s and a single dreadnought [[Battle of Mars (2557)|attacked]] the {{UNSCShip|Ozymandias}} at [[Eos Chasma]]. Although the {{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}} had the tonnage and firepower, the Banished had the advantage in numbers. The ''Ozymandias'' managed to destroy the dreadnought and three karves before crashing into the surface of [[Mars]].{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=3}}
 
In [[2559#November|November 2559]], a massive armada of dreadnoughts (among other vessels) was placed under the charge of War Chief [[Severan]] to use in Banished campaigns while Atriox and [[Escharum]] were preoccupied. After the destruction of Doisac, this armada grew to encompass 1,328 various ships including dreadnoughts alongside [[skeid]]s, [[holk]]s and [[karve]]s, which Severan massed for a campaign of reprisal against [[human]]ity. Six dreadnoughts accompanied Severan's flagship ''[[Heart of Malice]]'' into a [[Battle of Venezia|naval engagement]] over [[Venezia]] on November 21, facing off against the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier}} ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' and {{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Victory of Samothrace}}. During the fighting, four of the six dreadnoughts were destroyed, though ''[[Ghost of K'rryk]]'' and ''[[Ghost of Voranth]]'' survived.{{Ref/Reuse|ET16}}{{Ref/Reuse|ET15}} Severan's armada later launched a [[Battle of Earth (2559)|massive attack]] on [[Earth]] on December 12, though the attack was called off midway through the engagement due to the simultaneous defeat of Cortana at Zeta Halo.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET19|ET|Chapter=19}} As such, the armada was called away from Earth to [[Boundary]], the site of [[Lithos|a gateway]] to the [[Domain]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET20|ET|Chapter=20}} During the ensuing [[Battle of Boundary]], the 1,300-strong fleet engaged 200 vessels of the UNSC [[Fourth Fleet|Fourth]], [[Sixth Fleet|Sixth]], [[Ninth Fleet|Ninth]], and [[Thirteenth Fleet]]s alongside a 140-strong armada of [[Sali 'Nyon's Covenant|Covenant]] warships led by [[Sali 'Nyon]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET27|ET|Chapter=27}}


Numerous dreadnoughts remained stationed in close proximity to [[Installation 07]] as of [[2560#May|May 2560]] to support the Banished occupation.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}} One such vessel, ''[[Ghost of Gbraakon]]'', captured the [[Pelican]] ''[[Echo 216]]'' with its [[stasis cannon]] after the Pelican's [[Fernando Esparza|pilot]] exposed his position by recovering [[John-117]] who have been drifted in space for months. The Spartan boarded the Banished warship after going EVA through a UNSC and Banished asset debris field, and as he made his way to the ship's bridge, he observed that it was preparing to land a massive invasion force on the ring to eradicate the surviving UNSC presence. The Master Chief eventually freed ''Echo-216'' from the stasis cannon and catastrophically damaged the warship in the process, causing it to plummet into Zeta Halo.{{Ref/Level|Id=gbraakon|HINF|[[Warship Gbraakon]]}}
In [[2560]], the dreadnought ''[[Ghost of Barolon]]'', commanded by High Warlord [[Orna 'Fulsam]], led a [[Battle of Suban|Banished attack]] on [[Suban]] - one of the moons of the [[Sangheili]] [[Sanghelios|homeworld]].{{Ref/Reuse|BFTBM}}


A Banished dreadnought was positioned in the skies directly above the shattered portion of the ring. This warship had a bird's eye view of the Master Chief's activities, and over the course of the Installation 07 conflict it deployed numerous reinforcement troops onto the ring's inner surface via Phantoms and drop pods in order to counter the Spartan.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}
===Installation 07 conflict===
During the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]] in [[2559#December|December 2559]], many dreadnoughts were deployed to [[Battle over Installation 07|engage]] the [[UNSC Navy]] [[fleet]] near [[Installation 07]] and in high orbit around the planet [[Ephsu I]], with at least two used to ram the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} multiple times to brutally damage her. During that time the leader of the Banished, [[Warmaster]] [[Atriox]], led boarding parties inside the UNSC supercarrier, defeated [[John-117]] and threw the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] out of a hangar and into space. [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom|Banished Phantom]]s fired upon [[Pelican]]s and life pods as they fled the burning and broken carrier. Eventually, many [[Mulsanne-class light frigate|UNSC frigates]] were forced to crash on the installation while ''Infinity''{{'}}s fate was left unknown, with her fleet devastated by the enemy armada. However, Installation 07 was damaged during the battle and moved from the [[Ephsu system]] to an unknown location; even with the advantage of their dreadnoughts and total space superiority in the ring's locale, the Banished were just as stranded as the UNSC survivors.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}  


==Ships of the line==
Numerous dreadnoughts remained stationed in close proximity to [[Installation 07]] as of [[2560#May|May 2560]] to support the Banished occupation.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}} One such vessel, ''[[Ghost of Gbraakon]]'', captured the [[Pelican]] ''[[Echo 216]]'' with its [[stasis cannon]] after the Pelican's [[Fernando Esparza|pilot]] exposed his position by recovering [[John-117]] who had drifted in space for months. The Spartan boarded the Banished warship after going EVA through a UNSC and Banished asset debris field, and as he made his way to the ship's bridge, he observed that it was preparing to land a massive invasion force on the ring to eradicate the surviving UNSC presence. The Master Chief eventually freed ''Echo-216'' from the stasis cannon and overloaded dreadnaught's engines, destroying it, but exposing his survival to [[Escharum]] and the Banished in the process.{{Ref/Level|Id=gbraakon|HINF|Warship Gbraakon}}
*''[[Ghost of Gbraakon]]''{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=13|M=12|Y=2021}}
*''[[Ghost of Lodon]]''{{Ref/Reuse|gbraakon}}
*''[[Ghost of Tiacoro]]''{{Ref/Reuse|gbraakon}}


{{Spoiler/end}}
A Banished dreadnought was positioned in the skies directly above the shattered portion of the ring. This warship had a bird's eye view of the Master Chief's activities, and over the course of the Battle for Zeta Halo it deployed numerous reinforcement troops onto the ring's inner surface via Phantoms and drop pods in order to counter the Spartan.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Banished dreadnoughts}}
===Development images===
===Development images===
<gallery>
<gallery>
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File:HINF ConceptDreadnought02.jpg|Concept art of a Banished dreadnought from the back.
File:HINF ConceptDreadnought02.jpg|Concept art of a Banished dreadnought from the back.
File:HINF BaseDeploymentConcept.jpg|Concept art of a Banished dreadnought deploying structures to Installation 07.
File:HINF BaseDeploymentConcept.jpg|Concept art of a Banished dreadnought deploying structures to Installation 07.
File:HINF BanishedInteriorConcept.jpg|Concept art of the interior of a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF BanishedInteriorConcept.jpg|Concept art of the bridge of a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF Concept GbraakonLoadingBay.jpg|Concept art of a loading bay inside a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF Concept GbraakonCargoHold.jpg|Concept art of a hangar bay inside a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF ScrapPileConcept.jpg|Concept art of scraps, including [[Pelican]]s, [[Spirit]]s, and [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]], collected inside a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF ScrapPileConcept.jpg|Concept art of scraps, including [[Pelican]]s, [[Spirit]]s, and [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]], collected inside a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF Concept DreadnoughtPaintover.jpg|A detail paintover of the dreadnought that rams the UNSC ''Infinity'' in the opening cutscene of [[Warship Gbraakon]].
File:HINF Concept DreadnoughtPaintover.jpg|A detail paintover of the dreadnought that rams the UNSC ''Infinity'' in the opening cutscene of [[Warship Gbraakon]].
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===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:HINF BanishedShipCloseUp.jpg|Close-up of a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF- Infinity rammed.png|A Banished dreadnought ramming into UNSC ''Infinity''.
File:HINF- Infinity rammed.png|A Banished dreadnought ramming into UNSC ''Infinity''.
File:HINF Banished Ship Schematic.png|hologram of the Banished dreadnought ''Ghost of Gbraakon''
File:HINF BanishedShipCloseUp.jpg|The bow of a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF Dreadnought Rear.png|The stern of a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF Dreadnought Underside.png|A ventral view of the ''[[Ghost of Malkadyr]]''.
File:HINF-PrismBarolon.jpg|The ''[[Ghost of Barolon]]'' in the skies of [[Suban]].
File:HINF Ghost Bridge.png|The bridge of a Banished dreadnought.
File:HINF Banished Drop Pods.png|Drop-bases in a dreadnought.
File:HINF Banished Ship Schematic.png|A hologram of the Banished dreadnought ''Ghost of Gbraakon''.
File:HINF DreadnoughtDropBayHolo.png|A hologram of a Banished dreadnought's deployment bay.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]]''
*''[[Halo: Whispers from the Pyre]]''
*''[[Halo: Empty Throne]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Covenant Ships}}
{{Covenant Ships}}
[[Category:Banished ship classes]]
[[Category:Banished ship classes]]

Latest revision as of 11:32, February 25, 2025

Banished dreadnought
A Banished dreadnought over Installation 07 in Halo Infinite.
A dreadnought over Installation 07 in May 2560.
Class attributes

Operators:

Banished

Manufacturer:

Irusk Workshop[1][2]

In service:

2553-present[2]

General characteristics

Type:

Dreadnought[3][4]

Length:

2,665 meters (8,743 ft)[2]

Mass:

127 million tonnes[2]

Maneuver drive:

Three repulsor engines[4]

Complement:

Troops:

Carrying capacity up to "Over ten thousand warriors"[2]

Armaments:

Air wing:

 

The Banished dreadnought[6] is a Banished capital warship utilizing heavily modified Covenant ship hulls upgraded by the Irusk Workshop.[1] While originally created to support Jiralhanae planetary occupations, they have since become a lifeline of Jiralhanae civilisation in the wake of the destruction of Doisac, the Jiralhanae homeworld.[2]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

Banished dreadnoughts were originally intended as full-scale occupation ships, carrying everything needed to invade a world. Because of this, they can carry a massive amount of vehicles, drop-bases, and outposts.[2] Holks are similar vessels to dreadnoughts, though built as battleships and intended for peer space warfare.[7]

Due to the prevalence of ramming as a Banished battle tactic, the energy shielding of a dreadnought is strongest at its bow. A dozen Archer missiles launched at the center of the ship where the shields are weaker can soften up a dreadnought for a follow-on Magnetic Accelerator Cannon strike.[8]

Propulsion[edit]

Dreadnoughts are propelled by a three massive repulsor engines.[4]

Crew and complement[edit]

Banished dreadnoughts can carry over 10,000 warriors, as well as many vehicles.[2]

Armament[edit]

They possess many pulse laser turrets, as well as plasma torpedoes, plasma lances, scindere arrays, and a superheavy grav-impact driver.[2] The ship itself can also simply ram into enemy vessels, presumably using the aforementioned gravitic impact driver to inflict more damage.[4] Task forces of dreadnoughts have been compared to the ogre-wolves of Teash, using pack-hunting tactics to hunt down and destroy any opponent they choose.[2]

Ships of the line[edit]

Dreadnoughts are named for spirits and legends originating from the Jiralhanae's native culture, much of which was lost following contact with the Covenant in 2492 CE. The practice was originally intended to honour and preserve what had been lost prior to the Great Immolation, the nuclear war that engulfed Doisac centuries ago, but the Razing of Oth Sonin and Doisac's total obliteration has seen the practice given a new meaning for the survivors of the holocaust.[2]

Operational history[edit]

goodnight sweet prins (rip).
Dreadnoughts were used to ferry the remnants of Jiralhanae civilisation to safety during the destruction of Doisac.

The dreadnoughts were first created in 2553, using salvaged and old hulls of ex-Covenant starships heavily modified by the Irusk Workshop. They rapidly became the most common warship class in the fleet of the Banished, intended for use in supporting planetary occupations and raiding in the wake of the Covenant empire's collapse. As such, their outfit with long-term occupation equipment made them ideally suited for ferrying the survivors of the Jiralhanae away from the now-shattered remains of Doisac, following its destruction by the Guardian Custode at the behest of Cortana.[2] One was later used to support a large fleet of dozens of karves in an attack on Suban, one of the moons of the Sangheili homeworld Sanghelios.[12]

On August 2, 2557, a Banished flotilla of just under a dozen ships made up of karves and a single dreadnought attacked the UNSC Ozymandias at Eos Chasma. Although the Epoch-class heavy carrier had the tonnage and firepower, the Banished had the advantage in numbers. The Ozymandias managed to destroy the dreadnought and three karves before crashing into the surface of Mars.[13]

In November 2559, a massive armada of dreadnoughts (among other vessels) was placed under the charge of War Chief Severan to use in Banished campaigns while Atriox and Escharum were preoccupied. After the destruction of Doisac, this armada grew to encompass 1,328 various ships including dreadnoughts alongside skeids, holks and karves, which Severan massed for a campaign of reprisal against humanity. Six dreadnoughts accompanied Severan's flagship Heart of Malice into a naval engagement over Venezia on November 21, facing off against the Kerel-pattern assault carrier Shadow of Intent and Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser UNSC Victory of Samothrace. During the fighting, four of the six dreadnoughts were destroyed, though Ghost of K'rryk and Ghost of Voranth survived.[11][8] Severan's armada later launched a massive attack on Earth on December 12, though the attack was called off midway through the engagement due to the simultaneous defeat of Cortana at Zeta Halo.[7] As such, the armada was called away from Earth to Boundary, the site of a gateway to the Domain.[14] During the ensuing Battle of Boundary, the 1,300-strong fleet engaged 200 vessels of the UNSC Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, and Thirteenth Fleets alongside a 140-strong armada of Covenant warships led by Sali 'Nyon.[15]

In 2560, the dreadnought Ghost of Barolon, commanded by High Warlord Orna 'Fulsam, led a Banished attack on Suban - one of the moons of the Sangheili homeworld.[9]

Installation 07 conflict[edit]

During the Battle for Zeta Halo in December 2559, many dreadnoughts were deployed to engage the UNSC Navy fleet near Installation 07 and in high orbit around the planet Ephsu I, with at least two used to ram the UNSC Infinity multiple times to brutally damage her. During that time the leader of the Banished, Warmaster Atriox, led boarding parties inside the UNSC supercarrier, defeated John-117 and threw the Spartan-II out of a hangar and into space. Banished Phantoms fired upon Pelicans and life pods as they fled the burning and broken carrier. Eventually, many UNSC frigates were forced to crash on the installation while Infinity's fate was left unknown, with her fleet devastated by the enemy armada. However, Installation 07 was damaged during the battle and moved from the Ephsu system to an unknown location; even with the advantage of their dreadnoughts and total space superiority in the ring's locale, the Banished were just as stranded as the UNSC survivors.[4]

Numerous dreadnoughts remained stationed in close proximity to Installation 07 as of May 2560 to support the Banished occupation.[4] One such vessel, Ghost of Gbraakon, captured the Pelican Echo 216 with its stasis cannon after the Pelican's pilot exposed his position by recovering John-117 who had drifted in space for months. The Spartan boarded the Banished warship after going EVA through a UNSC and Banished asset debris field, and as he made his way to the ship's bridge, he observed that it was preparing to land a massive invasion force on the ring to eradicate the surviving UNSC presence. The Master Chief eventually freed Echo-216 from the stasis cannon and overloaded dreadnaught's engines, destroying it, but exposing his survival to Escharum and the Banished in the process.[5]

A Banished dreadnought was positioned in the skies directly above the shattered portion of the ring. This warship had a bird's eye view of the Master Chief's activities, and over the course of the Battle for Zeta Halo it deployed numerous reinforcement troops onto the ring's inner surface via Phantoms and drop pods in order to counter the Spartan.[4]

Gallery[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.

Development images[edit]

  • Concept art of the Banished dreadnought's development for Halo Infinite.

    Concept art of the Banished dreadnought's development for Halo Infinite.

  • Concept art of a Banished dreadnought from the front.

    Concept art of a Banished dreadnought from the front.

  • Concept art of a Banished dreadnought from the back.

    Concept art of a Banished dreadnought from the back.

  • Concept art of a Banished dreadnought deploying structures to Installation 07.

    Concept art of a Banished dreadnought deploying structures to Installation 07.

  • Concept art of the bridge of a Banished dreadnought.

    Concept art of the bridge of a Banished dreadnought.

  • Concept art of a loading bay inside a Banished dreadnought.

    Concept art of a loading bay inside a Banished dreadnought.

  • Concept art of a hangar bay inside a Banished dreadnought.

    Concept art of a hangar bay inside a Banished dreadnought.

  • Concept art of scraps, including Pelicans, Spirits, and Hornets, collected inside a Banished dreadnought.

    Concept art of scraps, including Pelicans, Spirits, and Hornets, collected inside a Banished dreadnought.

  • A detail paintover of the dreadnought that rams the UNSC Infinity in the opening cutscene of Warship Gbraakon.

    A detail paintover of the dreadnought that rams the UNSC Infinity in the opening cutscene of Warship Gbraakon.

Screenshots[edit]

  • A Banished dreadnought ramming into UNSC Infinity.

    A Banished dreadnought ramming into UNSC Infinity.

  • The bow of a Banished dreadnought.

    The bow of a Banished dreadnought.

  • The stern of a Banished dreadnought.

    The stern of a Banished dreadnought.

  • A ventral view of the Ghost of Malkadyr.

    A ventral view of the Ghost of Malkadyr.

  • The Ghost of Barolon in the skies of Suban.

    The Ghost of Barolon in the skies of Suban.

  • The bridge of a Banished dreadnought.

    The bridge of a Banished dreadnought.

  • Drop-bases in a dreadnought.

    Drop-bases in a dreadnought.

  • A hologram of the Banished dreadnought Ghost of Gbraakon.

    A hologram of the Banished dreadnought Ghost of Gbraakon.

  • A hologram of a Banished dreadnought's deployment bay.

    A hologram of a Banished dreadnought's deployment bay.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Shippin' Out (Retrieved on Feb 2, 2022) [archive]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 462
  3. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings (Retrieved on Dec 13, 2021) [archive]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Halo Infinite, Dreadnought in-game model
  5. ^ a b c Halo Infinite, campaign level Warship Gbraakon
  6. ^ Halo Infinite, campaign level House of Reckoning
  7. ^ a b Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 19
  8. ^ a b Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 15
  9. ^ a b Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon
  10. ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 4
  11. ^ a b c Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 16
  12. ^ Halo Infinite, multiplayer map Prism
  13. ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 3
  14. ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 20
  15. ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 27

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