Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner: Difference between revisions
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===Hull and superstructure=== | ===Hull and superstructure=== | ||
[[File:Blockaderunnerblueprint.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Blockade runner blueprint.]] | [[File:Blockaderunnerblueprint.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Blockade runner blueprint.]] | ||
The ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner is a swift class of [[corvette]], abstaining from protection for speed and firepower. As with most older [[Sangheili]] designs, these [[warship]]s were designed for the sole purpose of breaking through enemy formations, as well as flanking around enemy lines to hunt down and destroy damaged vessels.{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}}{{Ref/Site|Id=reinforcements|URL=http://www.spartangames.co.uk/halo-fleet-battles-reinforcements|Site=Spartan Games|Page=Halo: Fleet Battles – Reinforcements|D=29|M=07|Y=2017}} Like most Sangheili warships, the aesthetics of the blockade runners of the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern have strong biomimetic elements, bearing a resemblance to the [[arkon taa]], a type of carnivorous fish found in the northern waters of [[Sanghelios]]{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet|HWF|Section=Vestiges|Page=78-79}} and other [[Sangheili colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}} The blockade runner is comparable to the modern {{ | The ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner is a swift class of [[corvette]], abstaining from protection for speed and firepower. As with most older [[Sangheili]] designs, these [[warship]]s were designed for the sole purpose of breaking through enemy formations, as well as flanking around enemy lines to hunt down and destroy damaged vessels.{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}}{{Ref/Site|Id=reinforcements|URL=http://www.spartangames.co.uk/halo-fleet-battles-reinforcements|Site=Spartan Games|Page=Halo: Fleet Battles – Reinforcements|D=29|M=07|Y=2017}} Like most Sangheili warships, the aesthetics of the blockade runners of the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern have strong biomimetic elements, bearing a resemblance to the [[arkon taa]], a type of carnivorous fish found in the northern waters of [[Sanghelios]]{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet|HWF|Section=Vestiges|Page=78-79}} and other [[Sangheili colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}} The blockade runner is comparable to the modern {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}, albeit with less armor.{{Ref/Reuse|reinforcements}} | ||
Sleek and nimble, yet a powerful medium-sized warship, blockade runners are designed to allow even the boldest [[shipmaster]]s to complete their missions.{{Ref/Reuse|reinforcements}} Configured with only minor modifications, the ancient stealth generators that these corvettes are outfitted with conceal the vessel's location through brute-force jamming and expenditure of small [[drone]]s, as opposed to the sensor distortion grids utilized by modern [[active camouflage]] systems installed on [[Covenant]] designs.{{Ref/Reuse|hot drops}} blockade runners also host a large complement of crew, for countering [[boarding]] efforts and launching attacks of their own.{{Ref/Reuse|reinforcements}} However, they are purely Sangheili warships, and modifications made for other species are typically clumsy refits. Even then, many Sangheili still find serving aboard a ''Hekar-Taa'' an uncomfortable experience, due to the ships' scented air and droning subsonic hymnals that were once standard features two millennia ago.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}} | Sleek and nimble, yet a powerful medium-sized warship, blockade runners are designed to allow even the boldest [[shipmaster]]s to complete their missions.{{Ref/Reuse|reinforcements}} Configured with only minor modifications, the ancient stealth generators that these corvettes are outfitted with conceal the vessel's location through brute-force jamming and expenditure of small [[drone]]s, as opposed to the sensor distortion grids utilized by modern [[active camouflage]] systems installed on [[Covenant]] designs.{{Ref/Reuse|hot drops}} blockade runners also host a large complement of crew, for countering [[boarding]] efforts and launching attacks of their own.{{Ref/Reuse|reinforcements}} However, they are purely Sangheili warships, and modifications made for other species are typically clumsy refits. Even then, many Sangheili still find serving aboard a ''Hekar-Taa'' an uncomfortable experience, due to the ships' scented air and droning subsonic hymnals that were once standard features two millennia ago.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}} | ||
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*''[[Joori's Light]]''{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}} | *''[[Joori's Light]]''{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}} | ||
===Simulation-only=== | ===Simulation-only=== | ||
*''[[Purity of Spirit]]'' {{C|Simulations only}}{{Ref/Note|''Purity of Spirit'' was previously confirmed to be a '' | *''[[Purity of Spirit]]'' {{C|Simulations only}}{{Ref/Note|''Purity of Spirit'' was previously confirmed to be a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser, and only appeared as a blockade runner in [[War Games]] simulations.}}{{Ref/Site|Id=cannonfodder2|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-beta-late-than-never|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cannon Fodder - Beta Late Than Never|D=01|M=03|Y=2021}} | ||
*''[[Undiminished Entelechy]]'' {{C|Simulations only}}{{Ref/Note|It being the [[Wikipedia:Sister ship|sister ship]] of ''Purity of Spirit'', we can deduce that they are both the same class. As such, its representation as a blockade runner is simply down to changes in the simulation.}}{{Ref/Reuse|cannonfodder2}} | *''[[Undiminished Entelechy]]'' {{C|Simulations only}}{{Ref/Note|It being the [[Wikipedia:Sister ship|sister ship]] of ''Purity of Spirit'', we can deduce that they are both the same class. As such, its representation as a blockade runner is simply down to changes in the simulation.}}{{Ref/Reuse|cannonfodder2}} | ||
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File:H5G_BlockadeRunner_Render.jpg|A render of the blockade runner. | File:H5G_BlockadeRunner_Render.jpg|A render of the blockade runner. | ||
File:H5 - Truth ship render.png|Alternate preview of a blockade runner. | File:H5 - Truth ship render.png|Alternate preview of a blockade runner. | ||
File:HFB-Lotsofships.png|The blockade runner to scale with numerous other Covenant and [[UNSC]] warships, rivalling the '' | File:HFB-Lotsofships.png|The blockade runner to scale with numerous other Covenant and [[UNSC]] warships, rivalling the ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser in size. | ||
File:H5G-SangheiliBlockadeRunner-Screen.jpg|Screenshot of a Sangheili blockade runner in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | File:H5G-SangheiliBlockadeRunner-Screen.jpg|Screenshot of a Sangheili blockade runner in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | ||
File:H5 - Truth ship.png|A blockade runner in a simulation over Installation 04 in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. | File:H5 - Truth ship.png|A blockade runner in a simulation over Installation 04 in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. | ||
