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| | <center>''Looking for the [[Covenant super-destroyer]], the ship present in the [[Second Battle of Harvest]]?''</center> |
| {{Ship Class Infobox | | {{Ship Class Infobox |
| |image=[[Image:SuperCarrier3j.jpg|300px]] | | |image= |
| |name=Covenant Battleship | | |name=Covenant battleship |
| |manufacturer=[[Covenant]] | | |manufacturer=[[Covenant]] |
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| |max speed space= | | |max speed space= |
| |max speed air= | | |max speed air= |
| |engine=[[Repulsor Engines]] | | |engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s |
| |slipspace drive=equipped | | |slipspace drive=equipped |
| |slipspace speed=Unknown | | |slipspace speed=Unknown |
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| |shield gen= Yes | | |shield gen= Yes |
| |hull= Unknown Covenant alloy | | |hull= Unknown Covenant alloy |
| *Equipped with Energy Shields
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| |sensor= | | |sensor= |
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| |avionics= | | |avionics= |
| |countermeasures= | | |countermeasures= |
| |armament=*[[Energy projector]]s (12) <ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 301'', ("''...there were even bigger vessels with five bulbous sections that were two kilometers stem to stern and had a dozen deadly energy projectors''")</ref> | | |armament=*[[Energy projector]]s |
| *[[Plasma turret (starship)|Plasma turrets]] | | *[[Plasma turret]]s |
| *[[Pulse laser turret]]s | | *[[Pulse laser turret]]s |
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| |othersystems= | | |othersystems= |
| |firstuse= | | |firstuse= |
| |firstsight=[[2525]] - [[Second Battle of Harvest]] | | |firstsight=[[2552]] - [[Fall of Reach]] |
| |role= | | |role= |
| * Naval Engagements | | *Naval engagements |
| * [[Orbital bombardment]] | | *[[Orbital bombardment]] |
| |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] | | |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| *First known usage: [[2525]] - [[Second Battle of Harvest]]
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| |affiliation=[[Covenant Empire]] | | |affiliation=[[Covenant Empire]] |
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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]]. | | The '''Covenant battleship''' is a heavy [[Capital Ship|capital warship]] classification within the [[Covenant Navy]]. There were several battleships present in the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 32''</ref> |
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| ==Background==
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| A battleship was encountered by the {{UNSCShip|Heracles}}, {{UNSCShip|Vostok}}, and {{UNSCShip|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.<ref name="gen">'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]"</ref>
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| So far, battleships have been encountered in strictly space-based combat areas (around Covenant space stations and in Harvest's orbit). This may mean that it is designed specifically for ship-to-ship combat, as opposed to [[CCS-class Battlecruisers]] and [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]], which are also used for glassing operations.
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| ==Design Details==
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| This warship is approximately two kilometers long and is equipped with 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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| The battleship'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 Assault Carrier in size. It is armed with 12 energy projectors, which is unprecedented on a Covenant ship of its size, along with pulse laser turrets and plasma torpedo batteries found on most Covenant warships.
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| 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 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|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.<ref name="gen"/>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[The Duel]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery widths="120" orientation="landscape">
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| File:SuperCarrier1.jpg|A Covenant Battleship being destroyed by an all-out barrage from UNSC forces.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
