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<center>''This article is about the Keyship. For the warship class, see [[ | <center>''This article is about the Keyship. For the warship class, see [[Forerunner dreadnought]].''</center> | ||
{{Individual Ship Infobox | {{Individual Ship Infobox | ||
|name=Forerunner Dreadnought | |name=Forerunner Dreadnought | ||
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{{Quote|My Dreadnought, the vessel that has so long been the focus of our worship, now rests on its [[The Portal|true pedestal]]. Even now, its engines spark greater ones below, relics long without power, yet ready to fulfill their divine purpose. Stand fast! Keep our enemies at bay! Soon, my brothers, we will all have our reward!|[[Prophet of Truth]] to his troops during the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|My Dreadnought, the vessel that has so long been the focus of our worship, now rests on its [[The Portal|true pedestal]]. Even now, its engines spark greater ones below, relics long without power, yet ready to fulfill their divine purpose. Stand fast! Keep our enemies at bay! Soon, my brothers, we will all have our reward!|[[Prophet of Truth]] to his troops during the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Forerunner Dreadnought''', colloquially known as the '''Forerunner ship''', was a [[Forerunner]] [[Keyship]].<ref name="Halo3Six">'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal Six]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal Four]]''</ref> | The '''Forerunner Dreadnought''', colloquially known as the '''Forerunner ship''', was the [[Covenant]] name for a [[Forerunner]] [[Keyship]] originally discovered by the [[San 'Shyuum]] on their homeworld.<ref name="Halo3Six">'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal Six]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal Four]]''</ref> | ||
The Keyships were a large part of the Forerunner strategy against [[ | The Keyships were a large part of the Forerunner strategy against the [[Flood]], as they were the only vessels capable of activating [[slipspace portal]]s to reach [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. One of these Keyships, later known as the Dreadnought to the Covenant, would later be found and used by the [[San 'Shyuum]], and would later become an integral part of the [[Covenant religion]], as well as power for the Covenant holy city, [[High Charity]]. Featuring armament and shielding unparalleled by human or Covenant technology, the ship was used as the flagship of the [[Prophet of Truth]] in the final battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Rediscovery=== | ===Rediscovery=== | ||
{{Main|San 'Shyuum | {{Main|San 'Shyuum civil war}} | ||
Early in the history of the [[San 'Shyuum]], they found and worshiped a Forerunner Dreadnought that they uncovered on their homeworld. These early worshipers were split, over the usage of the ship, as the [[Stoics]] refused to enter the vessel, while the radical [[Reformists]] wished to explore it. The Reformists then barricaded themselves within the Keyship, and left Janur Qom, taking a gigantic piece of the planet with them.<ref name="Harvest262">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 262''</ref> This piece was later refitted into the rocky dome of [[High Charity]] along with the Dreadnought atop it. | Early in the history of the [[San 'Shyuum]], they found and worshiped a Forerunner Dreadnought that they uncovered on their homeworld. These early worshipers were split, over the usage of the ship, as the [[Stoics]] refused to enter the vessel, while the radical [[Reformists]] wished to explore it. The Reformists then barricaded themselves within the Keyship, and left Janur Qom, taking a gigantic piece of the planet with them.<ref name="Harvest262">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 262''</ref> This piece was later refitted into the rocky dome of [[High Charity]] along with the Dreadnought atop it. | ||
===Sangheili-San 'Shyuum | ===Sangheili-San 'Shyuum war=== | ||
After leaving their home world the San 'Shyuum encountered the [[Sangheili]], who also had familiarity with Forerunner technology. The San 'Shyuum believed that incorporating Forerunner technology was allowed by their religion. To the Sangheili, such a thing would have been unthinkable. | After leaving their home world the San 'Shyuum encountered the [[Sangheili]], who also had familiarity with Forerunner technology. The San 'Shyuum believed that incorporating Forerunner technology was allowed by their religion. To the Sangheili, such a thing would have been unthinkable. | ||
During the [[Sangheili-San 'Shyuum | During the [[Sangheili-San 'Shyuum war|war]], the Sangheili had an early advantage, with each warrior comparable in skill to ten San 'Shyuum in battle. However, the San 'Shyuum's technological superiority, and possession of the Forerunner Dreadnought, meant that they had the advantage in space, using the Keyship to great effect in devastating hit-and-run strikes against the Sangheilian Fleets. Eventually, the Sangheili were forced to amend their position of the treatment of Forerunner technologies and began incorporating elements into their own designs. | ||
Eventually, in order to ensure the survival of both races, the two races merged to form the early Covenant with the San 'Shyuum as the head religious leaders and the [[Sangheili]] as their protectors, and head of the military. | Eventually, in order to ensure the survival of both races, the two races merged to form the early Covenant with the San 'Shyuum as the head religious leaders and the [[Sangheili]] as their protectors, and head of the military. | ||
