Maugen-pattern armored cruiser: Difference between revisions
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
No edit summary |
NightHammer (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The armored cruiser's primary roles are patrol and planetary occupation. The ''RCS'' is 2,000 meters long, 1,000 meters wide, and 296 meters tall. It is the second-largest cruiser of the former [[Covenant fleet]], overshadowed only by the {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}. Armed with [[plasma torpedo]] turrets, [[pulse laser]] point-defense cannons, and a ventral [[energy projector]], it is also outfitted with a stasis enfolder system;<ref name="EVG"/> this technology is presumably a much larger version of the [[stasis cannon]] used by the [[Type-29 Vampire]].<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 200''</ref> | The armored cruiser's primary roles are patrol and planetary occupation. The ''RCS'' is 2,000 meters long, 1,000 meters wide, and 296 meters tall. It is the second-largest cruiser of the former [[Covenant fleet]], overshadowed only by the {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}. Armed with [[plasma torpedo]] turrets, [[pulse laser]] point-defense cannons, and a ventral [[energy projector]], it is also outfitted with a stasis enfolder system;<ref name="EVG"/> this technology is presumably a much larger version of the [[stasis cannon]] used by the [[Type-29 Vampire]].<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 200''</ref> | ||
The "R", or Reverence, in the cruiser's three-letter classification code, "RCS", indicates that the cruiser is capable of conducting reconnaissance missions and is capable of excavating [[Forerunner]] artifacts. The "S", or Salvation, denotes that the ''RCS''-class armored cruiser is a dedicated [[warship]] capable of destroying its opponents with an energy projector.<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref> | |||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
Revision as of 23:51, February 20, 2015
The RCS-class armored cruiser is a Covenant capital warship classification.[1]
Overview
The armored cruiser's primary roles are patrol and planetary occupation. The RCS is 2,000 meters long, 1,000 meters wide, and 296 meters tall. It is the second-largest cruiser of the former Covenant fleet, overshadowed only by the ORS-class heavy cruiser. Armed with plasma torpedo turrets, pulse laser point-defense cannons, and a ventral energy projector, it is also outfitted with a stasis enfolder system;[1] this technology is presumably a much larger version of the stasis cannon used by the Type-29 Vampire.[2]
The "R", or Reverence, in the cruiser's three-letter classification code, "RCS", indicates that the cruiser is capable of conducting reconnaissance missions and is capable of excavating Forerunner artifacts. The "S", or Salvation, denotes that the RCS-class armored cruiser is a dedicated warship capable of destroying its opponents with an energy projector.[3]
Operational history
The RCS's use during the Human-Covenant War was largely overshadowed by the CCS-class battlecruiser, the mainstay of the fleet. Following the end of the war, however, many surviving battlecruisers were commandeered by Kig-Yar scavengers or independent Sangheili factions. As a result, the RCS-class armored cruiser took on a more predominant role in Jul 'Mdama's reformed Covenant.
Several RCS-class cruisers were assigned to Jul 'Mdama's fleet occupying Requiem in February 2558, escorted by a much larger number of comparatively diminutive CRS-class light cruisers.[4] One was destroyed when the UNSC Infinity emerged from slipspace and rammed it. Another fled the shield world after 'Mdama set the planet on a collision course with the local star.[5]
Gallery
The UNSC Infinity rams through an RCS-class armored cruiser.
An RCS cruiser and its CRS escort flee Requiem.
List of appearances
- Halo 4
- Spartan Ops (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedEVG - ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 200
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder: Have S'moa
- ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide
- ^ Halo 4, Halo: Infinity
