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|engine=Two [[Repulsor engine|''Gablien''-pattern repulsor engines]]
|engine=Two [[Repulsor engine|''Gablien''-pattern repulsor engines]]
|power=Two [[Pinch fusion reactor|pinch fusion reactors]]<ref name="Warfleet/>
|power=Two [[pinch fusion reactor]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>
|slipspace drive=''Ophon''-pattern [[Borer|borer]]
|slipspace drive=''Ophon''-pattern [[borer]]
|length={{Convert|1782|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 265''</ref><ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref>
|length={{Convert|1782|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 265''</ref><ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref>
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|height={{Convert|230.8|m|ft}}<ref name="StnLfts">'''[http://halo.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_covenantcruiser/ Covenant CCS-class Battle Cruiser]'''</ref>
|height={{Convert|230.8|m|ft}}<ref name="StnLfts">'''[http://halo.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_covenantcruiser/ Covenant CCS-class Battle Cruiser]'''</ref>
|mass=90.7 million metric tons<ref name="Warfleet>''[[Halo: Warfleet]], pgs. 63''</ref>
|mass=90.7 million metric tons<ref name="Warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]], pgs. 63''</ref>
|shield gen=''Corvex''-pattern [[Energy shielding|dispersal field generators]]<ref name="Warfleet/>
|shield gen=''Corvex''-pattern [[Energy shielding|dispersal field generators]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>
|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
|armament=*1× [[Energy projector|''Profero''-pattern excavation beam]]<ref name="Warfleet>''[[Halo: Warfleet]], pgs. 63''</ref>
|armament=*1× [[Energy projector|''Profero''-pattern excavation beam]]<ref name="Warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]], pgs. 63''</ref>
*1× [[Plasma lance|''Ignis''-pattern plasma lance]]<ref name="Warfleet/>
*1× [[Plasma lance|''Ignis''-pattern plasma lance]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*16× [[Plasma torpedo|''Serpens''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]]<ref name="Warfleet/>
*16× [[Plasma torpedo|''Serpens''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*42× [[Plasma cannon (starship)|''Sono''-pattern plasma cannons]]<ref name="Warfleet/>
*42× [[Plasma cannon (starship)|''Sono''-pattern plasma cannons]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*50× [[Pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse lasers]]<ref name="Warfleet/>
*50× [[Pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse lasers]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>
|complement=*180 [[Sangheili Major| Obedientaries]]<ref name="Warfleet/>
|complement=*180 [[Sangheili Major|Obedientaries]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>
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*4,100 Thralls<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*32× [[Type-31 Seraph]]/[[Tarasque]] strikecraft<ref name="Warfleet/>
*32× [[Type-31 Seraph]]/[[Tarasque]] strikecraft<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*10× [[Type-25 Spirit]]s<ref name="Warfleet/>
*10× [[Type-25 Spirit]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*50× [[Type-26 Banshee]]s<ref name="Warfleet/>
*50× [[Type-26 Banshee]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*48× [[Type-26 Wraith]]s<ref name="Warfleet/>
*48× [[Type-26 Wraith]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*150× [[Type-32 Ghost]]s<ref name="Warfleet/>
*150× [[Type-32 Ghost]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*55× insertion pods<ref name="Warfleet/>
*55× insertion pods<ref name="Warfleet"/>
|crew=*8 [[Sangheili|Superiors]]
|crew=*8 [[Sangheili|Superiors]]
*2 [[Huragok|Engineers]]
*2 [[Huragok|Engineers]]
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{{Quote|Mother of God... I'd never thought I'd get close to one of these things. How the hell are we supposed to get inside that monster?|UNSC Marine during the first raid on ''Truth and Reconciliation''.}}<ref name="T&R">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>
{{Quote|Mother of God... I'd never thought I'd get close to one of these things. How the hell are we supposed to get inside that monster?|UNSC Marine during the first raid on ''Truth and Reconciliation''.}}<ref name="T&R">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>


The '''''CCS''-class battlecruiser''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Capital ship|capital warship]]. It is one of several [[cruiser]] types used by the Covenant, each of which is similar in design but differs in size and function.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="ENC"/>
The '''''CCS''-class battlecruiser''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Capital ship|capital warship]]. It is one of several [[cruiser]] types used by the Covenant, each of which is similar in design but differs in size and function.<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="EVG"/>


==Specifications==
==Specifications==
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===Armament===
===Armament===
''CCS''-class battlecruisers are typically armed with several dozen energy weapons, which are used both in ship-to-ship combat and in glassing operations.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide''', ''page 73''</ref> These weapons include [[pulse laser turret]]s, very powerful speed-of-light weapons that fire high-intensity laser bolts, radiating energy in the blue wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum,<ref name="EVG"/> though they sometimes fire nearer the red wavelength.<ref name="Package">'''Halo Legends''', '''The Package'''</ref> The turrets are chitinous pods featuring insect-like antennae and are located at various points around the vessel.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 123'', ''page 146'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="StnLfts"/>
''CCS''-class battlecruisers are typically armed with several dozen energy weapons, which are used both in ship-to-ship combat and in glassing operations.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide''', ''page 73''</ref> These weapons include [[pulse laser turret]]s, very powerful speed-of-light weapons that fire high-intensity laser bolts, radiating energy in the blue wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum,<ref name="EVG"/> though they sometimes fire nearer the red wavelength.<ref name="Package">'''Halo Legends''', '''The Package'''</ref> The turrets are chitinous pods featuring insect-like antennae and are located at various points around the vessel.<ref name="StnLfts"/><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 123'', ''page 146'' (2010 edition)</ref>


The battlecruiser also has weapon emplacements along its lateral lines. These weapons include [[plasma torpedo]] turrets, which fire long, powerful lances of blue-white, amber, or red plasma contained and guided by a shaped magnetic field.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 8'', ''page 22'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="Package"/><ref name="EVG"/><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 21'', ''page 33'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant]]''</ref> The ship also possesses two [[energy projector]]s, or "cleansing beams", located on the ventral surface - one fore and one amidships, concentric with the [[gravity lift]].<ref name="EVG"/> In addition to their use in space combat, the energy projectors are used for low-altitude glassing operations. They can seemingly be charged before firing, causing a powerful initial blast,<ref name="NA">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref> though they are typically fired as a free-flowing beam.<ref name="tsavo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref><ref name="Highway">'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level, ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref> This beam is typically bluish white,<ref name="tsavo"/><ref name="Highway"/><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo Wars'''</ref><ref>'''Halo Legends''', ''Origins''</ref> though it also may be red<ref name="NA"/> or purple.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign levels, ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Regret (level)|Regret]]''</ref><ref group="note">The purple beams seen in ''Halo 2'' are emitted from assault carriers' energy projectors, though it is reasonable that a battlecruiser's energy projectors could also emit purple beams.</ref> These different colors likely represent varying beam intensity.
The battlecruiser also has weapon emplacements along its lateral lines. These weapons include [[plasma torpedo]] turrets, which fire long, powerful lances of blue-white, amber, or red plasma contained and guided by a shaped magnetic field.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="Package"/><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 8'', ''page 22'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 21'', ''page 33'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant]]''</ref> The ship also possesses two [[energy projector]]s, or "cleansing beams", located on the ventral surface - one fore and one amidships, concentric with the [[gravity lift]].<ref name="EVG"/> In addition to their use in space combat, the energy projectors are used for low-altitude glassing operations. They can seemingly be charged before firing, causing a powerful initial blast,<ref name="NA">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref> though they are typically fired as a free-flowing beam.<ref name="tsavo">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref><ref name="Highway">'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level, ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref> This beam is typically bluish white,<ref name="tsavo"/><ref name="Highway"/><ref name="ReferenceA">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo Wars'''</ref><ref>'''Halo Legends''', ''Origins''</ref> though it also may be red<ref name="NA"/> or purple.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign levels, ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Regret (level)|Regret]]''</ref><ref group="note">The purple beams seen in ''Halo 2'' are emitted from assault carriers' energy projectors, though it is reasonable that a battlecruiser's energy projectors could also emit purple beams.</ref> These different colors likely represent varying beam intensity.


==Internal layout==
==Internal layout==
===Control center===
===Control center===
Buried deep within the vessel's heart is the control center, also known as the bridge and the Combat Information Center (CIC),<ref name="ENC"/> from where the entire ship's operations are coordinated. Typically occupied by only the highest-ranking officers, the control center is a large room with a centralized bridge platform overlooking the rest of the room. [[Holography|Holographic]] controls line the outer perimeter of the raised dais. The viewscreens are also holographic projections, visible at the forward end of the room near the ceiling. The viewscreens can either display exterior views of the ship's surroundings or can display tactical data. They can also be synchronized to the onboard security cameras and can display ship schematics.<ref name="T&R"/><ref name="waypoint"/><ref name="StnLfts"/>
Buried deep within the vessel's heart is the control center, also known as the bridge and the Combat Information Center (CIC),<ref name="ENC"/> from where the entire ship's operations are coordinated. Typically occupied by only the highest-ranking officers, the control center is a large room with a centralized bridge platform overlooking the rest of the room. [[Holography|Holographic]] controls line the outer perimeter of the raised dais. The viewscreens are also holographic projections, visible at the forward end of the room near the ceiling. The viewscreens can either display exterior views of the ship's surroundings or can display tactical data. They can also be synchronized to the onboard security cameras and can display ship schematics.<ref name="StnLfts"/><ref name="T&R"/><ref name="waypoint"/>


===Brigs===
===Brigs===
The ''CCS'' has at least two brigs for holding prisoners. Each is a rectangular room with four force field-secured cells on either side, for a total of eight per brig. Each cell can accommodate a large number of prisoners, although normally only one is placed in each cell, probably for security purposes against the possibility of an organized escape attempt. The cell barriers appear to use the same technology as the [[shield door]]s that are common to Covenant installations and vessels, though they obviously do not allow passage from one side to the other. Even plasma bolts and ballistic projectiles can not pass through the fields. The shield barriers can be lowered by a holographic control panel on a raised platform on the far side of the brig opposite the entrance. The cells are arranged at the periphery of a spacious room, with guards patrolling them. The guards usually have [[active camouflage]], using their stealth to monitor the prisoners.<ref name="T&R"/><ref name="StnLfts"/>
The ''CCS'' has at least two brigs for holding prisoners. Each is a rectangular room with four force field-secured cells on either side, for a total of eight per brig. Each cell can accommodate a large number of prisoners, although normally only one is placed in each cell, probably for security purposes against the possibility of an organized escape attempt. The cell barriers appear to use the same technology as the [[shield door]]s that are common to Covenant installations and vessels, though they obviously do not allow passage from one side to the other. Even plasma bolts and ballistic projectiles can not pass through the fields. The shield barriers can be lowered by a holographic control panel on a raised platform on the far side of the brig opposite the entrance. The cells are arranged at the periphery of a spacious room, with guards patrolling them. The guards usually have [[active camouflage]], using their stealth to monitor the prisoners.<ref name="StnLfts"/><ref name="T&R"/>


===Cargo bays===
===Cargo bays===
The ''CCS''-class battlecruiser has multiple storage bays. These bays are connected to cargo hatches and corridors that allow the transfer of matériel from other bays to either the gravity lift room or to the hangar bays. The storage bays are two-level expanses that contain weapons, food, and military equipment crates, in addition to storing both land and air vehicles.<ref name="T&R"/><ref name="StnLfts"/>
The ''CCS''-class battlecruiser has multiple storage bays. These bays are connected to cargo hatches and corridors that allow the transfer of matériel from other bays to either the gravity lift room or to the hangar bays. The storage bays are two-level expanses that contain weapons, food, and military equipment crates, in addition to storing both land and air vehicles.<ref name="StnLfts"/><ref name="T&R"/>


===Hangar bays===
===Hangar bays===
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Like most Covenant warships, the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser is equipped with a single ventrally mounted [[gravity lift]], enabling quick and easy transportation of personnel, vehicles, equipment and supplies to a planet's surface. A large, circular platform can be detached and lowered to the ground to provide a stable surface for disembarking and embarking troops, vehicles, and matériel. The platform has six interlocking hinges and is carried with the ship; when the cruiser is in position over a planet's surface, the six interlocks retract and the beam repels the platform at a controlled descent to the surface. Once on the ground the platform acts as an anchor for the ship. The ship can make use of the gravity lift without the platform, but it must remain in position.<ref name="StnLfts"/><ref name="waypoint"/> When attached to the ship, the central gravity platform doubles as the firing port for the energy projector,<ref name="EVG"/> like that of the ''CAS''-class assault carrier and the {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}.
Like most Covenant warships, the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser is equipped with a single ventrally mounted [[gravity lift]], enabling quick and easy transportation of personnel, vehicles, equipment and supplies to a planet's surface. A large, circular platform can be detached and lowered to the ground to provide a stable surface for disembarking and embarking troops, vehicles, and matériel. The platform has six interlocking hinges and is carried with the ship; when the cruiser is in position over a planet's surface, the six interlocks retract and the beam repels the platform at a controlled descent to the surface. Once on the ground the platform acts as an anchor for the ship. The ship can make use of the gravity lift without the platform, but it must remain in position.<ref name="StnLfts"/><ref name="waypoint"/> When attached to the ship, the central gravity platform doubles as the firing port for the energy projector,<ref name="EVG"/> like that of the ''CAS''-class assault carrier and the {{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}.


The gravity lift bay is similar in design to the cargo bays except that it is only one level high. The gravity lift's door mechanism is situated in the center of the room, with cargo and personnel hatches located around the rectangular bay's walls. Several gravity lift bays are on board the cruisers, not far from the cargo and shuttle bays. Each bay has four cargo hatches along opposite walls for vehicle transfer.<ref name="T&R"/><ref name="StnLfts"/>
The gravity lift bay is similar in design to the cargo bays except that it is only one level high. The gravity lift's door mechanism is situated in the center of the room, with cargo and personnel hatches located around the rectangular bay's walls. Several gravity lift bays are on board the cruisers, not far from the cargo and shuttle bays. Each bay has four cargo hatches along opposite walls for vehicle transfer.<ref name="StnLfts"/><ref name="T&R"/>


===Corridors and doors===
===Corridors and doors===
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The earliest known UNSC encounter with a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser occurred in [[2526]].<ref>[[Data pads|Data pad 10]]</ref> Two ''CCS''-class vessels were present at the [[Battle for Arcadia]] in [[2531#February|February 2531]]. [[CCS-U321|One]] was destroyed by the {{UNSCShip|Texas}}, {{UNSCShip|Belfast}}, {{UNSCShip|Armstrong}} and {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} when caught with its shields down, but [[CCS-U624|the other]] destroyed the ''Texas'' and ''Belfast'', severely damaged the ''Armstrong'' and ''Pillar of Autumn'' and continued on to [[Arcadia]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Arcadia City]]''</ref> Several battlecruisers were later encountered by [[Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole's]] [[Battle Group India]] at the [[Battle of Psi Serpentis]] in [[2543|April 2543]]; these ships, as well as the rest of the Covenant fleet, were destroyed when Cole's flagship, [[UNSC Everest|''Everest'']], caused the nearby gas giant [[Viperidae]] to go nova.<ref group="note">According to ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser was first encountered at the Battle of Psi Serpentis in 2543. This contradicts ''Halo Wars: Genesis'', which shows Cole's fleet engaging such vessels in [[2526]]; ''Halo Wars'', in which two ''CCS''-class ships are encountered at Arcadia in 2531; data pad 10, which states that the [[Assembly]]'s findings about glassing were derived from observing the ''CCS'' class in 2526; and ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'' and the ''Halo Encyclopedia'', which state that the vessel was encountered throughout the war.</ref> The largest known deployment of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers was during the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552|summer 2552]], in which dozens of such vessels were used in the invasion of [[Reach|the planet]]. During the [[Battle of Aszod]], one was destroyed by [[Spartan-B312]] with an [[Onager]] [[mass driver]].
The earliest known UNSC encounter with a ''CCS''-class battlecruiser occurred in [[2526]].<ref>[[Data pads|Data pad 10]]</ref> Two ''CCS''-class vessels were present at the [[Battle for Arcadia]] in [[2531#February|February 2531]]. [[CCS-U321|One]] was destroyed by the {{UNSCShip|Texas}}, {{UNSCShip|Belfast}}, {{UNSCShip|Armstrong}} and {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} when caught with its shields down, but [[CCS-U624|the other]] destroyed the ''Texas'' and ''Belfast'', severely damaged the ''Armstrong'' and ''Pillar of Autumn'' and continued on to [[Arcadia]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Arcadia City]]''</ref> Several battlecruisers were later encountered by [[Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole's]] [[Battle Group India]] at the [[Battle of Psi Serpentis]] in [[2543|April 2543]]; these ships, as well as the rest of the Covenant fleet, were destroyed when Cole's flagship, [[UNSC Everest|''Everest'']], caused the nearby gas giant [[Viperidae]] to go nova.<ref group="note">According to ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', the ''CCS''-class battlecruiser was first encountered at the Battle of Psi Serpentis in 2543. This contradicts ''Halo Wars: Genesis'', which shows Cole's fleet engaging such vessels in [[2526]]; ''Halo Wars'', in which two ''CCS''-class ships are encountered at Arcadia in 2531; data pad 10, which states that the [[Assembly]]'s findings about glassing were derived from observing the ''CCS'' class in 2526; and ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'' and the ''Halo Encyclopedia'', which state that the vessel was encountered throughout the war.</ref> The largest known deployment of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers was during the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552|summer 2552]], in which dozens of such vessels were used in the invasion of [[Reach|the planet]]. During the [[Battle of Aszod]], one was destroyed by [[Spartan-B312]] with an [[Onager]] [[mass driver]].
[[File:H3ODST-Highway.jpg|thumb|right|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser and Type-52 Phantoms in Mombasa.|250px]]
[[File:H3ODST-Highway.jpg|thumb|right|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser and Type-52 Phantoms in Mombasa.|250px]]
As Reach was being glassed, several ''CCS''-class battlecruisers from the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] pursued the {{Class|Halcyon|cruiser}} {{UNSCship|Pillar of Autumn}} to [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]]; after arriving at Halo on [[2552#September|September 19]], ''Pillar of Autumn'' disabled several battlecruisers, most notably ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. UNSC forces [[Raids on the Truth and Reconciliation|raided]] the ship three times, first to rescue [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]],<ref name="T&R"/> then to recover the captain's [[command neural interface]], and finally to recover the ship and use it to escape to [[Earth]]. However, [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] understood that doing so would allow [[the Flood]] to infest Earth; she thus severed the fiber-optic link between the engines and the [[bridge]], causing the ship to crash and killing everyone aboard.<ref name="McKay">'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 332''</ref> On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], thirteen battlecruisers of the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] participated in the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret's]] [[Battle of Earth|botched invasion]] of Earth; only one of these vessels, ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', survived, though more would be deployed to Earth during the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s continuation of the invasion.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST'''</ref>
As Reach was being glassed, several ''CCS''-class battlecruisers from the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] pursued the {{Class|Halcyon|cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]]; after arriving at Halo on [[2552#September|September 19]], ''Pillar of Autumn'' disabled several battlecruisers, most notably ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]''. UNSC forces [[Raids on the Truth and Reconciliation|raided]] the ship three times, first to rescue [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]],<ref name="T&R"/> then to recover the captain's [[command neural interface]], and finally to recover the ship and use it to escape to [[Earth]]. However, [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] understood that doing so would allow [[the Flood]] to infest Earth; she thus severed the fiber-optic link between the engines and the [[bridge]], causing the ship to crash and killing everyone aboard.<ref name="McKay">'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 332''</ref> On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], thirteen battlecruisers of the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] participated in the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret's]] [[Battle of Earth|botched invasion]] of Earth; only one of these vessels, ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', survived, though more would be deployed to Earth during the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s continuation of the invasion.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST'''</ref>


After the [[Great Schism]] erupted on [[2552#November|November 3]], ''CCS''-class battlecruisers played crucial roles on both sides. A [[Indulgence of Conviction|Flood-infected battlecruiser]] broke through the [[Sangheili]]'s blockade of [[Installation 05]] and arrived at [[Voi]], [[Kenya]] on November 17; the Flood forms released by this vessel were glassed by the Sangheili [[Fleet of Retribution]], which arrived moments later.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> At the [[Battle of Installation 00]] on [[2552#December|December 11]], both sides made use of several ''CCS''-class battlecruisers; though the Brute-led Covenant forces outnumbered the [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sangheili-led Covenant]] three-to-one, the Fleet of Retribution triumphed, turning the tide of the last battle of the Human-Covenant War.
After the [[Great Schism]] erupted on [[2552#November|November 3]], ''CCS''-class battlecruisers played crucial roles on both sides. A [[Indulgence of Conviction|Flood-infected battlecruiser]] broke through the [[Sangheili]]'s blockade of [[Installation 05]] and arrived at [[Voi]], [[Kenya]] on November 17; the Flood forms released by this vessel were glassed by the Sangheili [[Fleet of Retribution]], which arrived moments later.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> At the [[Battle of Installation 00]] on [[2552#December|December 11]], both sides made use of several ''CCS''-class battlecruisers; though the Brute-led Covenant forces outnumbered the [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sangheili-led Covenant]] three-to-one, the Fleet of Retribution triumphed, turning the tide of the last battle of the Human-Covenant War.


As the Great Schism continued throughout the [[2559|following seven years]], the Sangheili and the [[Jiralhanae]]-led remnants of the Covenant continued to make use of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', '''The Return''', ''page 506''</ref> Several ships of the class were present during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]], serving within the [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sangheili]] and [[Lydus' clan|Jiralhanae]] fleets tasked with protecting the delegates alongside the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. The [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|mercenary group]] under the command of [[Vata 'Gajat]] also possessed a number of these ships during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]]. <ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', '''Issue 1'''</ref> Many other ''CCS''-battlecruisers fell into the hands of Kig-Yar scavengers and independent Sangheili factions. <ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 195''</ref>
As the Great Schism continued throughout the [[2559|following seven years]], the Sangheili and the [[Jiralhanae]]-led remnants of the Covenant continued to make use of ''CCS''-class battlecruisers.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', '''The Return''', ''page 506''</ref> Several ships of the class were present during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]], serving within the [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sangheili]] and [[Lydus' clan|Jiralhanae]] fleets tasked with protecting the delegates alongside the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. The [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|mercenary group]] under the command of [[Vata 'Gajat]] also possessed a number of these ships during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', '''Issue 1'''</ref> Many other ''CCS''-battlecruisers fell into the hands of Kig-Yar scavengers and independent Sangheili factions.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 195''</ref>


==Ships of the line==
==Ships of the line==

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"Mother of God... I'd never thought I'd get close to one of these things. How the hell are we supposed to get inside that monster?"
— UNSC Marine during the first raid on Truth and Reconciliation.[1]

The CCS-class battlecruiser is a Covenant capital warship. It is one of several cruiser types used by the Covenant, each of which is similar in design but differs in size and function.[2][3]

Specifications

Design details

The CCS-class battlecruiser is a mid-sized capital ship that is used in both offensive and defensive roles. This type of ship is known for its large personnel and equipment capacity, which makes it ideal for infantry, vehicle, and matériel deployments during ground engagements.[2] The vessel is well known for its offensive capabilities, often participating in ship-to-ship combat and in glassing operations. The CCS-class battlecruiser, while not the largest cruiser in service with the Covenant, is the most prominent of the Covenant's ships, and is used in large numbers at the heart of nearly every Covenant invasion force.[3] They are often deployed in three-ship battle groups.[4] The "S", or Salvation, in the cruiser's three-letter classification code, "CCS", denotes that the CCS-class battlecruiser is a dedicated warship capable of destroying its opponents with energy projectors.[5]

Nearly two kilometers from stem to stern, the standard battlecruiser follows the typical architecture of a Covenant ship: a sleek, amphibious design with sweeping contours, bulbous sections, and perfect symmetry,[6] with either two or four fin-like structures beneath the bow. It is shaped this way to allow for mobility in atmosphere during the deployment of infantry, as well as for a significant level of agility when in combat in orbit.[2] Unlike the larger CAS-class assault carrier and the more aggressively deployed CPV-class heavy destroyer, the battlecruiser serves in a somewhat intermediary role: a fully weaponized warship with the ability to apply meaningful military deployment. For this reason it is frequently utilized, easily surpassing the numbers of any other known Covenant vessel.[3]

Armament

CCS-class battlecruisers are typically armed with several dozen energy weapons, which are used both in ship-to-ship combat and in glassing operations.[7] These weapons include pulse laser turrets, very powerful speed-of-light weapons that fire high-intensity laser bolts, radiating energy in the blue wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum,[3] though they sometimes fire nearer the red wavelength.[8] The turrets are chitinous pods featuring insect-like antennae and are located at various points around the vessel.[9][10]

The battlecruiser also has weapon emplacements along its lateral lines. These weapons include plasma torpedo turrets, which fire long, powerful lances of blue-white, amber, or red plasma contained and guided by a shaped magnetic field.[3][8][11][12][13] The ship also possesses two energy projectors, or "cleansing beams", located on the ventral surface - one fore and one amidships, concentric with the gravity lift.[3] In addition to their use in space combat, the energy projectors are used for low-altitude glassing operations. They can seemingly be charged before firing, causing a powerful initial blast,[14] though they are typically fired as a free-flowing beam.[15][16] This beam is typically bluish white,[15][16][17][18][19] though it also may be red[14] or purple.[20][note 1] These different colors likely represent varying beam intensity.

Internal layout

Control center

Buried deep within the vessel's heart is the control center, also known as the bridge and the Combat Information Center (CIC),[2] from where the entire ship's operations are coordinated. Typically occupied by only the highest-ranking officers, the control center is a large room with a centralized bridge platform overlooking the rest of the room. Holographic controls line the outer perimeter of the raised dais. The viewscreens are also holographic projections, visible at the forward end of the room near the ceiling. The viewscreens can either display exterior views of the ship's surroundings or can display tactical data. They can also be synchronized to the onboard security cameras and can display ship schematics.[9][1][6]

Brigs

The CCS has at least two brigs for holding prisoners. Each is a rectangular room with four force field-secured cells on either side, for a total of eight per brig. Each cell can accommodate a large number of prisoners, although normally only one is placed in each cell, probably for security purposes against the possibility of an organized escape attempt. The cell barriers appear to use the same technology as the shield doors that are common to Covenant installations and vessels, though they obviously do not allow passage from one side to the other. Even plasma bolts and ballistic projectiles can not pass through the fields. The shield barriers can be lowered by a holographic control panel on a raised platform on the far side of the brig opposite the entrance. The cells are arranged at the periphery of a spacious room, with guards patrolling them. The guards usually have active camouflage, using their stealth to monitor the prisoners.[9][1]

Cargo bays

The CCS-class battlecruiser has multiple storage bays. These bays are connected to cargo hatches and corridors that allow the transfer of matériel from other bays to either the gravity lift room or to the hangar bays. The storage bays are two-level expanses that contain weapons, food, and military equipment crates, in addition to storing both land and air vehicles.[9][1]

Hangar bays

The CCS-class battlecruiser contains four bisected hangar bays; two to starboard and two to port. They are each three-tiered, with a large amount of space between the floors and ceilings of each level. Each three-tier bay has two retracting metal doors. The bays feature energy barriers over the openings to allow ships to pass through them while retaining atmosphere and pressure inside the ship. These barriers deny the movement of all forms of matter attempting to enter or leave the hangar bays. Each launch area in the bay is capable of housing dropships and Banshee attack craft. Retracting elevators in the decking of each bay are used to ship Covenant ground and air craft into the bays for launching or for gravity connection to a waiting dropship. These elevators lower into holding areas adjacent to cargo bays.[9][6]

Gravity lift

Like most Covenant warships, the CCS-class battlecruiser is equipped with a single ventrally mounted gravity lift, enabling quick and easy transportation of personnel, vehicles, equipment and supplies to a planet's surface. A large, circular platform can be detached and lowered to the ground to provide a stable surface for disembarking and embarking troops, vehicles, and matériel. The platform has six interlocking hinges and is carried with the ship; when the cruiser is in position over a planet's surface, the six interlocks retract and the beam repels the platform at a controlled descent to the surface. Once on the ground the platform acts as an anchor for the ship. The ship can make use of the gravity lift without the platform, but it must remain in position.[9][6] When attached to the ship, the central gravity platform doubles as the firing port for the energy projector,[3] like that of the CAS-class assault carrier and the CSO-class supercarrier.

The gravity lift bay is similar in design to the cargo bays except that it is only one level high. The gravity lift's door mechanism is situated in the center of the room, with cargo and personnel hatches located around the rectangular bay's walls. Several gravity lift bays are on board the cruisers, not far from the cargo and shuttle bays. Each bay has four cargo hatches along opposite walls for vehicle transfer.[9][1]

Corridors and doors

The class features a labyrinthine network of curved corridors, with circuitry concealed behind purple metal casings. At junctions, gaps in the ceiling and floor appear to accommodate Huragok maintenance personnel, allowing them to float between levels easily and quickly.

Like those of the SDV-class heavy corvette, the doors on the CCS-class battlecruiser open by a three-way system. Unlocked doors are outlined in white light, while locked ones have crimson light. They are protected from electronic intrusion by a 128,000-bit modulating encryption key, but this key can be penetrated by a sufficiently advanced artificial intelligence within minutes.[1]

Engines and engine room

The CCS-class battlecruiser it outfitted with two large tritium plasma-powered[21] repulsor engines for sublight propulsion. The ship's slipspace field generators are fine-tuned enough to make much more efficient and lower-power transitions to slipspace than UNSC ships; making the vessel faster at traveling through the alternate dimension. Covenant ships are also capable of greater precision in exiting Slipspace at a given location.[9]

The engine room contains fiber-optic cables that run from to the control room. These cables are very delicate and, if severed, can cause the vessel to crash.[22]

Operational history

Since the beginning of the Covenant, the battlecruiser has consistently been the hegemony's primary mode of intragalactic transportation.[6] For the centuries leading up to the Human-Covenant War, the CCS was involved in every major event in the Covenant's history, including both peace and conflict. Countless CCS-class battlecruisers were used during the Human-Covenant War in operations ranging from fleet engagements to glassing. They were considered among the most dangerous of Covenant ships and often spearheaded invasions.

The earliest known UNSC encounter with a CCS-class battlecruiser occurred in 2526.[23] Two CCS-class vessels were present at the Battle for Arcadia in February 2531. One was destroyed by the UNSC Texas, UNSC Belfast, UNSC Armstrong and UNSC Pillar of Autumn when caught with its shields down, but the other destroyed the Texas and Belfast, severely damaged the Armstrong and Pillar of Autumn and continued on to Arcadia.[24] Several battlecruisers were later encountered by Admiral Preston Cole's Battle Group India at the Battle of Psi Serpentis in April 2543; these ships, as well as the rest of the Covenant fleet, were destroyed when Cole's flagship, Everest, caused the nearby gas giant Viperidae to go nova.[note 2] The largest known deployment of CCS-class battlecruisers was during the Fall of Reach in summer 2552, in which dozens of such vessels were used in the invasion of the planet. During the Battle of Aszod, one was destroyed by Spartan-B312 with an Onager mass driver.

A CCS-class battlecruiser and Type-52 Phantoms in Mombasa.

As Reach was being glassed, several CCS-class battlecruisers from the Fleet of Particular Justice pursued the Halcyon-class cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn to Halo Installation 04; after arriving at Halo on September 19, Pillar of Autumn disabled several battlecruisers, most notably Truth and Reconciliation. UNSC forces raided the ship three times, first to rescue Captain Jacob Keyes,[1] then to recover the captain's command neural interface, and finally to recover the ship and use it to escape to Earth. However, First Lieutenant Melissa McKay understood that doing so would allow the Flood to infest Earth; she thus severed the fiber-optic link between the engines and the bridge, causing the ship to crash and killing everyone aboard.[22] On October 20, 2552, thirteen battlecruisers of the Fleet of Sacred Consecration participated in the High Prophet of Regret's botched invasion of Earth; only one of these vessels, Pious Inquisitor, survived, though more would be deployed to Earth during the Prophet of Truth's continuation of the invasion.[25]

After the Great Schism erupted on November 3, CCS-class battlecruisers played crucial roles on both sides. A Flood-infected battlecruiser broke through the Sangheili's blockade of Installation 05 and arrived at Voi, Kenya on November 17; the Flood forms released by this vessel were glassed by the Sangheili Fleet of Retribution, which arrived moments later.[17] At the Battle of Installation 00 on December 11, both sides made use of several CCS-class battlecruisers; though the Brute-led Covenant forces outnumbered the Sangheili-led Covenant three-to-one, the Fleet of Retribution triumphed, turning the tide of the last battle of the Human-Covenant War.

As the Great Schism continued throughout the following seven years, the Sangheili and the Jiralhanae-led remnants of the Covenant continued to make use of CCS-class battlecruisers.[26] Several ships of the class were present during the Battle of Ealen IV, serving within the Sangheili and Jiralhanae fleets tasked with protecting the delegates alongside the UNSC Infinity. The mercenary group under the command of Vata 'Gajat also possessed a number of these ships during the Battle of Ealen IV.[27] Many other CCS-battlecruisers fell into the hands of Kig-Yar scavengers and independent Sangheili factions.[28]

Ships of the line

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Halo: Fleet Battles

Covenant CCS Battlecruiser

This element includes a single CCS-class battlecruiser.

  • Cost: 150 points
  • Movement: 8"
  • Damage Track: 8 • 7 • 3
  • Build rating: 3
  • Hangers: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 2
  • Security detail: 4
  • System loadouts:
    • Carrier action (1)
    • Defense array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (3)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9

Covenant Supported CCS Battlecruiser

This element includes a CCS-class battlecruiser and one SDV-class heavy corvette.

  • Cost: 170 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage Track: 8 • 7 • 4
  • Build rating: 4
  • Hangers: 3
  • Boarding Craft: 2
  • Security detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Carrier action (1)
    • Defense array (5)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (4)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 10
  • Additional secondary weapon: Plasma torpedos
    • Range: 10/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 5

Covenant Reinforced CCS Battlecruiser

This element includes a CCS-class battlecruiser and two SDV-class heavy corvettes.

  • Cost: 200 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage: 8 • 7 • 5
  • Build Rating: 5
  • Hangars: 5
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security Detail: 6
  • System loadouts:
    • Carrier action (1)
    • Defense array (6)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (6)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Additional secondary weapon: plasma torpedos
    • Range: 10/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 6

Covenant Escorted CCS Battlecruiser

This element includes a CCS-class battlecruiser and one ADP-class escort.

  • Cost: 170 points
  • Movement: 8"
  • Damage: 8 • 7 • 4
  • Build Rating: 4
  • Hangars: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 2
  • Security Detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Carrier action (1)
    • Defense array (5)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (5)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9
  • Additional secondary weapon: plasma torpedos
    • Range: 10/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 5

Covenant Defended CCS Battlecruiser

This element includes a CCS-class battlecruiser and two ADP-class escorts.

  • Cost: 190 points
  • Movement: 8"
  • Damage: 8 • 7 • 5
  • Build Rating: 4
  • Hangars: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 2
  • Security Detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Cloaking system
    • Carrier action (1)
    • Defense array (5)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (5)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9
  • Additional secondary weapon: plasma torpedos
    • Range: 10/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 7

Covenant Paired CCS Battlecruisers

This element includes two CCS-class battlecruisers.

  • Cost: 260 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage: 11 • 11 • 4
  • Build Rating: 8
  • Hangars: 4
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security Detail: 8
  • System loadouts:
    • Carrier action (2)
    • Defense array (7)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (6)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 18
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma cannon arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 15

Trivia

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  • Battlecruisers were a ship class used by European, American and Japanese navies during the First and Second World Wars, developed as an evolution of the armored cruiser, being faster and better-armed than their predecessors, often featuring armaments equivalent to a larger battleship but with lighter armor. By the 1930s, only the Royal navy was using the term "battlecruiser" for its older ships, as other navies replaced battlecruisers with battleships.
  • During the development of Halo 2, Solemn Penance was originally going to be a CCS-class battlecruiser, as seen in the E3 2003 demo.
  • The battlecruisers featured in Halo 3 and most later media have four fins instead of two, like those of the Truth and Reconciliation. These battlecruisers also feature the Marathon logo on their launch bays.
  • In the level New Alexandria in Halo: Reach, if the player performs the flyable Pelican and Phantom Easter egg and flies inside one of the CCS-class battlecruisers outside of the map, they will find a small cube in the center of either ship. It is a cube map, which contains the texture for the vessel.
  • If the Mythic skull is turned on while playing Halo: Reach, the CCS-class battlecruiser at the end of the level The Pillar of Autumn requires two shots from the Onager to be destroyed.

Gallery

  • HCE - Covenant ship 3.png

    Concept art of the cruiser's front for Halo: Combat Evolved.

  • HCE - Covenant ship 4.png

    Concept art of the cruiser's bottom.

  • Covenant Attack Ship.jpg

    Finalized concept art by Eddie Smith.

  • The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of a CCS-class battlecruiser in Halo: Combat Evolved.

    The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of a CCS-class battlecruiser in Halo: Combat Evolved.

  • The Truth and Reconciliation projecting its gravity lift.

    The Truth and Reconciliation projecting its gravity lift.

  • One of Truth and Reconciliation's hangar bays.

    One of Truth and Reconciliation's hangar bays.

  • An external view of the Truth and Reconciliation's hangar bays.

    An external view of the Truth and Reconciliation's hangar bays.

  • An internal corridor within the Truth and Reconciliation, with a proximity-operated sliding door at the end.

    An internal corridor within the Truth and Reconciliation, with a proximity-operated sliding door at the end.

  • An overlay of the interior of the ship.

    An overlay of the interior of the ship.

  • An underbelly view of a CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 2. Note the design similarities to the Truth and Reconciliation.

    An underbelly view of a CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 2. Note the design similarities to the Truth and Reconciliation.

  • Dorsal, starboard, and ventral views of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 3.

    Dorsal, starboard, and ventral views of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 3.

  • A profile view of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 3.

    A profile view of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 3.

  • A side view of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 3.

    A side view of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo 3.

  • A CCS-class battlecruiser firing its plasma torpedo and pulse laser turrets in The Package.

    A CCS-class battlecruiser firing its plasma torpedo and pulse laser turrets in The Package.

  • A CCS-class battlecruiser entering slipspace in Origins.

    A CCS-class battlecruiser entering slipspace in Origins.

  • Covenant forces boarding Phantoms in a hangar bay on a CCS-class battlecruiser from Deliver Hope.

    Covenant forces boarding Phantoms in a hangar bay on a CCS-class battlecruiser from Deliver Hope.

  • A CCS-class battlecruiser hovering over a ruined city during the Battle of Fumirole.

    A CCS-class battlecruiser hovering over a ruined city during the Battle of Fumirole.

  • A CCS-class battlecruiser with its shield collapsing by the explosion of an MFDD.

    A CCS-class battlecruiser with its shield collapsing by the explosion of an MFDD.

  • Reach-Concept-CCS-Glassing.jpg

    Early concept art of CCS-class battlecruisers glassing New Alexandria in Halo: Reach.

  • ReachMenuGlassing.jpg

    Finalized concept art of CCS-class battlecruisers glassing Aszod in Halo: Reach.

  • A sideview of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo: Reach.

    A sideview of the CCS-class battlecruiser from Halo: Reach.

  • Turnaround reference of the CCS-class battlecruiser.

    Turnaround reference of the CCS-class battlecruiser.

  • Layout reference of the CCS-class battlecruiser.[note 3]

    Layout reference of the CCS-class battlecruiser.[note 3]

  • CCS-class battlecruiser statistics compiled by Stephen Loftus.

    CCS-class battlecruiser statistics compiled by Stephen Loftus.

  • CEAGravLift.jpg

    Concept art of the battlecruiser Truth and Reconciliation's gravity lift in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

  • Concept art of John-117 fighting alongside Marines in the Reconciliation's hangar bay.

    Concept art of John-117 fighting alongside Marines in the Reconciliation's hangar bay.

  • The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of the Truth and Reconciliation in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

    The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of the Truth and Reconciliation in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

  • External view of the Truth and Reconciliation's hangar bays.

    External view of the Truth and Reconciliation's hangar bays.

  • A holographic rendering of a CCS-class battlecruiser in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's terminals.

    A holographic rendering of a CCS-class battlecruiser in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's terminals.

  • CCS-class battlecruisers around Installation 04 in Halo 2: Anniversary.

    CCS-class battlecruisers around Installation 04 in Halo 2: Anniversary.

  • CCS-class battlecruisers engaging the UNSC Home Fleet during the Battle of Earth.

    CCS-class battlecruisers engaging the UNSC Home Fleet during the Battle of Earth.

  • A CCS-class battlecruiser in Installation 05's atmosphere.

    A CCS-class battlecruiser in Installation 05's atmosphere.

  • CCS-class battlecruisers in Halo: Fleet Battles.

    CCS-class battlecruisers in Halo: Fleet Battles.

  • Battlecruisers over the Ark in concept art for Halo Wars 2.

    Battlecruisers over the Ark in concept art for Halo Wars 2.

List of appearances

Notes

  1. ^ The purple beams seen in Halo 2 are emitted from assault carriers' energy projectors, though it is reasonable that a battlecruiser's energy projectors could also emit purple beams.
  2. ^ According to The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, the CCS-class battlecruiser was first encountered at the Battle of Psi Serpentis in 2543. This contradicts Halo Wars: Genesis, which shows Cole's fleet engaging such vessels in 2526; Halo Wars, in which two CCS-class ships are encountered at Arcadia in 2531; data pad 10, which states that the Assembly's findings about glassing were derived from observing the CCS class in 2526; and Halo: The Essential Visual Guide and the Halo Encyclopedia, which state that the vessel was encountered throughout the war.
  3. ^ The layout reference image is compiled based on both all the canonical information as viewed in Halo: Combat Evolved, the novels, the latest reference guides, and the Halo Legends episode The Package. If new information contradicts this information, the image will be updated accordingly.

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level, The Truth and Reconciliation
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ENC
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EVG
  4. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level, The Pillar of Autumn
  5. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder: Have S'moa
  6. ^ a b c d e Halo Waypoint: Battlecruiser (defunct, backup on Archive.org)
  7. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide, page 73
  8. ^ a b Halo Legends, The Package
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named StnLfts
  10. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 123, page 146 (2010 edition)
  11. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 8, page 22 (2010 edition)
  12. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 21, page 33 (2010 edition)
  13. ^ Halo 3, campaign level, The Covenant
  14. ^ a b Halo: Reach, campaign level, New Alexandria
  15. ^ a b Halo 3, campaign level, Tsavo Highway
  16. ^ a b Halo 3: ODST, campaign level, Coastal Highway
  17. ^ a b Halo 3, campaign level, Floodgate
  18. ^ Halo Wars
  19. ^ Halo Legends, Origins
  20. ^ Halo 2, campaign levels, Cairo Station and Regret
  21. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 331
  22. ^ a b Halo: The Flood, page 332
  23. ^ Data pad 10
  24. ^ Halo Wars, campaign level, Arcadia City
  25. ^ Halo 3: ODST
  26. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Return, page 506
  27. ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue 1
  28. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 195

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