Skirr-class battlecruiser
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| Skirr-class battlecruiser | |
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Offense, Exploration [1] |
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Length: |
12,100 meters (40,000 ft)[1] |
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10.8 billion metric tons[1] |
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Equipped[1] |
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Millenia prior Forerunner-Flood war[1] |
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The Skirr-class battlecruiser is a class of prime dragoon used by the Forerunner fleet.[1], manufactured by Summus Assembler Vats, the Skirr class was commissioned millenia before the Forerunner-Flood war.[1]
Specifications
Crew and complement
The Skirr-class battlecruisers were capable of operating without a living crew, using an Ancilla to instead navigate the ships through dangerous casualty-violating slipspace maneuvers.[1]
Operational history
Skirr-class battlecruisers were first-order Dragoons that served in both pioneer and pacification fleets prior to the Forerunner-Flood war, having been commissioned millenia before.[1]
During the Forerunner-Flood war the Ancillas tasked with controlled the vessels proved to be remarkably resistant to the Logic plague[1] however they were ill-prepared to counter the used of infected Forerunners as shields and traps by the Gravemind. Many battlecruiser were captured by the Flood with their ancillas twisted into rampancy.[1]
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