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This '''cruiser'''{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XLYx0|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo: Warfleet illustrations|D=03|M=01|Y=2023}} was a type of [[Human starship|starship]] constructed by the [[Ancestors]] - the ancient starfaring forebears of modern [[human]]ity.{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet14|HWF|Page=14-15}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=26|Quote=ANCESTOR_WARSHIP_01000101}}
This '''cruiser'''<ref>[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XLYx0 ''Artstation:'' Isaac Hannaford - Halo: Warfleet illustrations]</ref> was a type of [[ancestors|ancient]] [[human]] [[Human starship|starship]].<ref name="warfleet14">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 14</ref>


==Overview==
==Design details==
===Design details===
Offensively, the cruiser possessed what the [[Forerunner]]s referred to as "[[Fibril cutter]]s".{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet14}}
Offensively, the cruiser possessed what the [[Forerunner]]s referred to as "[[Fibril cutter]]s".{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet14}}


==Operational history==
==Service history==
===Ancient history===
===Ancient history===
The ships were in service by humans as early as the [[Human-Forerunner wars]].{{Ref/Game|H4|Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal 1}} At least one was part of a fleet commanded by Lord of Admirals [[Forthencho]].{{Ref/Game|H4|Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal 2}}
The ships were in service by humans as early as the [[Human-Forerunner wars]].<ref>''Halo 4'', [[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal One]]</ref> At least one was part of a fleet commanded by Lord of Admirals [[Forthencho]].<ref>''[[Halo 4]]'', [[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal Two]]</ref>


Numerous vessels of the class were taken over by the [[Flood]] and continued to be used by the Flood as late as the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Game|H4|Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal 6}}
Numerous vessels of the class were taken over by the [[Flood]] and continued to be used by the Flood as late as the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].<ref>''[[Halo 4]]'', [[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal Six]]</ref>


===Legacy===
===Legacy===
The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered one such vessel at [[Site Yankee-002-G3]]. A detailed report named "[[ONI XENO-MATERIALS EXPLOITATION REPORT 15Y1198]]" was filed. Further research was recommended to [[Project ARC DREAM]] and teams on [[AZURE MOON]] were assigned to study its weaponry.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet14}} This may be the same "shattered starship" purported to have been the recovery site for a number of Ancestor artifacts responsible for the creation of the [[HELLCAT-class Mjolnir]].{{Ref/Game|H5G|Armor customization (Halo 5: Guardians)|Armory|Detail=Hellcat armor description|Quote=Built of knowledge stolen from enigmatic ruins on a dead world and materials stripped from the vault of a shattered starship, the HELLCAT is both utterly alien and strangely familiar.}}
The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered one such vessel at [[Site Yankee-002-G3]]. A detailed report named "[[ONI XENO-MATERIALS EXPLOITATION REPORT 15Y1198]]" was filed. Further research was recommended to [[Project ARC DREAM]] and teams on [[AZURE MOON]] were assigned to study its weaponry.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet14}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:H4-Terminal-Human-ShipDesigns.jpg|Ancient human ship designs including the cruiser.
File:H4-Terminal-Human-ShipDesigns.jpg|Ancient human ship designs including the cruiser.
File:H4-Terminal-Flood-Fleet.jpg|The ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' moving to attack Flood infested ships, including Flood-infested cruisers.
File:H4-Terminal-Flood-Fleet.jpg|The ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' moving to attack Flood infested ships, including flood infested cruisers.
File:H4-Terminal-Forthencho-Fleet.jpg|[[Forthencho]]'s fleet of ships preparing to sterilize a Flood infected Forerunner planet.
File:H4-Terminal-Forthencho-Fleet.jpg|[[Forthencho]]'s fleet of ships preparing to sterilize a Flood infected Forerunner planet.
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