Editing Forerunner starship

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[[File:Primordium cover art.jpg|thumb|200px|Several different types of Forerunner craft.]]
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'''Forerunner starships''' are ships used by the [[Forerunner]] [[species]] as a whole, including their [[Ecumene]].{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg378|Enc22|Page=378-379}}

==Overview==
===Organization===
{{Main|Forerunner fleet}}
Ship designs were dynamic for the Forerunners. As such, classifications weren't based on incorporated systems or role, but rather on its formative nature within the era it was constructed.{{Ref/Reuse|encpg380}} The Forerunners grouped [[warship]]s into orders of battle based on defensive and offensive capabilities. This manifested as numbered orders for ships.{{Ref/Book|Id=encpg380|Enc22|Page=380}}

The [[Builder]]s, [[Miner]]s, and [[Lifeworker]]s all operated ships.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg378}} [[Builder Security]]{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg282}} and the [[Warrior-Servant]]s also operated numerous warships.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=381}}

===Design and specifications===
{{Main|Design seed}}
[[File:Forerunner Slipspace Drive.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A Forerunner crystal resonance chamber.]]
A special type of design seed is used to construct Forerunner ships, known as ship-seeds.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Cryptum|Page=128}}
====Engines====
{{Main|Reaction drive}}
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===Complement===
{{Main|Space fighter}}
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==History==
===Human-Forerunner wars===
{{Main|Human-Forerunner wars}}
During the Human-Forerunner wars, Forerunner starships and [[Human starship]]s fought one another. An example of this was during the [[Battle of Charum Hakkor]].
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===High Ecumene===
{{Main|High Ecumene}}
In the millennia preceding the outbreak of the Flood War, during the High Ecumene period, the [[Skirr-class battlecruiser]]s and the [[Second-order fast frigate]]s were put into service. Only decades before the war, [[Raptor]]s were also put into service.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg282|Enc22|Page=282-283}}

[[File:Ships fr.png|thumb|left|200px|Forerunner ships combining their fire.]]
===Forerunner-Flood war===
{{Main|Forerunner-Flood war}}
Forerunner ships participated in the Forerunner-Flood war. Some of which became infected by the [[Flood]].
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===Legacy===
{{Main|Reintroduction}}
[[File:Keysip.png|thumb|200px|Keyships reseeding the galaxy.]]
After the [[Great Purification]] of [[97,445 BCE]], [[Keyship]]s played a role in the Reintroduction of species to their [[planet|homeworld]].<ref>''[[Halo Legends]]'', [[Origins]]</ref> One Keyship, the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'', was hijacked by [[Mendicant Bias]] and would end up crash landing on the [[San'Shyuum]] homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mendicant-bias|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Mendicant Bias}} This ship would be later seen as a [[religion|religious]] artifact{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/dreadnought|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Dreadnought}} to the species and would later become part of the [[Covenant]]'s [[city|holy city]] of ''[[High Charity]]''{{Ref/Level|H2|[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]}} along with a {{Class|Fortress|vessel}} from [[Tuluk'katho]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=226}}

Numerous other Forerunner ships ended up being buried, like [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|one]] under the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]],{{Ref/Level|HR|[[The Package]]}} [[Relic|one]] buried on [[Installation 05]],{{Ref/Map|H2|Relic}} and one buried in an asteroid in the [[Marcey system]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son}}

During the [[Created uprising]], several Forerunner vessels were repurposed by the [[Created]] to help instill their rule. This included [[Acolyte-class harrier|Acolyte-class]] [[Harrier-class vessel|harriers]] as well as at least one {{Class|Fortress|vessel}}.{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=23}}

==Types==
===Warships===
{{Main|Warship}}
====Ships of type====
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 50%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
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!scope="col"|Class
!scope="col"|Ship Name
!scope="col"|Notes
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|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Fortress|vessel}}
|''[[Deep Reverence]]''
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|''[[Long Reverence]]''
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===Other and unknown===
====Ships of the type====
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 50%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
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!scope="col"|Class
!scope="col"|Ship Name
!scope="col"|Notes
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|{{Class|Supernal Spiral|keyship}}
|''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''
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|[[Council ship]]
|''[[Seedling Star]]''
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|[[Planet-breaker]]
|[[Didact's ship|Unnamed ship]]
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|-
|Exploration ship
|''[[Audacity]]''
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|rowspan="3"|Unknown
|[[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|Unnamed vessel (Babd Catha, Reach)]]
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|[[Relic|Unnamed vessel (Installation 05)]]
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|[[Lifeworker terraforming vessel|Unnamed Lifeworker vessel (Unknown moon)]]
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==Production notes==
A pitched map for ''[[Halo 4]]'', [[Cut Halo 4 levels|Genessis]], was to feature a Keyship in its scenery.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YDPGP|Site=Artstation|Page=Halo 4}}

==Gallery==
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File:H2-Relic-MultiplayerMap.jpg|Forerunner ship buried on an island on [[Installation 05]].
File:H4 ForerunnerShips Concept 1.jpg|''[[Halo 4]]'' concept art for Forerunner ships.
File:H4 ForerunnerShips Concept 1.jpg|''Halo 4'' concept art for Forerunner ships.
File:HM-Forerunnerships1.png|Forerunner ships seen in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
File:HM-Forerunnerships.png|Forerunner ships hovering over the surface of [[Charum Hakkor]].
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==Sources==
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