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| [[File:Primordium cover art.jpg|thumb|200px|Several different types of Forerunner craft.]] | | [[File:Primordium cover art.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Several different types of Forerunner craft.]] |
| {{Series/Species/Forerunner}}
| | '''Forerunner starships''' are ships used by the [[Forerunner]] [[species]] as a whole, including their [[Ecumene]]. |
| '''Forerunner starships''' are ships used by the [[Forerunner]] [[species]] as a whole, including their [[Ecumene]].{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg378|Enc22|Page=378-379}} | |
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Organization===
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| {{Main|Forerunner fleet}}
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| 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}}
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| 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}}
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| ===Design and specifications===
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| {{Main|Design seed}}
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| [[File:Forerunner Slipspace Drive.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A Forerunner crystal resonance chamber.]]
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| A special type of design seed is used to construct Forerunner ships, known as ship-seeds.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Cryptum|Page=128}}
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| ====Engines====
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| {{Main|Reaction drive}}
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| ===Complement===
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===Human-Forerunner wars=== | | ===Human-Forerunner wars=== |
| {{Main|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===
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| {{Main|High Ecumene}}
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| 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}}
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| [[File:Ships fr.png|thumb|left|200px|Forerunner ships combining their fire.]]
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| ===Forerunner-Flood war=== | | ===Forerunner-Flood war=== |
| {{Main|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=== | | ===Post-Great Purification and legacy=== |
| {{Main|Reintroduction}} | | {{Main|Reintroduction}} |
| [[File:Keysip.png|thumb|200px|Keyships reseeding the galaxy.]] | | [[File:Keysip.png|thumb|right|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}} | | After [[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|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mendicant-bias|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|Universe - Menicant Bias}} This ship would be later seen as a [[religion|religious]] artifact{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/dreadnought|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Universe - Dreadnought}} to the species and would later become part of the [[Covenant]]'s [[city|holy city]] of ''[[High Charity]]''. |
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| 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}}
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| 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}}
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| | ==Organization== |
| | ===Management=== |
| | {{Main|Forerunner fleet}} |
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| | ===Tactical groupings=== |
| | {{Main|Fleet}} |
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| | ==Design== |
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| | ===Construction=== |
| | {{Main|Design seed}} |
| | 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}} |
| | [[File:Forerunner Slipspace Drive.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A Forerunner crystal resonance chamber.]] |
| | ==Complement== |
| | ===Small craft=== |
| | {{Main|Space fighter}} |
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| ==Types== | | ==Types== |
| ===Warships=== | | ===Warships=== |
| {{Main|Warship}} | | {{Main|Warship}} |
| ====Ships of type==== | | {{Expand-section}} |
| | ==List of Forerunner starships== |
| | The following is a list of the starships that belong to and are used by the [[Forerunners]]. |
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| |rowspan="2"|{{Class|Fortress|vessel}} | | |rowspan="1"|{{Class|Fortress|vessel}} |
| |''[[Deep Reverence]]'' | | |''[[Deep Reverence]]'' |
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| |''[[Long Reverence]]'' | | |[[Keyship]] |
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| ===Other and unknown===
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| ====Ships of the type====
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| |{{Class|Supernal Spiral|keyship}}
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| |''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' | | |''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' |
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| |[[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|Unnamed vessel (Babd Catha, Reach)]] | | |[[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|Unnamed vessel]] |
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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== | | ==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}} | | A pitched map for ''[[Halo 4]]'', [[Halo 4 rejected map pitches|Genessis]], was to feature a Keyship in its scenery.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YDPGP|SiteName=Artstation|PageName=Halo 4}} |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:H2-Relic-MultiplayerMap.jpg|Forerunner ship buried on an island on [[Installation 05]].
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| File:H4 ForerunnerShips Concept 1.jpg|''[[Halo 4]]'' concept art for Forerunner ships.
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| File:H4 ForerunnerShips Concept 1.jpg|''Halo 4'' concept art for Forerunner ships.
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| File:HM-Forerunnerships1.png|Forerunner ships seen in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | | 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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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}} | | {{Ref/Sources}} |
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| {{Forerunner|ships|category=no}} | | {{Forerunner|ships|category=no}} |
| {{Ship types}} | | {{Ship types}} |
| [[Category:Forerunner ships]] | | [[Category:Forerunner ships]] |
