Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner

Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner
Production information
Manufacturer:	Vassal Workshops of Clan Makan and Clan Vol
Class:	Corvette, Vestige
Role:	Blockade runner
Technical specifications
Length:	2,020 meters (6,627 ft)
Mass:	80 million metric tons
Engine(s):	Repulsor engines
Slipspace drive:	Equipped
Other system(s):	Stealth generators Hyperscanner
Hull:	Nanolaminate plating
Armament:	1x Pherex-pattern excavation beam 3x Corven-pattern plasma beam emitters 24x Gaff-Naran-pattern plasma cannons 16x Litrex-pattern plasma torpedo silos 10x Eriu-pattern pulse lasers
Complement:	15 Obedientaries 100 Warriors 500 Thralls
Crew:	5 Superiors 220 Menials
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	War of Beginnings Blooding Years
Introduced:	War of Beginnings
Affiliation:	Swords of Sanghelios Jul 'Mdama's Covenant

"Swift corvette preferred by the boldest and most audacious shipmasters."

— Curator

The Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner is a vestigial class of corvette used by the Sangheili during the War of Beginnings. This class of corvette was later utilized by the fleets of Covenant remnants, including the Swords of Sanghelios and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant. While these corvettes lack in armor and protection, blockade runners are fast ships with powerful armaments.

Overview

Design details

Blockade runner blueprint.

The Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner is a swift class of corvette, abstaining from protection for speed and firepower. As with most older Sangheili designs, these warships were designed for the sole purpose of breaking through enemy formations, as well as flanking around enemy lines to hunt down and destroy damaged vessels. Like most Sangheili warships, the aesthetics of the blockade runners of the Hekar Taa-pattern have strong biomimetic elements, bearing a resemblance to the arkon taa, a type of carnivorous fish found in the northern waters of Sanghelios and other Sangheili colonies. The blockade runner is comparable to the modern Ket-pattern battlecruiser, albeit with less armor.

Sleek and nimble, yet a powerful medium-sized warship, blockade runners are designed to allow even the boldest shipmasters to complete their missions. Configured with only minor modifications, the ancient meesa stealth generators that these corvettes are outfitted with conceal the vessel's location through brute-force jamming and expenditure of small drones, as opposed to the sensor distortion grids utilized by modern active camouflage systems installed on Covenant designs. Blockade runners also host a large complement of crew, for countering boarding efforts and launching attac