Kewu-pattern battleship
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Flagship, ship-to-ship artillery[2] |
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500 million tons[1] |
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The Kewu-pattern battleship is a class of heavy capital warship fielded by the Covenant.[1] The vessel is unusual and controversial even among Covenant warships, having been designed for the explicit goal of engaging and destroying other Covenant starships.[1] The result is is an extremely powerful combatant most notable for its long-ranged flensing lance, which was notably used to great effect to disrupt the United Nations Space Command (UNSC)'s defensive efforts at the Fall of Reach.[2]
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
The Kewu-pattern is a ship seemingly purpose-built for the task of destroying other Covenant warships.[1] The vessel masses out at 500 million tonnes,[1] over three times that of a typical Covenant cruiser.[2] and sizes up at three times the size of a typical UNSC cruiser with a length of 3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi).[1]
The ship is capable of withstanding three Magnetic Accelerator Cannon rounds and hundreds of M58 Archer missiles before losing its shields, as well as surviving a dozen Archers to its unshielded hull with minor damage.[2]
Armament[edit]
The Kewu-pattern is armed with a dorsal-mounted[2] Muesh-pattern flensing lance turret, alongside ten Luxor-pattern heavy plasma beam arrays[1] and fifty-five Phot Et-pattern pulse laser turrets.[1]
Development history[edit]
The Kewu-pattern was comissioned, unusually, by the Ministry of Concert during the Ninth Age of Reclamation (some time during the Human-Covenant War between 2525 and 2552). This was viewed as highly unusual, and the design broke many conventions of naval architecture and pattern approval processes, though was ultimately blessed by the Hierarchs in an extremely unorthodox process.[1] The Ministry of Concert's charge of ensuring the governance and subjugation of lower-caste species in the empire may be the primary reason for the ship's overwhelming focus on countering other Covenant vessels.
Operational history[edit]
Fall of Reach[edit]
- Main articles: Fall of Reach, Space engagements over Reach
A Kewu-pattern ship was deployed by the Covenant on August 30, 2552, when it partook in the massive space battle fought at the climax of the Fall of Reach. During the battle, it remained outside the range of the planet's Erőd-class orbital weapon platforms and destroyed many UNSC ships, including the Musashi, the Minotaur and the Herodotus. It was then engaged by the cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn, which used three shots from its upgraded MAC and over 500 Archer missiles to drop the ship's shields and apply minimal damage to the hull. The Pillar of Autumn then launched a remote-controlled GA-TL1 Longsword armed with a Shiva-class nuclear missile, which impacted the ship while its energy shields were recharging. The explosion was contained by the newly regenerated shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially, and the ship was destroyed.[2]
Gallery[edit]
A Kewu-pattern battleship observed from the Pillar of Autumn.
The Kewu-pattern battleship engages the Pillar of Autumn over Reach as its energy projector crippled the UNSC light cruiser.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Fall of Reach
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