Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith
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The Ogab'd-pattern Skyhunter[2] (UNSC Type classification: Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Artillery, T-52 AAA),[4][3] is a Skyhunter variant of the Wraith line of armoured vehicles, used by the Covenant and its remnants.
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
The Ogab'd-pattern skyhunters are built by the Assembly Forges of Lodam Armory upon the chassis of the base Zurdo-pattern Wraith tank - with some (though not all)[3] models modified to feature a red-crimson colour scheme, as opposed to the standard blue-purple. As with the Muv'te-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith - the post-war era counterpart to the Ogab'd - weapon-smiths are required to incorporate stringent failsafes into the vehicle's design to ensure that they are destroyed should the vehicle operator be killed. This is done to prevent the vehicle and it's destructive potential from falling into enemy hands.[2]
Armament[edit]
The Ogab'd-pattern anti-air Wraith differs in its primary armament from the standard Wraith models. While the standard forms of Wraith are equipped with a plasma mortar, which is used mainly against slow-moving ground targets, the skyhunter model is equipped with six rapid fire heavy fuel rod cannons as its main armament. These weapons fire Class-3 fuel rods, a heavier munition than the standard Class-2 fuel rods used by infantry-scale fuel rod guns outfitted for longer-distanced shooting expected of anti-aircraft work. The fuel rod cannons on the Ogab'd model act as flak weapons and explode in mid-air, furthering their anti-air utility. The weapons have heat-seeking capabilities built-into their operation, allowing them to automatically track enemy targets.[1]
To defend the weapon at close-range, the Ogab'd is equipped with a secondary medium Pek-pattern plasma cannon,[1] mounted atop a cupola behind the cockpit - allowing a secondary gunner to provide limited fire support for the vehicle.[2]
Usage[edit]
The role of the Ogab'd in the Covenant arsenal fits in below the larger scale sky strikers of the Covenant's heavy artillery loadout. They are typically deployed as an air defence solution in theatres where the limitations of time or environmental factors make the establishment of larger assets such as the Cheru-pattern Tyrant, Skar'wa-pattern Mantis or Sumda'te-pattern Scarab impossible or impractical. Their mobility provides a further advantage that many of these larger systems do not - something neither matched by the air defence variants of the smaller Preksheda-pattern Shade or Kewu Umppi'pa'-pattern citadel turret.[1]
While initially type-classified by the Office of Naval Intelligence for this reason as a purely air defence system, the Covenant did employ the Ogab'd in offensive ground attack roles. They were occaisionally used as a general tank in assaults against entrenched enemies in urban regions.[3]
Operational history[edit]
Human-Covenant War[edit]
Ogab'd-pattern Wraiths were primarily encountered late in the Human-Covenant War,[3] and were in particular heavily employed in the final year of the war - seeing use against the United Nations Space Command during the Fall of Reach[3] and Battle for Earth. During the Earth campaign, they were deployed into the city of New Mombasa to act as air defence in the flooded areas of Kikowani Station and later,[5] the New Mombasa Waterfront Highway.[6] Later on in the battle, anti-air Wraiths were deployed in a perimeter around the Voi Excession in conjunction with Mantis sky strikers to form a defensive line against incursions by UNSC aerospace assets. Several of these units in the port-city of Voi were engaged and destroyed by a battle led by John-117.[7]
Anti-air Wraiths were deployed in the Battle of Installation 00 as part of the Prophet of Truth's final stand against the UNSC.[8][9]