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{{Title|''Rwaru''-pattern carrack}}
{{Era|Covenant|Post}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship class infobox
{{Ship class infobox
|name=''Rwaru''-pattern carrack
|name=Carrack merchant cruiser
|image=[[File:Enc22 Carrack.png |300px]]
|image=[[File:Carrack merchant cruiser.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer=
|manufacturer=
|class=[[Cruiser]]{{Ref/Site|Id=canonfodder|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-holiday-shipping|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Holiday Shipping|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}}
|class=[[Cruiser]]<ref name="canonfodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-holiday-shipping '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Holiday Shipping'']</ref>
|role=Troop and material transport{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}}
|role=Troop and material transport<ref name="canonfodder"/>
|length={{Convert|9249|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}}
|length={{Convert|2819|m|ft}}<ref name="canonfodder"/>
|width=
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|height=
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|mass=264 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass=
|power=
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|engine=
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|hull=
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|armament=
|armament=
*3 [[Plasma beam emitter|''R'up''-pattern plasma beam array]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Site|Id=en voyage|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/en-voyage|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - En Voyage|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}}
*2 [[Plasma beam emitter|''Kor'o''-pattern plasma beam emitter]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|en voyage}}
*8 [[Plasma beam laser|''Pol Naran''-pattern beam lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|complement=
|complement=
|crew=
|crew=
|passengers=
|passengers=
|othersystems=
|othersystems=
|era=
|era=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[The Former Age]]
|introduced=
*[[War of Beginnings]]
|affiliation=[[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|introduced=[[The Former Age]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|affiliation=*[[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
}}
}}
{{Quote|Versatile cruiser that ferries Sangheili warriors to far-flung battlefields.|[[Curator]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos|HM|Page=195}}}}
The '''''Rwaru''-pattern carrack'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=270}} is a class of merchant cruiser once used by the [[Sangheili]] during the [[War of Beginnings]] that was since adopted for use by the [[fleet]]s of a dozen [[Covenant remnants|factions and would-be warlords]].{{Ref/Site|Id=FBD|URL=https://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HFCV12|Site=Spartan Games|Page=Halo: Fleet Battles carrack Merchant Cruiser|D=30|M=09|Y=2017}}


==Overview==
The '''Carrack merchant cruiser''' is a class of [[cruiser]] once used by the [[Sangheili]] during the [[War of Beginnings]] that has since been adopted in the [[fleet]]s of [[Covenant remnants]]. Unlike the multi-role [[warship]]s used by the [[Covenant]], older, single-purpose vessels such as the Carrack merchant cruiser have become important assets in Covenant remnant factions, as many of the warships of the Covenant have since been destroyed. Regardless, contemporary Sangheili [[fleetmaster]]s have found this class of cruiser to be capable and resilient troop and materiel transports.<ref name="canonfodder"/> By the time the [[Blooding Years]] began, Carracks had been upgraded to modern specifications.<ref>[http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=130303 '''Halo Archive''': ''Canon Fodder thread'']</ref>
===Design details===
Carracks are an ancient Sangheili starship design, dating back to [[The Former Age]]. They occupy a role broadly similar to merchant cruisers and continued to see service well into the reign of the [[Covenant]] empire - forming a key part of the empire's trade backbone.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
===Armament===
''Rwaru''-pattern ships are armed with a complement of heavy weaponry, including three ''R'up''-pattern [[plasma beam emitter]]s, two ''Kor'o''-pattern plasma beam emitters, and eight ''Pol Naran''-pattern [[plasma beam laser]]s for [[Point-defense gun|point-defence]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
===Usage===
While ostensibly a merchant cruiser, the [[Blooding Years]] have seen many carracks pulled away from their shipping work to serve double-duty as warships; serving the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] as cruisers and carriers, thanks to their sizeable weapons complement and cargo carrying capacity.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}}
 
==Operational history==
''Rwaru''-pattern ships have been in service for thousands of years, since the era of Sangheili spaceflight prior to the [[War of Beginnings]] and the formation of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
Unlike the multi-role [[warship]]s used by the [[Covenant]], older, single-purpose vessels such as the carrack have become important assets in Covenant remnant factions, as many of the warships of the Covenant have since been destroyed. Regardless, contemporary Sangheili [[fleetmaster]]s have found carracks to be capable and resilient troop and materiel transports, using them as both carriers and cruisers.{{Ref/Reuse|canonfodder}} carracks can reinforce naval battle groups and transport entire armies.{{Ref/Reuse|FBD}} As in the days of the Covenant's foundation, their reactors burn with the fury of caged stars.{{Ref/Reuse|FBD}} By the time the [[Blooding Years]] began, carracks had been upgraded to modern specifications.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/9-canon-fodder-and-random-lore-chat/?page=59&tab=comments|Site=Halo Archive|Page=Canon Fodder thread|D=25|M=05|Y=2018|Quote=I mean, it's not like there wouldn't be upgrades to those older designs as well...|Quotee=Jeff Easterling}}
 
The deployment of carracks in the civil war led to a crippling of much of the larger interstellar trade that bound the ex-Covenant sphere. This action in turn exacerbated tensions between rival local [[Kaidon]]s, resulting in many feudal nobles turning to reignite abandoned forges for the creation of new ships.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
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===Covenant ''carrack'' Merchant Cruiser===
This element includes a single ''carrack'' merchant cruiser.
*Cost: 145 points
*Movement: 4"
*Damage Track: 11 • 10 • 6
*Build Rating: 3
*Hangars: 0
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security Detail: 6
*Systems loadouts:
**Defence Array (1)
**Hard Burn (4")
**Point Defence (3)
*Primary Weapon: Plasma Beam
**Range: 16"/-
**Weapon loudouts: Beam/Plasma
**Firing Arc: Forward
**Dice: 15/15/15
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma Cannon Arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing Arc: Port+Starboard
**Dice: 11
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===Covenant Escorted ''carrack'' Merchant Cruiser===
This element includes a ''carrack'' merchant cruiser and one ''ADP''-class escort.
*Cost: 165 points
*Movement: 4"
*Damage Track: 11 • 11 • 6
*Build Rating: 4
*Hangars: 0
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security Detail: 6
*Systems loadouts:
**Defence Array (2)
**Hard Burn (4")
**Point Defence (5)
*Primary Weapon: Plasma Beam
**Range: 16"/-
**Weapon loudouts: Beam/Plasma
**Firing Arc: Forward
**Dice: 15/15/15
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma Cannon Arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing Arc: Port+Starboard
**Dice: 13
*Additional Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
**Range: 12/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing Arc: Forward
**Dice: 5
{{Col-end}}
 
==Trivia==
[[Wikipedia:carrack|Carracks]] were armed, three-masted ships developed by the medieval Genoese, and heavily used by the Spanish and Portuguese empires, to carry cargoes to and from their imperial territories in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. It was a predecessor to the more well-known Galleon.
 
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:H5G Concept OsirisIntro1.jpg|''Halo 5: Guardians'' concept for the level [[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]. Two carracks can be seen escorting a brigantine over [[Kamchatka]].
File:carrack merchant cruiser.jpg|The Carrack blueprint.
File:HFB-Carrack-Merchant-Cruiser.jpg|Profile view of the Carrack in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB-Carracks.jpg|Models of the carrack.
File:HFB-CarrackvsAutumn.jpg|Size comparison between a Carrack and ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser.
File:H5G - Carrack and Man O Wars.png|Two Man O' Wars escorting a carrack during the [[Battle of Sunaion]] in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:HM-Carrack.png|Profile of the carrack in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>
 
{{Covenant Ships}}


[[Category:Sangheili ship classes]]
[[Category:Sangheili ship classes]]

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