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{{Ship class infobox | {{Ship class infobox | ||
|name=''Rwaru''-pattern carrack | |name=''Rwaru''-pattern carrack | ||
|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:carrack merchant cruiser.jpg|300px]] | ||
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*3 [[Plasma beam | *3 [[Plasma beam|''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 | *2 [[Plasma beam|''Kor'o''-pattern plasma beam emitter]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|en voyage}} | ||
*8 [[Plasma beam | *8 [[Plasma beam|''Pol Naran''-pattern beam lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===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=== | ===Armament=== | ||
''Rwaru''-pattern ships are armed with a complement of heavy weaponry, including three ''R'up''-pattern [[plasma beam | ''Rwaru''-pattern ships are armed with a complement of heavy weaponry, including three ''R'up''-pattern [[plasma beam]]s, two ''Kor'o''-pattern plasma beam emitters and eight ''Pol Naran''-pattern beam lasers.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
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==Operational history== | ==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}} | ''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}} | 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}} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[Wikipedia:carrack| | [[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== | ==Gallery== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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- | File:HFB-carrackvsAutumn.jpg|Size comparison between a carrack and ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser. | ||
File:HFB- | 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:HFB- | File:HM-carrack.png|Profile of the carrack in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
