Editing Skirr-class battlecruiser

{{Title|''Skirr''-class battlecruiser}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship class infobox
|name=''Skirr''-class battlecruiser
|image=[[File:HW Sojourner Concept 1.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Summus Assembler Vats]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=382}}
|class=[[Forerunner battlecruiser|Prime dragoon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|role=*Offense
*Exploration{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|length={{Convert|12100|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width=
|height=
|mass=10.8 billion tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|power=
|engine=
|slipspace drive=Equipped{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|navigation=
|hull=
|armament=
|complement=
|crew=
|othersystems=
|era=[[Forerunner-Flood war]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|introduced=Millennia prior [[Forerunner-Flood war]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|affiliation=[[Forerunner fleet|Forerunner navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
}}

The '''''Skirr''-class battlecruiser''' is a class of prime [[dragoon]] used by the [[Forerunner fleet]]. Manufactured by the [[Summus Assembler Vats]], the ''Skirr'' class was commissioned millennia before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Overview==
===Crew and complement===
The ''Skirr''-class battlecruisers were capable of operating without a living crew, using an [[ancilla]] to instead navigate the ships through dangerous casualty-violating slipspace maneuvers.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} 

==Operational history==
''Skirr''-class battlecruisers were [[Orders of battle|first-order]] dragoons that served in both pioneer and pacification fleets prior to the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], having been commissioned millennia before.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} 

During the Forerunner-Flood war, the ancillas tasked with controlling the vessels proved to be remarkably resistant to the [[logic plague]]. However, they were ill-prepared to counter the use of infected Forerunners as shields and traps by the [[Gravemind]]. Many battlecruisers were captured by the [[Flood]] with their ancillas twisted into rampancy.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Production notes==
The design of the ''Skirr''-class used in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' is unused concept development artwork produced by [[:Category:Images by Chuck Wojtkiewicz|Chuck Wojtkiewicz]] for [[Blur Studio]] during the [[Development of Halo Wars|production]] of ''[[Halo Wars]]''. The design was produced as part of concept explorations for the {{Class|Sojourner|dreadnaught}}.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.chukw.com/Places/Dreadnought_Rejected.html|Site=Chuck Wojtkiewicz|Page=Dreadnought-rejected!|Quote=On of my intial designs for Halo Wars...|D=15|M=05|Y=2022}}

==Sources==
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{{Forerunner|ships}}
[[Category:Forerunner ship classes]]