Editing Twelfth-order escort

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|image=[[File:H4-Z330EscortShip-ScanRender.png|300px]]
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|manufacturer=[[Minoris Assembler Vats]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|role=
*Utility{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*Defense{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|length={{Convert|131.8|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|55|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
|height={{Convert|73.5|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
|mass={{Convert|195.2|MT|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|shielding=[[Energy shielding]]-equipped {{C|Optional}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|armament=Varies{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*Heavy [[energy projector]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|crew=50 personnel{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
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|othersystems=
*[[Ancilla]]{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
*[[Stasis]] manipulators{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
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|affiliation=[[Ecumene]]
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The '''Twelfth-order escort'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=380}} {{ZClass|330|Independent Actuation Defense Escort/Heavy|IADE/H}} is a type of small escort ship employed by the [[Forerunner]]s.{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG|H4EVG|Page=123}}{{Ref/X|Id=FF|Halo|1834653565752598833|Halo|Quote=Twelfth-order escort craft were fabricated in innumerable configurations. These automated Forerunner vessels served as sentinel carriers, maintenance craft, close-range defense pickets, and shuttles for Promethean Knight units. #FictionFriday|D=04|M=10|Y=2024}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
Escorts are small craft, crewing only 50 personnel. They are manufactured by the [[Minoris Assembler Vats]] in innumerable configurations, and served in roles ranging from [[Sentinel]] carriers to personnel shuttles and maintenance tenders, or even close range picket defence craft.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} They are equipped with an [[ancilla]] and stasis manipulators.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} They are built in many varying configurations.{{Ref/Reuse|FF}}

===Armament===
Escorts employed by the [[Warrior-Servant]]s aboard their vessels displayed unusual levels of uniformity, and frequently eschewed utility functions in favour of offensive armaments. These examples instead employed heavy [[energy projector]]s and resilient [[energy shielding]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

===Usage===
Twelfth-order escorts occupy one of the lowest tiers in the [[Orders of battle|order]] classification system, and represent one of the weakest spacecraft employed by the Forerunners. They were employed aboard other, larger, ships used by the Ecumene and were often used for maintenance and transportation aboard these gargantuan capital ships.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}  Escort vessels such as these were oftentimes circumvented by leaner, fully weaponized and armored combat suits such as [[war sphinx]]es.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}

==Service history==
They were stationed at [[Requiem]] and used to escort ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' during the [[New Phoenix Incident]] in July [[2557]],{{Ref/Level|H4|Midnight}} during which they were used to ferry individuals and equipment through the vast interior of the ship. As such, they have very limited mobility outside of this capacity.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} The complement of escort ships around ''Mantle's Approach'' was noted by [[Catalog]] as unusual, in that the fleet lacked any form of [[harrier]] or other expected warships for protection.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=23|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=12|M=09|Y=2015|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.238}} At this time, the full functionality and purpose of these escort vessels (including whether they were controlled by individual [[ancilla]] constructs or through some automated means) were currently unknown to the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}

Escorts were later used as part of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] faction, following the [[Ur-Didact|Didact's]] defeat and Jul's inheritance of the Forerunner's Promethean forces. In mid-[[2558]], Twelfth-order escorts were used to deploy the [[Third Dignitary Schema]] of Promethean Knights onto [[Oban]] during a [[Battle of Oban|Covenant raid]] on the UNSC facilities on the planet.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Machine Breaks}}

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:H4 ForerunnerShips Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for the Escort.
File:H4 ForerunnerShips Concept 2.jpg|Other concept art for the vessel.
File:H4 ForerunnerEscort Screenshot Side.jpg|Side view of the escort.
File:H4 ForerunnerEscort Screenshot Top.jpg|Top view of the escort.
File:H4 ForerunnerEscort Screenshot 1.jpg|An escort flanked by a flock of Sentinels.
File:H4 ForerunnerEscort Screenshot 2.jpg|An escort flanked by a flock of Sentinels. Note the upper "wings" moving up.
File:H4 ForerunnerEscort Screenshot 3.jpg|An escort flanked by a flock of Sentinels.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Machine Breaks]]''

==Sources==
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