Banished dreadnought

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Banished dreadnought
A dreadnought over Installation 07 in May 2560.
Class attributes
Operators:	Banished
Manufacturer:	Irusk Workshop
In service:	2553-present
General characteristics Type: Dreadnought Length: 2,665 meters (8,743 ft) Mass: 127 million tonnes Maneuver drive: Three repulsor engines Complement: Wraith mortar tanks War-skiffs Chopper scouts Ghost scouts Troops: Carrying capacity up to "Over ten thousand warriors" Armaments: At least 1 stasis beam 1 Superheavy grav-impact driver 6 Light plasma lances 10 Incinerator plasma cannon clusters 40 Scindere arrays 24 Plasma torpedo silos 70 Pulse laser batteries Air wing: Drop pods Phantom dropships Drop bases Banshee flyers

The Banished dreadnought is a Banished capital warship utilizing heavily modified Covenant ship hulls upgraded by the Irusk Workshop. While originally created to support Jiralhanae planetary occupations, they have since become a lifeline of Jiralhanae civilisation in the wake of the destruction of Doisac, the Jiralhanae homeworld.

Overview

Design details

Banished dreadnoughts were originally intended as full-scale occupation ships, carrying everything needed to invade a world. Because of this, they can carry a massive amount of vehicles, drop bases and outposts. Holks are similar vessels to dreadnoughts, though built as battleships and intended for peer space warfare.

Dreadnoughts are among the most resilient vessels in the Banished fleet. However, due to the prevalence of ramming as a Banished battle tactic, the energy shielding of a dreadnought is strongest at its bow. A dozen Archer missiles launched at the midsection of the ship where the shields are weaker can soften up a dreadnought for a follow-on Magnetic Accelerator Cannon strike.

Their use in planetary operations meant they were outfitted with long-term occupation equipment made them ideally suited for ferrying the survivors of the Jiralhanae away from the now-shattered remains of Doisac, following its destruction by the Guardian Custode at the behest of Cortana.

Propulsion

Dreadnoughts are propelled by three massive repulsor engines.

Crew and complement

Banished dreadnoughts can carry over 10,000 warriors, as well as many vehicles.

Armament

They possess many pulse laser turrets, as well as plasma torpedoes, plasma lances, scindere arrays, and a superheavy grav-impact driver. The ship itself can also simply ram into enemy vessels, presumably using the aforementioned gravitic impact driver to inflict more damage. Task forces of dreadnoughts have been compared to the ogre-wolves of Teash, using pack-hunting tactics to hunt down and destroy any opponent they choose.

Ships of the line

Dreadnoughts are named for spirits and legends originating from the Jiralhanae's native culture, much of which was lost following contact with the Covenant in 2492 CE. The practice was originally intended to honour and preserve what had been lost prior to the Great Immolation, the nuclear war that engulfed Doisac centuries ago, but the Razing of Oth Sonin and Doisac's total obliteration has seen the practice given a new meaning for the survivors of the holocaust. A form of this tradition carried over to other species with Ilsa Zane's ship being named after the glassed colony of Kholo, her homeworld as an example.

• Ghost of Barolon - commanded by High Warlord