Vindication-class light battleship

Vindication-class light battleship
Production information
Class:	Light Battleship
Technical specifications
Length:	1,580 meters (5,183 ft)
Slipspace drive:	Presumably equipped
Hull:	Titanium-A battle plate
Armament:	Presumably at least one Magnetic Accelerator Cannon; Point-defense guns;
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Human-Covenant War; Post-Covenant War conflicts
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

The Vindication-class light battleship is a capital warship utilized by the United Nations Space Command during and after the Human-Covenant War.^[1]^[2]

Specifications[edit]

Design details[edit]

The Vindication's hull is rather flat, though the bow slants upward and forward. Several antennae protrude from the fore end. The ship has one large, primary thrust nozzle and four smaller, secondary nozzles.^[3]

Service history[edit]

The class had entered service as early as 2525.^[2]^[4] Several helped defend Alpha Corvi II from the Covenant in December of that year. At least one was present at the UNSC Infinity's commissioning ceremony.^[5] Several Vindications were part of Battle Group Dakota and attacked the Mantle's Approach during the Didact's attack on Earth in July of 2557.^[3] During the Requiem Campaign, at least three ships of this class deployed fireteams to the surface in order to find Dr. Catherine Halsey after her abduction at the hands of the Covenant.^[6]

Ships of the line[edit]

UNSC Vindication - The lead ship of the class

Behind the scenes[edit]

Two Vindication-class battleships appear in the background of the Halo 4 level Midnight; given their nature they are intended to be seen only from a considerable distance. However, exploiting a glitch allows the player to examine these vessels up close, along with a number of Poseidon-class light carriers and Strident-class heavy frigates. Because these ships are intended to appear only as scenery, they are rendered as brushes rather than level geometry; as such, the player can fly the Broadsword through them without harm. By the same merit the ships' in-game models are not to scale with their canonical incarnations.^[1]
The Vindication-class battleship and Poseidon-class carrier were to be featured in Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide but were cut due to space constraints.^[1]

Gallery[edit]

A Vindication attends UNSC Infinity's commissioning ceremony; note the in-atmosphere boosters.
Early concept art of what would become the Vindication-class for Halo 4.
Concept art for the Vindication-class.
A Vindication-class battleship engaging Mantle's Approach.
Rear view of the battleship.
Another view of the Vindication-class.
Three ships of this class participating in the Requiem Campaign of 2558.
Profile of the Vindication-class in Halo Mythos.
Halo Mythos artwork of UNSC warships, including a Vindication-class battleships in the distance.
A battlegroup featuring a pair of Vindication-class battleships defends Alpha Corvi II from a Covenant armada.