Vindication-class light battleship

Vindication-class light battleship
Production information
Manufacturer:	Martian Metals Shipyards
Class:	Battleship
Technical specifications
Length:	1,580 meters (5,183 ft)
Mass:	12 million tonnes
Slipspace drive:	Presumably equipped
Hull:	Titanium-A battle plate
Shielding:	Yes
Armament:	2 76G3V5 MAC batteries 50 M58 Archer missile pods 4 M60 Sentry naval autocannons 20 M910 point defense guns
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Post-Covenant War conflicts
Introduced:	2554
Affiliation:	United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy

The Vindication-class light battleship is a capital warship utilized by the United Nations Space Command during the post-war era.

Overview

Design details

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. The ship is equipped with experimental energy shielding.

Armaments

The Vindication-class is designed as a ship-killer, intended to hunt down Covenant carriers and support ships before they can engage. To this end, the Vindication is equipped with two gargantuan Mark X Superheavy MACs, mounted in two 76G3V5 MAC batteries. The superheavy MACs have a long charge time, and thus the Vindication requires extensive support from friendly ships to defend itself while preparing a new volley. The MAC armament is supplemented with fifty M58 Archer missile pod and four M60 Sentry naval autocannons - alongside twenty M910 point-defence guns.

Ships of the line

• UNSC Vindication - The lead ship of the class

Service history

Post-war

The Vindication-class was launched from Martian Metals Shipyards at least in 2554. At least one Vindication was present at the UNSC Infinity's commissioning ceremony on February 21, 2557. Part of Battle Group Dakota, several assaulted the Mantle's Approach during the Didact's attack on Earth in July 2557. During the Requiem Campaign in early 2558, 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.

Non-canon and dubious canon appearances

Halo: Collateral Damage

Several Vindication-class battleships helped to defend Alpha Corvi II from the Covenant in December 2525 during the earliest stages of the Human-Covenant War.

Production notes

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• 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.
• 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.

Gallery

Concept art

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  Early concept art of what would become the Vindication-class for Halo 4.

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  Concept art for the Vindication-class. A ship seen in the The Commissioning, would be based on this art.

Artwork

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  Profile of the Vindication-class in Halo Mythos.

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  Halo Mythos artwork of UNSC warships, including a Vindication-class battleship in the distance.

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  A battlegroup featuring a pair of Vindication-class battleships defends Alpha Corvi II from a Covenant armada.

Screenshots

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  An unidentified vessel in The Commissioning, bearing heavy resemblance to the Vindication concept art.

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  Two Vindication-class vessels along with a Poseidon-class light carrier and a Strident-class heavy frigate.

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  The rear of a Vindication-class vessel along with two Poseidon-class carriers.

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  Three ships of this class participating in the Requiem Campaign of 2558.

List of appearances

• Halo 4 (First appearance)
  • Spartan Ops
• Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo
• Halo: Collateral Damage (Non-canon appearance)