Skirr-class battlecruiser

The Skirr-class battlecruiser is a class of prime dragoon used by the Forerunner fleet., manufactured by Summus Assembler Vats, the Skirr class was commissioned millenia  before the Forerunner-Flood war.

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.

Operational history
Skirr-class battlecruisers  were first-order  Dragoons that served in both pioneer and pacification fleets prior to the Forerunner-Flood war, having been commissioned millenia before.

During the Forerunner-Flood war the Ancillas tasked with controlled the vessels proved to be remarkably resistant to the Logic plague however they were ill-prepared to counter the used of infected Forerunners as shields and traps by the Gravemind. Many battlecruiser were captured by the Flood with their ancillas twisted into rampancy.