Kez'katu-pattern Phantom: Difference between revisions

The Phantom crew consists of a pilot, a co-pilot,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} sometimes alongside a navigator and an operations officer, who is in charge of the defensive automatic [[heavy plasma cannon]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} The Phantom can carry from twenty-four soldier passengers in its troop bay.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} Generally, passengers are deployed from the ventral [[gravity lift]] and from the doors located by either of the dropship's large side doors. However, due to their size, [[Mgalekgolo]] soldiers are deployed from the Phantom through the use of its gravity lift.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} Like the Spirit dropship and the older {{Pattern|Ru'Swum|Phantom}}, the Phantom is capable of carrying a variety of Covenant vehicles such as two [[Type-32 Ghost]]s or a single [[Type-26 Wraith]] or {{Pattern|Wuzum|Spectre}}.{{Ref/Reuse|h2}}

Introduced into the [[2552|final year]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the ''Kez'katu''-pattern Phantom was created by [[Assembly Forges]] to replace the earlier {{Pattern|Ru'Swum|Phantom}} as its improvement over it in every way.{{Ref/Reuse|HW}} It was one of the primary Covenant [[dropship]]s and the most well-known of Phantoms among the [[human]]s, with its lustrous silhouette being marked in minds of wars survivors from the [[Fall of Reach]] and [[Battle for Earth]], though many Covenant forces never used it before the [[Fall of High Charity|loss]] of [[High Charity]] that effectively ended its production.{{Ref/Reuse|HW}} Following the war, the [[Banished]] salvaged and [[Banished Phantom|modified]] several Type-52 Phantoms,{{Ref/Site|Id=Grim|URL=https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/878420846628319232|Site=Twitter|Page=Jeff Easterling|D=28|M=12|Y=2011}} then designed to serve as gunships and firing platforms.{{Ref/Site|Id=cf|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Know-Scope|D=01|M=07|Y=2017}}

By around [[2152|400 years]] before the [[2552|climax]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]], several {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s and ''Kez'katu''-pattern Phantoms were present above [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Film|Id=duel|Halo Legends|Story=The Duel}}{{Ref/Note|Id=hld|Text=While ''The Duel'' anime film used the ''Kez'katu''-pattern Phantom model from ''[[Halo 2]]'' unlike other ''[[Halo Legends]]'' series which used the ''Ru'Swum''-pattern Phantom from ''[[Halo 3]]'' instead, this does contradict other media, which are clearly stated that the ''Kez'katu''-pattern Phantom was introduced at the end of the Human-Covenant War in 2552 - making this panel therefore non-canon.}}