Supernal Spiral-class keyship: Difference between revisions

|armament=*1 [[light mass fusillade cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|WF}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P384&385}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Weapons|As clarified in ''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', the weapons on the Forerunner Dreadnought used against the Sangheili were added by the San'Shyuum, and the vessel's massive advantage over Sangheili was due to its vast capacity to power the weapons.<ref name="hbc weapons">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 12''</ref> During its decommissioning, the keyship is stated in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' to have been stripped of all weapons the San'Shyuum knew it possessed. Thus, while the keyship likely had its original armament, the San'Shyuum do not appear to have been aware of it.}}

**1,000+ crewmembers<ref name="Harvest262">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 262''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P190&191}}

As would be expected given their massive size, the interior of ''Supernal Spiral''-class keyships consist of numerous rooms, many of which are docking bays and control rooms, including command chambers that are many stories high.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}<ref>'''Halo: Uprising'''</ref> A series of [[Elevator|lift]]s allow access to many levels of the interior of the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} The three landing struts store the ship's [[cylix]] specimen receptacles within large, cavernous rooms.{{Ref/Reuse|WF}} A location of note within the vessel is the Adytum, where the [[slipspace flake]] used to open [[slipspace portal]]s is stored.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}

Despite their purpose of conservation, ''Supernal Spiral''-class keyships are equipped with powerful weapon systems including a single [[light mass fusillade cannon]] and three [[anti-ship artillery system]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|WF}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P384&385}} As the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] could not access these systems on ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'', they modified the vessel with their own weapons, using the keyship's own energy systems to give the weapons extreme power.{{Ref/Reuse|hbc weapons}} However, these weapons were removed when the keyship was later decommissioned.{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH|HCH}}

They were an integral part of the [[Lifeworker]]s' [[Conservation Measure]], helping to preserve sentient life within the [[Milky Way]]. Before the firing of the [[Halo Array]], the Forerunners used these keyships to gather specimens of sentient species located throughout the galaxy, transporting them to [[Installation 00]] to protect them from the [[Flood]] and also the devastating effects of Halo.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P384&385}} After the seven ringworlds fired out their pulses, many ''Supernal Spiral''-class keyships, containing preserved specimens of each species, were sent to the planets from which the sentient species originated, releasing a population of the species on their planet of origin.<ref name="Legends">'''Halo Legends''', ''Origins''</ref> Upon finishing their mission, the keyships returned to Installation 00.{{Ref/Reuse|WF}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P384&385}}