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|complement= | |complement=*5000 [[Warrior-Servant]]s | ||
*[[Forerunner picket cruiser]]s | |||
*[[War sphinx]]es | |||
|era=[[Forerunner-Flood War]] | |era=[[Forerunner-Flood War]] | ||
|affiliation=[[Forerunner Navy]] | |affiliation=[[Forerunner Navy]] | ||
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'''Planet-breakers''' were large [[Forerunner]] warships | '''Planet-breakers''' were large [[Forerunner]] warships known to be captained by [[Promethean]]s. The [[Didact's ship]] was a planet-breaker.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 128''</ref> | ||
==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||
In | Planet-breakers were able to carry over five thousand [[Warrior-Servant]]s, an armory stocked with spare [[combat skin]]s, thousands of hand weapons and a plethora of other military devices, hundreds of [[war sphinx]]es, as well as armed scout craft and [[Forerunner picket cruiser|orbital picket cruisers]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 126''</ref> | ||
A planet-breaker changed its overall shape and configuration depending on the situation. In spaceflight, the ship was ovoid-shaped and approximately 800 meters long.<ref name="c124">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 124''</ref> When entering a planet's atmosphere, the ship would configure into a more aerodynamic shape, bowing out at the sides, growing landing pads and activating [[fluxor shield]]s to protect against the heating from atmospheric entry.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 111''</ref> Only approximately half of such as ship was actual matter, one third being fuel and reaction mass and the rest being comprised of various forms of [[hard light]], allowing the captain to reconfigure the ship's layout or change the interior decor at will.<ref name="c124"/> | |||
==Known vessels== | ==Known vessels== | ||
