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{{Ship class infobox | {{Ship class infobox | ||
|name= ''Fortress''-class vessel | |name= ''Fortress''-class vessel | ||
|image=[[File:Enc22 FortressClass.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:Enc22 FortressClass.png|300px]]<br>An example of a ''Fortress''-class vessel | ||
|manufacturer= Forerunner ecumene | |manufacturer= Forerunner ecumene | ||
|class= | |class= | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
''Fortress''-class vessels were some of the largest and most powerful vessels in the [[Forerunner fleet|Forerunner navy]]. From bow to stern | While not all of a single unified design, ''Fortress''-class vessels were known to be some of the largest and most powerful vessels in the [[Forerunner fleet|Forerunner navy]]. From bow to stern, some many of these ships were approximately 50 kilometers long and 10 kilometers across at the widest point. The hull was generally divided into three sections and the foremost section of the ship sometimes featured a massive hemispherical structure that was 10 kilometers in diameter. The dome's hollow core served as living space for hundreds of thousands of Forerunner [[Warrior-Servant]]s. Below the dome was a mid-section composed of layered platforms supporting landing bays and weapon mounts. The aft section of the ship was a long "tail" covered in gun emplacements and other forms of energy weaponry.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HC20|Cry|Chapter=20}} | ||
As previously noted, ''Fortress'' ships did not follow a single design and could be encountered in different shapes and sizes; ships used toward the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] measured up to 100 km in length with far more destructive capabilities.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HC27|Cry|Chapter=27}} Extremely large examples of ''Fortress''es (presumably such as the aforementioned hundred-kilometre example) may be fitted with [[heavy ion weapon system]]s as their primary superweapons.{{Ref/Book|Id=Ion|Enc22|Page=377}} ''Fortress''-class ships may also incorporate [[Minoris Assembler Vats]] into their structure to allow for the mass on-site fabrication of lower-tier constructs such as [[Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=325}} | |||
===Complement=== | ===Complement=== | ||
Due to their behemoth structure, a single fortress ship | Due to their behemoth structure, a single fortress ship was capable of carrying and deploying enormous amounts of [[Harrier-class vessel|harriers]] and [[weapon-ship]]s. During battle, fortresses would first deploy thousands of swift attack craft in outward-fanning formations.{{Ref/Reuse|HC20}} They also had automated screens of weapon-ships, up to a million of which could be commanded by individual Warriors.{{Ref/Reuse|HC20}} | ||
==Ships of the line== | ==Ships of the line== |