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| {{Ship Class Infobox
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| |name=Covenant battleship
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| |manufacturer=
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| |line=
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| |model=
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| |class=[[Battleship]]
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| |length={{Convert|2000|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="fs">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 297''</ref>
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| |width=
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| |height=
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| |mass=
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| |max accel=
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| |max speed space=
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| |max speed air=
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| |engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s
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| |slipspace drive=Equipped
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| |slipspace speed=
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| |poweroutput=
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| |power=
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| |shield gen=
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| |hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
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| |sensor=
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| |target=
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| |navigation=
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| |avionics=
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| |countermeasures=
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| |armament=*12 [[energy projector]]s<ref name="enc"/>
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| *[[Plasma turret]]s
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| *[[Pulse laser turret]]s
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| |complement=
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| |crew=
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| |skeleton=
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| |passengers=
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| |capacity=
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| |consumables=
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| |othersystems=
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| |firstuse=
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| |firstsight=
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| |role=
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| *Naval engagements
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| *[[Orbital bombardment]]
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| |era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
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| |affiliation=[[Covenant]]
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| }}
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| The '''battleship''' is a heavy [[capital ship|capital warship]] classification used by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 276'' (2011 edition)</ref>
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| ==Overview==
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| The battleship is exceptional among Covenant vessels in that it possess twelve [[energy projector]]s, making it one of the best-armed ships within the Covenant fleet. This massive firepower allows the battleship to engage enemy vessels from extreme range and makes it ideal for defending key locations and vessels.<ref name="enc"/> The battleship is two kilometers long (equivalent to the {{Class|RCS|armored cruiser}}) and its hull bears five of the bulbous sections characteristic of Covenant vessels.<ref name="fs"/>
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| ==Service history==
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| Several battleships served in the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 32''</ref> [[2552#September's anomaly|Weeks later]] several battleships were among the vessels comprising the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|secret fleet]] gathered at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''. Though these vessels were intended to attacked [[Earth]] without the knowledge or consent of the other [[Hierarchs]], a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] sabotaged the platform before the invasion could commence; the battleships, as well as hundreds of other warships, were destroyed along with the station.<ref name="fs"/>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Both editions of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'' mistakenly refer to the battleship as 200 meters long. This would make the vessel smaller than the {{Class|DAS|storm cutter}}, the Covenant's smallest known warship.<ref name="enc"/>
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| *It is quite possible that the [[Covenant super-destroyer|Covenant super-destroyer]] encountered by [[Preston Cole|Admiral Cole's]] fleet at [[Harvest]] belonged to this class. This is because both vessels are described as being two kilometers long, having five bulbous sections and being armed with multiple energy projectors.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Covenant Ships}}
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