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==Specifications==
==Specifications==
===Hull and superstructure===
===Hull and superstructure===
[[File:HM-BlockadeRunner.png|thumb|220px|left|A profile of a Blockade Runner]]
[[File:Blockaderunnerblueprint.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Blockade runner blueprint.]]
The ''Hekar Taa''-pattern Blockade Runner is a swift class of [[corvette]], abstaining from protection for speed and firepower. As with most older [[Sangheili]] designs, these [[warship]]s were designed for the sole purpose of breaking through enemy formations, as well as flanking around enemy lines to hunt down and destroy damaged vessels.<ref name="canonfodder"/><ref name="reinforcements">[http://www.spartangames.co.uk/halo-fleet-battles-reinforcements '''Spartan Games''': ''Halo: Fleet Battles – Reinforcements'']</ref> Like most Sangheili warships, the aesthetics of the Blockade Runners of the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern have strong biomimetic elements, bearing a resemblance to the aggressive shapes of wildlife native to [[Sanghelios]] and other [[Sangheili colonies]].<ref name="canonfodder"/> The Blockade Runner is comparable to the modern {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}, albeit with less armor.<ref name="reinforcements"/>
The ''Hekar Taa''-pattern Blockade Runner is a swift class of [[corvette]], abstaining from protection for speed and firepower. As with most older [[Sangheili]] designs, these [[warship]]s were designed for the sole purpose of breaking through enemy formations, as well as flanking around enemy lines to hunt down and destroy damaged vessels.<ref name="canonfodder"/><ref name="reinforcements">[http://www.spartangames.co.uk/halo-fleet-battles-reinforcements '''Spartan Games''': ''Halo: Fleet Battles – Reinforcements'']</ref> Like most Sangheili warships, the aesthetics of the Blockade Runners of the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern have strong biomimetic elements, bearing a resemblance to the aggressive shapes of wildlife native to [[Sanghelios]] and other [[Sangheili colonies]].<ref name="canonfodder"/> The Blockade Runner is comparable to the modern {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}, albeit with less armor.<ref name="reinforcements"/>


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===Armaments===
===Armaments===
[[File:H5G-Blockaderunnerpew.png|thumb|250px|A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo.]]
The Blockade Runner's armaments are antiquated, but not ineffective. The unrefined [[energy projector]]s offended [[San'Shyuum]] bureaucrats of the Covenant, but they are more than capable of disabling the [[energy shielding]] and shattering the hulls of modern warships.<ref name="hot drops"/> The [[plasma torpedo]]es equipped to the Blockade Runner primarily shoot backwards, further aiding the corvette in its breakthrough strategies.<ref name="reinforcements"/> These corvettes are also outfitted with [[Plasma cannon (starship)|plasma cannon]]s.<ref name="fb"/> Often supported by more modern designs, such as the {{Class|ADP|escort}}, a Blockade Runner is still capable of generating enough firepower to threaten even the most powerful warships of the Covenant, [[Swords of Sanghelios]], [[Banished]], or [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="hot drops"/>
The Blockade Runner's armaments are antiquated, but not ineffective. The unrefined [[energy projector]]s offended [[San'Shyuum]] bureaucrats of the Covenant, but they are more than capable of disabling the [[energy shielding]] and shattering the hulls of modern warships.<ref name="hot drops"/> The [[plasma torpedo]]es equipped to the Blockade Runner primarily shoot backwards, further aiding the corvette in its breakthrough strategies.<ref name="reinforcements"/> These corvettes are also outfitted with [[Plasma cannon (starship)|plasma cannon]]s.<ref name="fb"/> Often supported by more modern designs, such as the {{Class|ADP|escort}}, a Blockade Runner is still capable of generating enough firepower to threaten even the most powerful warships of the Covenant, [[Swords of Sanghelios]], [[Banished]], or [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="hot drops"/>


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===Covenant Blockade Runner===
===Covenant Blockade Runner===
[[File:HFB-BlockadeRunner1.jpg|thumb|250px|A Blockade Runner in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.]]
This element includes a single ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner.
This element includes a single ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner.
*Cost: 170 points
*Cost: 170 points
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===Covenant Escorted Blockade Runner===
===Covenant Escorted Blockade Runner===
[[File:HFB-BlockadeRunner.png|thumb|250px|A Blockade Runner with an [[ADP-class escort]] from ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.]]
This element includes a ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner and one ''ADP''-class escort.
This element includes a ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner and one ''ADP''-class escort.
*Cost: 210 points
*Cost: 210 points
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:HFB-Lotsofships.png|The blockade runner to scale with numerous other Covenant and UNSC warships, rivaling the CCS-class battlecruiser in size.  
File:HFB-Lotsofships.png|The blockade runner to scale with numerous other Covenant and UNSC warships, rivaling the CCS-class battlecruiser in size.
File:HM-BlockadeRunner.png|A profile of a Blockade Runner.
File:H5 - Truth ship.png|A blockade runner in a simulation over Installation 04 in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:H5 - Truth ship.png|A blockade runner in a simulation over Installation 04 in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:H5 - Truth pair of ships.png|A pair of blockade runners.
File:H5 - Truth pair of ships.png|A pair of blockade runners.
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File:Halo 5 - Blockade Runner and Man O' War.png|A Blockade runner escorted by a Sangheili Man O' War.
File:Halo 5 - Blockade Runner and Man O' War.png|A Blockade runner escorted by a Sangheili Man O' War.
File:H5G-SanctumBlockadeRunner.png|A Blockade Runner on [[Attack on Sanctum]].
File:H5G-SanctumBlockadeRunner.png|A Blockade Runner on [[Attack on Sanctum]].
File:H5G-Blockaderunnerpew.png|A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo.
File:H5G-Blockaderunneraftplasma.png|A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo from its aft section.
File:H5G-Blockaderunneraftplasma.png|A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo from its aft section.
File:H5G-Blockaderunnerleaves.png|A Blockade Runner flees from Attack on Sanctum.
File:H5G-Blockaderunnerleaves.png|A Blockade Runner flees from Attack on Sanctum.
File:Blockaderunnerblueprint.jpg|Blockade runner blueprint.
File:HFB-BlockadeRunner1.jpg|A Blockade Runner in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:HFB-BlockadeRunner.png|A Blockade Runner with an [[ADP-class escort]].
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</gallery>
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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[[Category:Corvette classes]]
[[Category:Corvette classes]]
[[Category:Sangheili ship classes]]
[[Category:Sangheili ship classes]]
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Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner
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Production information

Class:

Corvette[1]

Role:

Blockade runner[2]

Technical specifications

Length:

2,020 meters (6,627 ft)[3]

Engine(s):

Repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Equipped

Other system(s):

Stealth generators[4]

Hull:

Nanolaminate plating

Armament:

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Affiliation:

 

"Swift corvette preferred by the boldest and most audacious shipmasters."
— Curator[1]

The Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner[4] is a vestigial class of corvette used by the Sangheili during the War of Beginnings. This class of corvette was later utilized by the fleets of Covenant remnants, including the Swords of Sanghelios and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.[3][6] While these corvettes lack in armor and protection, Blockade Runners are fast ships with powerful armaments.[3]

Specifications

Hull and superstructure

Blockade runner blueprint.

The Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner is a swift class of corvette, abstaining from protection for speed and firepower. As with most older Sangheili designs, these warships were designed for the sole purpose of breaking through enemy formations, as well as flanking around enemy lines to hunt down and destroy damaged vessels.[3][7] Like most Sangheili warships, the aesthetics of the Blockade Runners of the Hekar Taa-pattern have strong biomimetic elements, bearing a resemblance to the aggressive shapes of wildlife native to Sanghelios and other Sangheili colonies.[3] The Blockade Runner is comparable to the modern CCS-class battlecruiser, albeit with less armor.[7]

Sleek and nimble, yet a powerful medium-sized warship, Blockade Runners are designed to allow even the boldest shipmasters to complete their missions.[7] Configured with only minor modifications, the ancient stealth generators that these corvettes are outfitted with conceal the vessel's location through brute-force jamming and expenditure of small drones, as opposed to the sensor distortion grids utilized by modern active camouflage systems installed on Covenant designs.[4] Blockade Runners also host a large complement of crew, for countering boarding efforts and launching attacks of their own.[7]

Armaments

A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo.

The Blockade Runner's armaments are antiquated, but not ineffective. The unrefined energy projectors offended San'Shyuum bureaucrats of the Covenant, but they are more than capable of disabling the energy shielding and shattering the hulls of modern warships.[4] The plasma torpedoes equipped to the Blockade Runner primarily shoot backwards, further aiding the corvette in its breakthrough strategies.[7] These corvettes are also outfitted with plasma cannons.[5] Often supported by more modern designs, such as the ADP-class escort, a Blockade Runner is still capable of generating enough firepower to threaten even the most powerful warships of the Covenant, Swords of Sanghelios, Banished, or UNSC Navy.[4]

Operational history

The Blockade Runners were first used by the Sangheili against the San'Shyuum during the War of Beginnings. One legendary Blockade Runner, Joori's Light, succeeded in evading destruction and capture at the hands of the San'Shyuum during the war. When the war came to an end and the Covenant was established through the Writ of Union, the crew of Joori's Light refused to join the Covenant and instead escaped to uncharted space.[3]

Over the course of history the ships received upgrades. As the Blooding Years embroiled Sanghelios, Blockade Runners were pulled from hidden stocks by Thel 'Vadam's Swords of Sanghelios and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant to bolster their fleets.[4] Upgraded to modern specifications,[8] these corvettes have been used in supporting ground operations during the civil war against the better judgement of their shipmasters.[3] In October 2558, some Blockade Runners were present during the Battle of Kamchatka,[9] the raid on Argent Moon,[10] and the Battle of Sunaion.[11] Spartan-IVs aboard UNSC Infinity trained in a simulation of War Games set during the Battle of Installation 04, but with the ships from the Fleet of Particular Justice replaced by these ships.[12]

Halo: Fleet Battles

Covenant Blockade Runner

A Blockade Runner in Halo: Fleet Battles.

This element includes a single Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner.

  • Cost: 170 points
  • Movement: 9"
  • Damage Track: 7 • 6 • 4
  • Built Rating: 3
  • Hangars: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 3
  • Security Detail: 4
  • System loadouts:
    • Cloaking System
    • Defence Array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point Defence (3)
  • Primary Weapon: Plasma Lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Alternative Primary Weapon: Plasma Beam
    • Range: 12"/-
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 7/7/7
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 14
  • Additional Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard/Aft
    • Dice: 6

Covenant Escorted Blockade Runner

A Blockade Runner with an ADP-class escort from Halo: Fleet Battles.

This element includes a Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner and one ADP-class escort.

  • Cost: 210 points
  • Movement: 9"
  • Damage Track: 8 • 6 • 4
  • Built Rating: 4
  • Hangars: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 3
  • Security Detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Cloaking System
    • Defence Array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point Defence (4)
  • Primary Weapon: Plasma Lance
    • Range: 18/32"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12
  • Alternative Primary Weapon: Plasma Beam
    • Range: 12"/-
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 7/7/7
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 14
  • Additional Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing Arc: Forward/Port/Starboard/Aft
    • Dice: 9

Behind the scenes

In the real world, blockade runners were lightly armed and armored warships designed for speed, intended to evade engagement by blockading naval forces, usually to transport cargo or to carry messages or personnel to other ports.

Gallery

  • The blockade runner to scale with numerous other Covenant and UNSC warships, rivaling the CCS-class battlecruiser in size.

    The blockade runner to scale with numerous other Covenant and UNSC warships, rivaling the CCS-class battlecruiser in size.

  • A profile of a Blockade Runner.

    A profile of a Blockade Runner.

  • A blockade runner in a simulation over Installation 04 in Halo 5: Guardians.

    A blockade runner in a simulation over Installation 04 in Halo 5: Guardians.

  • A pair of blockade runners.

    A pair of blockade runners.

  • The aft of the vessel.

    The aft of the vessel.

  • Blockade runner ship over Threshold.

    Blockade runner ship over Threshold.

  • The prow of the ship.

    The prow of the ship.

  • A view of the vessel's engines.

    A view of the vessel's engines.

  • The fleet of Particular Justice as simulated in War Games.

    The fleet of Particular Justice as simulated in War Games.

  • The ships accompanied by a Carrack-class vessel.

    The ships accompanied by a Carrack-class vessel.

  • The introductory scene of games set on the map Truth.

    The introductory scene of games set on the map Truth.

  • Several blockade runners participating in the Battle of Kamchatka.

    Several blockade runners participating in the Battle of Kamchatka.

  • Blockade runner and Banshees during the Battle of Sunaion.

    Blockade runner and Banshees during the Battle of Sunaion.

  • A Blockade runner escorted by a Sangheili Man O' War.

    A Blockade runner escorted by a Sangheili Man O' War.

  • A Blockade Runner on Attack on Sanctum.

    A Blockade Runner on Attack on Sanctum.

  • A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo from its aft section.

    A Blockade Runner firing a plasma torpedo from its aft section.

  • A Blockade Runner flees from Attack on Sanctum.

    A Blockade Runner flees from Attack on Sanctum.

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List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo Mythos, page 194
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Shadow of Intense
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Holiday Shipping
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Waypoint: Halo Community Update - Hot Drops & Flag Caps
  5. ^ a b c Halo: Fleet Battles
  6. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level, Swords of Sanghelios
  7. ^ a b c d e Spartan Games: Halo: Fleet Battles – Reinforcements
  8. ^ Halo Archive: Canon Fodder thread
  9. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level, Osiris
  10. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level, Blue Team
  11. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level, Battle of Sunaion
  12. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, multiplayer map, Truth

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