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|image=[[File:H4-T56LichGSDPUH.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:H4-T56LichGSDPUH.png|300px]] | ||
|name=''Kmiro'sish''-pattern | |name=''Kmiro'sish''-pattern World Patroller | ||
|manufacturer=[[Achoem Weapons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=283}} | |manufacturer=[[Achoem Weapons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=283}} | ||
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|class=World | |class=World Patroller | ||
|cost= | |cost= | ||
|length={{Convert|102.8|m|ft}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H4VG|H4EVG|Page=120}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |length={{Convert|102.8|m|ft}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H4VG|H4EVG|Page=120}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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|armament=*1 | |armament=*1 [[Focus cannon|''Emim''-pattern focus beam]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} (T-56 PEW/M){{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} | ||
*4 Side-mounted [[ | *4 Side-mounted [[Pek-pattern plasma cannon|plasma cannons]] (4){{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
|crew=Pilot and weapons officer{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |crew=Pilot and weapons officer{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
|complement=*30-40 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |complement=*30-40 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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The '''''Kmiro'sish''-pattern | The '''''Kmiro'sish''-pattern World Patroller'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}, {{Type|56|Deployment Platform Ground Support/Ultra Heavy}}, or colloquially the '''[[Lich]]''', is a [[Covenant]] matériel deployment vessel manufactured by [[Achoem Weapons]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Guide|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/inteldetail/7543ad4d-1f51-4093-876d-f742929cdec1/lich|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 Interactive Guide - Vehicles: Lich|D=01|M=05|Y=2013|LocalArchive=Halo 4 Interactive Guide#Vehicles}} In keeping with the naming scheme of most Covenant vehicles, the Lich is named after a [[Wikipedia:Lich|supernatural being]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Covenant's largest airborne deployment platform, the Lich boasts heavy armament and is capable of mass deployments of up to forty soldiers. Because of this, [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] encounters with Liches have almost always resulted in total destruction of the UNSC ground forces, resulting in a lack of available information on the craft.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} Like smaller Covenant dropships, the Lich is spaceworthy. It is also capable of traveling through [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], though presumably it cannot do so under its own power. Its shielding, at the very least, is strong enough to endure the radiation of slipspace while following in ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'s'' wake.{{Ref/Level|Id=Shutdown|H4|Shutdown}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Midnight|H4|Midnight}} | The Covenant's largest airborne deployment platform, the Lich boasts heavy armament and is capable of mass deployments of up to forty soldiers. Because of this, [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] encounters with Liches have almost always resulted in total destruction of the UNSC ground forces, resulting in a lack of available information on the craft.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} Like smaller Covenant dropships, the Lich is spaceworthy. It is also capable of traveling through [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], though presumably it cannot do so under its own power. Its shielding, at the very least, is strong enough to endure the radiation of slipspace while following in ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'s'' wake.{{Ref/Level|Id=Shutdown|H4|Shutdown}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Midnight|H4|Midnight}} | ||
Similar to the [[ | Similar to the [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Type-44]] and [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Type-52 Phantom]] dropships, the Lich sports a [[gravity lift]] on its ventral surface. It likewise has two large bay doors on either side of the hull and [[Pek-pattern plasma cannon|Type-52 plasma cannons]] are stationed at each doorway. The Lich's primary weapon consists of a [[Plasma weaponry|plasma autocannon]], designated the Type-56 PEW/M.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} Part of the craft's power core is exposed on an aft pylon.{{Ref/Level|Id=Reclaimer|H4|Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer}} | ||
==Identified Liches== | ==Identified Liches== | ||
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==Deployment history== | ==Deployment history== | ||
Though the Covenant used the Lich during the [[Human-Covenant War]], it remained rarely seen due to it usually being used by civilian and security roles.{{Ref/Book|Halo 4: Official Game Guide|Detail=Collector's Edition|Page=63}} Moreover, the vehicle's great effectiveness often resulted in the annihilation of its human opponents. Thus, it remained poorly documented by the UNSC until the post-war period.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} At least one notable encounter with a Lich occurred late in the war. During the [[Battle of Installation 04|Battle of]] [[Installation 04]] in [[2552# | Though the Covenant used the Lich during the [[Human-Covenant War]], it remained rarely seen due to it usually being used by civilian and security roles.{{Ref/Book|Halo 4: Official Game Guide|Detail=Collector's Edition|Page=63}} Moreover, the vehicle's great effectiveness often resulted in the annihilation of its human opponents. Thus, it remained poorly documented by the UNSC until the post-war period.{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}} At least one notable encounter with a Lich occurred late in the war. During the [[Battle of Installation 04|Battle of]] [[Installation 04]] in [[2552#September|September 2552]], the Lich ''[[Upright Chalice]]'' was deployed from the [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Blameless Conceit]]'' to deliver Covenant troops to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]], in a [[Battle of Alpha Base|ploy to destroy]] the UNSC's primary foothold on the ring. After delivering its compliment, the Lich returned to the ''Blameless Conceit''.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFRaven|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/thats-so-raven|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - That's So Raven|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Level|Id=AlphaBase|HFR|Alpha Base (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Alpha Base}} Following the [[Great Schism]], the need for troop transports outweighed the supply of Liches.{{Ref/Book|Id=W79|HWF|Page=79}} | ||
[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] deployed multiple Liches during [[Battle of Requiem|their initial foray]] on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in July [[2557]]. After the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] and [[SPARTAN Program|Spartan]] complement disabled an array of Forerunner [[particle cannon]]s, they were attacked by a Lich. The Lich quickly disabled a [[M510 Mammoth|Mammoth's]] [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] and dropped off troops supported by Phantoms dropping in Wraiths and Ghosts. [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and a team of SPARTAN-IVs boarded the craft and destroyed it by destroying its reactor, causing it to explode.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] deployed multiple Liches during [[Battle of Requiem|their initial foray]] on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in July [[2557]]. After the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] and [[SPARTAN Program|Spartan]] complement disabled an array of Forerunner [[particle cannon]]s, they were attacked by a Lich. The Lich quickly disabled a [[M510 Mammoth|Mammoth's]] [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] and dropped off troops supported by Phantoms dropping in Wraiths and Ghosts. [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and a team of SPARTAN-IVs boarded the craft and destroyed it by destroying its reactor, causing it to explode.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Concept art=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:H4 Lich Concept 1.jpg|Early concept art for the Lich. | |||
File:H4 Lich Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for the Lich. | |||
File:H4 Lich Concept 3.jpg|Finalised concept art for the Lich. | |||
File:H4 CovenantTerminal Concept 1.jpg|Concept art of a control panel that later became the Lich's control panel in ''Halo 4''. | |||
File:H4 CovenantTerminal Concept 2.jpg|Concept art of a Covenant terminal. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Screenshots=== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Lich_Controls.png|Lich control panel in ''Halo 4''. | File:Lich_Controls.png|Lich control panel in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File:Halo4-T56-Lich-GSDPUH-Screen.jpg|A Lich flying through space toward ''Ivanoff Station'' in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | File:Halo4-T56-Lich-GSDPUH-Screen.jpg|A Lich flying through space toward ''Ivanoff Station'' in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | ||
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