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{{Status|Canon}} | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
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{{Individual ship infobox | {{Individual ship infobox | ||
|name=''Rapid Conversion'' | |name=''Rapid Conversion'' | ||
|image=[[File:TFoR AS - Rapid Conversion.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:TFoR AS - Rapid Conversion.jpg|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer= | ||
|class=[[ | |class=[[Covenant cruiser]]{{Ref/Reuse|class}}{{Ref/Note|Id=shipclass|Text=''Halo: Contact Harvest'' refers to the ''Rapid Conversion'' simply as a [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]]. In the ''Halo: Fall of Reach'' comic adaptation, the vessel is depicted in the likeness of a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}. While this may indicate that the ship was a battlecruiser, it may also be an [[List of changes in Halo: Fall of Reach#Boot Camp|artistic liberty]] similar to the way the ovoid-shaped ''[[Unrelenting]]'' is depicted as a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser. Based on the visual depiction in ''Fall of Reach'', ''Rapid Conversion'' may also have been a {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} (properly introduced in ''[[Halo 4]]''), since the ''CRS'' class is virtually identical to the ''CCS'' class in outward appearance. However, the animated adaptation clearly portrays the ship as a ''CCS'' based on its scale in comparison to the ships of Battlegroup 4, and ''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' used a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser model from ''Halo 3'' to portray ''Conversion''. Later media such as ''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'' established that the ''Zanar''-pattern typically has no complement, much oppose to Covenant deployments of troops and vehicles, including Spirits and Choppers, from a single cruiser during the First Battle of Harvest. As such, this make the possibility of ''Rapid Conversion'' being a ''CRS''-class being very unlikely.}} | ||
|role= | |role= | ||
|length= | |length= | ||
|width= | |width= | ||
|height= | |height= | ||
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s | |engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s{{Citation needed}} | ||
|slipspace drive= | |slipspace drive=Yes{{Citation needed}} | ||
|hull=[[Nanolaminate]] plating | |hull=[[Nanolaminate]] plating{{Citation needed}} | ||
|countermeasures= | |countermeasures= | ||
|armament= | |armament=1 [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo turret]]{{Citation needed}} | ||
|firstuse= | |firstuse= | ||
|commission= | |commission= | ||
|lastsight= | |lastsight= | ||
|destroyed= | |destroyed= | ||
|battles=[[First Battle of Harvest]] | |battles=[[First Battle of Harvest]]{{Ref/Reuse|p336342}} | ||
|fleet= | |fleet= | ||
|namedcrew= | |namedcrew=[[Lighter Than Some]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=p226|HCH|Page=226}} | ||
|captains=*[[Maccabeus]] | |captains=*[[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]] [[Maccabeus]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=p200|HCH|Page=200}} {{c|formerly}} | ||
*[[Tartarus]] | *[[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=p346|HCH|Page=346}} | ||
|affiliation=[[Covenant]] | |affiliation=*[[Covenant]] | ||
**[[Covenant military]] | |||
***[[Covenant fleet]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Rapid Conversion''''' was a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant | '''''Rapid Conversion''''' was a [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]] used by [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=class|HCH|Page=???}} In [[2525]], it was commanded by [[Maccabeus]] and later by his nephew [[Tartarus]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=p194|HCH|Page=194}} | ||
==Service history== | |||
''Rapid Conversion'' was originally decommissioned by the [[Sangheili]] for their own use, but was deemed worthy of use by Jiralhanae. Many of its systems, including weapons and [[gravity lift]]s, were disabled. Upon taking command of the vessel, [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain]] [[Maccabeus]] commissioned a number of changes to its interior decor, including an authentic facsimile of a traditional Jiralhanae feasting hall with [[door]]s and ceiling supports of forged [[steel]] and lighting provided by primitive oil lamps on clawed floor stands.{{Ref/Novel|Id=p194195|HCH|Page=194-195}} The crew was comprised of a pack of ten Jiralhanae, roughly sixty [[Unggoy]], and over a hundred [[Yanme'e]] responsible for the vessel's upkeep. | |||
===Human-Covenant War=== | |||
The warship was used to deploy troops and vehicles, such as [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirits]] and [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|Choppers]], to the surface of [[Harvest]] during the [[First Battle of Harvest]] and also used as the Covenant's command center. Though its weapon system, a [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo turret]], had been disabled, the [[Huragok]] [[Lighter Than Some]] was able to repair them in time for the ship's actions against Harvest and its colonists. | |||
Later, going into low orbit over Harvest's surface in order to deliver troops and gather the relics they sought, ''Rapid Conversion'' fell into a trap that had been laid by [[Captain (ground forces)|Captain]] [[Ponder]] and his troops and was hit by two rounds from a [[mass driver]] based on Harvest's surface. The first round did little damage. The second round, however, passed completely through the warship, severing the connections between the ship's reactor and anti-grav generators, causing the ship to plummet to the planet's surface.{{Ref/Novel|Id=p336342|HCH|Page=336-342}} | |||
In the following months, however, the crew managed to repair the ship and began to glass Harvest, eventually reducing the planet's surface to cinder.{{Ref/Novel|Id=p382|HCH|Page=382}} In April, ''Rapid Conversion'' destroyed the [[Colonial Military Administration]] scout ship [[CMA Argo|''Argo'']].{{Ref/Novel|Id=p391396|HCH|Page=391-396}} Six months later, the CMA's [[Battle Group 4]], consisting of the [[CMA Heracles|''Heracles'']], the [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']], and the [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']], was sent to investigate the loss of contact with Harvest and the ''Argo''; the battle group was almost completely destroyed by a {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}} ''[[Heaven's Brilliant Bier]]'' that was holding station over the planet. | |||
{{ | |||
''Rapid Conversion'' | |||
===Great Schism=== | |||
After ascending to the title of [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]], ''Rapid Conversion'' remained under Tartarus' control. During the [[Great Schism]], following [[Tartarus]]' death on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Sangheili assassins led by [[Resa 'Azavayl]] under the banner of the [[Silent Shadow]] eliminated the remaining members of Tartarus' crew aboard the ship.{{Ref/Comic|Id=hunting party|HTFS|Story=Hunting Party}} | |||
== Crew == | |||
===Jiralhanae=== | |||
*[[Calid]] | |||
*[[Licinus]] | |||
*[[Maccabeus]] | |||
*[[Ritul]] | |||
*[[Strab]] | |||
*[[Tartarus]] | |||
*[[Vorenus]] | |||
===Unggoy=== | |||
*[[Dadab]] | |||
*[[Yull]] | |||
===Huragok=== | |||
*[[Lighter Than Some]] | |||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' and ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' depict ''Rapid Conversion'' in place of the ''Heaven's Brilliant Bier'' that Battle Group 4 canonically encountered at Harvest.{{Ref/Site|Id=WP|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-reaching-out|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Reaching Out|D=08|M=09|Y=2015}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:FoR_RapidC.png|''Rapid Conversion'' over Harvest. | File:FoR_RapidC.png|''Rapid Conversion'' over Harvest. | ||
File:RCSS.png|The crew of ''Rapid Conversion'' was slaughtered by the Silent Shadow. | File:RCSS.png|The crew of ''Rapid Conversion'' was slaughtered by the Silent Shadow. | ||
File:HM-RapidConversionOverUtgard.jpg|''Rapid Conversion'' over Utgard. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | *''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'' | *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'' | ||
**''[[Hunting Party]]'' | **''[[Hunting Party]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Notes== | |||
{{Ref/Notes}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |
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