Lursu-pattern
Class attributes
Operators:	AncientSangheili[1] Covenant[2](formerly) Swords of Sanghelios[2] Jul 'Mdama's Covenant[2]
In service:	The Former Age-present[1]
General characteristics Type: Heavy carrier[2] Length: 6,367 meters (20,889 ft)[1][2] Mass: 3.2 billion tonnes[1] Slipspace drive: Borer Armaments: 1Elseon-pattern superheavy excavation beam[1] 12Razu-pattern heavy plasma lance batteries[1] 188Ksuchu-pattern plasma torpedo silos[1] 200Quiran-pattern pulse lasers[1]

"Massive carrier reclaimed from the Covenant's merchant-tithe fleets."

—Curator on Brigantines.^[3]

TheLursu-pattern brigantine is an ancient heavycarrier class, designed by theSangheili duringThe Former Age prior to the establishment of theCovenant.^[1]

Overview[edit]

Usage[edit]

TheLursu-pattern brigantine entered service in the Former Age; the earliest centuries of Sangheili space travel prior to contact with theSan'Shyuum atUlgethon. Following the end of theWar of Beginnings, the San'Shyuum aimed to diminish Sangheili shipbuilding capability and thus reduced the brigantine's role to one of mere formality.^[1] Centuries after being rendered obsolete as a mainlinewarship within theCovenant fleet, Brigantines were placed in Covenant missionary and tithe fleets throughout a majority of the empire's existence. Following the Covenant's fall during theGreat Schism, Brigantines have since been brought back into service as a command ship by Sangheili factions during theBlooding Years, primarily theSwords of Sanghelios andJul 'Mdama's Covenant^[2] - with the former possessing the majority of surviving brigantines.^[1] Many of these ships were sourced from ancient orbital shipbreaking facilities and upgraded to modern specifications, pressed into service as a heavy carrier.^[1][4]

Trivia[edit]

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While"brigantine" referred to a sail configuration, rather than a specific ship class, they were often more powerful, faster and more agile than smaller ships, such as schooners or sloops, but smaller than thebrigs used by naval forces, and frequently found use as pirate ships, fleet suppliers and light escorts.

Gallery[edit]

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  Halo 5: Guardians concept for the levelOsiris. Several brigantines (the largest vessels) can be seen in combat overKamchatka.

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  A blueprint of a Brigantine.

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  A Lursu-pattern brigantine during the Battle of Sunaion.

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  The Brigantine to scale with other Covenant and UNSC vessels, dwarfing nearly every other class seen during the wartime era.

List of appearances[edit]

• Halo: Fleet Battles
• Halo 5: Guardians(First appearance)
• Halo Mythos

Sources[edit]

• Covenant ship classes
• Carrier classes
• Sangheili ship classes