Kekethan-Class Carrier

After the breakup of the Covenant, the Kig-yar found themselves in an unusual position. On the one hand, the fractioning meant that they were able to make unprecedented profits as privateers or mercenaries in the service of the various factions. On the other, the Kig-yar's own interests were threatened. Without the Covenant Navy to protect their colony and trade routes, the Kig-yar were forced to adapt. To this end, they developed a number of unique ship designs, incorporating formerly Covenant technology into Kig-yar design and aesthetics.
The most well known of these was the Kekethan-class carrier. Rather than dedicated fighter transport, the Kekethans carried large numbers of boarding craft, each ferrying over squads of privateers to board and capture a vessel. They carried a number of fighters, ostensibly to disable the vessel's thrusters and slipspace drive, as well as whatever limited armaments they possessed, but in practice they were mostly used as protective escorts for the boarding craft. Built for long-range raids, the Kekethans would prey on a number of UNSC, Sangheili, New Covenant and Blood Covenant territories until the Battle of Y'Deio virtually wiped out the Kig-Yar Privateer Alliance.
==History==
==Design==
==Quotes==
*"First time since the Insurrection since the UNSC's had to use anti-piracy tactics. Hell, I'm just glad they're not fleets wiping out colonies - why cut down the trees that you steal fruit from?"
*"We'd dolled the Ajax up to look like a merchant vessel - not exactly hard, when all our ships look alike to the damned aliens. We see the carrier jump in-system, tell us to halt - and then we put a MAC round right through it's middle."
*"How come the Jackals don't use shields? Even the Brutes are able to work that out, and the Jackals have had a lot more experience than them at space warfare."
*"The design is reminiscent of Covenant ships - purple hull material, with a similar internal layout. But it's a good deal more angular - and, let's face it, the Kig-yar are pirates, not warriors. It's poorly armed and armoured - they lack even energy shields."
Category:Carrier classes
Category:Kig-Yar