Reaper-Class Battleship

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The Reaper-Class Battleship is a behemoth of naval power within the United Nations Space Command's Navy. Specializing in front line assault, ship to ship combat, and heavy fire support the Reaper leads offensive fleets and battlegroups usually far from controlled sectors of UEG space. The costly design and armament of the Reaper-Class along with its more dangerous operations made the vessel a rare sight to see. 
Early Development for the Reaper-Class began in 2545 due to the overbearing apparent necessity of a UNSC vessel capable of combatting Covenant ships of similar tonnage. With the three to one ratio usually required for the slimmest of UNSC victories the Reaper-Class was intended to change this if even marginally. Set backs due to the continued onslaught by the covenant saw the namesake ship of the class not commissioned until December of 2551.
== Design Details ==
Borrowing design elements from the Paris-Class Heavy Frigate the Reaper-Class Battleship similarly carriers a heavy armament. At 3.5km long, 1.1km wide, and 950m in height the Reaper-Class competed with the largest of UNSC military vessels of the time excluding the undisclosed UNSC Infinity. Resembling the Paris-Class Heavy Frigate in general shape the Reaper-Class did feature some crucial differences such as the ventral hangers on the port and starboard sides of the ventral beam of the ship. In addition the vessels bridge was closer to the mid-section of the ship offering greater defense and increased structural integrity of the large ship. 
=== Armament ===
Armed with two Super-MAC's at the forward upper and lower 'prong', 160 M42 Archer missile pods with 24 missiles each, 50 M75 Rapier missile pods with 30 missiles each and 60 M96 Howler missile pods with 20 missile each making up its expansive missile and heavy kinetic weapons payload. Complimented with 10 mark 2551 MACs, 14 Mark 15 Breakwater Naval Coilgun, 42 11A1R2 Naval Coil Guns for anti-ship perposes accompanied by 50 M85 Scythe Anti-Aircraft gun 226 M870 Rampart Point Defense Guns in Quad configurations for anti-fighter and anti-missile defence.
=== Crew and Complement ===
The Reaper-Class has a maximum crew of around 9,000 with its post-war refits leading to a stable 10,211. For complement the Reaper carries very minimal vehicles as its main occupation is on the frontier of space leading naval engagements and at most offering heavy fire support to ground conflicts through the use of its expansive armament. Boasting a large fighter support for defensive and offensive operations the Reaper-Class carries 50 GA-TL1 Longswords and 36 F-41 Broadswords.
=== Service History ===
Name 	Commissioned	Notes	Status
UNSC Reaper 	Jan. 2551 	
* Namesake ship
* Destroyed during the Fall of Reach	Destroyed
UNSC Legion 	Jan. 2551 	•Built Alongside the UNSC Reaper
•Present during The Second Battle Of Poseidon	Unknown
UNSC Harbinger	Jan. 2552 	
* Sister ship of the UNSC Reaper
* Present for the Battle of Earth 
* Severely Damaged in the Battle of Earth, re-entered service 2553	Active in the Sol System
UNSC Oblivion 	Aug. 2553 	
* Stationed in the outer colonies leading counter strikes against Covenant-Remnant forces	Active
UNSC Ishtar 	Sept. 2553 	
* Stationed in the outer colonies leading counter strikes against Covenant-Remnant forces	Active
== Trivia ==
*The image for this ship was kit-bashed by Michael.Dreams from the Paris-class frigate model seen in Sins of the Prophets 
*The Reaper-Class was made using the same technique as the Deliverance-Class Assault Frigate and Pikeman-Class Light Frigate.
Category:UNSC Ship Classes
Category:Battleship classes