Varric-pattern heavy cruiser

The Varric-pattern heavy cruiser,Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo - pages 64 & 65 also known as an ORS-class heavy cruiser, is a capital warship classification within the Covenant Navy.
Using the 3-letter code used to classify Covenant ships, "O" ("Ordained") indicates that the cruiser has been improved with Forerunner technology, specifically, a weapons core. The "R" ("Reverence") indicates that the cruiser is capable of conducting reconnaissance missions and is capable of excavating Forerunner artifacts. The "S" ("Salvation") indicates that the cruiser is a dedicated warship with a pair of energy projectors.Halo Waypoint - Have S'Moa
==Class History==
The Varric-pattern was designed and built for the civil conflicts that affected the Covenant during the Age of Conflict and Age of Doubt that followed the Sangheili-San'Shyuum war.
A few ships, such as the Incorruptible and the Blight of the Profane, served during the Human-Covenant war.
After the Great Schism, many of the existing Varric-pattern cruisers fell into the hands of Covenant splinter factions.
==Design==
Boasting sophisticated stealth technology, an energy projector and plasma turrets, the Varric-pattern is more powerful than most cruisers used by the Covenant.Halo Waypoint - In the Loop Despite this, the ships in the class are difficult to operate due to their age. Often scribes are needed on ship bridges in order to translate ancient Sangheili dialects.
==Complement==
The Varric-pattern has the capacity to carry a number of troops including 400 obedientaries, 6,000 warriors, and 8,500 thralls.
==Crew==
The crew of a Varric-pattern typically consists of 16 superiors, 70 engineers and 1,200 menials. These crew members were hand selected.
==Ships of the Line==
*Blight of the Profane
*Incorruptible
==Trivia==
*The Varric-pattern combines design elements from the , and the , and was originally designed to be the CCS' big brother while still paying homage to the , which is identical to the CSO, providing a visual link between multiple carriers in terms of size.
==Gallery==
===Renders and Size Comparisons===
SpartanGames Render ORS Model 2View.jpg|A render of the Varric-pattern cruiser for Spartan Game's Halo tabletop miniatures game.
SpartanGames Render-Comparison SDV-CCS-ORS-Model SideView.jpg|A size comparison between the , the , and the Varric-pattern heavy cruiser.
SpartanGames Render-Comparison SDV-CCS-ORS-Model TopView.jpg|A top-down view comparison between the SDV- corvette, the CCS- battlecruiser, and the Varric-pattern heavy cruiser.
ORS Colour.png|A coloured render of the ship's bow.
==Sources==
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