Cabal Warship: Difference between revisions

|armament= [[Ripper Pod]] launchers <br> Missiles <br> Anti-air turrets

|crew= Cabal soldiers <br> [[Psion]] soldiers

|role= Attack ship <br> Troop carrier

|affiliation= [[Imperial Cabal]] <br> [[Red Legion]] <br> [[Skyburners]]  

'''Cabal warships''' are a class of [[Cabal]] spacecraft used for exploration and war.<ref name="DP">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Dust Palace (strike)|Dust Palace]]''</ref>

Centuries before the events of the [[Red War]], [[Dominus Ghaul]] exchanged the solitary cruisers of Calus' space fleet for swarms of close-quarter frigates designed to be independent, small, and highly maneuverable and adaptable. This was in response to the [[Hive]] threat, whose usage of space-time rifts let them close distances instantly and forced the Cabal to fight them at extremely close ranges.<ref name="Entry II"/>

During the Cabal's occupation of [[Mars]], scores of warships could be seen stationed about the [[Solar system]], from the ruins of [[Freehold]]<ref name="DP"/> to an abandoned warbase on [[Phobos]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHwwUSIemm8 '''YouTube''' - ''Official Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves Preview'' (3:16)]</ref> including an abandoned fleet on [[Mercury]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible_Arenas#Vertigo|Vertigo]]''</ref> In the aftermath of the Skyburners' offensive on the Dreadnaught, two warships can be viewed in a hologram on the bridge orbiting above and below [[Saturn]]'s rings.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO8Vhcc7E3c&t=22m04s '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny Outbound Signal Quest The Taken King Walkthrough'' (timestamp 22:04)]</ref>

During the Red War, a fleet of ships along with Carriers attacked the Last City. The [[Tower]] was destroyed by swarms of long ranged rockets.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUlcG87K7qs&t=195s '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 All Cutscenes'']</ref> During the course of the war, [[Shaxx]]'s [[Redjacks]] were able to board and acquire some ships for the Crucible.<ref name="D2"/>

Cabal warships were built to replace the solitary, elegant cruisers that [[Emperor Calus]] favored during his reign of the [[Cabal empire]]. Small frigate types by Cabal standards, are described by Calus as "ugly, hasty, and crude", individually expendable, and built for brute force and close-range combat.<ref name="Entry II">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Confessions#Entry_II|Confessions: Entry II]]''</ref> Other models were illustrated by the [[Skyburners]]' command ship, [[Dantalion Exodus VI]], being deployed as a warship-sized boarding pod against [[Oryx]]'s [[Dreadnaught]] on the orders of Ghaul, and remaining largely intact.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal#Ghost_Fragment:_Cabal_3|Ghost Fragment: Cabal 3]]''</ref> This is after the [[Awoken]] offensive failed in the [[Battle of Saturn]], where the [[Harbingers]] left not a mark upon the Hive vessel's armor.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Coming War]]'' opening cinematic</ref>

They are also capable of deploying [[Mining Lander]]s, [[Injection Rig]]s,<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> drills, long range-missiles (for other models) and boarding pods.<ref name="Entry II"/> They have four main engines,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> with a six-engine variant serving as [[Ghaul]]'s [[The Immortal|command ship]].<ref name="Home">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Homecoming]]''</ref> The Immortal is not the only known six-engine variant, however, as [[The Almighty]] has three within its Skybox flying around above. They are serviced by [[Cabal carrier|carrier]]s.<ref name="Entry II"/>

 

==Named Cabal Warships==

*[[The Immortal]] – <small>Dominus Ghaul Flagship</small>

*[[Eligos Lex V]] – <small>Empress Caiatl Flagship</small>

*[[Dantalion Exodus VI]] – <small>Primus Ta'uan Warship</small>

*[[Barbatos Rex]] – <small>Valus Cau'tor Warship</small>

==Warship Classes==

'''Imperial Cabal Warships'''

'''Red Legion Warships'''

'''Skyburner Warships'''

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'''Warship Interior'''

CabalHologram2.jpg|Hologram of a Cabal warship.

'''Concept Art'''

File:Destiny-CabalAssaultShip-Render-01.jpg|Starboard render of the Cabal warship.

File:Destiny-CabalAssaultShip-Render-03.jpg|Another starboard render.

File:Destiny-CabalAssaultShip-Render-02.jpg|Angled, port render of the Cabal warship.

*''[[Season of the Chosen]]''