For 10,000 Terran years it has been ruled by the deathless Emperor, a being of almost limitless psychic power, to whom thousands of souls are sacrificed daily to provide Him the psychic strength to maintain the Imperiums lines of communication and transport. It is likely from one, or both, of these that the Sangheili ship class takes its name. The Imperium of Man is a war-torn stellar empire, teetering on the brink of collapse. This in turn inspired the name for the Portuguese man o' war, an extremely venomous organism related to jellyfish. The man-of-war was a powerful ship of the line used by European navies from the 16th to the 19th century, armed with up to 124 guns. To this day, Sangheili shipwrights remain tight-lipped regarding the full details and capabilities of these warships to outsiders. By the time the Blooding Years began Man O' Wars had been upgraded to modern specifications. In October 2558, some of these ships were present during the Battle of Kamchatka, the attack on Argent Moon, and the Battle of Sunaion.Ĭreated by the Sangheili through Forerunner technology prior to the War of Beginnings, the Man O' War is considered to represent the pinnacle of Sangheili warship design, one that in many respects was never equaled by Covenant warship designs. The Man O' War is a class of Sangheili warship used prior to the War of Beginnings and during the Blooding Years. " Elegant galleon with extraordinary maneuverability and multi-purpose armament." - Curator
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