“Fight me.” - Meta Knight.From: Kirby Super Star (Super Nintendo Entertainment System, 1996)
Number built: 1
Weight: Unknown
Length: Unknown
Width: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Crew: 9.
Engine: Reactor, powering 3 small, and 1 large, vents at the rear of the ship.
Armament: 1x Combo Cannon (claw, laser and cannon), bomb bay, 8x double-barrelled laser turrets, 2x wing-mounted laser cannons, 1x main cannon, 10x side mounted laser turrets, 6x (12?) various other mounted laser cannons, ranging between double to triple barrelled, unknown amount of missile launchers. (SSBB), 16x single shot cannon, 1x double shot cannon, 4x triple shot cannon, 1x laser cannon, 8x flamethrower, (Kirby's Epic Yarn), let's just call it pretty well armed, without mentioning the other games or anime that it's in.
Background: Before I begin, I must confess that isn't a full and accurate description of the weaponry it has, I'm fairly sure it has a few others that I haven't been able to 100% confirm. But yes, that does make it over 30 various cannons and claws and other things on the thing. If wanted, I can try to recheck the weapons shown, but... dear god, it would only make the number, and length of the armament section even higher and longer.
Alright, so, this is the Battleship Halberd, personal ship of Meta Knight, the enigmatic knight of the Kirby series, who often acts as a friend and a foe to the pink blob, and who obviously believes that anything less then 20 guns on something is underarmed.
Anyway, Meta Knight's really into the code of honour thing, and whenever he and Kirby end up fighting, he always throws a sword out, so that Kirby can fight against Meta Knight's legendary sword, Galaxia, which is a pretty neat looking sword that shocks anybody unworthy of wielding it, while firing sword beams and other things that real swords can't do.
So, the Halberd was created by Meta Knight to take over Dream World, to put an end to the inhabitants being lazy (Although, to be honest, he could do that just by firing at the ground, they'd run soon enough, I know I would.), and Kirby sets about destroying it, since he's got no respect for giant flying death machines.
He gets to the reactor, since video games don't recognise such cunning tactics like locking the door, throwing the key into the ocean, and mocking loudly, and blows it up, causing the Halberd to crash into the Secret Sea.
Afterwards, the Halberd is raised from the sea floor, and heads to the Gamble Galaxy under Kirby's control, because Meta Knight challenged Kirby and lost.
And it makes an appearance in Kirby's Epic Yarn, as an optional last level, as a side scrolling shooter.
What does it do? And why should I be afraid of it?
“The bow looks like his mask. What kind of weirdo puts his face on the bow of a ship, anyway?” - Snake Solid, on the Halberd.
As mentioned above, it is a flagship. Now, flagships, by themselves, are usually impressive (Yes, even the Icelandic flagship), and this is no exception.
The numbers for the armament mentioned above are fairly accurate, and if not, it's because I've missed some. Missed some as in, they could be even higher then what's listed.
In Super Smash Brothers Brawl, it's shown under the command of the Subspace Army, after Meta Knight failed to prevent them overrunning his ship (Thanks, King Dedede.), and was thrown off. It does a variety of thing, like creating Primids from the shadow bugs dropped from the bomb bay doors, to shooting down Arwings, to shooting down the Great Fox, with excessive amounts of inaccurate, but heavy firepower.
It gets shot down by the Subspace Gunship, which I mentioned in a previous article, but allows the heroes to invade Subspace, and generally raise a bit of hell.
In Kirby's Epic Yarn, Kirby battles through the Halberd, destroying the weaponry on it, and eventually the reactor, in an optional final stage.
It appears in Kirby : Right Back At Ya!, where it's able to rip through a UFO thing called a Destrayer, and shrug off hits from them in return, although it eventually gets destroyed.
Ultimately, whatever shape it's in, (The layout and design keeps changing between games), or whatever material it's made from (Including wool!), it is covered in guns, and will easily enjoy ripping through whatever is in range, with a absolutely tiny crew.
Be afraid. Unless you're a pink blob.
Sources:
Halberd: The Kirby Wiki
Meta Knight: The Kirby Wiki
Revenge of Meta Knight: The Kirby Wiki
Super Smash Bros Brawl
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