Editing Ketch

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'''Ketches'''  are massive starships used by the [[Fallen]] for interstellar travel and housing. The Fallen arrived on these ships in the wake of the [[Collapse]], disembarking to pillage the remnants of [[human]] civilization.<ref name = "GrimoireFallen">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#The Fallen|The Fallen]]''</ref> 

The [[Awoken]] of the [[Reef]] also employ Ketches captured from the [[Reef Wars]], as a number of Ketches in Reef livery participate in the battle against [[Oryx]]'s [[Hive]] fleet over [[Saturn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Coming War]]''</ref> 

In Destiny 2, Ketches can be seen again, as the [[House of Dusk]] use them to fight against the [[Red Legion]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/hdWkpbPTpmE?t=40s '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 - Official Launch Trailer'']</ref>

==Overview and layout==
{{quote|Ketch is Kin, Kin are All.|Eliksni proverb.}}<ref name="Kin">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4 - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Call_of_the_Cryptolith#II. RATIONS| Call of the Cryptolith II. RATIONS]]''</ref>

The overall design of the Ketch falls in line with the organic nature of most of the architecture seen within Fallen culture, featuring sweeping lines and bulbous curves. However given the current status of the Fallen as a species, they are often dirty and held together with the scraps of metal their crews come across.

Despite their condition, they still serve as warships for the Fallen, with their power and resilience held in high regard. [[Pilot Servitor]]s hardwired into the ship's mainframe aid their navigation.  

The affiliation of a Ketch can be distinguished by the color of the line painted around its main engine. However, Ketches deployed during Public Events typically have a generic blue painted line instead. The [[Awoken]] repainted their captured Ketches with purple lines, twelve to fifteen of which were present during the [[Battle of Saturn]]. On Europa, the [[House of Salvation]] Ketches bear a grey hull with the House insignia emblazoned in blue on the underbelly.

Among the Eliksni is a saying, "Ketch is Kin, Kin are All", emphasizing the fact that a Ketch is a family home that fostered clans.<ref name="Kin"/> Indeed, the word for Ketch is synonymous with family.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[Lore]]: [[Farewell#Lore|Farewell]]''</ref> A wrecked [[House of Kings|King]] Ketch once contained a ceremonial washing bowl, a child's musical instrument, and the cracked ceramic effigy of a [[Servitor]].<ref name="Kin"/> Ketches are also given honorary titles by naming them after their [[Prime Servitor]]s, such as [[Wintership Simiks-Fel]] and [[Wolfship Orbiks-Fel]]. To the Eliksni, Ketches and other Fallen spacecraft are far more than just means of traversing the stars, they are a family member that the Eliksni would defend to the bitter end.

==Ketch Variants==
*[[Ketch]]
**[[Pirate Ketch]]

==Known Ketches==
[[File:DestinyMorningStar1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Ketch near the Morning Star orbital station]]

*[[House of Devils]]
**[[Devil Splicers]]
***[[Splicership Menkis-Syn]]
*[[House of Winter]]
**[[Wintership Simiks-Fel]]
**[[The Drifter (map)|The Drifter]]
*[[House of Wolves]]
**[[Wolfship Kaliks-Syn]] <ref name = 'Kaliks-Syn>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8izZRCVK4 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny House of Wolves: The Shadow Thief - Full Strike Gameplay'' (0:05)]</ref> 
**[[Wolfship Orbiks-Fel]] <ref>'''Bungie (2015-14-5)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Chain of Orbiks-Fel]]</ref>
**[[Skolas's Ketch]]
**[[Yavek's Ketch]]
*[[The Reef]]
**[[Mara Sov's Ketch]]
*[[House of Dusk]]
**[[Jaliks's Ketch]]
**[[Mithrax's Ketch]]
*[[House of Salvation]]
**[[Atraks-1's Ketch]]
**[[Eramis's Ketch]]
*[[House of Light]]
**[[House of Light Ketch]]
*[[House of Spider]]
**[[Spider's Ketch]]
*Other Affiliations
**[[Avarokk's Ketch]]

==Notable Ketch Commanders==
*[[House of Winter]]
**[[Draksis, Winter Kell]]
*[[House of Wolves]]
**[[Virixas, Kell of Wolves]]
**[[Skolas, Kell of Kells]]
**[[Irxis, Wolf Baroness]]
**[[Drevis, Wolf Baroness]]
**[[Yavek, Wolf Baron]]
**[[Parixas, the Howling]]
**[[Peekis, the Disavowed]]
**[[Pirsis, Pallas-Bane]]
**[[Beltrik, the Veiled]]
**[[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed]]
**[[Taniks, the Scarred]]
*[[The Reef]]
**[[Mara Sov|Queen Mara Sov]]
*[[House of Dusk]]
**[[Jaliks, Fallen Captain]]
**[[Mithrax, the Forsaken]]
*[[House of Salvation]]
**[[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]]
**[[Atraks-1, Fallen Exo]]
*[[House of Spider]]
**[[The Guardian]] <small> (Ship lent by Spider) </small>
*Unknown
**[[Aye-I, Privateer]]
**[[Captain Avarokk, the Covetous]]
**[[Ransaaks, Privateer]]
**[[Skiffiks, Privateer]]

==Gallery==
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File:Fallen ship.png|A [[House of Devils]] Ketch.
File:Plaguelands - Menkis-Syn.jpg|Splicership Menkis-Syn.
File:MementoKetch.jpg|A Ketch above the crucible map [[Memento]].

File:Exiul.jpg|A [[House of Exile]] Ketch.
File:Skolas_ketch.png|Skolas' Ketch above the Citadel.
File:Kaliks-Syn.png|Wolfship Kaliks-Syn.

File:SpiderKetch.jpg|A Ketch in the [[Tangled Shore]]
File:EramisKetch.jpg|A [[House of Salvation]] Ketch
File:SalvationKetch1.jpg|Another House of Salvation Ketch

File:Fallen pirate ship e3.jpg|Back view of Wintership Simiks-Fel.
File:QueenKetch.jpg|A Ketch painted in [[Reef]] colors, during the [[Battle  of Saturn]].
File:Battle on Saturn.jpg|Concept Art of Ketch fleet of Reef engaging the [[Dreadnaught]].

File:Ketch D2.jpg|A [[House of Dusk]] Ketch above the [[European Dead Zone]].
File:Ketch-2.gif|A Ketch seen in the [[Cosmodrome]]
File:Ketch.gif|A Ketch seen on [[Europa]]

File:17e96c309f592-screenshotUrl.jpg|Avarokk's Ketch
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'''Ketch Interior'''
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File:Wintership Simiks-Fel.jpg| Wintership Simiks-Fel throne room
File:Winterketch3.jpg|Wintership Simiks-Fel interior
File:Winterketch2.jpg|The Drifter interior

File:Fallen interior by RYAN DEMITA.jpg|Concept art of a [[Hunter]] roaming through a Ketch.
File:InsideTraitor1.jpg|Traitor's Ketch interior
File:InsideTraitor2.jpg|Traitor's Ketch Boss room
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'''Concept Art'''
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File:Destiny-FallenKetch-Render-Bottom.jpg|Bottom view of a Ketch.
File:Destiny-FallenKetch-Render-Rear.jpg|Rear view of a Ketch.
File:Destiny-FallenKetch-Render-Side.jpg|Side view of a Ketch.

File:KetchConcept2.jpg|Concept art by Jesse van Dijk
File:KetchConcept1.jpg|Concept art by Dorje Bellbrook
File:Reefwars.jpg|Grimoire anthology art by Piotr Jabłoński
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==Trivia==
*A "[[wikipedia:Ketch|ketch]]" is a sailing craft with two masts, specifically a "main-mast" and a smaller "mizzen-mast".
*[[Pilot Servitor]]s are usually responsible for piloting Fallen Ketches.
*The [[Vestian Outpost]] social space is made from the hull of a captured Ketch.
*Ketches are potentially named after a Fallen House's [[Prime Servitor]]. An example would be [[Wintership Simiks-Fel|Simiks-Fel]], referring to [[Simiks Prime]]. The reference for [[Splicership Menkis-Syn]] is unconfirmed.
*Ketches that are attached to a major Fallen House have the "-Fel" suffix, while possibly other Ketches belonging to Freelance fallen has the "-Syn" suffix. It's possible these are meant to differentiate whether a ship owes its allegiance to a Kell, or is commanded by a freelance [[Baron]].
*It is likely that the [[Wolfship Orbiks-Fel]] once belonged to [[Virixas, Kell of Wolves]], until it met its demise to the Queen's [[Harbinger]] attack. This victory is celebrated in the item description of Chain of Orbiks-Fel.
*[[The Drifter (map)|The Drifter]] is a abandoned Reef Ketch belonging to the [[House of Winter]]. It is possible that this Ketch was used to free [[Aksor, Archon Priest]] due to the yellow markings within the other areas of the ship, with the Priest having yellow armor.
*The [[House of Dusk]] have been seen to pilot 5 Ketches on various locations.
*A idle Ketch can be spotted near the Tangled Shore, however it is unknown whether it belongs to the [[Spider's Crime Syndicate]].
*In the Beyond Light Stasis trailer, a Ketch can be seen belonging to the [[House of Salvation]]. Another Ketch or even the same one can be seen hovering over the icy surface of Europa.
*The [[House of Exile]] along with many other Fallen Houses deploy Ketches to initiate [[Public Event]]s on many worlds around Sol, the objective of these events can range from deploying an Ether Servitor, Glimmer Extractor or even Weapons Caches protected by a Spider Tank.
*In the crucible map [[Memento]], a unknown Ketch can be seen hovering above the [[European Dead Zone]].
*In Season of the Lost it is revealed that the door to Mithrax's workshop was repurposed from a Ketch.

==List of appearances==
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{{Col-2}}
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]''
**''[[The Taken King]]''
**''[[Rise of Iron]]''
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*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]''
**''[[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]''
**''[[Beyond Light]]''
**''[[Season of Plunder]]

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