Editing Ketch

|complement= [[Skiff]]s <br> [[Fallen Walker|Walker]]s

'''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 (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen|Fallen]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#The Fallen|The Fallen]]''</ref> They are of vital importance in Eliksni culture where they serve not only as modes of transport but as homes, often generations of families will live and die within a single Ketch.

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 name="Coming War>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Coming War]]''</ref>  

{{quote|Ketch is Kin, Kin are All.|Eliksni proverb.}}<ref name="Kin">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]] - [[Lore:Call of the Cryptolith|Call of the Cryptolith]]: [[Lore:Call_of_the_Cryptolith#II. RATIONS|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. Given the current status of the Fallen as a species, they are often dirty and held together with the scraps of metal their crews scavenge.  

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 to aid their navigation.

The affiliation of a Ketch can often be distinguished by the color of the line painted around its main engine. The [[Awoken]] repainted their captured Ketches with purple lines, many of which were present during the [[Battle of Saturn]].<ref name="Coming War"/> On Europa, the [[House of Salvation]] Ketches bear a grey hull with the House insignia emblazoned in blue on the underbelly. During the Season of Plunder, Spider offered the use of one of his ketches to the Guardian with a bombastic, blue, green and pink striped livery.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [[Salvage and Salvation]]''</ref>

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]] - Item Description: [[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.

*[[Pirate Ketch]]

;[[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]]

*[[Wolfship Orbiks-Fel]]  

*[[Skolas's Ketch]]

*[[Yavek's Ketch]]

;[[The Reef]]

*[[Mara Sov's Ketch]]

;[[House of Rain]]

*[[Rainship Taliks-Syn]]

;[[House of Dusk]]

*[[Jaliks's Ketch]]

*[[Mithrax's Ketch]]

;[[House of Salvation]]

*[[Eramis's Ketch]]

*[[Ramulose]]

;[[House of Light]]

*[[House of Light Ketch]]

;[[House of Spider]]

*[[Spider's Ketch]]

;Other Affiliations

*[[Avarokk's Ketch]]

;House of Winter

*[[Draksis, Winter Kell]]

;House of Wolves

*[[Inaaks]]

*[[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]]

*[[Kalliks, Baron of House Dusk]]

*[[Mithrax, the Forsaken]]

;House of Salvation

*[[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]]

*[[The Guardian]] {{c|Ketch lent by Spider}}

;[[Scorn]]

*[[Fikrul, the Fanatic]]

;Unknown

*[[Alaaks, the Beast Tamer]]

*[[Aye-I, Privateer]]

*[[Captain Avarokk, the Covetous]]

*[[Koraxis]]

*[[Ransaaks, Privateer]]

*[[Skiffiks, Privateer]]

 

*[[Pilot Servitor]]s are usually responsible for piloting Fallen Ketches.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Leadership|Fallen Leadership]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Leadership#Pilot Servitor|Pilot Servitor]]''</ref>

*The [[Vestian Outpost]] social space is made from the hull of a captured Ketch.{{Citation needed}}

*Ketches that are attached to a major Fallen House have the "-Fel" suffix, while other Ketches belonging to Freelance fallen have 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 they met their demise facing the Awoken Queen's [[Harbinger]] attack. This victory is celebrated in the item description of Chain of Orbiks-Fel.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - Item Description, [[Chain of Orbiks-Fel]]''</ref>

*[[The Drifter (map)|The Drifter]] is an 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 sporting yellow armor.{{Citation needed}}

*An idle Ketch can be spotted near the Tangled Shore, however, it is unknown whether it belongs to the [[Spider's Crime Syndicate]].

*In Season of the Lost, it is revealed that the door to Mithrax's workshop was repurposed from a Ketch.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/08/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Lore:Ripples|Ripples]]: [[Lore:Ripples#II - The Pigeon and the Splicer|II - The Pigeon and the Splicer]]''</ref>

**''[[Season of the Forge]]''

**''[[Season of Plunder]]''