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>

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]]

;House of Spider

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

*[[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}}

*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>

*Powerful Scorn, such as Fikrul, are capable of using Ketches. However, they do still need regular Eliksni to pilot it.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/11/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Wish]] - [[Buried Bloodline#Lore|Buried Bloodline]]''</ref>