Dreadnaught

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Dreadnaught or dreadnought, a word that literally translates to "Fear Nothing", can refer to several things

[edit] Ships

• Dreadnought is a type of battleship
• HMS Dreadnought (1906), from which the type of battleship derives its name. There are several ships in the Royal Navy to carry the name Dreadnought

[edit] Entertainment

In film

• Dreadnaught (film), a Yuen Woo-Ping film from 1981, aka Yong zhe wu ju
• Dreadnaught Rivals, a Hong Kong kung-fu film from 1983
• Under Siege had the title Dreadnought while under production.

In television

• Dreadnought is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager

In music

• Dreadnaught USA is an experimental rock band based in New Hampshire, USA
• Dreadnaught (heavy metal band) is a heavy metal band based in Melbourne, Australia and were founded in 1994. There is also a Winnipeg-based band by the same name.
• Dreadnought (guitar type) a type of acoustic guitar.

In games

• The Dreadnaught Factor is a videogame made by Activision for Atari.
• Dreadnought (Warhammer 40,000), a walking sarcophagus of mecha-like powered armor from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe.
• A ship used in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2.
• A super version of the Battleship in Battalion Wars 2.
• A size classification of large, powerful capital ships ranging from 800-1000 meters long in the Bioware game Mass Effect.
• A spaceship level (Dreadnought Galaxy) in Super Mario Galaxy.
• The strongest type of ship in the card game Mag Blast.
• The Dreadnaught is the name of the Forerunner ship used to power the Covenant home world High Charity in Halo 2 and Halo 3.
• The Dreadnaught's Battlegear is the name of the Warrior's tier 3 armor set in the massive multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
• A capital ship in Eve Online with immense weapons used for extended seiges of Player Owned Structures.
• In the game Devil May Cry 4 by Capcom, Dreadnaught is a Royalguard level 4 technique used by Dante, in which he turns into an invincible demon for a short period of time proportional to how much energy he's built up from Blocking attacks.
• The Procyon Dreadnaught is one of the Procyon Army's Ironclads used in Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon, a game based on the Disney film Treasure Planet.
• From the Homeworld series of RTS video games (1999-2003):
  • A Super-Capital-class vessel called a Dreadnaught (nickname "Archangel") was developed by Kiith Somtaaw during the Beast conflict in "Homeworld: Cataclysm" (2000). It is a cheaper successor to the protagonist Kushan Heavy Cruiser from "Homeworld" (1999) since Somtaaw did not have access to the same higher-quality assembly facilities or technologies. Though only equipped with two single Ion Cannon turrets and four heavy projectile turrets, it makes up for its lack of heavier energy weapons with six all-range guided-missile launchers, and a later Repulsor field projector add-on. Its compact "U"-shaped profile is modeled after the super-advanced technology seen on Bentusi Trading Ships ^[1].
  • A Capital-class vessel found in the broken hulk of an ancient alien Progenitor derelict was called a Dreadnought, featured in "Homeworld 2" (2003); though it is unrelated to the Archangel-class vessel listed above from "Homeworld: Cataclysm". It features a powerful Phased Cannon Array in the front of the hull which can destroy all but the largest vessels in a single volley, as well as seven smaller pulsed cannon point-defense weapons, and it is easily the rival to both the Hiigaran and Vaygr Battlecruisers in the game. The Dreadnaught salvaged by The Pride of Hiigara's fleet is one of two known ships of identical design, and together they are known as the "Gatekeepers of Sajuuk"- giant control ships which can activate the powerful Progenitor hyperspace gate at Balcora.

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