If you read under the early service it shows the katana fleet was lost to a hive virus and all crew was lost after make a random jump to hyper space.
Is this a nod to the Star Wars universe? What do you think.
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No, its not, just coincidence. Dreadnaught is a term used to describe 20th century battleships that where very large, very fast, and used large guns. That is where it originated. Dreadnought is also a type of Forerunner ship in Halo, a game made by bungie.