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==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||
===Superstructure and hull=== | ===Superstructure and hull=== | ||
The ''DDS''-class carrier, unlike the larger and more powerful {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}, is a less | The ''DDS''-class carrier, unlike the larger and more powerful {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}, is a less frequent, but powerful, [[warship]] within the [[Covenant fleet]]. The primary role of the ''DDS''-class carrier is to support [[Space warfare|fleet actions in space]], or as an infantry deployment platform. The ''DDS''-class carrier has three bulbous sections; its swollen center boasts a total of thirteen launch bays on both sides of the ship.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 146'', ''page 171'' (2010 edition)</ref> It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of [[space fighter]]s, [[dropship]]s, and interceptors.{{Ref/Reuse|visual}} Like all [[warship]]s, these ships come in a variety of classes and sizes, though military observers note there are variance of weaponry, length, and estimated tonnage.<ref name="sybex">'''Sybex Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide''', ''page 73''</ref> | ||
The carrier's hull is reinforced with over thirty meters of [[nanolaminate hull plating]] and equipped with [[energy shielding]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 266'' (2010 edition)</ref> A single [[plasma torpedo]] is capable of causing several layers of the hull to boil away. The shieldless hull of a ''DDS''-class carrier is capable of withstanding heat of up to three hundred degrees Celsius, with no actual damage done to the carrier's structure.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 76-79'' (2010 edition)</ref> Only at extreme temperatures of over seventeen hundred degrees Celsius does minor hull tearing and conduit melting occur.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 84''</ref> However, at such high temperatures, the superstructure of the vessel becomes considerably softened.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 223''</ref> | The carrier's hull is reinforced with over thirty meters of [[nanolaminate hull plating]] and equipped with [[energy shielding]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 266'' (2010 edition)</ref> A single [[plasma torpedo]] is capable of causing several layers of the hull to boil away. The shieldless hull of a ''DDS''-class carrier is capable of withstanding heat of up to three hundred degrees Celsius, with no actual damage done to the carrier's structure.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 76-79'' (2010 edition)</ref> Only at extreme temperatures of over seventeen hundred degrees Celsius does minor hull tearing and conduit melting occur.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 84''</ref> However, at such high temperatures, the superstructure of the vessel becomes considerably softened.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 223''</ref> |