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| {{Title|''CSO''-class supercarrier}}
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| {{Ship Class Infobox
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| |image=[[File:Reach - Supercarrier 02.png|300px]]
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| |name=''CSO''-class supercarrier
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| |line=
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| |model=
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| |class=
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| |length={{Convert|28.960|km|ftin|sp=us}}<ref name="essential">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 111''</ref>
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| |width={{Convert|11.447|km|ftin|sp=us}}<ref name="essential"/>
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| |height={{Convert|3.563|km|ftin|sp=us}}{{Citation needed}}
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| |mass=
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| |max accel=
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| |max speed space=
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| |max speed air=
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| |engine=[[Repulsor engine]]
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| |slipspace drive=Yes
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| |poweroutput=
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| |power=
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| |shield gen=Yes
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| |hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
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| *Equipped with [[energy shielding]]
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| |sensor=
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| |target=
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| |navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
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| |avionics=
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| |countermeasures=
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| |armament=[[Energy projector]]s
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| <br>[[Plasma turret]]s
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| <br>[[Pulse laser turret]]s
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| |complement=[[Covenant drop pod|Drop pod]]s
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| <br>[[Type-25 Spirit]]s
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| <br>[[Type-26 Banshee]]s
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| <br>[[Type-28 boarding craft]]
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| <br>[[Type-29 Shadow]]s
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| <br>[[Type-31 Seraph]]s
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| <br>[[Type-47 Scarab]]s
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| <br>[[Type-52 Phantom]]s
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| |crew=Several thousand
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| |skeleton=
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| |passengers=Commander, ground forces, ship crew
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| |capacity=
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| |consumables=
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| |othersystems=
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| |firstuse=
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| |role=Command and control
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| <br>Planetary occupation
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| |era=[[Halopedia:Timeline|The Great War era]]
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| <br>[[Halopedia:Timeline|Post-war era]]
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| |affiliation=[[Covenant]]
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| <br>[[Joyous Exultation Covenant]]
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| }}
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| The '''''CSO''-class supercarrier''' is a powerful [[Covenant]] [[Capital ship|capital warship]], primarily designed for command and control duties for fleets, as well as support for occupation forces. Such vessels are typically deployed only during invasions of worlds with high strategic value.<ref name="DD4">[[Data Drop|'''Data Drop''' ''Four'']]</ref> It is the largest known ship seen in the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 28''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 236''</ref>
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| ==Design==
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| The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes. The vessel looks nearly identical to the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted purple instead of white. Along with the ''CAS'', the ''CSO'' is designated a Class-Five flagship carrier by the UNSC due to its common use at the center of fleets.<ref name="DD4"/>
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| The "S", or Salvation, in the supercarrier's three-letter classification code, "CSO" indicates that the carrier is a dedicated [[warship]] capable of destroying its opponents with [[energy projector]]s. The "O", or Ordained, indicates that the ''CSO''-class supercarrier is not a mission type and has been improved upon with [[Forerunner]] technology.<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref>
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| ==Operational history==
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| One such vessel served as the [[flagship]] of the [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 236 - 239''</ref> During the [[Fall of Reach]] the supercarrier ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' spearheaded the Covenant invasion of [[Reach]] as the flagship of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], deploying numerous ground assets to the surface of Reach via [[Covenant spire|teleportation spires]] and destroying the {{UNSCship|Grafton}}.
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| During [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Jorge-052]] transported an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace bomb]] toward ''Long Night of Solace'' aboard the [[SDV-class heavy corvette|corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' while [[SPARTAN-B312]] locked course with the supercarrier. After SPARTAN-B312 was jettisoned from the hangar, Jorge manually detonated the bomb, destroying both the corvette and the supercarrier at the cost of his own life.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref>
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| ==Ships of the line==
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| *''[[Long Night of Solace]]''
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| *''[[Sublime Transcendence]]''
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:Reach-Concept-ToTS-Supercarrier.jpg|Concept art of the supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
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| File:Solace Destroyed.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace'''s destruction.
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| File:Reach - Supercarrier.png|A render of a supercarrier, dorsal view.
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| File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|A port-side view of a supercarrier's ventral face.
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| File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' over Reach.
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| File:LNoS ends.jpg|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed by a slipspace rift.
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| File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|Visual and scale comparison between a supercarrier and an assault carrier.
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| File:Supercarrier_underside.jpg|A view of a supercarrier's ventral suface, showing its darker coloration in contrast to an assault carrier's.
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| File:HFB-LongNightofSolace.png|The ''Long Night of Solace'' in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
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| File:HFB-CSO.jpg|A side view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
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| File:HFB-CSO1.jpg|A front view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
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| </gallery>
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| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Covenant supercarriers}}
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| {{CovenantShips}}
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