Editing Banta-class transport

{{Title|''Banta''-class colony ship}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship class infobox
|image=[[File:Cargo ship.png|300px]]
|name=''Banta''-class colony ship
|manufacturer=[[Au-Anderson Shipyards]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=130}}
|class=
*[[Colony ship]]
*Transport ship{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}}
|role=
|length={{Convert|249.6|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|148|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height={{Convert|71.6|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}} {{C|landing gear up}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass=502.7 tons (456 tonnes) {{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|power=
|engine=
|slipspace drive=
|navigation=
|hull=
|armament=
|complement=400 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|crew=8{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|othersystems=
|era=[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}}<br>
[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}}
|introduced=
|affiliation=*[[Civilian]]
*[[UNSC]]
*[[United Rebel Front]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}}
}}
The '''''Banta''-class colony ship''',{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} also referred to as a '''''Banta''-class transport''',{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}} is a type of [[human]] starship. At least [[Emmeline|one]] of these vessels was in the possession of the [[United Rebel Front]] in early [[2526]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|HSS|Chapter=13}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Banta''-class transport is a fairly sizable craft with an enclosed flight deck separated from the main cabin and troop bay by various internal hatches, and they require only a small crew to operate. From the flight deck, the crew can depressurize compartments individually. Its troop bay alone is large enough to hold at least 300 [[human]] passengers, and it can be accessed externally via loading ramp. ''Banta''-class transports feature at least one airlock to allow other ships to dock and exchange passengers or cargo. Its various interior compartments are connected by passageways and junctions that wind through the ship. Toward the front of the craft is a forward briefing compartment.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS18|HSS|Chapter=18}} The ''Banta''-class also features multiple emergency escape pods.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}} Ships of this class are propelled by four engine exhausts that allow it to fly in space, as well as in a [[planet]]'s atmosphere.{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}{{Ref/Reuse|legends}}

==Operational history==
===Origins and UNSC service===
''Banta''-class ships are loosely based on military cargo transports of the 24th century. They traditionally served as ferries capable of carrying up to 400 passengers, or use their extensive cargo holds to move smaller vessels.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The ships were in service with the [[UNSC]] by [[2517]]. One such ship, the {{UNSCShip|Dartmouth}} was attacked and destroyed by [[Eridanus rebels]] in the [[Eridanus system]] that year.<ref name="bootcamp">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', [[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]</ref>

===Human-Covenant War===
During the [[Battle of Seoba|Battle of]] [[Seoba]] on [[2526#March|March 18, 2526]], a [[United Rebel Front]]-owned ''Banta''-class transport called the ''[[Emmeline]]'' was seized by the [[UNSC]]'s [[Task Force Yama]]. The day after the battle, roughly three hundred [[insurrectionist]] prisoners—including [[General]] [[Harper Garvin]]—were loaded on to the captured vessel to be taken to [[Biko]] for prosecution.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}} However, the flight crew installed by the UNSC were actually insurrectionist agents recruited by the turncoat [[Hector Nyeto]]. After a [[Covenant]] [[Bloodstar Flotilla|flotilla]] arrived at Seoba, the ''Emmeline'' caught up with the ''[[Sacred Whisper]]'', an [[intrusion corvette]] and [[Sangheili First Blade officer|First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]]'s flagship. As the Covenant had come to Seoba to meet with the insurgents, General Garvin intended to organize a deal with 'Szatulai aboard the ''Emmeline''. After the [[Silent Shadow]] [[Sangheili]] dealt with [[Erland Booth|one]] jumpy insurgent who armed a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] in an attempt to get 'Szatulai to recall the Covenant [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience|fleet]] that was [[Battle of Biko|attacking]] [[Biko]], they did make a deal, though Tel 'Szatulai did not intend to honor his half of it. When he left the ''Emmeline'', he took [[Petora Zoyas|an insurrectionist]] with him in order to better communicate with Garvin in the future.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS18}}

As the [[Human-Covenant War]], these ships were used in a similar capacity to [[Egret Spaceliner]]s - used to evacuate civilian populations from besieged cities.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} During the [[Battle for Arcadia]] in [[2531]], three of these ships were requisitioned as evacuation transports by the [[Arcadian Patrol]], used to airlift the inhabitants of [[Pirth City]] to safety during the battle. ''[[Cargo 3]]'' was destroyed by enemy fire, but at least one of the other two ships, aided by [[Red Team|Spartan Red Team]] and forces from the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, managed to take off and escape, saving hundreds from slaughter by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Level|Id=HW|[[Halo Wars]]|[[Arcadia City (Level)|Arcadia City]]}}

These ships were also used to evacuate civilians from [[Algolis]] during [[Algolis Invasion|its invasion]]. One of them was shot down by the Covenant, but the other, as well as a [[D77H-TCI Pelican|Pelican]], escaped to a [[Unidentified UNSC frigate (Algolis)|frigate]] in orbit, which was to rendezvous with the {{UNSCShip|The Heart of Midlothian}} near the edge of the system.<ref name="legends">''[[Halo Legends]]'', [[Prototype]]</ref>

===Post-war usage===
In the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era, ''Banta'' transports remain ubiquitous in the [[Outer Colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Ships of the line==
*[[Cargo 1]] - Evacuation ship
*[[Cargo 2]] - Evacuation ship
*[[Cargo 3]] - Evacuation ship
*''[[Emmeline]]'' - [[United Rebel Front]] transport
*{{UNSCShip|Dartmouth}} - UNSC cargo ship

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:Prototype EvacuationCraft Concept.png|Concept art of the ''Banta''-class colony ship for ''Prototype''.
File:Old HW Algolis Escape.jpg|Two of the ships being used to evacuate civilians during the Battle of Algolis.
File:HL-Prototype-CivilianCargoShip1.jpg|One of the ships preparing to take off.
File:HL-Prototype-CivilianCargoShip2.jpg|Detail on the ship as it takes off.
File:HL-Prototype-CivilianCargoShip3.jpg|The ''Banta'' lifting off in the midst of battle before it was struck down by Covenant weapons fire.
File:Dartmouth.png|The UNSC ''Dartmouth'' in the Eridanus system.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}} 
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Prototype]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{C|First identified by name}}
*''[[Halo: Hippocratica]]''

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Human civilian ships}}
[[Category:Human ships]]
[[Category:UNSC ship classes]]