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| {{Quote|Our fighters are mopping up the last of their recon picket now, nothing serious. But I've isolated approach signatures from multiple ''Ket''-pattern battle groups, make it three capital ships per group. And in about 90 seconds they'll be all over us.|Cortana{{Ref/Reuse|poace}}}} | | {{Era|FOR|H1|TF|FS|H2|GOO|H3|CH|HGN}} |
| '''Capital ships''' are a classification of spacecraft. The definition of a capital ship depends on the individual faction and the ship class. As an example: the large and heavily armed [[Phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class]] is considered a support vessel in the [[UNSC]],{{Ref/Note|According to The Essential Visual Guide (page 188), Phoenix-class ships used by the UNSC are designated as support vessels rather than colony ships.}} while the {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}, which is nearly half its size, is considered a capital ship.<ref name="campaignguide">''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' - Campaign Guide, p. 26</ref> | | The '''[[Wikipedia:Capital ship|capital ships]]''' of a navy are its "important" and "biggest" [[warships]]; the ones with the heaviest firepower and armour. There is usually no formal criterion for the classification, but it is a useful concept when thinking about strategy, for instance to compare relative naval strengths in a theatre of operations without having to get bogged down in the details of tonnage and gun diameters. A capital ship is generally a leading or primary ship in a fleet. |
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| ===Covenant===<!--Ships should be listed in descending order based on their length and relative firepower, if known.-->
| | These are the classifications of [[Covenant]] warships known to fall under the Capital Ship category: |
| *Cruiser<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles ''Halo Waypoint:'' Universe - Covenant Cruiser]</ref>
| | *[[Covenant Assault Carrier]] |
| **{{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}<ref>''[[Halo: Envoy]]''</ref><ref>''Halo: Fleet Battles'' - Campaign Guide, p. 31</ref> | | *[[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] |
| **{{Pattern|Maugen|armored cruiser}}<ref name="canon fodder armory">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Armory Amore]</ref> | | *[[Covenant Supercruiser]] |
| **{{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}<ref name="poace">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', campaign level, [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]</ref><ref>''Halo: Fleet Battles'' - Campaign Guide, p. 32</ref><ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' - Covenant Ships, p. 277</ref> | | *[[Covenant Battleship]] |
| **{{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}<ref>''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'', Chapter ??</ref>{{Ref/Note|While ''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'' refers to the {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} ''[[Spear of Light]]'' as a capital ship, it had been heavily modified by San'Shyuum [[Prelate]]s to be more effective than other examples of its class, and may have been an anomaly.}} | |
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| | These are the classifications of [[UNSC]] Warships known to fall under the Capital Ship category: |
| [[Ensign]]s typically did not pilot UNSC capital ships.{{Ref/Reuse|tforchapter21}} | | *[[Marathon-class Cruiser]] |
| *[[UNSC carrier|Carrier]]
| | *[[UNSC Carrier]] |
| **{{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}<ref>''Halo: Fleet Battles'' - Campaign, p. 25</ref>
| | *[[UNSC Supercarrier]] |
| **{{Class|Orion|assault carrier}}{{Ref/Reuse|canon fodder armory}}
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| *[[Cruiser]]<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles?page=3 ''Halo Waypoint:'' Universe - UNSC Cruiser description]</ref> | |
| **{{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}{{Ref/Reuse|campaignguide}}
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| *[[UNSC frigate]]
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| **{{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/unsc-frigate ''Halo Waypoint:'' Universe - UNSC Frigate]</ref>
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| *[[UNSC destroyer]] | |
| **{{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}<ref name="tforchapter21">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 21</ref>
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| *[[Battleship|UNSC Battleship]] | |
| **{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}
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| *[[Prime cruiser]]<ref>''[[Halo: Primordium]]'', Chapter 16</ref>
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