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[[File:UNSC Spirit of Fire (CFV-88).png|thumb|250px|A [[Phoenix-class Colony Ship]].]] | |||
A '''colony ship''' is a vessel designed to transport colonists and equipment required for planetary colonization, including [[terraforming]] equipment to alter a planet's original atmosphere and/or biosphere to become compatible with [[human]] habitation. Colony ships also carry prefabricated [[colony starter unit]]s to serve as early settlements until more permanent habitats can be built.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/firebase.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''UNSC Firebase'']</ref> After the colonization process is fully underway, the vessel itself may also be dismantled and repurposed to serve as the groundwork for a colony, with the power reactor used to power the settlement, and the ship's [[Artificial | A '''colony ship''' is a vessel designed to transport colonists and equipment required for planetary colonization, including [[terraforming]] equipment to alter a planet's original atmosphere and/or biosphere to become compatible with [[human]] habitation. Colony ships also carry prefabricated [[colony starter unit]]s to serve as early settlements until more permanent habitats can be built.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/firebase.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''UNSC Firebase'']</ref> After the colonization process is fully underway, the vessel itself may also be dismantled and repurposed to serve as the groundwork for a colony, with the power reactor used to power the settlement, and the ship's [[Artificial Intelligence|AI construct]] repurposed to function as the colony's [[Planetary Security Intelligence]], as was the case with the {{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} when [[Harvest]] was colonized.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 183''</ref> | ||
Some colony ships, namely the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, have also been converted for military use, with their colony starter units [[Firebase|repurposed]] to serve as [[military base]]s. | Some colony ships, namely the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, have also been converted for military use, with their colony starter units [[Firebase|repurposed]] to serve as [[military base]]s. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The first human colony ships transported colonists to other worlds in the [[Sol system]], including [[Luna]], [[Mars]] and the [[Jovian Moons]]. The construction of the first line of interstellar colony ships began in [[2310]], soon after the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace travel]]. In [[2362]], the ''[[Odyssey]]'' led the first wave of extrasolar human colonization, to colonize worlds in nearby systems; these would later be known as the [[Inner Colonies]]. A military presence was often attached to colony ships and the worlds they colonized, to serve as security and to complement the UNSC's fleets and other military forces.<ref>'' | The first human colony ships transported colonists to other worlds in the [[Sol system]], including [[Luna]], [[Mars]] and the [[Jovian Moons]]. The construction of the first line of interstellar colony ships began in [[2310]], soon after the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace travel]]. In [[2362]], the ''[[Odyssey]]'' led the first wave of extrasolar human colonization, to colonize worlds in nearby systems; these would later be known as the [[Inner Colonies]]. A military presence was often attached to colony ships and the worlds they colonized, to serve as security and to complement the UNSC's fleets and other military forces.<ref>[http://halostory.bungie.org/halostory.timeline.html '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo Timeline'']</ref> | ||
The "golden age" of human expansion continued for over a hundred years, with colony ships used to settle hundreds of worlds beyond the Inner Colonies. These worlds would be known as the [[Outer Colonies]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', | The "golden age" of human expansion continued for over a hundred years, with colony ships used to settle hundreds of worlds beyond the Inner Colonies. These worlds would be known as the [[Outer Colonies]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[the Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 428''</ref> | ||
After the [[Human-Covenant War]], humanity begun to resettle its former colony worlds [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|the Covenant]], including [[Reach]], using terraforming equipment carried by colony ships to return them to a habitable state.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Lone Wolf|Epilogue]]''</ref> | |||
After the [[Human-Covenant War]], humanity | |||
==Known types== | ==Known types== | ||
* | *[[Phoenix-class Colony Ship]] | ||
*[[Unidentified colony ship]] | *[[Unidentified colony ship]] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Arcadia Colonized.jpg|Three Phoenix-class colony ships colonizing [[Arcadia]]. | File:Arcadia Colonized.jpg|Three Phoenix-class colony ships colonizing [[Arcadia]]. | ||
File: | File:HaloReach - ColonyShip.png|A post-Human-Covenant War colony ship re-colonizing Reach. | ||
File:Shipyard.png|A Phoenix-class colony ship being constructed at an orbital shipyard. | File:Shipyard.png|A Phoenix-class colony ship being constructed at an orbital shipyard. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' | *''[[Halo Wars]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Legends]]'' | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' | ||
**''[[Origins]]'' | **''[[Origins]]'' | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Xbox.com]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Ship Classifications]] | |||
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