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{{Ship Class Infobox

|name=Civilian transport craft

|manufacturer=

|classes=

|slipspace drive= Likely <ref group="note">It is likely that these craft are equipped with slipspace drives, in order to ferry the civilians aboard safely away from Tribute/Reach without having to use valuable military craft, as if they did not have slipspace drives equipped, they would unlikely be able to escape the system intact, as Covenant fleets were spread throughout the Epsilon Eridani system.</ref>

|length={{Convert|295.63|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=4|disp=flip}}<ref name="ReachGameData">'''Halo: Reach''' 3D model data</ref>

|width={{Convert|221.53|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=4|disp=flip}}<ref name="ReachGameData"/>

|height={{Convert|88.35|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=4|disp=flip}} (gear up), <br> {{Convert|94.84|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=5|disp=flip}} (gear down) <ref name="ReachGameData"/>

|complement=

|misc-title=Capacity

|role=Civilian transport

==Specifications==

The passenger capacity of these vessels is unknown, but it is known that they can accommodate at least 600 people; on their undercarriage they are capable of hauling up to five massive cargo containers, likely for storing luggage, and in the event of an evacuation, provisions and munitions. The cargo container has the following dimensions: length={{Convert|17.63|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=3|disp=flip}}, width={{Convert|39.41|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=3|disp=flip}}, and height={{Convert|21.42|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=3|disp=flip}}.<ref name="ReachGameData"/>

==History==

In use during the [[Battle of Tribute]] and the [[Fall of Reach]], at least five were used to evacuate both [[UNSC Army|soldiers]] and [[civilian]]s from [[New Alexandria]] during the [[Covenant]] invasion Reach. During this evacuation, [[6 Echo 2|one]] of these ships was destroyed upon take-off from the [[New Alexandria Starport]]. The craft were under attack from Covenant ground forces and were close to being overrun while an [[SDV-class heavy corvette]] over the starport prevented them from taking off. As the situation got desperate, [[SPARTAN-B312]] fired a missile battery at the corvette, severely damaging it and forcing the corvette to retreat, just in time for the transports which were able to take off and get to safety. <ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref> Around this time, such craft were used to evacuate the populace of [[Casbah|Casbah City]], [[Tribute]], another planet in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].<ref>'''Halo 4''', multiplayer map ''[[Landfall (level)|Landfall]]''</ref>

There were also several dozen of these transports in the [[Aszod ship breaking yards]], apparently decommissioned like the [[UNSC frigate|frigates]] and cruisers seen near them.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>

During the peace negotiations between the [[Sangheili]] and the [[Jiralhanae]] in [[2558]], the transport craft ''[[DS-004]]'' served as a [[diplomatic shuttle]] for the ambassadors, transporting them to the surface of [[Ealen IV]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #1''</ref>

==Known transport craft==

*[[6 Echo 2]]

*[[6 Echo 3]]

*[[7 Echo 3]]

*[[DS-004]]

File:Ih_civilian_transport_orthos01.jpg|Concept art of the ship.

File:HaloReach - civiliantransport.jpg|6 Echo 2 being hit by a [[Plasma turret|plasma torpedo]].

File:H4 Landfall Transport Ship Rear.jpg|A rear view of the transport ship.

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