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| {{Title|''Phoenix''-class colonial support vessel}} | | {{Title|''Phoenix''-class colony ship}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|UNSC|HCW}} |
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| |name=''Phoenix''-class colony ship | |
| |image=[[File:UNSC Spirit of Fire (CFV-88).png|300px]] | | |image=[[File:UNSC Spirit of Fire (CFV-88).png|300px]] |
| |manufacturer=[[Halifax Spacewerx]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | |manufacturer= |
| |class=[[Colony ship]] | | |class=Phoenix |
| |role=;Standard
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| | ;Standard |
| *Colonization of planets | | *Colonization of planets |
| ;Military refit | | ;Refit |
| *Support of ground operations | | *Support of ground operations |
| |length={{Convert|2500|m|ft}}<ref name="EVG">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 188</ref> | | |length=2.5 kilometers (7,920 feet)<ref name="HW">[http://au.xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/halo-wars/893524p1.html Gamespy Australia interview with Graeme Devine]</ref> |
| |width={{Convert|800|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} | | |width= |
| |height={{Convert|689|m|ft|}}<ref name="Warfleet">''[[Halo Warfleet]]'', p. 48-49</ref> | | |height= |
| |mass=44 million metric tons{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| |engine= | | |engine= |
| |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
| |hull=[[Titanium-A armor]] | | |hull= |
| |armament= | | |armament= |
| ;Refit-specific | | ;Refit-specific |
| *3 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|22B6R3 MACs]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}<ref name="SOF Fact">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/SpiritOfFire.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'': Spirit of Fire] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Spirit of Fire|Archive]])</ref><ref name="Mythos">[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]</ref> | | *[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/SpiritOfFire.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''' - ''Spirit of Fire'']</ref> |
| *10 [[11A2R1 naval coilgun battery|11A2R1 naval coilgun batteries]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | *[[Archer Missile]]s |
| *24 [[Archer Missile#M42 Archer|M42 Archer missile pods]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | *[[50mm point defense gun]]s (52+) |
| *40 [[M800 Rampart point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | *[[Unidentified UNSC deck gun|Heavy deck guns]] (22+) |
| |complement= | | |complement= |
| |misc-title=Crew | | |misc-title=Crew |
| |misc=11,000<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', p. 72</ref> | | |misc=*11,000 {{Citation needed}} |
| |introduced=c. [[2362]]
| | |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| |era=*[[Domus Diaspora|Colonial Era]] | | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] |
| *[[Insurrection]]
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| *[[Human-Covenant War]]
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| *[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
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| *[[Colonial Administration Authority]]
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| *[[United Nations Space Command]]
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| The '''''Phoenix''-class colonial support vessel'''<ref>[http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HFUN13 '''Spartan Games:''' ''Halo: Fleet Battles - UNSC - UNSC Phoenix-Class Colonial Support Vessel''] (defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170719015452/http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HFUN13 Archived])</ref> is a [[colony ship]] classification used by the [[Unified Earth Government]], with a [[hull classification symbol]] of '''CFV'''. In addition to ferrying colonists to newly settled worlds, they are used to carry equipment such as prefabricated [[colony starter unit]]s, hydroponics and other facilities.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref> Known ships of the ''Phoenix'' class include the {{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} which colonized [[Harvest]]<ref name="Contact">''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', p. 183</ref> and the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} which aided in the colonization of [[Arcadia]] and was later converted into a warship. | | The '''''Phoenix''-class''' is a [[colony ship]] classification within the [[United Nations Space Command]], with a [[hull classification symbol]] of '''CFV'''. Beside ferrying colonists to newly settled worlds, they are used to carry equipment such as prefabricated [[colony starter unit]]s, hydroponics and other facilities.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref> Known ships of the ''Phoenix''-class include the {{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} which colonized [[Harvest]]<ref name="Contact">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 183''</ref> and the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} which aided in the colonization of [[Arcadia]] and was later converted into a warship. |
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| ==Design details==
| | The ''Phoenix''-class starship, among others, are sometimes modified into warships such as the ''Spirit of Fire'', which is a modified ''Phoenix'' converted for wartime-use towards the newly encountered [[Covenant]] alien alliance. The refitted ships carry vehicles, troops, and supplies as support for ground forces. It also carries the resources necessary to build [[Firebase]]s, with the base structures being repurposed colony starter units.<ref name="Halo Wars">'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> |
| [[File:Arcadia Colonized.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Arcadia]] colonized by three ''Phoenix''-class colony ships.]] | |
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| | ==Function== |
| | [[File:Arcadia Colonized.jpg|thumb|left|[[Arcadia]] colonized by three ''Phoenix''-class colony ships.]] |
| | The ''Phoenix''-class is 2.5 km long<ref name="HW"/>, making it one of the largest known [[UNSC]] ships in the organization's naval history. |
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| First commissioned in 2362 during the [[Domus Diaspora|golden age of human colonization]], ''Phoenix''-class colony ships were designed to transport colonists, terraforming equipment, and other infrastructure from an [[Inner Colony]] such as [[Earth]] to a distant colony world.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} For decades after 2362 the ''Phoenix''-class colony ship was the largest interstellar vehicle created by humanity.{{Ref/Site|Id=hot drops|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/hot-drops-flag-caps|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Community Update - Hot Drops & Flag Caps|D=01|M=03|Y=2021}} A single ''Phoenix''-class colony ship is capable of setting up a self sufficient colony in just six months.{{Ref/Reuse|hot drops}} On lusher or more verdant colony worlds the ''Phoenix''-class colony ship would stay on station in orbit or act as a dedicated transport for personnel and resources to and from the Sol system.{{Ref/Reuse|hot drops}} In at least one instance, a colony ship was decommissioned to aid in the development of a colony. On [[Harvest]], the [[UNSC Skidbladnir|''Skidbladnir's'']] fusion reactor was used to power the first settlement, [[Utgard]] and its data processing storage housing the Agricultural Operations AI, [[Mack]] was also utilized. The ship's AI, [[Loki]], became the [[Planetary Security Intelligence]], sharing a core with Mack, and was tasked with covertly monitoring the colony for trouble by the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|Contact}}
| | The ''Phoenix''-class ships were designed to transport thousands of colonists from Earth, or one of the other Inner Colonies, as well as [[terraforming]] equipment to alter the existing atmosphere and/or biosphere to become compatible with human habitation. Once the terraforming is completed, the colonists settle the planet. On at least one instance, a colony ship was decommissioned to aid in the development of a colony. On [[Harvest]], the [[UNSC Skidbladnir|''Skidbladnir's'']] fusion reactor was used to power the first settlement, [[Utgard]] and its data processing storage housing the Agricultural Operations AI, [[Mack]] was also utilized. The ship's AI, [[Loki]], became the [[Planetary Security Intelligence]], sharing a core with Mack, covertly monitoring the colony for trouble for the UNSC.<ref name="Contact"/> Whether this was a common fate for colony ships during the colonization of other worlds is unknown. |
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| ===Modifications===
| | Once converted, a ''Phoenix''-class ship can become an extremely effective troop transport and orbital support ship, carrying thousands of Marines, significant supplies and equipment, and, if equipped with a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] during conversion, is able to attack ground targets from orbit in support of ground operations. It can also use [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]], [[Albatross]] dropships and [[Pod]]s to deploy ground forces and establish bases of operation. It is even able to participate in atmosphere to a degree.<ref name="Halo Wars"/> However, despite the conversion of the ''Phoenix''-class from a colony transport ship to a warship, it is still underpowered as far as most warships go; the super-structure of the ''Spirit of Fire'' is vulnerable to light pulse laser fire, and despite the addition of armor plating, the outer edges of the hull were ripped away when the ship nearly collided with a [[Covenant destroyer]] of about the same size. The [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] can fire multiple times consecutively, but each round is less powerful than the cannons used by other UNSC warships. |
| At least one ''Phoenix'', the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'', was modified for wartime use by the [[United Nations Space Command]] and redesignated a '''''Phoenix''-class support vessel'''.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} The refitted ships carry vehicles, troops, and supplies as support for ground forces. It also carries the resources necessary to build [[firebase]]s, with the base structures being repurposed colony starter units.<ref name="Halo Wars">'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref>
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| Once converted, a ''Phoenix''-class ship becomes an extremely effective troop transport and orbital support ship, with the ability to carry large amounts of ground troops and ample supplies to sustain them in the field with little to no external contact for considerable amounts of time. It is also able to utilize its deck guns to rapidly conduct multiple "MAC-blasts" in support of ground troops.<ref>Halo Wars Level "Dome of Light"</ref>{{Ref/Note|1=All ''Halo Wars'' media, including the [[Halo Wars Timeline Events|in-game timeline]], the [http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/SpiritOfFire.aspx official website], and ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'', state that the ''Spirit of Fire'' was outfitted with a single MAC during its military refit. During [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_vYCugfijI the cutscene] prior to the level ''[[Dome of Light]]'', [[James Gregory Cutter|Captain Cutter]] asks, ''"Can we use the ship's '''''cannons''''' to take it out directly?"'' At the end of this level, the player is able to request forty MAC rounds in very rapid succession, which is impossible for a standard MAC; throughout most of the game, the player can request up to four MAC rounds simultaneously. In addition, the rounds released by the "MAC Blast" power cause very limited damage. Thus, it stands to reason that these weapons were used to provide orbital bombardment by the ''Spirit of Fire'' rather than its primary MAC, which would cause great collateral damage and would have a considerably lower rate of fire}} The ship plays a vital role in battle by dispatching [[D82-EST Darter]] dropships to quickly and efficiently distribute supplies near hostile areas, while [[D20 Heron]]s deploy prefabricated firebases to reinforce places of interest. However, despite the conversion of the ''Phoenix''-class from a colony transport ship to a warship, it still lacks the capacity to operate as a front-line ship-to-ship combatant; despite the addition of armor plating, the outer edges of ''Spirit of Fire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull was ripped away when the ship collided with a {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}, with no damage being inflicted on the opposing ship.
| | These were presumably one of the largest vessels built by the UNSC. ''Phoenix''-class colony ships were also used for scrap metal when they were greatly disabled or inoperative. |
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| ==Ships of the line== | | ==Ships of the line== |
| *{{CAAShip|First Reverie}} - Launched in [[2362]] to colonise new worlds.
| | *{{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} - Missing, presumed lost. |
| *{{UNSCShip|Phoenix}} - Lead ship of the ''Phoenix''-class.
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| *{{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} (CFV-88) - Active as of [[2559]]; officially lost with all hands in 2534. | |
| *{{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} - Scrapped for materials. | | *{{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} - Scrapped for materials. |
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| ==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
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| ===UNSC ''Phoenix''-class colonial support vessel===
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| This element includes a single ''Phoenix''-class colonial support vessel.
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| *Cost: 200 points
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| *Movement: 6"
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| *Damage Track: 10 • 9 • 5
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| *Build Rating: 4
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| *Hangars: 3
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| *Boarding Craft: 6
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| *Security Detail: 5
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| *System loadouts:
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| **Hard Burn (2")
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| **Missile Barrage
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| **Point Defence (4)
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| **Titanium Armour (5)
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| *Primary Weapon: Light MAC
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| **Range: 10/20"
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| **Weapon loadouts: MAC (2)
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| **Firing Arc: Forward
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| **Dice: 12
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| *Additional Primary Weapon: Light MAC
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| **Range: 10/20"
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| **Weapon loadouts: MAC (1)
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| **Firing Arc: Port/Starboard
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| **Dice: 8
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| *Secondary Weapon: Missile Batteries
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| **Range: 12/24"
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| **Weapon loadouts: Missiles
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| **Firing Arc: Forward or Port+Starboard
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| **Dice: 10
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| ===UNSC ''Phoenix'' (Guardian Spirit formation)===
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| This element includes a ''Phoenix''-class colonial support vessel and one ''Marathon''-class heavy cruiser.
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| *Cost: 260 points
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| *Movement: 6"
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| *Damage Track: 12 • 11 • 6
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| *Build Rating: 6
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| *Hangars: 5
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| *Boarding Craft: 7
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| *Security Detail: 7
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| *System loadouts:
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| **Hard Burn (2")
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| **Missile Barrage
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| **Point Defence (6)
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| **Titanium Armour (7)
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| *Primary Weapon: Heavy MAC
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| **Range: 15/30"
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| **Weapon loadouts: MAC (4)
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| **Firing Arc: Forward
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| **Dice: 16
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| *Additional Primary Weapon: Light MAC
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| **Range: 10/20"
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| **Weapon loadouts: MAC (1)
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| **Firing Arc: Port/Starboard
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| **Dice: 8
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| *Secondary Weapon: Missile Batteries
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| **Range: 12/24"
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| **Weapon loadouts: Missiles
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| **Firing Arc: Forward or Port+Starboard
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| **Dice: 14
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Phoenix-class colony ships}}
| | *The ''Phoenix'' was a mythological bird which would be reborn at the end of its lifetime; in a similar fashion, the ''Phoenix-''class Colony Ship would be decommissioned and stripped down upon colonizing a planet, the ship's materials "giving birth" to a new colony. |
| *The [[Wikipedia:Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] was a mythological bird which would be reborn at the end of its lifetime; in a similar fashion, the ''Phoenix-''class colony ship would be decommissioned and stripped down upon colonizing a planet, with the ship's materials "giving birth" to a new colony. | | *The name ''Phoenix'' may be a reference to [[Bungie]]'s canceled game of the same name,<ref name="Halo Wars"/> or, more likely, the name is derived from an Ensemble prototype which pitched humans against invading Martians in a War of the Worlds style, which was titled ''Phoenix''.<ref>[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3919/ensemble_studios_the_last_tour.php?page=1 Ensemble Studios Last Tours]</ref> |
| *The name ''Phoenix'' may be a reference to [[Bungie]]'s canceled game of the same name,{{Ref/Reuse|Halo Wars}} or, more likely, the name is derived from an Ensemble prototype which pitched humans against invading Martians in a War of the Worlds style, which was titled ''Phoenix''.<ref>[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3919/ensemble_studios_the_last_tour.php?page=1 Ensemble Studios Last Tours]</ref> | | *The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'' claims the ''Spirit of Fire'' to be three miles long. |
| *The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' wrongly claims the ''Spirit of Fire'' to be three miles long. | |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:HWF Spirit of Fire.jpg|A cross section of the ''Phoenix''-class refit ''Spirit of Fire''. | | File:Timeline002.jpg|Concept art of the ship's bridge. |
| File:HWG SpiritOfFire SFTE.png|The [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Shaw-Fujikawa drive]] room of a refit ''Phoenix''-class colony ship in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''. | | File:Spirit SF room.png|[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Shaw-Fujikawa drive]] room of a refit ''Phoenix''-class colony ship. |
| File:HWG SoF DropBayBravo.png|Drop Bay Bravo of the ''Spirit of Fire''. | | File:Spirit drop bay bravo.png|Drop Bay Bravo of the ''Spirit of Fire''. |
| File:HW_Cat.jpg|Concept art of the ship's bridge for ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
| | File:ApexBattleImage.png|The ''[[Spirit of Fire]]'' colliding with a [[Covenant destroyer]]. |
| File:HaloWars-SOF-Space.jpg|A profile of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, illustrating the Phoenix-class vessel's vast length and armament.
| | File:RepairsOpening.png|The ''Spirit Of Fire'' faces a Covenant destroyer in the interior of the Shield World. |
| File:ApexBattleImage.png|The ''[[Spirit of Fire]]'' colliding with a {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}. | |
| File:RepairsOpening.png|The ''Spirit of Fire'' faces a Covenant destroyer in the interior of the shield world. | |
| File:HW20.png|One of the cryo-chambers on board a ''Phoenix''-class colony ship. | | File:HW20.png|One of the cryo-chambers on board a ''Phoenix''-class colony ship. |
| File:Dome o' Light.png|The holographic display table on the bridge of a ''Phoenix''-class colony ship. | | File:Dome o' Light.png|The holographic display table on the bridge of a ''Phoenix''-class colony ship. |
| File:Shipyard.png|A ''Phoenix''-class colony ship being constructed at a UNSC shipyard, possibly over [[Jupiter]], in ''[[Halo Legends]]'': ''[[Origins]]''. | | File:Shipyard.png|A ''Phoenix''-class colony ship being constructed at a UNSC shipyard, possibly over [[Jupiter]]. |
| File:BootCamp - Reach.png|A ''Phoenix''-class vessel (left) near Reach in ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''.
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| File:Escalation 6 - Spirit of Fire.jpg|The ''Spirit of Fire'' in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
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| File:Marathon, Epoch and Phoenix models.jpg|A ''Phoenix'' in comparison with a ''[[Marathon-class heavy cruiser|Marathon]]'' and ''[[Epoch-class heavy carrier|Epoch]]'' in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
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| File:HFB-Phoenix1.jpg|A ''Phoenix''-class colony ship.
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| File:HFB-Phoenix.jpg|A ''Phoenix''-class colony ship with a D77-TC Pelican.
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| File:HFB-Lotsofships.png|The ''Phoenix''-class colony ship compared to other known UNSC and Covenant vessels of the wartime era.
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| File:HM - SOF and Ark.jpg|The ''Spirit of Fire'' in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
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| File:HW2-SoF.jpg|The ''Spirit of Fire'' in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
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| File:HINF-Phoenixes.jpg|''Phoenix''-class colony ships in concept art for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}}
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| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]'' | | *''[[Halo Wars]]'' |
| | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}} {{Mo}} |
| *''[[Halo Legends]]'' | | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' |
| **''[[Origins]]'' | | **''[[Origins]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
| | *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' |
| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
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| **''[[Something Has Happened]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' | |
| *''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Sacrifice]]'' {{Im}}
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| *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Hippocratica]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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