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{{Ship Class Infobox | |||
{{Ship | |name=DDS-class carrier | ||
|name= | |||
|image= | |image= | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer=[[Covenant]] | ||
|class= | |line= | ||
| | |model= | ||
|class=DDS-class carrier | |||
|width={{Convert|1186|m|ft | |length={{Convert|3000|m|ft}}<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 28''</ref> | ||
|width={{Convert|1186|m|ft}}<ref name="visual"/> | |||
|height= | |height= | ||
|mass= | |mass= | ||
| | |max accel= | ||
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]] | |max speed space= | ||
|max speed air= | |||
|engine=[[Repulsor engine|Repulsor Engines]] | |||
|slipspace drive=Equipped | |slipspace drive=Equipped | ||
|slipspace speed=Unknown | |||
|poweroutput= | |||
|power= | |||
|shield gen=Resistant to 3 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds or greater than 1 [[Plasma turret|plasma torpedo]] | |||
|hull=Resistant to 100+ [[Archer missile]]s | |||
* Equipped with energy shields | |||
|sensor= | |||
|target= | |||
|navigation=[[Navigation computer]] | |navigation=[[Navigation computer]] | ||
| | |avionics= | ||
| | |countermeasures= | ||
|armament= | |armament=*[[Pulse laser turret]]s | ||
* | *[[Plasma turret]]s (2+) | ||
|complement=*100+ [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Seraphs]]<ref name="ghost">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 305''</ref> | |||
* | *200+ [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] | ||
*34 [[Type-28 Troop Carrier|Spirits]] or [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] | |||
|complement=* | *[[Type-47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform|Scarabs]] | ||
*200 [[Type-26 | *Associated Armored Vehicles | ||
* | *4000+ Covenant troops | ||
|crew= | **[[Sangheili|Elites]] | ||
**[[Unggoy|Grunts]] | |||
**[[Kig-yar|Jackals]] | |||
**[[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]] | |||
**[[Yanme'e|Drone]]s | |||
**[[Huragok|Engineers]] | |||
|crew= | |||
|skeleton= | |||
|passengers= | |passengers= | ||
| | |capacity= | ||
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |consumables= | ||
| | |other systems= | ||
|affiliation=[[Covenant]] | |first use= | ||
|role=*Troop deployment | |||
*Occupation support. | |||
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]], [[Great Schism|Covenant Civil War]] | |||
|affiliation=[[Covenant Navy]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
The ''' | The '''DDS-class carrier'''<ref name="visual"/><ref>[[Halopedia:Covenant Ship Classification Canon Debate|Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon]]</ref> is a heavy [[warship]] within the [[Covenant Navy]] and serves as a force deployment and occupation warship.<ref name="visual"/> | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
The DDS-class carrier unlike the larger and more powerful assault carrier, is a less frequent but powerful warship within the Covenant Navy. The primary role of the DDS-class carrier is to support fleet actions in space, or as a infantry deployment platform; the DDS-class carrier has three bulbous sections; its swollen center boasts a total of thirteen launch bays on both sides of the ship.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach|The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 146'', ''page 171'' (2010 edition)</ref>. It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of fighters, dropships, and interceptors.<ref name="visual"/> | |||
The | |||
==Operational history== | |||
For a number of years leading up to the Human-Covenant war the DDS-class carrier served as a support ship in and around the [[High Charity Defense Fleet]]. In 2552 a DDS-class carrier being escorted by a pair of enemy frigates and a destroyer, attempted to seize control of the human colony world [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. When the destroyer and the two frigates were destroyed by Captain [[Jacob Keyes]] the carrier retreated until reinforcements arrived.<ref name="FoR"/> A short month later multiple DDS-class carriers participated in the invasion of Reach and subsequent destruction of the planet. During the battle of installation 05, the DDS-class carrier ''[[Lawgiver]]'' assisted the Incorruptible during the battle against the [[Jiralhanae]] and the [[Flood]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 193'', ''page 195''</ref> A DDS-class carrier would also go on assist the Covenant in the [[Battle of Onyx]] later that month.<ref name="ghost"/> | |||
=== | ==Complement== | ||
===Armaments=== | |||
Like other ships within the Covenant Navy, the DDS-class carrier boasts a vast array of energy weapons. Like all space based warships, their ships come in a varying classes and sizes, though military observers note there are variance of weaponry, length, and estimated tonnage.<ref name="sybex">'''Sybex Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide''', ''page 73''</ref> The DDS-class carrier is armed with multiple plasma torpedo launchers, pulse laser turrets, and anterior plasma cannons.<ref name="ency">'''[[Halo: Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 265''</ref><ref name="visual"/> | |||
The | ===Aircraft=== | ||
The DDS-class carrier boasts three squadrons of [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Seraph]] fighters <ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 155'', ''page 191'' (2010 edition)</ref>, two hundred [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] and thirty-four [[Type-28 Troop Carrier|Spirits]]/[[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] that can be launched at any given moment from the thirteen launch bays located along the sides of the ship.<ref name="ency"/> | |||
=== | ===Military units=== | ||
The DDS-class carrier is crewed by upwards of four thousand Covenant infantry,<ref name="ency"/> and are available for deployment on a moments notice via the ships gravity lift when close to a planet's surface. | |||
== | ==Ships of the Line== | ||
'' | *''[[Lawgiver]]'' | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
There is some dispute over the length of the Carrier. For example, in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', it mentions that the ''[[Incorruptible]]'', a 3,000-meter long ''Reverence''-class cruiser, took cover behind the Carrier ''Lawgiver''. In addition the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' lists the length as 1,455 meters while the ''Essential Visual Guide'' lists its length as 1,186 meters. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | |||
[[Category:Carrier | {{CovenantShips}} | ||
[[Category:Starship Classifications|Carrier]] |