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|image=[[file:Halo CEA terminal Ascendant Justice.jpg|300px]]
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|role=Troop deployment, occupation support,<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 28''</ref> fighter transport, firing support<ref name="ENC277">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 277'' (2011 edition)</ref>
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|slipspace drive=Equipped  
|slipspace drive=Equipped  
|slipspace speed=Unknown
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|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
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|navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
|navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
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|hull=30+ meters of [[nanolaminate hull plating]]
|countermeasures=
*Equipped with [[energy shielding]]
|armament=*[[Pulse laser turret]]s  
|armament=*[[Energy projector]]s
*[[Plasma turret]]s (2+)
*7 [[plasma turret]]s
|complement=*100+ [[Type-31 Seraph]]s<ref name="ghost">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 305''</ref>
*[[Pulse laser turret]]s  
*200+ [[Type-26 Banshee]]s
|complement=*300 [[Type-31 Seraph]]s<ref name="ENC277"/><ref name="ghost">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 305''</ref>
*34 [[Type-25 Spirit]]s or [[Type-52 Phantom]]s
*200 [[Type-26 Banshee]]s<ref name="ENC277"/>
*[[Type-47 Scarab]]s
*34 [[dropship]]s<ref name="ENC277"/>
*Associated Armored Vehicles
|crew=4,000–3,000 personnel<ref name="ENC277"/>
*4000+ Covenant troops
**[[Sangheili|Elites]]
**[[Unggoy|Grunts]]
**[[Kig-Yar|Jackals]]
**[[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]
**[[Yanme'e|Drone]]s
**[[Huragok|Engineers]]
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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"/>
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 now-defunct [[Covenant fleet]] that served as a force deployment and occupation warship.<ref name="visual"/>
 
==Specifications==
===Superstructure and hull===
The ''DDS''-class carrier, unlike the larger and more powerful {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}, is a less frequent, but powerful, [[warship]] within the [[Covenant fleet]]. 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]]''', ''page 146'', ''page 171'' (2010 edition)</ref> It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of [[space fighter]]s, [[dropship]]s, and interceptors.<ref name="visual"/> Like all [[warship]]s, 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 carrier's hull is reinforced with over thirty meters of [[nanolaminate hull plating]] and equipped with [[energy shielding]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 266'' (2010 edition)</ref> A single [[plasma torpedo]] is capable of causing several layers of the hull to boil away. The shieldless hull of a ''DDS''-class carrier is capable of withstanding heat of up to three hundred degrees Celsius, with no actual damage done to the carrier's structure.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 76-79'' (2010 edition)</ref> Only at extreme temperatures of over seventeen hundred degrees Celsius does minor hull tearing and conduit melting occur.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 84''</ref> However, at such high temperatures, the superstructure of the vessel becomes considerably softened.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 223''</ref>


==Background==
===Complement and crew===
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 "S", or Salvation, in the carrier's three-letter classification code, "DDS", indicates that the ''DDS''-class carrier is a dedicated warship capable of destroying its opponents with energy projectors.<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref>
The ''DDS''-class carrier boasts three hundred [[Type-31 Seraph]] [[starfighter]]s,<ref name="ENC277"/> divided into three different squadrons,<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 155'', ''page 191'' (2010 edition)</ref> two hundred [[Type-26 Banshee]]s, and thirty-four [[dropship]]s—either [[Type-25 Spirit]]s or [[Type-52 Phantom]]s—that can be launched at any given moment from the thirteen launch bays located along the center sides of the ship.<ref name="ENC277"/><ref name="ency"/>


==Operational history==
The ''DDS''-class carrier holds a crew of three to four thousand Covenant infantry,<ref name="ency"/> most of which were [[Huragok]] in the case of ''Ascendant Justice'', with a light company of [[Unggoy]] and only a hundred [[Sangheili]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 63''</ref> The crew was available for deployment on a moments notice via the ship's [[gravity lift]] when close to a world's surface.
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===
===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"/>
Like other ships within the Covenant fleet, the ''DDS''-class carrier boasts a vast array of energy weapons. The ''DDS''-class carrier is armed with seven [[plasma torpedo]] launchers, numerous [[pulse laser turret]]s, and anterior plasma cannons.<ref name="ency">'''[[Halo: Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 265''</ref><ref name="visual"/> The "S", or Salvation, in the carrier's three-letter classification code, "DDS", indicates that the ''DDS''-class carrier is a dedicated warship capable of destroying its opponents with [[energy projector]]s.<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref>


===Aircraft===
==Operational history==
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"/>
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|defense fleet]] of ''[[High Charity]]''. On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], a ''DDS''-class carrier, escorted by a pair of [[Covenant frigate]]s and a [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]], attempted to seize control of the [[human]] [[human colonies|colony]] world [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. When the destroyer and the two frigates were destroyed by Captain [[Jacob Keyes]], the carrier retreated until reinforcements arrived. However, the carrier did succeed in deploying thirty-four [[dropship]]s to the surface of the planet to initiate an invasion.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 170-180'' (2010 edition)</ref>


===Military units===
A short month later, multiple ''DDS''-class carriers participated in the [[Fall of Reach|invasion]] of [[Reach]] and subsequent destruction of the planet. At least one, ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', was assigned to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] and pursued {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to [[Installation 04]] after the battle.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit|Adjunct]]'' (2010 edition)</ref> Following the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Ascendant Justice'' was captured by [[UNSC]] forces and captained by Vice Admiral [[Danforth Whitcomb]],<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 79''</ref> until its destruction during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref name="fs396">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 396'' (2010 edition)</ref> During the [[Battle of Installation 05]] and the [[Great Schism]], the ''DDS''-class carrier ''[[Lawgiver]]'' assisted ''[[Incorruptible]]'' during the battle against the [[Jiralhanae]] and the [[Flood]].<ref name="goo193">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 193-195''</ref> A ''DDS''-class carrier would also go on assist the Covenant in the [[Battle of Onyx]] later that month.<ref name="ghost"/>
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==
==Ships of the line==
*''[[Ascendant Justice]]''
*''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' – Participated in the [[Battle of Installation 04]] and was destroyed during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]<ref name="fs396"/>
*''[[Lawgiver]]''
*''[[Lawgiver]]'' – Participated in the [[Battle of Installation 05]]<ref name="goo193"/>


==Production notes==
==Production notes==
In ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', the ''[[Incorruptible]]'', a 3,000-meter long ''Reverence''-class cruiser, took cover behind the carrier ''Lawgiver''. However, the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' erroneously listed the carrier's length as 1,455 meters, rendering the ''Lawgiver'' too small to serve as the ''Incorruptible'''s cover. This was later fixed with ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', in which the carrier's length is said to be 3,000 metres, making both ships to be around the same length.
In ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', the ''[[Incorruptible]]'', a 3,000-meter long {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}, took cover behind the carrier ''Lawgiver''. However, the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' erroneously listed the carrier's length as 1,455 meters,<ref name="ENC277"/> rendering the ''Lawgiver'' too small to serve as the ''Incorruptible'''s cover. This was later fixed with ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', in which the carrier's length is said to be 3,000 metres, making both ships to be around the same length.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
**''[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''

Revision as of 01:51, February 22, 2015

DDS-class carrier
File:Halo CEA terminal Ascendant Justice.jpg
Production information

Class:

Carrier

Role:

Troop deployment, occupation support,[1] fighter transport, firing support[2]

Technical specifications

Length:

3,000 meters (9,843 ft)[1]

Width:

1,186 meters (3,891 ft)[1]

Engine(s):

Repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Equipped

Navigation system(s):

Navigation computer

Hull:

30+ meters of nanolaminate hull plating

Armament:

Complement:

Crew:

4,000–3,000 personnel[2]

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Human-Covenant War

Affiliation:

Covenant

 

The DDS-class carrier[1][4] is a heavy warship within the now-defunct Covenant fleet that served as a force deployment and occupation warship.[1]

Specifications

Superstructure and hull

The DDS-class carrier, unlike the larger and more powerful CAS-class assault carrier, is a less frequent, but powerful, warship within the Covenant fleet. 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.[5] It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of space fighters, dropships, and interceptors.[1] Like all warships, their ships come in a varying classes and sizes, though military observers note there are variance of weaponry, length, and estimated tonnage.[6]

The carrier's hull is reinforced with over thirty meters of nanolaminate hull plating and equipped with energy shielding.[7] A single plasma torpedo is capable of causing several layers of the hull to boil away. The shieldless hull of a DDS-class carrier is capable of withstanding heat of up to three hundred degrees Celsius, with no actual damage done to the carrier's structure.[8] Only at extreme temperatures of over seventeen hundred degrees Celsius does minor hull tearing and conduit melting occur.[9] However, at such high temperatures, the superstructure of the vessel becomes considerably softened.[10]

Complement and crew

The DDS-class carrier boasts three hundred Type-31 Seraph starfighters,[2] divided into three different squadrons,[11] two hundred Type-26 Banshees, and thirty-four dropships—either Type-25 Spirits or Type-52 Phantoms—that can be launched at any given moment from the thirteen launch bays located along the center sides of the ship.[2][12]

The DDS-class carrier holds a crew of three to four thousand Covenant infantry,[12] most of which were Huragok in the case of Ascendant Justice, with a light company of Unggoy and only a hundred Sangheili.[13] The crew was available for deployment on a moments notice via the ship's gravity lift when close to a world's surface.

Armaments

Like other ships within the Covenant fleet, the DDS-class carrier boasts a vast array of energy weapons. The DDS-class carrier is armed with seven plasma torpedo launchers, numerous pulse laser turrets, and anterior plasma cannons.[12][1] The "S", or Salvation, in the carrier's three-letter classification code, "DDS", indicates that the DDS-class carrier is a dedicated warship capable of destroying its opponents with energy projectors.[14]

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 defense fleet of High Charity. On July 17, 2552, a DDS-class carrier, escorted by a pair of Covenant 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. However, the carrier did succeed in deploying thirty-four dropships to the surface of the planet to initiate an invasion.[15]

A short month later, multiple DDS-class carriers participated in the invasion of Reach and subsequent destruction of the planet. At least one, Ascendant Justice, was assigned to the Fleet of Particular Justice and pursued UNSC Pillar of Autumn to Installation 04 after the battle.[16] Following the Battle of Installation 04, Ascendant Justice was captured by UNSC forces and captained by Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb,[17] until its destruction during Operation: FIRST STRIKE.[18] During the Battle of Installation 05 and the Great Schism, the DDS-class carrier Lawgiver assisted Incorruptible during the battle against the Jiralhanae and the Flood.[19] A DDS-class carrier would also go on assist the Covenant in the Battle of Onyx later that month.[3]

Ships of the line

Production notes

In Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, the Incorruptible, a 3,000-meter long ORS-class heavy cruiser, took cover behind the carrier Lawgiver. However, the Halo Encyclopedia erroneously listed the carrier's length as 1,455 meters,[2] rendering the Lawgiver too small to serve as the Incorruptible's cover. This was later fixed with Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, in which the carrier's length is said to be 3,000 metres, making both ships to be around the same length.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 28
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Halo Encyclopedia, page 277 (2011 edition)
  3. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 305
  4. ^ Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon
  5. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 146, page 171 (2010 edition)
  6. ^ Sybex Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide, page 73
  7. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 266 (2010 edition)
  8. ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 76-79 (2010 edition)
  9. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 84
  10. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 223
  11. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 155, page 191 (2010 edition)
  12. ^ a b c Halo: Encyclopedia, page 265
  13. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 63
  14. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder: Have S'moa
  15. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 170-180 (2010 edition)
  16. ^ Halo: The Flood, Adjunct (2010 edition)
  17. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 79
  18. ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 396 (2010 edition)
  19. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 193-195

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