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The '''''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=263}} {{3Letter|CSO|supercarrier}}, is a powerful supermassive [[capital ship]] and one of the largest [[Covenant starship|vessel classes]] formerly used by the [[Covenant]],{{Ref/Note|Although ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'' referred the CSO-class supercarrier as ''the'' largest type of Covenant vessel, an [[Covenant carrier#Classes|unspecified model]] of supercarrier has been stated to have a larger size of {{Convert|32490|m|ftin}}, as stated in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)]]''.}} primarily designed for command and control duties for [[Covenant fleet|fleets]], as well as support for occupation forces. Such vessels are typically deployed only during invasions of [[planet|worlds]] with high strategic value.{{Ref/Generic|Id=DD4|[[Data Drop|Data Drop 4]]}}


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The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped ornate capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes. The vessel looks nearly identical to the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier}}, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted darker.{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}{{Ref/Reuse|HRCLNOS}} Despite this, it is not the only, or even the largest of the Covenant's [[Covenant carrier#Supercarriers|supercarrier classes]]. The size of the vessel makes it more akin to a militarised [[city]]-fortress, and a vessel capable of supplying entire subordinate fleets or governing provinces of the empire when required.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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The '''''CSO''-class supercarrier''' is a powerful [[Covenant]] [[Capital ship|capital warship]], primarily designed for command and control duties for fleets, as well as support for occupation forces. Such vessels are typically deployed only during invasions of worlds with high strategic value.<ref name="DD4">[[Data Drop|'''Data Drop''' ''Four'']]</ref> It is the largest known ship seen in the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="GOO">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', Chapter 27, ''pages 236 - 239''</ref><ref name="essential"/>
For [[Point-defense gun|point-defence]], the supercarrier employs a gargantuan array of [[pulse laser turret]]s. This includes 800 ''R'Aka''-pattern rapid-fire pulse lasers and 490 ''Ferriel''-pattern pulse lasers.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


==Design==
The supercarrier is additionally equipped with a single ''Lux''-pattern superheavy [[excavation beam]] array for [[glassing]] and artefact-retrieval purposes.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes. The vessel looks nearly identical to the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted purple instead of white. Along with the ''CAS'', the ''CSO'' is designated a Class-Five flagship carrier by the UNSC due to its common use at the center of fleets.<ref name="DD4"/>


The "S", or Salvation, in the supercarrier's three-letter classification code, "CSO" indicates that the carrier is a dedicated [[warship]] capable of destroying its opponents with [[energy projector]]s. The "O", or Ordained, indicates that the ''CSO''-class supercarrier is not a mission type and has been improved upon with [[Forerunner]] technology.<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>
===Classification===
The "S", or Salvation, in the supercarrier's [[Covenant ship classification system|three-letter classification code]], "''CSO''" indicates that the carrier is a dedicated [[warship]]. The "O", or Ordained, indicates that the ''CSO''-class supercarrier is not a mission type and has been improved upon with [[Forerunner]] technology.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Have S'Moa|D=08|M=11|Y=2020}} The ship has a very broad overlap with the Covenant's ship classification of [[exarch]]s.


===Decks===
Along with the Covenant's [[Covenant assault carrier|assault carriers]], the ''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier was designated a Class-Five flagship carrier by the [[United Nations Space Command]] due to their use as a [[flagship]] of Covenant fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|DD4}}
*'''Storage subdeck K''': This is a storage deck that is dimly lit.<ref name="GOO"/>
 
*'''Storage Sector Three''':  This was a sector that [[Huragok]] only used as it was filled with active plasma conducts.<ref name="GOO"/>
==Ships of the line==
*'''M deck''': This was a deck on a CSO.<ref name="GOO"/>
*''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' - [[Flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]]. Destroyed during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].{{Ref/Reuse|HRCLNOS}}


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
During the [[Fall of Reach]] the supercarrier ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' spearheaded the Covenant invasion of [[Reach]] as the flagship of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], deploying numerous ground assets to the surface of Reach via [[Covenant spire|teleportation spires]] and destroying the {{UNSCship|Grafton}}.
The ''Sh'wada''-pattern of supercarrier was introduced during the [[Ages of Conversion|Fourth Age of Conversion]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
During the [[Fall of Reach]], the supercarrier ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' spearheaded the Covenant invasion of [[Reach]] as the flagship of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], deploying numerous ground assets to the surface of Reach via [[Deployment spire|teleportation spires]] and destroying the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}}.{{Ref/Level|HR|Tip of the Spear}}


During [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Jorge-052]] transported an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace bomb]] toward ''Long Night of Solace'' aboard the [[SDV-class heavy corvette|corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' while [[SPARTAN-B312]] locked course with the supercarrier. After SPARTAN-B312 was jettisoned from the hangar, Jorge manually detonated the bomb, destroying both the corvette and the supercarrier at the cost of his own life.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref>
During [[Operation: UPPER CUT]] and [[Operation: LEFT JAB|LEFT JAB]], [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Jorge-052]] transported an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace bomb]] toward ''Long Night of Solace'' aboard the [[Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette|corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' while [[SPARTAN-B312]] locked course with the supercarrier. After SPARTAN-B312 was jettisoned from the hangar, Jorge manually detonated the bomb, destroying both the corvette and the supercarrier at the cost of his own life.{{Ref/Level|Id=HRCLNOS|HR|Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}}


[[Sublime Transcendence]] served as the [[flagship]] of the [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]].<ref name="GOO"/> It was destroyed when one of the [[Unggoy]] on board, [[Kwassass]], inadvertently triggered a voice cue in a databox, thereby arming a [[NOVA Bomb]] they recovered from [[Reach]]: after playing a message by [[Admiral Whitcomb]], the detonation was caused by a group of [[Huragok]], who reinserted the databox inside the bomb itself, despite Kwassass's efforts to prevent them from doing so after realizing the threat.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 27, ''page 244''</ref>
==Production notes==
[[File:Reach-Concept-ToTS-Supercarrier.jpg|thumb|250px|Mark Goldsworthy's concept painting depicting the ship's reveal in the mission [[Tip of the Spear]].]]
The supercarrier was first designed by [[Bungie]] for inclusion in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. According to concept artist [[:Category:Images by Mark Goldsworthy|Mark Goldsworthy]]; "''The moment the Black Ship appears in Reach is a major surprise. I wanted to capture the immense and intimidating feel of the ship against the tiny UNSC Frigates that were fleeing. Thus, the camera angle is like an ant looking up at a giant. The Black Ship was a low poly in-game model that I increased the geometry resolution in order to give it a smoother look when rendered in mental ray. Then much post work was painted in Photoshop to create the illusion of the ship coming out of the clouds.''".


==Ships of the line==
During the production of ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', author [[Troy Denning]] intended for the under-construction supercarrier ''[[Hammer of Faith]]'' to be the sister-ship of ''Long Night of Solace'' - thus making it a ''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier. This mention was ultimately removed from the book at the request of [[343 Industries]], leaving ''Hammer of Faith'' simply a supercarrier of unknown classification. Of note, Denning used an image of the ''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier from this website as reference while describing ''Hammer of Faith'', though at the time of the book's writing this page erroneously had an image of the [[Unidentified Covenant assault carrier class|assault carrier]] model from the same level in place - meaning that Denning was inadvertently describing the wrong ship than what he intended.{{Ref/Twitter|TDenningauthor|1081251542357942272|Troy Denning|Quote=The CSO pic in Halopedia is what I was working from when I described it, and in mind, it was intended to be a sister ship to LNoF. But that's NOT official canon -- that decision is (rightly) for 343 to make.|D=23|M=01|Y=2023}}
*''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' - [[Flagship]] of the [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]]. Destroyed during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].
*''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'' - [[Flagship]] of the [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]]. Destroyed on November 3 2552.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
===Concept art and illustrations===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Reach-Concept-ToTS-Supercarrier.jpg|Concept art of the supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:Reach-Concept-ToTS-Supercarrier.jpg|Concept art of the supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:Solace Destroyed.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace'''s destruction.
File:HR_SupercarrierDestroyed_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace''{{'}}s destruction.
File:Reach - Supercarrier.png|A render of a supercarrier, dorsal view.
File:HTMCC HR Achievement GenerousTipper.png|Concept art of ''Long Night of Solace''{{'}}s crash site.
File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|A port-side view of a supercarrier's ventral face.
File:HFB-LongNightofSolace.png|The ''Long Night of Solace'' in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:HR CovenantSpire Concept 1.jpg|Early concept sketches for the Covenant's [[deployment spire]]. Note the early ideas involving the Spire being comprised of a landed Covenant supercarrier.
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:HR LNoS Aft Screenshot.png|''Long Night of Solace'' orbiting Reach.
File:HR CSO underside.png|The underside of the CSO.
File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' over Reach.
File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' over Reach.
File:LNoS ends.jpg|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed by a slipspace rift.
File:LNoS ends.jpg|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed by a slipspace rift.
File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|Visual and scale comparison between a supercarrier and an assault carrier.
File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|Visual and scale comparison between a supercarrier and an assault carrier.
File:Supercarrier_underside.jpg|A view of a supercarrier's ventral suface, showing its darker coloration in contrast to an assault carrier's.
File:Supercarrier_underside.jpg|A view of a supercarrier's ventral suface, showing its darker coloration in contrast to an assault carrier's.
File:HFB-LongNightofSolace.png|The ''Long Night of Solace'' in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
</gallery>
 
===Merchandise===
<gallery>
File:HFB-CSO.jpg|A side view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB-CSO.jpg|A side view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB-CSO1.jpg|A front view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB-CSO1.jpg|A front view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
</gallery>
</gallery>
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of CSO-class supercarriers}}
{{Clear}}


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' {{Mo}}
 
==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


{{CovenantShips}}
{{Covenant Ships}}


[[Category:Carrier classes]]
[[Category:Carrier classes]]
[[Category:Covenant ship classes]]
[[Category:Covenant ship classes]]

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Sh'wada-pattern
HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png
Class attributes

Identification:

UNSC Three-letter code: CSO[1]

Operators:

Covenant

In service:

Fourth Age of Conversion - present[2]

General characteristics

Type:

Covenant supercarrier[1]

Length:

28,960 meters (95013 ft 1 in)[1][3][2]

Width:

11,447 meters (37555 ft 9 in)[1][3]

Mass:

152 billion tonnes[2]

Maneuver drive:

3 repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Borer

Crew:

Sangheili[3]

Hull:

Nanolaminate plating

Shielding:

Energy shielding

Armaments:

 

The Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier[2] (UNSC three-letter classification: CSO-class supercarrier), is a powerful supermassive capital ship and one of the largest vessel classes formerly used by the Covenant,[Note 1] primarily designed for command and control duties for fleets, as well as support for occupation forces. Such vessels are typically deployed only during invasions of worlds with high strategic value.[4]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped ornate capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes. The vessel looks nearly identical to the Kerel-pattern assault carrier, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted darker.[3][5] Despite this, it is not the only, or even the largest of the Covenant's supercarrier classes. The size of the vessel makes it more akin to a militarised city-fortress, and a vessel capable of supplying entire subordinate fleets or governing provinces of the empire when required.[2]

Armaments[edit]

According to their size, the Sh'wada is equipped with a massive and diverse array of heavy weaponry. These include 12 Urpeon-pattern superheavy plasma lances - a lance loadout only rivalled in number by the Forerunner-derived relic lances of the Rasus-pattern interdictor. A total of 100 plasma beam emitters are equipped on the ship, including 20 Ukk'Wa-pattern heavy arrays and 80 Luxor-pattern heavy emitters - the latter of which are a fairly common fitting on the more powerful capital warships of the Covenant fleet. These heavy anti-ship weapons are supplemented with 32 Mictix-pattern heavy plasma torpedo silos, a design shared with the Kerel-pattern and Syfon-pattern assault carriers of the fleet.[2]

For point-defence, the supercarrier employs a gargantuan array of pulse laser turrets. This includes 800 R'Aka-pattern rapid-fire pulse lasers and 490 Ferriel-pattern pulse lasers.[2]

The supercarrier is additionally equipped with a single Lux-pattern superheavy excavation beam array for glassing and artefact-retrieval purposes.[2]

Classification[edit]

The "S", or Salvation, in the supercarrier's three-letter classification code, "CSO" indicates that the carrier is a dedicated warship. The "O", or Ordained, indicates that the CSO-class supercarrier is not a mission type and has been improved upon with Forerunner technology.[6] The ship has a very broad overlap with the Covenant's ship classification of exarchs.

Along with the Covenant's assault carriers, the Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier was designated a Class-Five flagship carrier by the United Nations Space Command due to their use as a flagship of Covenant fleets.[4]

Ships of the line[edit]

Operational history[edit]

The Sh'wada-pattern of supercarrier was introduced during the Fourth Age of Conversion.[2]

During the Fall of Reach, the supercarrier Long Night of Solace spearheaded the Covenant invasion of Reach as the flagship of the Fleet of Valiant Prudence, deploying numerous ground assets to the surface of Reach via teleportation spires and destroying the UNSC Grafton.[7]

During Operation: UPPER CUT and LEFT JAB, Spartan Jorge-052 transported an improvised slipspace bomb toward Long Night of Solace aboard the corvette Ardent Prayer while SPARTAN-B312 locked course with the supercarrier. After SPARTAN-B312 was jettisoned from the hangar, Jorge manually detonated the bomb, destroying both the corvette and the supercarrier at the cost of his own life.[5]

Production notes[edit]

Mark Goldsworthy's concept painting depicting the ship's reveal in the mission Tip of the Spear.

The supercarrier was first designed by Bungie for inclusion in Halo: Reach. According to concept artist Mark Goldsworthy; "The moment the Black Ship appears in Reach is a major surprise. I wanted to capture the immense and intimidating feel of the ship against the tiny UNSC Frigates that were fleeing. Thus, the camera angle is like an ant looking up at a giant. The Black Ship was a low poly in-game model that I increased the geometry resolution in order to give it a smoother look when rendered in mental ray. Then much post work was painted in Photoshop to create the illusion of the ship coming out of the clouds.".

During the production of Halo: Silent Storm, author Troy Denning intended for the under-construction supercarrier Hammer of Faith to be the sister-ship of Long Night of Solace - thus making it a Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier. This mention was ultimately removed from the book at the request of 343 Industries, leaving Hammer of Faith simply a supercarrier of unknown classification. Of note, Denning used an image of the Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier from this website as reference while describing Hammer of Faith, though at the time of the book's writing this page erroneously had an image of the assault carrier model from the same level in place - meaning that Denning was inadvertently describing the wrong ship than what he intended.[8]

Gallery[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.

Concept art and illustrations[edit]

  • Concept art of the supercarrier Long Night of Solace for Halo: Reach.

    Concept art of the supercarrier Long Night of Solace for Halo: Reach.

  • Concept art of the Solace's destruction.

    Concept art of the Solace's destruction.

  • Concept art of Long Night of Solace's crash site.

    Concept art of Long Night of Solace's crash site.

  • The Long Night of Solace in Halo: Fleet Battles.

    The Long Night of Solace in Halo: Fleet Battles.

  • Early concept sketches for the Covenant's deployment spire. Note the early ideas involving the Spire being comprised of a landed Covenant supercarrier.

    Early concept sketches for the Covenant's deployment spire. Note the early ideas involving the Spire being comprised of a landed Covenant supercarrier.

Screenshots[edit]

  • Long Night of Solace orbiting Reach.

    Long Night of Solace orbiting Reach.

  • The underside of the CSO.

    The underside of the CSO.

  • The supercarrier Long Night of Solace over Reach.

    The supercarrier Long Night of Solace over Reach.

  • Long Night of Solace being destroyed by a slipspace rift.

    Long Night of Solace being destroyed by a slipspace rift.

  • Visual and scale comparison between a supercarrier and an assault carrier.

    Visual and scale comparison between a supercarrier and an assault carrier.

  • A view of a supercarrier's ventral suface, showing its darker coloration in contrast to an assault carrier's.

    A view of a supercarrier's ventral suface, showing its darker coloration in contrast to an assault carrier's.

Merchandise[edit]

  • A side view of the CSO in Halo: Fleet Battles.

    A side view of the CSO in Halo: Fleet Battles.

  • A front view of the CSO in Halo: Fleet Battles.

    A front view of the CSO in Halo: Fleet Battles.

List of appearances[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Although Halo: The Essential Visual Guide referred the CSO-class supercarrier as the largest type of Covenant vessel, an unspecified model of supercarrier has been stated to have a larger size of 32,490 metres (106594 ft 6 in), as stated in the Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition).

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Halo: The Essential Visual Guide - Carrier, page 28
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 263
  3. ^ a b c d Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 111
  4. ^ a b Data Drop 4
  5. ^ a b c Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace
  6. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Have S'Moa (Retrieved on Nov 8, 2020) [archive]
  7. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the Spear
  8. ^ Twitter, Troy Denning (@TDenningauthor): "The CSO pic in Halopedia is what I was working from when I described it, and in mind, it was intended to be a sister ship to LNoF. But that's NOT official canon -- that decision is (rightly) for 343 to make." (Retrieved on Jan 23, 2023) [archive]

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