Phoenix-class colony ship

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Phoenix-class colony ship
Production information
Manufacturer:	Halifax Spacewerx
Class:	Colony ship
Role:	Standard Colonization of planets Military refit Support of ground operations
Technical specifications
Length:	2,500 metres (8,200 ft)
Width:	800 metres (2,600 ft)
Height:	689 metres (2,260 ft)
Mass:	44 million metric tons
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Hull:	Titanium-A armor
Armament:	Refit-specific 3 22B6R3 MAC Batteries 10 11A2R1 naval coilgun batteries 24 M42 Archer missile pods 40 M800 Rampart point defense guns
Crew:	11,000
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Colonial Era Insurrection Human-Covenant War Post-Covenant War conflicts
Introduced:	c. 2362
Affiliation:	Colonial Administration Authority United Nations Space Command

The Phoenix-class colonial support vessel 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 units, hydroponics and other facilities. Known ships of the Phoenix class include the UNSC Skidbladnir which colonized Harvest and the UNSC Spirit of Fire which aided in the colonization of Arcadia and was later converted into a warship.

Specifications

Arcadia colonized by three Phoenix-class colony ships.

The Phoenix-class is 2.5 kilometres long, making it one of the largest known ships in the UNSC's naval history to lack the official designation of a carrier-class vessel.

First commissioned in 2362, the Phoenix-class ships were designed to transport thousands of colonists from an Inner Colony such as Earth, as well as terraforming equipment necessary to alter the existing atmosphere and/or biosphere to better suit 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 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. Whether this was a common fate for colony ships tasked with settling new worlds is unknown.

Modifications

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. The refitted ships carry vehicles, troops, and supplies as support for ground forces. It also carries the resources necessary to build firebases, with the base structures being repurposed colony starter units.

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. 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 Herons 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's hull was ripped away when the ship collided with a CPV-class heavy destroyer, with no damage being inflicted on the opposing ship.

Ships of the line

• CAA First Reverie - Launched in 2362 to colonise new worlds.
• UNSC Phoenix - Lead ship of the Phoenix-class.
• UNSC Spirit of Fire - Active as of 2559; officially lost with all hands in 2534.
• UNSC Skidbladnir - Scrapped for materials.

Halo: Fleet Battles

UNSC Phoenix-class colonial support vessel This element includes a single Phoenix-class colonial support vessel. Cost: 200 points Movement: 6" Damage Track: 10 • 9 • 5 Build Rating: 4 Hangars: 3 Boarding Craft: 6 Security Detail: 5 System loadouts: Hard Burn (2") Missile Barrage Point Defence (4) Titanium Armour (5) Primary Weapon: Light MAC Range: 10/20" Weapon loadouts: MAC (2) Firing Arc: Forward Dice: 12 Additional Primary Weapon: Light MAC Range: 10/20" Weapon loadouts: MAC (1) Firing Arc: Port/Starboard Dice: 8 Secondary Weapon: Missile Batteries Range: 12/24" Weapon loadouts: Missiles Firing Arc: Forward or Port+Starboard Dice: 10

UNSC Phoenix (Guardian Spirit formation) This element includes a Phoenix-class colonial support vessel and one Marathon-class heavy cruiser. Cost: 260 points Movement: 6" Damage Track: 12 • 11 • 6 Build Rating: 6 Hangars: 5 Boarding Craft: 7 Security Detail: 7 System loadouts: Hard Burn (2") Missile Barrage Point Defence (6) Titanium Armour (7) Primary Weapon: Heavy MAC Range: 15/30" Weapon loadouts: MAC (4) Firing Arc: Forward Dice: 16 Additional Primary Weapon: Light MAC Range: 10/20" Weapon loadouts: MAC (1) Firing Arc: Port/Starboard Dice: 8 Secondary Weapon: Missile Batteries Range: 12/24" Weapon loadouts: Missiles Firing Arc: Forward or Port+Starboard Dice: 14

Trivia

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• 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, 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, 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.
• The Halo Encyclopedia wrongly claims the Spirit of Fire to be three miles long.

Gallery

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  The Phoenix-class colony ship compared to other known UNSC and Covenant vessels of the wartime era.

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  Shaw-Fujikawa drive room of a refit Phoenix-class colony ship in Halo Wars: Genesis.

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  Drop Bay Bravo of the Spirit of Fire.

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  Concept art of the ship's bridge for Halo Wars.

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  A profile of the UNSC Spirit of Fire, illustrating the Phoenix-class vessel's vast length and armament.

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  The Spirit of Fire colliding with a Covenant destroyer.

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  The Spirit Of Fire faces a Covenant destroyer in the interior of the Shield World.

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  One of the cryo-chambers on board a Phoenix-class colony ship.

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  The holographic display table on the bridge of a Phoenix-class colony ship.

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  A Phoenix-class colony ship being constructed at a UNSC shipyard, possibly over Jupiter, in Halo Legends: Origins.

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  A Phoenix-class vessel (left) near Reach in Halo: Fall of Reach.

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  The Spirit of Fire in Halo: Escalation.

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  A Phoenix in comparison with a Marathon and Epoch in Halo: Fleet Battles.

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  A Phoenix-class colony ship.

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  A Phoenix-class colony ship with a D77-TC Pelican.

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  The Spirit of Fire in Halo Mythos.

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  The Spirit of Fire in Halo Wars 2.

List of appearances

• Halo: Contact Harvest (First mentioned)
• Halo Wars: Genesis (First appearance)
• Halo Wars
• Halo Legends
  • Origins
• Halo: Fall of Reach
  • Boot Camp
• Halo: Escalation
• Halo: Fleet Battles
• Halo Mythos
• Halo: Tales from Slipspace
  • Something Has Happened
• Halo: Smoke and Shadow (Mentioned only)
• Halo Wars 2
• Halo: Outpost Discovery
• Halo: Shadows of Reach
  • Sacrifice (Indirect mention)
• Halo: Point of Light (Mentioned only)