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{{Quote|Look at the size of that thing!|[[Buck|Edward Buck]] after one arrives over New Mombasa.}}
The '''Covenant Assault Carrier''' <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNuSuqTCIaU at 1:05</ref> is a [[Covenant]] [[Capital Ship|capital ship]] classification of the [[Covenant Navy]].  
The '''Covenant Assault Carrier''' <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNuSuqTCIaU at 1:05</ref> is a [[Covenant]] [[Capital Ship|capital ship]] classification of the [[Covenant Navy]].  


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== Characteristics ==
== Characteristics ==
[[Image:1207838135 Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The bridge of an Assault Carrier.]]
[[Image:1207838135 Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The bridge of an Assault Carrier.]]
Assault Carriers, like the vast majority of other [[Covenant]] ships, are characterized by their bulbous, whale-like front, sleek silhouette and pale white/blue hull. However, they also tend to be characterized by their unique swollen and bulbous "hooked" bow section that is frequently characterized to be similar to the head of a whale and would (theoretically) be a massive weakness as the ship could be blown in half comparatively easily. Rather than possessing multiple smaller hangar bays, like smaller cruisers, Assault Carriers use a single, gargantuan hangar bay for storage of fighters, dropships, boarding craft and small capital ships, ''at least'' 500 meters long, 320 meters wide and 120 meters high. In ''Halo 3'', however, there is a second hangar bay visible, near the stern of the cruiser, above the main engines. For propulsion, Assault Carriers rely on large [[deuterium]]-[[tritium]] fusion reactors, housed in cavernous chambers<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]]</ref>, which power the ship's vital systems, as well as the three aft-mounted plasma drives that propel the ship, capable of operating in a vacuum or in an atmospheric environment. They also employ non-reactive gravity drives for standard maneuvering and hovering above the surface of a planet, resisting its gravity.


*Assault Carriers, like the vast majority of other [[Covenant]] ships, are characterized by their bulbous, whale-like front, sleek silhouette and pale white/blue hull. However, they also tend to be characterized by their unique swollen and bulbous "hooked" bow section that is frequently characterized to be similar to the head of a whale and would (theoretically) be a massive weakness as the ship could be blown in half comparatively easily.
The [[UNSC Frigate]] [[Forward Unto Dawn]] is small enough to fit into the Shadow of Intent's Hangar. Therefore, it would be plausible that the Assault Carrier could easily carry  small Covenant ships, such as a [[Covenant light cruiser|light Cruiser]] although the advantages of this would be few.
 
*Rather than possessing multiple smaller hangar bays, like smaller cruisers, Assault Carriers use a single, gargantuan hangar bay for storage of fighters, dropships, boarding craft and small capital ships, ''at least'' 500 meters long, 320 meters wide and 120 meters high. In ''Halo 3'', however, there is a second hangar bay visible, near the stern of the cruiser, above the main engines.
 
*For propulsion, Assault Carriers rely on large [[deuterium]]-[[tritium]] fusion reactors, housed in cavernous chambers<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]]</ref>, which power the ship's vital systems, as well as the three aft-mounted plasma drives that propel the ship, capable of operating in a vacuum or in an atmospheric environment. They also employ non-reactive gravity drives for standard maneuvering and hovering above the surface of a planet, resisting its gravity.
 
*The [[UNSC Frigate]] [[Forward Unto Dawn]] is small enough to fit into the Shadow of Intent's Hangar. Therefore, it would be plausible that the Assault Carrier could easily carry  small Covenant ships, such as a [[Covenant light cruiser|light Cruiser]] although the advantages of this would be few.


== Known Assault Carriers ==
== Known Assault Carriers ==
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* A second Carrier, possibly escorting Regrets Carrier, survived the human defense when attacking Earth, but was destroyed by Master Chief using a [[Covenant]] bomb intended to destroy the Orbital Defense Platform [[Cairo Station|Cairo]].
* A second Carrier, possibly escorting Regrets Carrier, survived the human defense when attacking Earth, but was destroyed by Master Chief using a [[Covenant]] bomb intended to destroy the Orbital Defense Platform [[Cairo Station|Cairo]].
* Unnamed Assault Carrier that glassed New Mombasa
* Unnamed Assault Carrier that glassed New Mombasa
== Appearances ==
*There were two Assault Carriers that participated in the initial assault on Earth in the beginning of the [[Battle of Earth]] - one was the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s personal Starship and the other was destroyed by [[SPARTAN-117]] using a captured Covenant bomb intended for usage on ''[[Cairo Station]]''.
*In the ''[[Halo 3]]'' preview, the only [[Covenant]] capital ships present in the "excavation force" at the site of the [[Forerunner]] artifact are Assault Carriers. This is most likely due to the importance of the holy site to the [[Covenant]].
*Assault Carriers appear several times in ''Halo 3''. The first carrier is shown holding position above the [[Portal]] excavation site during the levels [[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]] and [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]]. The Elite [[Fleet]] that arrives at Earth during [[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]] is led by the carrier [[Shadow of Intent|''Shadow of Intent'']], which drops off [[7]] [[Special Operations Elites]] and one [[Elite Major]] which later engages a [[Covenant Loyalist]] Fleet above the [[Ark]], containing at least three Assault Carriers.
*In ''[[Halo 2]]'' when the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s Carrier (which is sleeker and more sliver in color than [[Shadow of Intent]]) enters [[Slipspace]] over New Mombasa, it is too far into the atmosphere, causing a massive overpressurization shockwave which weakens the [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator|Orbital Elevator]] and heavily damages the [[Mombasa|city of New Mombasa]].
* In the commentary for cutscenes in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', they misnamed an Assault Carrier a Supercarrier. The [[Covenant_Supercarrier|Supercarrier]] is actually another type of Covenant ship and is even larger than an Assault Carrier. An example of a Supercarrier would be the Fleet Carrier ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', commanded by [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]].
*It is also known that an Assault Carrier can hold up to one or more [[Scarabs]]. This was demonstrated by the [[Prophet of Regret]] during the [[Battle of Earth]], when he utilized a [[Scarab]] during the battle against [[UNSC]] forces in [[New Mombasa]].
*Several Assault Carriers were seen on the last level of [[Halo 3: ODST]], two of which were beginning the process of destroying the city of [[New Mombasa]]. A third one is seen traveling towards the crater that revealed the portal to the Ark.
*Two Assault carriers are visible within a fleet on the level [[Heretic (Level)|Heretic]].
*Another Assault Carrier appeared in Halo Ledgends episode, [[The Package]].


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*In the final level of [[Halo 3: ODST]], it is possible to see an ''Assault Carrier'' preparing to fire its [[Energy Projector]]s at the [[New Mombasa]] skyline. In addition, this is probably the closest players will get to see a Covenant ship [[Glassing]] an area due to the ''Carrier'' being closer than the [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]]s seen on [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]] in [[Halo 3]].
*In the final level of [[Halo 3: ODST]], it is possible to see an ''Assault Carrier'' preparing to fire its [[Energy Projector]]s at the [[New Mombasa]] skyline. In addition, this is probably the closest players will get to see a Covenant ship [[Glassing]] an area due to the ''Carrier'' being closer than the [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]]s seen on [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]] in [[Halo 3]].


== Images ==
== Gallery ==
 
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Image:Covenant Assault Carrier FanArt.jpg|An Assault Carrier entering slipspace.  
Image:Covenant Assault Carrier FanArt.jpg|An Assault Carrier entering slipspace.  
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Image:Assault-Carrier-Side upload.jpg|A side view of the Assault Carrier <i>Shadow of Intent</i>. Note that there is a second hangar above the engines at the stern of the ship.
Image:Assault-Carrier-Side upload.jpg|A side view of the Assault Carrier <i>Shadow of Intent</i>. Note that there is a second hangar above the engines at the stern of the ship.
Image:Assault-Carrier-Top upload.jpg|A top-down view of the Assault Carrier <i>Shadow of Intent</i>. Note that there is a second hangar above the engines at the stern of the ship.
Image:Assault-Carrier-Top upload.jpg|A top-down view of the Assault Carrier <i>Shadow of Intent</i>. Note that there is a second hangar above the engines at the stern of the ship.
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