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Carrier is a Covenant ship classification. This classification includes both capital ships and light support vessels. Carriers fulfilled a prominent role within the now-defunct Covenant fleet.

Overview

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Classes

There are three main heavy-tonnage carrier classes: the DDS-class carrier, the CAS-class assault carrier, and the CSO-class supercarrier. They may at times be referred to as "supercarrier" by the Covenant, to distinguish them from lighter carrier vessels that only fulfill support roles.[1]

Operational history

Covenant forces have long made use of various carrier classes within their fleets.[note 1]

For a number of years leading up to the Human-Covenant War, Covenant carriers served as support ships in and around the defense fleet of High Charity. On July 17, 2552, a 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.[2]

During the Battle of Installation 05 and the Great Schism, the light carrier Lawgiver assisted Incorruptible during the battle against the Jiralhanae and the Flood.[3] A carrier would also go on assist the Covenant in the Battle of Onyx later that month.[4]

Gallery

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Notes

  1. ^ This section only details the use of unnamed carrier classes. For specific appearances of named carrier classes, see the "Operational history" sections in articles DDS, CAS, and CSO carriers.

Sources

  1. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named moa
  2. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 170-180 (2010 edition)
  3. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 193-195
  4. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 305

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