Phantom

A Phantom alongside two Banshees flying over the Ark Installation 00.

Phantom is the name applied to a series of aerospace craft, most of them dropships.

Summary

The Phantom is a type of craft utilized by multiple factions, including the Covenant and various splinter groups, such as the Banished, the Swords of Sanghelios, and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant. Typically used as a dropship, the Phantom is commonly seen equipped with a heavy plasma cannon at the nose of the craft, and a Class-1 directed energy cannon mounted at each of the Phantom's two side doors.

The Phantom often holds dozens of troops in it's bay, and often is used to deploy as well as supporting troops, as it has armor capable of withstanding any small arms fire, and only being significantly damaged by heavy fire such as the rocket launcher. These advantages, as well as having three supporting turrets, makes it excellent for deploying and supporting troops on the battlefield.

Types

Covenant

• Ru'swum-pattern Phantom – The Ru'swum-pattern Phantom was the most common Phantom variant in service of the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War. It now comprises a sizeable chunk of the fleets of the Covenant remnants, due to scarcities of other variants.
• Kez'katu-pattern Phantom – Introduced towards the end of the war, though stocks are rare in the postwar period due to the loss of High Charity.
• R'shwupa-pattern Phantom – Colloquially known as the "Phantom Gunboat", a larger, exoatmospheric type of the Phantom designed for operations in space. Introduced as an executive transport for fleet commanders.
• Mikpramu-pattern Phantom – Post-war variant of the Phantom employed by the Swords of Sanghelios and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant by October 2558.

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  Ru'swum-pattern Phantom.

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  Kez'katu-pattern Phantom.

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  R'shwupa-pattern Phantom.

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  Mikpramu-pattern Phantom.

Banished

• Eklon'dal Workshop Phantom – A modified variant of the Phantom dropship employed by the Banished, sporting Banished armour and livery.

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  Eklon'dal Workshop Phantom.

Gallery

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  Concept art of Halo: Reach depicting a Phantom next to Zashk-pattern Draugr.

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  An early concept art of Halo Infinite showing Phantoms over Sanghelios.

List of appearances

Halo 2 (First appearance) Halo Graphic Novel The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa Halo: Ghosts of Onyx Halo: Uprising Halo 3 Halo Wars: Genesis Halo: Helljumper Halo Legends Origins Prototype The Babysitter Halo 3: ODST Halo: Reach Halo: Fall of Reach Invasion Halo 4 Spartan Ops Halo: Spartan Assault

Halo: Escalation Halo 2: Anniversary Terminals Halo: New Blood (Mentioned only) Hunt the Truth Halo: Spartan Strike Halo 5: Guardians Halo: Ground Command Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo Halo: Fractures Breaking Strain Halo: Tales from Slipspace Knight Takes Bishop Halo Wars 2 Halo: Rise of Atriox Halo: Retribution Halo: Collateral Damage Halo: Fireteam Raven Halo: Meridian Divide

Halo: Shadows of Reach Sacrifice Halo: Divine Wind Halo Infinite Halo: The Television Series Season One Contact Reckoning Allegiance Transcendence Halo: The Rubicon Protocol Halo: Outcasts Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon Halo: Hippocratica