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List of Starships

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This is a complete List of Starships of the Halo universe.

Human Starships

Carriers

Supercarriers

The UNSC Supercarrier is a heavy warship classification within the UNSC fleet. Only a few were constructed. This warship classification is likely to be on the same level as the Marathon-class Cruiser or higher in terms of overall power.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Trafalgar Destroyed, Battle of Reach

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The Phoenix-class Cruiser-Carrier is a warship classification within the UNSC fleet.

The only Phoenix-class starship known to date is the UNSC Spirit of Fire which is scheduled to appear in Halo Wars.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Spirit of Fire Status Unknown

Carriers

The UNSC Carrier is a classification of warship within the UNSC fleet.

Ship Name Status
UNSC All Under Heaven Status Unknown, last over Pegasi Delta.
UNSC Atlas Status Unknown, last seen at the Lambda Serpentis System.
UNSC Magellan Status Unknown, last seen by SPARTAN-051.
UNSC Musashi Destroyed, Battle of Reach.
UNSC Stalingrad Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.

Cruisers

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The Marathon-class Cruiser is a classification of UNSC warship. These starships were the replacement for the aging Halcyon-class Cruiser.

A Marathon-class Cruiser of the UNSC Home Fleet prior to the Battle of Earth.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Leviathan Status Unknown, last seen over Reach.

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The Halcyon-class Cruiser (Pronounced 'hal-see-on') (known as Human Attack Ship class C-II[1] by the Covenant) was a UNSC cruiser starship classification designed by Dr. Robert McLees in 2510. Their service lives were short due to a unique hull design that was both costly to construct and maintain, lack of speed, and concerns about their tactical viability. They were subsequently replaced by the Marathon-class cruisers. Experience gained later in the Human-Covenant War demonstrated that the same overengineered hull design was capable of absorbing surprisingly severe punishment.

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UNSC Dawn Under Heaven Destroyed, Battle of Reach.
UNSC Pillar of Autumn Destroyed, Battle of Installation 04.

Stealth Cruisers

The Stealth Cruiser was a starship in the UNSC fleet. Stealth Cruisers are the largest prowler-type vessels built, the length of a UNSC Destroyer. Only one has ever been known to exist, as Stealth Cruisers are not practical due to the large amount of Stealth Ablative Coating that must be maintained in order to keep them invisible from radar.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Point of No Return Status Unknown, presumably active.

Battle Cruiser

The Battle Cruisers are a massive UNSC cruiser class estimated to be between 8-19 km long. If this is true it is larger than every Covenant ship and UNSC ship and also maybe long than the Forerunner Ship.

Destroyers

The UNSC Destroyer is a classification of warship in the UNSC fleet. Although this classification is only seven meters longer than a UNSC Frigate, they are almost double the mass, due to the two meters of Titanium A armor battle plate covering the ship. Unlike most ships in the fleet, Destroyers carry no single-ship fighters. Dr. Catherine Halsey once stated that Destroyers are essentially the same as Frigates except for this added armor.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Glasgow Kiss Destroyed, Battle of Oynx.
UNSC Heracles Status Unknown, last seen at Reach.
UNSC Herodotus Destroyed, Battle of Reach.
UNSC Iroquois Status Unknown, last seen over Reach.
UNSC Iwo Jima Destroyed, Battle of Oynx.
UNSC Lancelot Destroyed, Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.
UNSC Minotaur Destroyed, Battle of Reach.
UNSC Tharsis Status Unknown, last seen over Reach.

Frigates

The UNSC Frigate is a common starship classification amongst the UNSC fleet. Although it is significantly weaker in armor and armament compared to its larger cousin, the UNSC Destroyer, the frigate is smaller (thus more maneuverable), and cheaper to produce, allowing greater numbers to be fielded against the Covenant.

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Ship Name Status
UNSC Alliance Status Unknown, last seen en route to Sigma Octanus IV.
UNSC Allegiance Status Unknown, last seen en route to Sigma Octanus IV.
UNSC Arabia Destroyed, Battle of Harvest.
UNSC Commonwealth Status Unknown, last seen over Chi Ceti IV.
UNSC Euphrates Status Unknown, last seen over Reach.
UNSC Fair Weather Destroyed, Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.
UNSC Gettysburg Status Unknown, last seen en route to Earth.
UNSC Gorgon Status Unknown, last seen over Harvest.
UNSC In Amber Clad Grounded on High Charity, Battle of Installation 05
UNSC Meriwether Lewis Status Unknown, last seen by Jacob Keyes.
UNSC Midsummer Night Status Unknown, last seen by Jacob Keyes.
UNSC Paris Status Unknown, last seen in Slipspace.
UNSC Redoubtable Status Unknown, last seen in Slipspace.
UNSC Tannenberg Status Unknown, last seen at the Groombridge 34 System.
UNSC Vostok Destroyed, Battle of Harvest.

Mako-class Corvettes

The Mako-class Corvette was a starship classification in the United Nations Space Command fleet. Several of such corvettes were at the rebel asteroid base over Eridanus Secundus, used by the rebels as part of their improvised fleet. These corvettes, according to Cortana, were some of the fastest UNSC warships.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Coral Sea Status Unknown, last seen in Slipspace.
UNSC Pony Express Status Unknown, last seen over Earth.

Freighters

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The Parabola-class Freighter is a United Nations Space Command starship classification used in the early 26th century as a field engineering and support craft. However, by 2525 many of these freighters were independent and used for commercial and civilian use.

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The Laden-class Freighter was a human-designed freighter classification. Two freighters of this class were used by the Eridanus Rebels as part of their improvised fleet.

Stealth Vessels

Prowlers

The UNSC Prowler is a starship classification within the United Nations Space Command. As stealth vessels, they were used exclusively by the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Apocalypso Status Unknown, last seen over the Moon.
UNSC Applebee Status Unknown, last seen over Reach.
UNSC Circumference Damaged Beyond Repair, Battle of Reach.
UNSC Dusk Status Unknown, last seen over Onyx.
UNSC Lark Status Unknown, last seen over Reach.

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The Chiroptera-class Stealth Vessel was a classification of small starship used by ONI. Chiroptera-class Prowlers were used by the UNSC in the early 2500s, but in 2512, all vessels of this class were decommissioned and sold for scrap. They are notable for having the smallest operational Slipspace engines ever produced.

Ship Name Status
UNSC Beatrice Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.

C709 Longsword-class Interceptors

The C709 Longsword-class Starfighter is the main UNSC space fighter-bomber.

Promotional image for Halo: Combat Evolved featuring C709 Longswords. Screenshot of the level The Pillar of Autumn from the Halo: Combat Evolved press kit.

Ship Name Status
Knife 26 Destroyed, Battle of Reach.

Support Ships

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The Calypso-class Exfiltration Craft is a United Nations Space Command starship classification. It appears that Black Cats rendered these ships obsolete.

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Black Cat-class Subprowlers are a classification of small exfiltration ships within the UNSC Fleet. Designated as "sub-prowlers," they have extremely limited capabilities and are used mostly as exfiltration craft to escape combat situations with stealth and ease. The ships have limited Slipspace capacitors. Black Cats are routinely used on high-risk ops, so that UNSC Special Forces can retreat quickly and easily. Each subprowler can hold approximately 38 SPARTAN-IIIs.

Dropships

Albatross-class Dropships

The Albatross is a very large dropship capable of transporting significantly more cargo than the Pelican. Three sides of the ventral cargo tray open to allow quick entry or egress.

D77-TC Pelican-class Dropships

The D77H-TCI Pelican is an extremely versatile craft used primarily for transportation of personnel and equipment by the UNSC. It is the UNSC's primary tactical support aerocraft, fulfilling the role of tactical transport and gunship since, at least, 2525. The Pelican's crew compartments can be sealed and the craft made suitable for limited space flight.

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Ship Name Status
Bravo 001 Destroyed, Battle of Reach.
Bravo 022 Destroyed, Battle of Installation 04.
Charlie 217 Destroyed, Battle of Installation 04.
Echo 136 Destroyed, Battle of Installation 04 or during the events following it.
Echo 206 Status Unkown, presumably destroyed during the Battle of Installation 04.
Echo 419 Destroyed, Battle of Installation 04.
Victor 933 Destroyed, Battle of Installation 04.

Covenant Starships

Covenant Starship Length Comparison
Covenant Assault Carrier 5346 meters
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Covenant Destroyer 1500 meters
Covenant Carrier 1455 meters
Covenant Frigate 1000 meters
Covenant Stealth Corvette Less than 485 meters
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Carriers

Covenant Supercarrier

The Covenant Supercarrier, also known as the Covenant Fleet Carrier, is a carrier classification in the Covenant starfleet. They are hypothesized to be the most powerful starships in the Covenant armada. Multiple supercarriers of the Second Fleet of Homogenous Clarity defended the massive space station of High Charity and one was the flagship of the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose.

Ship Name Status
Sublime Transcendence Presumed destroyed by a NOVA bomb.

Covenant Carrier

The Covenant Carrier is a heavy warship classification in the Covenant fleet. It is armed with Pulse Laser turrets. However, its primary role in combat is to dispatch starfighters and other smaller ships, and it boasts thirty-six Seraph fighters, three capital medium dropships, and thirty-six dropships. It has been hypothesized that since the Covenant Carrier is longer than the Covenant Cruiser and much more uncommon, it is a more powerful warship overall.

Ship Name Status
Lawgiver Status Unknown

Covenant Assault Carrier

The Assault Carrier is a heavy warship classification within the Covenant Fleet. The Assault Carrier easily dwarfs even the mighty UNSC Marathon-class Cruiser, as seen in this comparison of ships. The Covenant Assault Carriers are massive Covenant spacecraft capable of massive destruction. They are armed with energy beam projectors and their gravity lifts can also be used as a planetary siege weapon. Two of these craft, one commanded by the High Prophet of Regret, attacked Earth in October of 2552. They are larger than CCS-class Battlecruisers, with three primary bulbous sections as opposed to the single one atop a CCS-class battlecruiser.

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Covenant Supercruiser

The Covenant Supercruiser is a classification of Covenant battleship that is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, capital ships in the Covenant armada. Its keel length is over three times that of the UNSC Marathon-class heavy cruiser - over 3.5 kilometers.

Covenant Battleship

The Covenant Battleship was a heavy warship classification in the Covenant fleet, classified as a cruiser. This warship was two kilometers long, had five bulbous sections, and bristled with a dozen energy projectors - enough weapons to decimate any UNSC fleet from long range. it was larger than most Covenant warships, even surpassing the keel length of the CCS-class battlecruiser, but itself was dwarfed by the Covenant Flagship and the Covenant Assault Carrier. It is believed to be extremely heavily armed for its size, as it possessed a dozen projectors at two kilometers whereas the Covenant Supercruiser had five projectors, but was longer than 3.5 kilometers.

Flagship

The Covenant Flagship is the ship that commands operations in a fleet. It can be any ship apparently as there has been no specific class of "Flagship" listed.

Ship Name Status
Seeker of Truth Status Unknown.
Ascendant Justice Destroyed, Destruction of Unyielding Heirophant.
Sublime Transcendence Status Unknown.
Incorruptible Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.

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The Reverence-class Cruiser is Covenant warship classification - a powerful warship. This classification is relatively long: 3 kilometers long, twice that of the considerably armored and armed Covenant Destroyer. This cruiser classification fielded a large compliment of soldiers and was also used as a flagship for small taskforces.

Ship Name Status
Incorruptible Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.

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The CCS-class Battlecruiser is a heavy warship classification in the Covenant fleet. This classification of heavy warships are long, vaguely organic-shaped spacecraft. They are armed with covenant pulse lasers and plasma turrets of unknown number. This style of ship seems to be the default or main battleship in the Covenant armada.

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Ship Name Status
Truth and Reconciliation Destroyed during Battle of Installation 04.
Purity of Spirit Sent messages to Pillar of Autumn and Reach. Status Unknown.
Sacred Promise Destroyed in unknown system from fuel cell rupture, presumably by a UNSC MAC cannon.

Covenant Cruiser

The Covenant Cruiser is a classification of a heavy-tonnage Covenant starship. The Covenant Cruiser, however, should not be confused with the Covenant CCS-class Battlecruiser. The cruiser is larger than the Covenant Light Cruiser but is smaller than the Covenant Carrier. They are armed with five plasma turrets, laterally-mounted pulse lasers, but lack a compliment of supplementary Seraph-class starfighters.

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Ship Name Status
Pious Inquisitor Last seen during the First Battle of Earth.

Covenant CAR-class

The Covenant CAR-class is a type of ship mentioned in Transmissions a type of promotion for the then new game, Halo: Combat Evolved. The transmissions are directly linked to the Cortana Letters and like the Cortana Letters aren't really considered Canon unless specifically mentioned in later Halo Canon works.

Ship Name Status
Contrition Sent message to Hermes II. Status Unknown.
Penance Sent message to Reach. Status Unknown.

Covenant Destroyer

The Covenant Destroyer is a warship classification in the Covenant Starfleet. It is 1500 meters long, nearly the length of a CCS-class Battlecruiser, and half the size of the majestic Reverence-class Cruiser. This class of starship is extremely well-armed, boasting multiple pulse laser turrets, plasma torpedo launcher(s), and Seraph-class starfighters. This dangerous warship classification has the distinctive three bulbous sections of heavier Covenant warships, mirroring the lethality of its larger cousins.

Ship Name Status
Absolution Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.
Bloodied Spirit Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.
Far Sight Lost Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.

Cruisers

Covenant Light Cruiser

The Covenant light cruiser is a capital starship in the Covenant fleet. Several light cruisers were used over the planet of Reach during the occupation action.

Covenant CPV-class

The Covenant CPV-class is a type of ship mentioned in Transmissions a type of promotion for the then new game, Halo: Combat Evolved. The transmissions are directly linked to the Cortana Letters and like the Cortana Letters aren't really considered Canon unless specifically mentioned in later Halo Canon works.

Ship Name Status
Esteem Status Unknown.
Reverence Status Unknown.

Covenant Frigate

The Covenant Frigate is a medium-tonnage warship, seeming to be the smallest and most common warship classification among the Covenant's space fleets. These starships are equipped with multiple pulse lasers, three or more, and at least one Plasma Torpedo launcher on a lateral surface. They appear at most Covenant-UNSC engagements. They are larger then a UNSC Frigate, but smaller than other UNSC ships. They have an overall bulbous shape

Ship Name Status
Reverant' Destroyed, Battle of Onyx.
Twilight Compunction Status Unknown.
Tenebrous Destroyed, Covenant Civil War.

Support Starships

Covenant Stealth Corvette

The Covenant Stealth Corvette was an unarmed starship in the Covenant fleet. This starship was an intelligence-gathering starship, with stealth systems that made it appear to waver in and out of space and also complex fire-control jamming systems that could disrupt UNSC Archer missile targeting computers. These electronic countermeasures ensured its survival against enemy warships while it gathered required intelligence. These corvettes also had an extensive sensor suite to gather such information.

Agricultural Support Ship

Agricultural Support Ships are a type of support vessel used by the Covenant and attached to their wandering fleets. These vessels are much smaller than a Covenant CCS-class Battle Cruiser or carrier, and are not designed for combat. Rather, they are designed to provide fresh foodstuffs for Covenant soldiers. They contain large hunting preserves holding many types of animals to be killed and fed to the Elites and Prophets within the fleet, as well as plants, but it is unclear if these plants are eaten; humans do not know much about the diet of most Covenant creatures. They are crewed primarily by Engineers and Grunts. They are commanded by a single Prophet Legate.

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Ship Name Status
Infinite Succor Destroyed during the Battle of Installation 04.

Seraph-class Starfighters

The Seraph-class starfighter is the Covenant Starfleet's main starfighter, and are hypothesized to be the Covenant's counterpart to the UNSC C709 Longsword starfighter. They are teardrop and piscine in form. They are stored in Covenant capital ships when they are not in battle or escorting a ship. Seraphs are far more maneuverable than human ships, and usually attack in groups of around ten. They sometimes harass enemy ships and perform hit-and-run strafing attacks on enemy ships. They are also equipped with energy shields, but these are only a fraction as strong as those of larger ships and are easily dispersed by concentrated point defense.

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Dropships

Spirit

The Spirit, otherwise known as the DX-class Dropship, is a Covenant troop dropship in Halo: Combat Evolved. They are angular, tuning fork shaped craft with personnel bays along the exterior of each "prong". They were used by the Covenant up until they were replaced by Phantom dropships around the time of The First Battle of Earth. They are used to transport Elites, Jackals, and Grunts.

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Ship Name Status
Brilliant Gift Destroyed.

Phantom

The Covenant Phantom is a much more formidable dropship than the previous integrations. It boasts several plasma gun turrets, and can literally drop its occupants to the ground without having to fully land with a miniature gravity lift. It also ferries vehicles such as the Wraith, Spectre and Ghost to their intended dropzones. The Phantom is a Covenant Dropship, far sturdier and more heavily armed than the Spirit dropship.

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Covenant Boarding Craft

When a UNSC ship is under siege by the Covenant Fleet, rather than simply destroy it, Covenant forces may attempt to board the ship and search for vital information or capture valuable individuals on the crew. In such a situation the Boarding Craft is used. They simply use the windows or the empty escape pod docking rings to board the vessel. The Boarding Craft are reusable, and able to leave the UNSC ship and return to a nearby cruiser should the need to retreat occur.

A screenshot of a R'sisho-pattern Tick boarding craft on the level Cairo Station.