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DSC-class support ship

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DSC-class support ship
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Production information

Role:

Supply transport[1]

Technical specifications

Length:

Approx. 1,500 metres (4,900 ft)[2]

Height:

Approx. 400 metres (1,300 ft)[2]

Engine(s):

Repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Equipped

Navigation system(s):

Navigation computer

Armament:

Energy projector
Plasma torpedoes

Complement:

4 Type-28 Ticks

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Affiliation:

Covenant
Jul 'Mdama's Covenant

 

The DSC-class support ship,[3] also simply referred to as the agricultural support ship, is a type of support vessel that was used by the Covenant, and attached to their wandering fleets.[1]

Overview

The DSC is not designed for combat but rather is used to provide fresh food for Covenant soldiers.[1][4] The support ship contains large hunting preserves holding many types of animals to be hunted, killed, and fed to the personnel of the fleet.[1][3] Vessels of the class are primarily crewed by Huragok and Unggoy, with little to no Sangheili on board, and are occasionally commanded by a single Minor Prophet.[1] Strangely, the "S" (for Salvation) in the classification code "DSC" indicates that the ship is equipped with at least one energy projector.[5]

Ships of the line

Halo: Fleet Battles

Covenant DSC Support Ship

This element includes a single DSC-class support ship.

  • Cost: 95 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage Track: 7 • 6 • 4
  • Build rating: 2
  • Hangers: 3
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security detail: 4
  • System loadouts:
    • Defense array (3)
    • Glide (4")
    • Labyrinthine
    • Point defense (4)
  • Primary Weapon: Plasma Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 6
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 8

Covenant Supported DSC Support Ship

This element includes a DSC-class support ship and one SDV-class heavy corvette.

  • Cost: 115 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage Track: 7 • 6 • 5
  • Build rating: 3
  • Hangers: 4
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Defense array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Labyrinthine
    • Point defense (5)
  • Primary Weapon: Plamsa Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 8
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 8

Covenant Reinforced DSC Support Ship

This element includes a DSC-class support ship and two SDV-class heavy corvettes.

  • Cost: 135 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage Track: 7 • 6 • 6
  • Build rating: 4
  • Hangers: 5
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Defense array (5)
    • Glide (4")
    • Labyrinthine
    • Point defense (6)
  • Primary Weapon: Plamsa Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 10

Covenant Escorted DSC Support Ship

This element includes a DSC-class support ship and one ADP-class escort.

  • Cost: 115 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage Track: 7 • 6 • 5
  • Build rating: 3
  • Hangers: 3
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Defense array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Labyrinthine
    • Point defense (6)
  • Primary Weapon: Plamsa Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 7
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 12

Covenant Defended DSC Support Ship

This element includes a DSC-class support ship and two ADP-class escorts.

  • Cost: 135 points
  • Movement: 7"
  • Damage Track: 7 • 6 • 6
  • Build rating: 3
  • Hangers: 3
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security detail: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Cloaking system
    • Defense array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Labyrinthine
    • Point defense (6)
  • Primary Weapon: Plamsa Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 7
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward
    • Dice: 14

Trivia

On the Halo Wars Skirmish map Release, there are several agricultural support ships crashed on the map.

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia, page 281 (2011)
  2. ^ a b File:HFB-Lotsofships.png
  3. ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Ship Happens
  4. ^ Halo Graphic Novel, Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor
  5. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder: Have S'moa