Support ship

A support ship is a ship classification whose primary purposes are not to stay in combat, but to play more specialized roles - covert infiltration and exfiltration, intelligence gathering, electronic warfare, supply of fleets, etc. Hospital ships are a kind of support ship, specialized for medical care of sick and injured personnel.

UNSC support ships

• Black Cat-class subprowler - A small craft with limited stealth systems designed as a replacement for the Calypso-class.
• Calypso-class exfiltration craft - A small ship designed for covert extraction.
• Chiroptera-class stealth vessel - An older class of UNSC stealth ship.
• UNSC prowler - The UNSC's primary stealth ship used for reconnaissance and electronic warfare.
• Refit station - A mobile repair and refit platform.

Covenant support ships

• Bladder ship - A munitions carrier that collects gases used for their plasma weaponry.
• Covenant stealth ship - The Covenant counterpart to the UNSC prowler.
• DSC-class support ship - A ship designed to provide fresh foodstuffs for a fleet.

Forerunner support ships

• Gargantua-class transport

See also

• Warship
• Capital ship