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==Three-letter classification codes== | ==Three-letter classification codes== | ||
During the war, the [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] attempted to classify Covenant ships based on observation and limited intelligence about the Covenant's own ship codes. This allowed UNSC analysts to create a schema for identifying Covenant vessel types roughly synonymous with [[human]] naval [[Hull classification symbol|hull codes]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} - though these classifications do not map perfectly to human standards.{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} These codes take the form of three letters forming the Covenant ship's "class" name (ie | During the war, the [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] attempted to classify Covenant ships based on observation and limited intelligence about the Covenant's own ship codes. This allowed UNSC analysts to create a schema for identifying Covenant vessel types roughly synonymous with [[human]] naval [[Hull classification symbol|hull codes]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} - though these classifications do not map perfectly to human standards.{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} These codes take the form of three letters forming the Covenant ship's "class" name (ie ''Ket''-pattern), with each of the three letter codes derived from the Covenant's internal mission codes.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=260}} Following the end of the war with the Covenant, cooperation with the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] revealed the true complex extent of Covenant naval organisation to human analysts, and a shift away from the three-letter codes.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
The three-letter codes are transliterations of a given ship's primary, secondary and tertiary classification codes used in the Covenant fleet, with the letters' ordering determining the importance of that feature, role or ability in the ship's mission.{{Ref/Site|Id=Have S'moa|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Have S'moa|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}} For example, the [[ORS-class heavy cruiser]] would be broken down as follows; | The three-letter codes are transliterations of a given ship's primary, secondary and tertiary classification codes used in the Covenant fleet, with the letters' ordering determining the importance of that feature, role or ability in the ship's mission.{{Ref/Site|Id=Have S'moa|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Have S'moa|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}} For example, the [[ORS-class heavy cruiser]] would be broken down as follows; |