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Springhill-class mining ship

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Springhill-class
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CAA Heavy Burden, as depicted in a War Games simulation.
Class attributes

Identification:

Hull classification symbol: CFM[1]

Operators:

Colonial Administration Authority

In service:

Human-Covenant War

General characteristics

Type:

Mining ship

Maneuver drive:

Fusion drives (2 primary, 2 secondary)

 

The Springhill-class mining ship (hull classification symbol: CFM)[1] is a type of human civilian starship, predominantly used for mining and transporting resources between worlds.[2][3] Select vessels of the class are utilised by military forces like the United Nations Space Command and refit as wartime ordnance transports; these ships may be referred to instead as Springhill-class transports, [4] though it is unclear whether this is simply an alternate nomenclature or a deliberate subclassification of ship.

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

The Springhill-class of vessel has an overall broadly flat structure, with two rows of seven cylindrical pods lining the central axis of the ship. The aft has a large bridge tower which rises up and over the vessel, with a domineering view of the dorsal surface. The vessel has four fusion drives mounted on the aft of the vessel; two primary and two secondary.[1]

On select vessels of the class chosen by the UNSC for refit as ordnance transport ships, two towering docking rigs are installed with one on both the port and starboard sides.[2] The docking rigs are large enough to house a HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark II (D) Geyrion in a UNSC retrofit of the class.[1]

Ships of the line[edit]

Service history[edit]

Springhills are an older classification of vessel, and retain a strong presence across human space even despite the emergence of newer and more vessels such as the Aestuum-class.[3] They are operated by various mining corporations[3] alongside the Colonial Administration Authority (CAA); these display a CAA ship prefix.[2]

During the Human-Covenant War, Springhills were commandeered by the UNSC and retrofit as ordnance transport ships. One such example, CAA Heavy Burden, would retain its CAA prefix even despite its conversion to a wartime logistics ship. The Springhill-class mining ships saw extensive use during the early Human-Covenant War, though the Heavy Burden served until the Battle of Kholo in 2539. The ship was later the subject of a War Games map simulation.[2]

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List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Halo 4, multiplayer map Adrift
  2. ^ a b c d Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 208
  3. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 132
  4. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 231