Support ship: Difference between revisions

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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.

Summary[edit]

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Types[edit]

UNSC[edit]

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 subprowler - 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[edit]

Bladder ship - A munitions carrier that collects gases used for their plasma weaponry.
Covenant stealth ship - The Covenant counterpart to the UNSC prowler.

A Covenant stealth ship

Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship - A ship designed to provide fresh foodstuffs for a fleet.

A Mjern-pattern support ship

Forerunner[edit]

Gargantua-class transport

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-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 [[fleet]]s, etc.
+{{Status|Canon}}
+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 [[fleet]]s, etc. [[Hospital ship]]s are a kind of support ship, specialized for medical care of sick and injured personnel.
-==UNSC support ships==
+==Summary==
-*[[Calypso-class exfiltration craft|''Calypso''-class exfiltration craft]] - A small ship designed for covert extraction.
+{{Expand-section}}
-*[[Black Cat-class subprowler|''Black Cat''-class subprowler]] - A small craft with limited stealth systems designed as a replacement for the ''Calypso''-class.
-*[[Chiroptera-class stealth vessel|''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==
+==Types==
-*[[Covenant agricultural support ship]] - A ship designed to provide fresh foodstuffs for a fleet.
+===UNSC===
-*[[Covenant stealth ship]] - The Covenant counterpart to the UNSC prowler.
+*'''{{Class|Black Cat|subprowler}}''' - A small craft with limited stealth systems designed as a replacement for the ''Calypso''-class.
+*'''{{Class|Calypso|exfiltration craft}}''' - A small ship designed for covert extraction.
+*'''{{Class|Chiroptera|subprowler}}''' - 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.
-==Forerunner support ships==
+===Covenant===
-*[[Gargantua-class transport]]
+*'''[[Bladder ship]]''' - A munitions carrier that collects gases used for their [[plasma weaponry]].
+*'''[[Covenant stealth ship]]''' - The Covenant counterpart to the UNSC prowler.
+<gallery>
+File:Covenant stealth ship at Sigma Octanus.jpg|A Covenant stealth ship
+</gallery>
+*'''{{Pattern|Mjern|agricultural support ship}}''' - A ship designed to provide fresh foodstuffs for a fleet.
+<gallery>
+File:HFB DSC fleet.jpg|A ''Mjern''-pattern support ship
+</gallery>
-==See also==
+===Forerunner===
-*[[Warship]]
+*'''{{Class|Gargantua|transport}}'''
-*[[Capital ship]]
 {{Ship types}}
 [[Category:Ship classifications]]