CAA Heavy Burden

CAA Heavy Burden
Production information
Class:	Springhill-class mining ship
Role:	Ordnance Transport/Mining
Technical specifications
Engine(s):	Fusion drive
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine (damaged)
Armament:	None
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Human-Covenant War
Affiliation:	Colonial Administration Authority (former); United Nations Space Command;

The CAA Heavy Burden (hull classification symbol: CFM-88) is a former Colonial Administration Authority Springhill-class mining vessel, repurposed for use as an ordnance transport by the United Nations Space Command during the Human-Covenant War.^[1]^[2]

Background[edit]

A very old vessel, the ship hails from the Unified Earth Government's colonial period.^[3] At some point during the war a HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark II (D) armor system powered exoskeleton was put under construction aboard the vessel. The ship was damaged during the Battle of Kholo in 2539 and later entered a slowly degrading orbit around a nearby gas giant. The vessel's automated systems continued to function despite the ship's impending destruction.^[2]^[4]^[5]

In 2558, part of the ship was simulated on the UNSC Infinity's training deck as a practice environment for the latter vessel's SPARTAN-IV complement.^[6]

Production notes[edit]

This vessel is the setting for the Halo 4 multiplayer map Adrift.
In the E3 2012 build of Adrift, the mining vessel's hull classification symbol was FFG-88, designating it as a frigate.
Though the ship was rendered derelict long before the end of the Human-Covenant War, the hull bears the post-war version of the UNSC insignia. This could be attributed to a quirk of the War Games simulation.