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{{Status|Canon}}
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{{Seealso|Covenant tug}}
{{Ship class infobox
|image=[[File:HE Covenant Tug.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc}}
|class={{Pattern|Ruwaa|Shadow}} {{c|possibly}}
|role=[[Tug]], transport{{Ref/Reuse|esc}}
|length=Likely the same size as a [[Ruwaa-pattern Shadow|T-29 Shadow]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc}}
|width=
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|mass=
|power=
|engine=
|slipspace drive=
|navigation=
|hull=
|armament=1 [[plasma cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc}}
|complement=
|crew=At least one pilot {{c|presumed}}
|passengers=
|othersystems=
|era=*[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc}} 
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc}}
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|affiliation=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc}}
}}

The '''cargo tug''' is a light transport craft of [[Covenant]] design.{{Ref/Reuse|esc}} 

==Design details==
Virtually identical in outward appearance to the {{Pattern|Ruwaa|Shadow}}, it is nonetheless a distinct vehicle, most conspicuously distinguished by its flight capability and featuring enclosed cockpits across the vehicle, unlike the standard Shadow.{{Ref/Reuse|esc}} It has a small cargo capacity and has been described as "about as dangerous as a toothpick".{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc|HE|Issue=3}} It seemingly appears to share the same size as the Shadow, and as well as equipped with at least one [[heavy plasma cannon]] at its summit.{{Ref/Reuse|esc}} As such, the cargo tug may be likely considered an aircraft configuration and variant for the Type-29 Shadow.

==Operational history==
===Battle of Ealen IV===
A cargo tug left in the Covenant industrial facilities on [[Ealen IV]] was used to transport the [[human]], [[Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae]] delegation to {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} in orbit during [[Shipmaster]] [[Vata 'Gajat]]'s [[Battle of Ealen IV|attack to thwart the negotiations]] in early [[2558]].{{Ref/Reuse|esc}}

==Gallery==
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File:HE CargoTugIV.png|[[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan-IVs]] next to a cargo tug.
File:HE BansheeAttacksCargoTug.png|A [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|mercenary]] {{Pattern|Is'belox|Banshee}} harass and fire upon the Covenant cargo tug fleeing to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}}