Editing DCS light freighter

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship class infobox
|image=
|manufacturer=
|class=
|role=Transporting cargo across colonies
|length=
|width=
|height=
|power=Single reactor
|engine=[[Hydrazine]] maneuvering rockets
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
|navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
|hull=
|armament=
|complement=
|crew=
|passengers=
|othersystems=
|era=
|introduced=
|affiliation=[[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]
}}
'''Light freighters'''<ref name="goo72">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 72''</ref>{{Ref/Note|While only referred to as "freighters" throughout ''Halo: Contact Harvest'', ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' mentions that [[Shane]] and other refugees escaped Harvest aboard a "light freighter". Since ''Contact Harvest'' indicates that the DCS propulsion pod-container combination freighters were virtually the refugees' only means of escape from Harvest, it is assumed that the mention of "light freighters" in ''Ghosts of Onyx'' refers to these ships. In any case, this nomenclature serves to provide a more definite descriptor for the craft type than a mere "DCS freighter" in the absence of a proper name.}} are interstellar cargo vessels employed by the [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]. They make up a large portion of the [[UNSC commercial fleet|commercial fleet]] maintained by the DCS.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 23''</ref>

==Design details==
The vessels consist of a large cargo container attached magnetically to a [[propulsion pod]] which contains a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] and [[hydrazine]] rockets for subluminal maneuvering.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 25''</ref> The container features a heating unit maintained by a small nuclear reactor, and a [[maser]] communication system.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 26''</ref> These freighters are mostly automated, and human crews are a rarity.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 104''</ref> Still, the containers are equipped with control cabins which can be accessed by an elevator on the side of the hull.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 51''</ref> The freighters' on-board computers are also routinely used to [[Courier|deliver mail]] between colonies.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 35''</ref> The containers are fairly large; though most often filled by cargo, they are able to fit roughly 1,000 people.<ref name="ch">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 337''</ref>

These containers can travel up and down [[space elevator]] strands as well as planetary [[MagLev train]] systems, allowing for fast loading and management of cargo. Once on top of the elevator, the propulsion pod is attached to the container, effectively turning it into a slipspace-capable freighter in less than thirty seconds. A colonial high-capacity space tether system such as [[Harvest]]'s ''[[Tiara]]'' can have dozens of propulsion pods and cargo containers operational at a time, all managed by a shipping operations AI.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 67''</ref>

These freighters were used by the survivors of the [[First Battle of Harvest]] as they escaped the Covenant attack.<ref name="goo72"/><ref name="ch"/>

==Known light freighters==
*''[[Bulk Discount]]''
*''[[Contents Under Pressure]]''
*''[[Horn of Plenty]]''
*''[[This End Up]]''
*''[[Wholesale Price]]''

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}

==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Human civilian ships}}
[[Category:Freighter classes]]