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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW}} |
| {{Center|"Hangar" redirects here. For the ''[[Halo Online]]'' [[multiplayer]] map named "Hangar", see [[The Pit]].}} | | {{Ratings}} |
| [[File:AC Cargobay.jpg|thumb|300px|The enormous hangar bay of the [[Covenant assault carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'']] | | [[File:AC Cargobay.jpg|thumb|The enormous hangar bay of the [[Covenant assault carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'']] |
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| A '''hangar bay''' is a large room built to store fighters, troop transports, and other equipment that are on board a ship or space station. A hangar bay used to store shuttles or [[dropship]]s is sometimes referred to as a '''shuttle bay''' or '''launch bay'''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref> Almost every [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] or [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ship has a hangar bay. Ships that have the largest hangar bays are usually identified as [[carrier]]s; such as the [[Covenant assault carrier]], ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. Usually, the hangar bay of a ship is located in the middle or the back of a ship.<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level[[Floodgate]]</ref><ref name="ark">''Halo 3'', campaign level[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', campaign level [[Prepare To Drop]]'</ref> | | A '''hangar bay''' is a large room built to store fighters, troop transports, and other equipment that are on board a ship or space station. Almost every [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] or [[UNSC]] ship has a hangar bay. Ships that have the largest hangar bays are usually identified as [[carrier]]s; such as the [[Covenant assault carrier]], ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. Usually, the hangar bay of a ship is located in the middle or the back of a ship.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level, ''[[Prepare To Drop]]''</ref> |
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| ==Background== | | ==Background== |
| How many fighters and troop transports that fit in the hangar bay depends on the size of the bay and the size of the ship or station; for example, a Covenant assault carrier's hangar bay is large enough to fit an entire [[UNSC frigate]],{{Ref/Reuse|ark}} while a [[UNSC corvette]]'s hangar can only store a small ship such as a [[SKT-13 Shuttlecraft]].<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', p. 64</ref> The shuttle bays on Covenant {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s are large, with multiple levels and enough space to park two {{Pattern|Taaku Xur|Spirit}}s, two [[Type-31 Seraph|Type-31 "Seraph" fighters]], or eight [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 "Banshee" Ground Support Aircraft]]. | | How many fighters and troop transports that fit in the hangar bay depends on the size of the bay and the size of the ship or station; for example, a Covenant assault carrier's hangar bay is large enough to fit the entire [[UNSC frigate]],<ref name="ark"/> while a [[UNSC corvette]]'s hangar can only store a small ship such as a [[SKT-13 Shuttlecraft]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 64''</ref> Hangars on some UNSC warships double as cargo bays, being able to lower vehicles or cargo directly to the ground through [[elevator]]s in the hangar floor.<ref name="ark"/> |
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| ==UNSC hangars==
| | Some Covenant hangar bays are generally referred to a [[shuttle bay]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref> Covenant hangar bays use [[energy barrier]]s that serve the purpose of separating the pressurized interior of the ship from the vacuum of space, also doubling as [[energy shielding|energy shields]] that can prevent ships from entering. Some ships such as [[Covenant corvette]]s also possess physical hangar doors in addition to the energy field.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> By [[2552]], some UNSC ships and stations also use vacuum-sealing energy fields in their hangar bays.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''[[Anchor 9 (level)|Anchor 9]]''</ref> |
| On larger UNSC warships such as the {{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}}, the hangar bay serves as "Zero Deck", by which all other decks are measured. All decks above the hangar are named as a "level" starting at Level One and going as high as needed, while all decks below the hangar are considered "belowdecks" and labelled First Deck, Second Deck, Third Deck etc.<ref>''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 4</ref> The {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}} can reconfigure its hangar bays to sacrifice armament-carrying capacity and instead serve as a light [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] when needed.<ref name="fb125">''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', Core Rulebook - p. 125</ref> Hangars on some lighter UNSC warships such as {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} double as cargo bays, being able to lower vehicles or cargo directly to the ground through [[elevator]]s in the hangar floor.{{Ref/Reuse|ark}} By [[2557]], even larger ships such as the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} had external cargo elevators connected to their hangar bays to allow for lifting of supplies and armaments onto a planetary surface.<ref>''[[Halo 4]]'', campaign level [[Infinity (Halo 4 level)|Infinity]]</ref> By [[2552]], some UNSC ships and stations also use vacuum-sealing energy fields in their hangar bays.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', multiplayer map [[Anchor 9 (map)|Anchor 9]]</ref>
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| ==Covenant hangars== | | == Trivia == |
| Covenant hangar bays use [[energy barrier]]s that serve the purpose of separating the pressurized interior of the ship from the vacuum of space, also doubling as [[energy shielding|energy shields]] that can prevent ships from entering. Some ships such as [[Covenant corvette]]s also possess physical hangar doors in addition to the energy field.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]</ref>
| | *On [[Sandtrap]] if you manage to get out of the map in Theater and go into {{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}} you can go in the hangar bay and the inside is detailed. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:Launch Bay 7.png|The interior of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'s [[Launch Bay 7]].
| | File:Cc bay3.jpg|The interior of a shuttle bay of a CCS-class battlecruiser. |
| File:Cc bay3.jpg|The interior of a shuttle bay of a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser. | | File:Corvette1.jpg|The interior of a Covenant corvette's shuttle bay, note the [[Type-31 XMF]]s hanging from the ceiling. |
| File:HTMCC-HCEA CCS Hangar Bay.jpg|The interior of a shuttle bay of a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser.
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| File:DeliverHope - CCSHangar.png|An interior shuttle bay aboard a ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser.
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| File:Corvette1.jpg|The interior of a Covenant corvette's shuttle bay, note the [[Type-31 Seraph|Type-31 XMFs]] hanging from the ceiling. | |
| File:HO UNSCHangar Menu Concept.jpg|UNSC hangar concept art.
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| File:HO CovenantHangar Menu Concept.jpg|Covenant hangar concept art.
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| File:H4-SO-Location-Infinity-01.jpg|Hangar Bay 450 on the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.
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| File:Shutdown.png|Another hangar bay on the ''Infinity''.
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| File:H5G-Hangar Bay 11.png|Hangar Bay 11 on the ''Infinity''.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' |
| | *''[[Halo 2]]'' |
| | *''[[Halo 3]]'' |
| | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' | | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' | | *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' |
| *''[[Halo 3]]''
| | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] |
| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | |
| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' | | *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' |
| *''[[Halo Legends]]'' | | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' |
| **''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]'' | | **''[[The Package]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
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| *''[[Halo 4]]''
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| **''[[Spartan Ops]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
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| *''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
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| *''[[Halo Infinite]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| [[Category:Spacecraft locations]] | | [[Category:Spacecraft locations]] |