Kerel-pattern assault carrier

"CAS-class assault carrier" redirects here. For other ships of a similar classification, see Covenant assault carrier.

Kerel-pattern
Class attributes
Identification:	UNSC Three-letter code: CAS
Operators:	Covenant Covenant remnants (See operators)
General characteristics Type: Examiner Assault carrier Length: 5,347 meters (17,540 ft) Width: 2,118 meters (6,950 ft) Height: 746 meters (2,450 ft) Mass: 2.7 billion tonnes Power plant: Pinch fusion reactor Maneuver drive: 3× Raphyus-pattern repulsor engines Slipspace drive: Primus-pattern borer (CODEN Series VI equivalent) Crew: 200 Superiors 10 Engineers Complement: 3× Scarab platforms 44× Shadow transports 196× Wraith tanks 700× Ghost scouts Troops: 40,000 warriors Hull: Nanolaminate battleplate Shielding: Energy shielding Armaments: 1× Infernus-pattern superheavy excavation beam 2× Urpeon-pattern superheavy plasma lances 8× Luxor-pattern heavy plasma beam emitters 24× Mictix-pattern heavy plasma torpedo silos 700× Ferriel-pattern pulse lasers Air wing: 250× Insertion pods 44× Spirit/Phantom dropships 20× Tick boarding craft 600× Banshee flyers 192× Elsedda-pattern Banshee strikecraft 64× Seraph strikecraft Ren shuttles Air facilities: 8 hangar bays

The Kerel-pattern assault carrier (UNSC three-letter classification: CAS-class assault carrier) is a design pattern variation of assault carrier employed by the naval forces of the Covenant. The Kerel served the Covenant (and continues to serve its remnants) as a rarer configuration of the design, complementing the much more common Syfon-pattern assault carriers. This modification is explicitly approved by the Hierarchs.