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Phoenix-class colonial support vessel

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Phoenix-class colony ship
Screenshot of UNSC Spirit of Fire (full image at hereMedia:HW-SOF-1920.jpg).
Production information

Manufacturer:

Halifax Spacewerx[1]

Class:

Colony ship

Role:

Standard
  • Colonization of planets
Military refit
  • Support of ground operations
Technical specifications

Length:

2,500 metres (8,200 ft)[2]

Width:

800 metres (2,600 ft)[2]

Height:

689 metres (2,260 ft)[1]

Mass:

44 million metric tons[1]

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Hull:

Titanium-A armor

Armament:

Refit-specific

Crew:

11,000[5]-12,500[1]

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Introduced:

c. 2362[6]

Affiliation:

 

The Phoenix-class colonial support vessel[7] is a colony ship classification used by the Unified Earth Government, with a hull classification symbol of CFV. In addition to ferrying colonists to newly settled worlds, they are used to carry equipment such as prefabricated colony starter units, hydroponics and other facilities.[8] Known ships of the Phoenix class include the CAA Skidbladnir which colonized Harvest[9] and the UNSC Spirit of Fire which aided in the colonization of Arcadia and was later converted into a warship.

Design details[edit]

A number of Phoenix-class colony ships in Halo Legends - Origins II.
Arcadia colonized by three Phoenix-class colony ships.


First commissioned in 2362 during the golden age of human colonization, Phoenix-class colony ships were designed to transport colonists, terraforming equipment, and other infrastructure from an Inner Colony such as Earth to a distant colony world.[1] For decades after 2362 the Phoenix-class colony ship was the largest interstellar vehicle created by humanity.[10] A single Phoenix-class colony ship is capable of setting up a self sufficient colony in just six months.[10] On lusher or more verdant colony worlds the Phoenix-class colony ship would stay on station in orbit or act as a dedicated transport for personnel and resources to and from the Sol system.[10] In at least one instance, a colony ship was decommissioned to aid in the development of a colony. On Harvest, the Skidbladnir's fusion reactor was used to power the first settlement, Utgard and its data processing storage housing the Agricultural Operations AI, Mack was also utilized. The ship's AI, Loki, became the