Shadow of Intent

This article is about the assault carrier. For the novella, see Halo: Shadow of Intent.

Shadow of Intent
Shadow of Intent at Installation 00
Ship history
	Swords of Sanghelios
Class:	Kerel-pattern assault carrier
Operator:	Swords of Sanghelios
Manufacturer:	Lathe of the Enlightened, Song of Victory
Naval architect:	Prophet of Expediency Giehel Vange Vice-Minister of Sacral Assembly
Commissioned:	c. 2135
Captain(s):	Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum
General characteristics Type: Flagship Length: 5,347 meters (17,542.7 ft) Width: 2,118 meters (6,948.8 ft) Height: 746 meters (2,447.5 ft) Mass: 2.7 billion metric tons Maneuver drive: 3 Raphyus-pattern repulsor engines Slipspace drive: Primus-pattern borer Complement: 3× Scarab platforms 196× Wraith mortar tanks 700× Ghost scouts 44× Shadow transports Troops: 40,000 warriors Hull: Nanolaminate hull plating Runic plating Shielding: Tantalus-pattern dispersal field generators 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 Multiple plasma cannons Air wing: 250× Insertion pods 44× Spirit/Phantom dropships 600× Banshee flyers 20× Tick boarding craft 64× Seraph strikecraft 192× Banshee Fighter strikecraft

Shadow of Intent is a Kerel-pattern assault carrier of the Swords of Sanghelios formerly assigned to the Covenant fleet. Commanded by Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum, it served as the flagship of the Fleet of Retribution at the outbreak of the Great Schism and the end of the Human-Covenant War. The vessel then served the reformed Swords of Sanghelios following the cessation of war with humanity in March 2553, and is both feared and revered as a herald of the Arbiter's government.