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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Title|''Springhill''-class mining ship}}
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The '''''Springhill''-class mining ship''' ([[hull classification symbol]]: '''CFM'''){{Ref/Reuse|adrift}} is a type of [[human]] [[civilian]] starship, predominantly used for mining and transporting resources between worlds.{{Ref/Book|Id=evg208|H4EVG|Page=208}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=132}} Select vessels of the class are utilised by military forces like the [[United Nations Space Command]] and refit as wartime ordnance transports; these ships may be referred to instead as '''''Springhill''-class transports''', {{Ref/Book|H4EVG|Page=231}} though it is unclear whether this is simply an alternate nomenclature or a deliberate subclassification of ship.

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Springhill''-class of vessel has an overall broadly flat structure, with two rows of seven cylindrical pods lining the central axis of the ship. The aft has a large [[bridge]] tower which rises up and over the vessel, with a domineering view of the dorsal surface. The vessel has four [[fusion drive]]s mounted on the aft of the vessel; two primary and two secondary.{{Ref/Map|Id=adrift|H4|Adrift}} 

On select vessels of the class chosen by the UNSC for refit as ordnance transport ships, two towering docking rigs are installed with one on both the port and starboard sides.{{Ref/Reuse|evg208}} The docking rigs are large enough to house a [[Mark II (D) Geyrion]] in a UNSC retrofit of the class.{{Ref/Reuse|adrift}}

==Ships of the line==
*{{CAAShip|Heavy Burden}} (CFM-88) - Repurposed by the UNSC as an ordnance transport during the [[Human-Covenant War]].

==Service history==
''Springhill''s are an older classification of vessel, and retain a strong presence across [[Human colonies|human space]] even despite the emergence of newer and more advanced vessels such as the {{Class|Aestuum|mining ship|}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} They are operated by various mining corporations{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} alongside the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] (CAA); these display a CAA ship prefix.{{Ref/Reuse|evg208}}

During the [[Human-Covenant War]], ''Springhill''s were commandeered by the UNSC and retrofit as ordnance transport ships. One such example, {{CAAShip|Heavy Burden}}, would retain its CAA prefix even despite its conversion to a wartime logistics ship. The ''Springhill''-class mining ships saw extensive use during the early Human-Covenant War, though the ''Heavy Burden'' served until the [[Battle of Kholo]] in [[2539]]. The ship was later the subject of a [[War Games]] map simulation.{{Ref/Reuse|evg208}}

==Gallery==
===Concept art===
<gallery>
File:H4_CAAHeavyBurden_Rear_Concept.png|Concept art of the mining ship.
File:H4_Adrift_LandingPad_Concept.jpg|Concept art of a [[Pelican]] dropship arriving at the ship.
File:H4_Adrift_LoadingBay_Concept.jpg|Concept art of a lone soldier in Loading Bay 04-A7.
File:H4_Adrift_MiningPlatform_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ship's industrial lattices.
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-Rear.jpg|External rear view of the mining ship's engines.
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-01.jpg|Another external rear view of the vessel.
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-02.jpg|Port side view of the mining ship.
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-04.jpg|Another view of the ship.
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-05.jpg|View of the large, main structure of the ship.
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-06.jpg|A row of cylindrical pods on the ship's dorsal surface.
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-Schematics.jpg|Schematics of the ship.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}

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

{{Human civilian ships}}
[[Category:UNSC ship classes]]
[[Category:Ship classes]]