Syfon-pattern assault carrier
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The Syfon-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.[2] The Syfon served the Covenant (and continues to serve its remnants) as a commonly-employed configuration of the design, complementing the much rarer Kerel-pattern assault carriers which could only be constructed with explicit Hierarch approval.[4]
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
Syfon-pattern vessels can be most easily distinguished from their Kerel-pattern counterparts by their more segmented hull plating. Of particular note, the Syfon-pattern features numerous skyscraper-like protrusions extending from the dorsal surfaces of the ship, where the Kerel has an extremely consistently smooth hull covering. The Syfon is a commonly-seen variation of the assault carrier design.[4]
Syfon-pattern assault carriers can also carry large habitat domes on board, similar to those housed on Mjern-pattern agricultural support ships. One such example was used by the Prophet of Regret aboard Solemn Penance as a place to carry out his official duties.[5]
Power and propulsion[edit]
Syfon-pattern carriers are powered by a large deuterium-tritium pinch fusion reactor housed in the central mass of the ship, inside a large and cavernous space.[3]
Armaments[edit]
The Syfon boasts an identical armament loadout to its Kerel counterpart. Its primary weapon is an Infernus-pattern excavation beam, with an additional two Urpeon-pattern plasma lances for heavy anti-ship work. The class is additionally fitted with eight Luxor-pattern heavy plasma beam emitters and twenty-four Mictix-pattern heavy plasma torpedo silos, alongside an array of 700 Ferriel-pattern pulse laser turrets.[2]
Ships of the line[edit]
- Day of Jubilation - Served in the Fleet of Sacred Consecration during the Battle for Earth, and was destroyed in the opening hours by John-117.[3]
- Enduring Conviction - Served in the Fleet of Recalcitrant Ire, before going on to join the Banished. Destroyed over Installation 00 during the Second Ark Conflict.
- Solemn Penance - Served in the Fleet of Sacred Consecration as the personal flagship of the Prophet of Regret.
Operational history[edit]
Syfon-pattern carriers came into service during the Third Age of Discovery.[2] They served the C