Freighter

Freighter is a classification for interstellar vessels. These ships are neither armed nor well-protected, consisting almost entirely of cargo bay space for their transported goods. Many freighters are operated entirely by navigation computers and managed by planetary AIs, however some are still crewed by humans.

Humanity
Many freighters are maintained by the Unified Earth Government, mostly to move supplies, food, and equipment to and from fringe worlds in the Outer Colonies. Most of these are maintained by the UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping, whose commercial fleet consists of hundreds of light freighters. Some private companies and individuals also maintain their own freighters. Some freighters were also used by militant Insurrectionist factions, such as the Eridanus rebels to supply their hidden base. Freighters operated by the UNSC have the hull classification symbol of DDA. Larger freighters are sometimes also converted into prison ships, used to transport convicts and goods to and from penal colonies.

Freighter classes

 * True Light
 * Laden
 * DCS propulsion pod-container configurations
 * Bulk Discount
 * Contents Under Pressure
 * Horn of Plenty
 * This End Up
 * Wholesale Price
 * Unidentified
 * Distancia
 * Finnegan's Wake
 * Floral Express
 * Mighty Sparrow
 * Mona Lisa (converted into a prison transport)
 * Petya
 * Pilgrims' Pride
 * Mona Lisa (converted into a prison transport)
 * Petya
 * Pilgrims' Pride

Covenant
The Covenant also operated freighters. During the Battle of Installation 00, one such vessel was shot down by the defensive installations of the Ark, crashing into the installation and exposing the Forerunner superstructure underneath the surface. In 2559, this site became a point of confrontation between the Banished and the forces of the during the Second Ark Conflict.

List of appearances

 * Halo: The Fall of Reach
 * Halo: First Strike
 * Halo: Contact Harvest
 * Halo: The Cole Protocol
 * Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
 * The Mona Lisa
 * Halo: Fall of Reach
 * Boot Camp
 * Halo: Escalation
 * Halo: Mortal Dictata
 * Halo: Nightfall
 * Hunt the Truth
 * Halo: Tales from Slipspace
 * Undefeated
 * Halo Wars 2
 * Halo: Point of Light