Covenant carrier

Carrier is a Covenant ship classification. This classification includes both capital ships and light support vessels. Carriers fulfilled a prominent role within the now-defunct Covenant fleet.

Classes
There are three main heavy-tonnage carrier classes: the, the , and the. The Covenant sometimes referred to these classes as "supercarriers" to distinguish them from lighter carrier vessels that filled support roles.

Operational history
Covenant forces have long made use of various carrier classes within their fleets.

For a number of years leading up to the Human-Covenant War, Covenant carriers served as support ships in and around the defense fleet of High Charity. On July 17, 2552, a carrier, escorted by a pair of Covenant frigates and a destroyer, attempted to seize control of the human colony world Sigma Octanus IV. When the destroyer and the two frigates were destroyed by Captain Jacob Keyes, the carrier retreated until reinforcements arrived. However, the carrier did succeed in deploying 34 dropships to the surface of the planet to initiate an invasion.

During the Battle of Installation 05 and the Great Schism, the light carrier Lawgiver assisted Incorruptible during the battle against the Jiralhanae and the Flood. A carrier would also go on assist Covenant forces in the Onyx Conflict later that month.

List of appearances

 * Halo: The Fall of Reach
 * Halo: First Strike
 * Halo 2
 * Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
 * Halo: Uprising
 * Halo 3
 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Halo Legends
 * Origins
 * The Package
 * Halo: Evolutions
 * Palace Hotel
 * The Return
 * Halo: Blood Line
 * Halo: Reach
 * Halo: Fall of Reach
 * Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
 * Terminals
 * Halo 4
 * Terminals
 * Spartan Ops
 * Halo: Spartan Assault
 * Halo: Initiation
 * Halo: Escalation
 * Halo 2: Anniversary
 * Terminals
 * Halo: Spartan Strike
 * Halo: Fleet Battles
 * Halo: Shadow of Intent