List of Starships

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= Human Starships =

Supercarriers
The UNSC Supercarrier is a heavy warship classification within the United Nations Space Command fleet. There were only a few constructed, the only one mentioned is the UNSC Trafalgar, which fell at the Battle of Reach. This warship classification was likely to be on the same level as the Marathon-class Cruiser or higher in terms of overall power.

Phoenix-class Cruiser-Carriers
The Phoenix-class Cruiser-Carrier is a warship classification within the United Nations Space Command.

The only Phoenix-class starship known to date is the UNSC Spirit of Fire which is scheduled to appear in Halo Wars.

Carriers
The UNSC Carrier is a classification of warship within the United Nations Space Command fleet.

Marathon-class Cruisers
The Marathon-class Cruiser is a classification of United Nations Space Command warship.These starships were the replacement for the aging Halcyon-class Cruiser. These behemoths, clocking in at 1192 meters, are approximately two and a half times the length of a UNSC Frigate,. They are also known for their heavy armor - they can survive multiple plasma torpedo impacts, far greater damage than any UNSC Frigate or UNSC Destroyer can sustain.



Halcyon-class Cruisers
The Halcyon-class Cruiser (Pronounced 'hal-see-on') (known as Human Attack Ship class C-II[1] by the Covenant) was a United Nations Space Command cruiser starship classification designed by Dr. Robert McLees in 2510. Their service lives were short due to a unique hull design that was both costly to construct and maintain, lack of speed, and concerns about their tactical viability. They were subsequently replaced by the Marathon-class cruisers.



Stealth Cruisers
The Stealth Cruiser was a starship in the UNSC fleet. Stealth Cruisers are the largest Prowler-class vessels built, the length of a UNSC Destroyer. Only one has ever been known to exist, as Stealth Cruisers are not practical due to the large amount of Stealth Ablative Coating that must be maintained in order to keep them invisible from radar.

Destroyers
The UNSC Destroyer is a classification of warship in the UNSC fleet. Although this classification is only seven meters longer than a UNSC Frigate, they are almost double the mass. Unlike most ships in the fleet, Destroyers carry no single-ship fighters, such as Longswords - their large mass comes rather from the two meters of Titanium A armour battle plate covering the ship. Dr. Catherine Halsey once stated that Destroyers are essentially the same as Frigates except for this added armour.

Frigates
The UNSC Frigate is a common starship classification amongst the UNSC fleet. Although it is significantly weaker in armor and armament compared to its larger cousin, the UNSC Destroyer, the frigate is smaller (thus more maneuverable), and cheaper to produce, allowing greater numbers to be fielded against the Covenant.



Mako-class Corvettes
The Mako-class Corvette was a starship classification in the United Nations Space Command fleet. Several of such corvettes were at the rebel asteroid base over Eridanus Secundus, used by the rebels as part of their improvised fleet. Others were at the disasterous Battle of Reach and the ongoing Second Battle of Earth. These corvettes, according to Cortana, were some of the fastest UNSC warships.

Parabola-class Freighters
Parabola-class Freighter The Parabola-class Freighter is a United Nations Space Command starship classification used in the early 26th century as field engineering and support craft. However by 2525, many of these freighters were independent and used for commercial and civilian use. They are relatively simple craft, with large storage bays, and rotating sections. The rotating sections contained water tanks that would automatically irrigate crops grown in the hydroponics bay in the middle/ carousel section of the vessel. They could carry enough food and water to supply a small city.

Vessels of this class included the Laden.

Laden-class Freighters
The Laden-class Freighter was a human-designed freighter classification. Two freighters of this class were used by the Eridanus Rebels as part of their improvised fleet.

Prowlers
The UNSC Prowler is a starship classification within the United Nations Space Command. They were used exclusively by the Office of Naval Intelligence, and were often crewed by select ONI crews. This is most probably the UNSC equivalent of the Covenant Stealth Corvette.

Chiropetra-class Stealth Vessels
The Chiroptera-class Stealth Vessel was a classification of small starship used by the Office of Naval Intelligence of the United Nations Space Command. Chiroptera-class Prowlers were used by the UNSC in the early 2500s, but in 2512, all vessels of this class were decomissioned and sold for scrap. They were decomissioned because they broke down constantly and had far to many sensitive components without a central controlling AI. They did, however, have the smallest operational slipspace engines ever produced. Chiroptera-class vessels were roughly fifty meters long with oddly angled black stealth surfaces. They also carried advanced counterintrusion software.

C709 Longsword-class Interceptors
The C709 Longsword-class Starfighter is the main UNSC space fighter-bomber.

Calypso-class Exfiltration Crafts
The Calypso-class Exfiltration Craft is a United Nations Space Command starship classification. These fulfill a purpose similar to Black Cat subprowlers, except were in use in the 2530s, notably in the Battle of K7-49. It appears that Black Cats rendered these ships obsolete.

Black Cat-class Subprowlers
Black Cat-class Subprowlers are a classification of small exfiltration ships within the United Nations Space Command. Designated as "sub-prowlers," they have extremely limited capabilities and are used mostly as exfiltration craft to escape combat situations with stealth and ease. The ships have slipspace capacitors, but only enough charge to use them for about four hours. Black Cats are routinely used on high-risk ops, so that UNSC Special Forces can retreat quickly and easily. Each subprowler can hold approximately 38 SPARTAN-IIIs. It appears that they replaced the Calypso-class Exfiltration Craft. Eight such craft were inserted for the Spartan-IIIs during Operation: TORPEDO, but only one was used because only two Spartans survived the engagement. The Black Cat classification is believed to be smaller than the standard UNSC Prowler.

Albatross-class Dropships
The Albatross transport is a very large dropship that is probably capable of holding about four times as much cargo as the Pelican dropship. It is usually used to drop vehicles and UNSC personnel en masse to a site. When dropping its cargo, 3 sides of the cargo tray open up to allow vehicles and personnel to leave the cargo tray.

D77-TC Pelican-class Dropships
The D77H-TCI Pelican is an extremely versatile craft used primarily for transportation of personnel and equipment by the UNSC. Standard armament consist of one class-three externally powered projectile weapon at the fore of the vehicle and one class-one gas operated projectile weapon mounted at the rear in the extended crew area. More heavily armed versions exist. It is also the UNSC's primary tactical support aerocraft, fulfilling the role of tactical transport and gunship since, at least, 2525. The Pelican's crew compartments can be sealed and the craft made suitable for limited space flight.



= Covenant Starships =

Covenant Supercarrier
The Covenant Supercarrier, also known as the Covenant Fleet Carrier, is a carrier classification in the Covenant starfleet. They are hypothesized to be the most powerful starships in the Covenant armada. Multiple supercarriers of the Second Fleet of Homogenous Clarity defended the massive space station of High Charity and one was the flagship of the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose.

Covenant Carrier
The Covenant Carrier is a heavy warship classification in the Covenant fleet. It is armed with Pulse Laser turrets. However, its primary role in combat is to dispatch singleship starfighters and other smaller ships, and it boasts thirty-six Seraph fighters, three capital medium dropships, and thirty-six dropships. It has been hypothesized that since the Covenant Carrier is longer than the Covenant Cruiser and much more uncommon, it is a more powerful warship overall.