Ruma-pattern light carrier

Covenant Carrier

The Covenant Carrier is a heavy warship classification within the Covenant Navy. It is 1455 meters long and is armed with Pulse Laser turrets.

However, its primary role in combat is to dispatch single ship starfighters and other smaller ships, as it boasts three squadrons of Seraph fighters, two hundred Banshees and thirty-four dropships. These ships are carried in the thirteen launch bays.

It has been hypothesized that since the Covenant Carrier is longer than the Covenant Cruiser and much more uncommon in a Fleet, it is most likely a more powerful warship overall. Alternatively, it is likely used for command and control of large numbers of warships and deploying waves of starfighter craft.

There may be some dispute over the length of the Carrier, as in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, it mentions that the Incorruptible, a Reverence-class Cruiser, which is 3000 meters long, took cover behind the Carrier Lawgiver. However, the Incorruptible merely took cover behind the other ship, using the Carrier's shields as a barrier to protect the Cruiser.

Appearance
The ship in HaloWars probably isn't the carrier because in Fall of Reach, the covenant carrier is described as having an "swollen center", and this ship hardly has any swollen center at all. And until confirmed other wise by Bungie or Ensemble, this ship cannot be consiered as the covenant carrier. Also the ship is said to have thirteen launch bays, whereas the HaloWars ship hardly have any visible launch bays at all.

So it's more likely the ship from HaloWars is a new covenant class, it might be the light cruiser, since both ships look a bit like manta rays.

Known ships

 * Lawgiver