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A '''carrier''' is a general starship classification, with warships of different sub-classifications within the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] fleets. Such a vessel is formally defined as ''"a large warship carrying fighters equipped with flight decks for takeoffs and landings"''. There are multiple classes of carrier within this general designation.

Typically the size of [[cruiser]]s or larger, the general combat role of a carrier in combat is analogous to a seaborne [[Wikipedia:Aircraft carrier|aircraft carrier]]; to deploy [[starfighter]]s, such as [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Seraphs]] or [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longswords]]. Aside their fighter complements, carriers also possess [[weapons]] themselves, to protect themselves in combat when their fighters are unable to defend them. In planetary occupation missions, carriers are mobile deployers of ground forces to subjugate an enemy planet, launching dropships and top-cover fighters.  

The navies of the UNSC and the Covenant have different classifications of carriers. For example, the Covenant sport {{Class|DDS|carrier}}, [[Covenant assault carrier|assault carriers]], and [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarriers]]. Assault carriers are on the scale of five kilometers long while supercarriers can have a length of 27 kilometers<ref name="essential">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 111''</ref>, giving a scale of the keel length of carrier-type warships. In the Covenant, carriers typically serve as the [[flagship]] of a fleet, while in the UNSC, the role is more commonly filled by cruisers.

*[[UNSC supercarrier]]

*[[Phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class colony ship]]