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Covenant forces have long made use of various carrier classes within their fleets. | Covenant forces have long made use of various carrier classes within their fleets.{{Ref/Note|This section details the use of unidentified carrier classes only. For specific appearances of named carrier classes, see the "Operational history" sections in the articles for the ''[[DDS-class carrier#Operational history|DDS]]'', ''[[CAS-class assault carrier#Operational history|CAS]]'', and ''[[CSO-class supercarrier#Operational history|CSO]]'' classes.}} | ||
For a number of years leading up to the [[Human-Covenant War]], several Covenant carriers were served as support ships and some along with "supercarriers" were assigned in the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]] of the [[High Charity defense fleet|defense fleet]] of ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 338''</ref> On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], a [[DDS-class carrier|carrier]], escorted by a pair of [[Covenant frigate]]s and a [[RPV-class light destroyer|destroyer]], attempted to [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|seize control]] of the [[human]] [[human colonies|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 [[dropship]]s to the surface of the planet to initiate an invasion.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 170-180'' (2010 edition)</ref> | For a number of years leading up to the [[Human-Covenant War]], several Covenant carriers were served as support ships and some along with "supercarriers" were assigned in the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]] of the [[High Charity defense fleet|defense fleet]] of ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 338''</ref> On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], a [[DDS-class carrier|carrier]], escorted by a pair of [[Covenant frigate]]s and a [[RPV-class light destroyer|destroyer]], attempted to [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|seize control]] of the [[human]] [[human colonies|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 [[dropship]]s to the surface of the planet to initiate an invasion.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 170-180'' (2010 edition)</ref> | ||