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{{Quote|Our fighters are mopping up the last of their recon picket now, nothing serious. But I've isolated approach signatures from multiple CCS-class battle groups, make it three capital ships per group. And in about 90 seconds they'll be all over us.|Cortana}}

'''Capital ships''' are a classification of spacecraft, generally encompassing the most important and largest [[warship]]s with the heaviest firepower and armor. There are usually no formal criteria for the classification, other than the fact that these ships tend to be heavily armed and armored. A capital ship is generally a leading or primary ship in a [[fleet]], [[battle group]], or strike force. Among the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] and the [[Covenant]] capital ships primarily include [[battleship]]s, [[carrier]]s and heavy [[cruiser]]s.

==Covenant==<!--Ships should be listed in descending order based on their length and relative firepower, if known.-->

*Carrier

*Cruiser

**{{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}<ref>''[[Halo: Envoy]]''</ref>

**{{Class|RCS|armored cruiser}}<ref name="canon fodder armory">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Armory Amore'']</ref>

**{{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''' campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>

**{{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}<ref>'''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'''</ref><ref group="note">While ''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'' refers to the {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}} ''[[Spear of Light]]'' as a capital ship, it had been heavily modified by San'Shyuum [[Prelate|Prelates]] to be more effective than other examples of its class, and may have been an anomaly.</ref>

==Sangheili==

 

==United Nations Space Command==

**[[UNSC Infinity|''Infinity''-class warship]]

**[[Phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class support vessel]]<!--According to The Essential Visual Guide (page 188), Phoenix-class ships used by the UNSC are designated as support vessels rather than colony ships.-->

**{{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}

**{{Class|Orion|assault carrier}}<ref name="canon fodder armory"/>

*[[Cruiser]]

**{{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}}

**{{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}

**{{Class|Autumn|heavy cruiser}}

*[[Battleship]]

==Prehistoric human==

**[[Prime cruiser]]

**[[Tuned platform]]

==Forerunner==

*{{Class|Fortress|vessel}}

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