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A support ship is a ship classification whose primary purposes are not to stay in combat, but to play more specialized roles - covert infiltration and exfiltration, intelligence gathering, electronic warfare, supply of fleets, etc. Hospital ships are a kind of support ship, specialized for medical care of sick and injured personnel.

Summary[edit]

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Types[edit]

UNSC[edit]

Black Cat-class subprowler - A small craft with limited stealth systems designed as a replacement for the Calypso-class.
Calypso-class exfiltration craft - A small ship designed for covert extraction.
Chiroptera-class subprowler - An older class of UNSC stealth ship.
UNSC prowler - The UNSC's primary stealth ship used for reconnaissance and electronic warfare.
Refit station - A mobile repair and refit platform.

Covenant[edit]

Bladder ship - A munitions carrier that collects gases used for their plasma weaponry.
Covenant stealth ship - The Covenant counterpart to the UNSC prowler.

A Covenant stealth ship

Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship - A ship designed to provide fresh foodstuffs for a fleet.

A Mjern-pattern support ship

Forerunner[edit]

Gargantua-class transport

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+A '''support ship''' is a ship classification whose primary purposes are not to stay in combat, but to play more specialized roles - covert infiltration and exfiltration, intelligence gathering, electronic warfare, supply of [[fleet]]s, etc. [[Hospital ship]]s are a kind of support ship, specialized for medical care of sick and injured personnel.
-A '''Support Starship''' is a starship classification within the [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Covenant]] fleets whose primary purposes were not to stay in combat, but to play more specialized roles - covert infiltration and exfiltration, intelligence gathering, supply fleets, etc.
+==Summary==
+{{Expand-section}}
-==UNSC Support Starships==
+==Types==
-*[[Calypso-class Exfiltration Craft|''Calypso''-class Exfiltration Craft]]
+===UNSC===
-*[[Black Cat-class Subprowler|''Black Cat''-class Subprowler]]
+*'''{{Class|Black Cat|subprowler}}''' - A small craft with limited stealth systems designed as a replacement for the ''Calypso''-class.
-*[[Chiroptera-class Stealth Vessel|''Chiroptera''-class Stealth Vessel]]
+*'''{{Class|Calypso|exfiltration craft}}''' - A small ship designed for covert extraction.
-*[[UNSC Prowler|UNSC Prowler-class Corvette]]
+*'''{{Class|Chiroptera|subprowler}}''' - An older class of UNSC stealth ship.
-**Stealth Corvette
+*'''[[UNSC prowler]]''' - The UNSC's primary stealth ship used for reconnaissance and electronic warfare.
-*UNSC [[Freighter]]
+*'''[[Refit station]]''' - A mobile repair and refit platform.
-**[[Laden-class Freighter|Laden-class]]
-**[[Parabola-class Freighter|Parabola-class]]
-==Covenant Support Starships==
+===Covenant===
-[[Image:InfinateSuccor.JPG|150px|right|thumb|A [[Covenant]] [[Agricultural Support Ship]].]]
+*'''[[Bladder ship]]''' - A munitions carrier that collects gases used for their [[plasma weaponry]].
-*[[Agricultural Support Ship]]
+*'''[[Covenant stealth ship]]''' - The Covenant counterpart to the UNSC prowler.
-*[[Covenant Stealth Corvette]]
+<gallery>
-==See Also==
+File:Covenant stealth ship at Sigma Octanus.jpg|A Covenant stealth ship
-*[[Light Capital Warship]]
+</gallery>
-*[[Cruiser]]
+*'''{{Pattern|Mjern|agricultural support ship}}''' - A ship designed to provide fresh foodstuffs for a fleet.
-*[[Carrier]]
+<gallery>
+File:HFB DSC fleet.jpg|A ''Mjern''-pattern support ship
+</gallery>
-[[Category:Starship Classifications]]
+===Forerunner===
+*'''{{Class|Gargantua|transport}}'''
+{{Ship types}}
+[[Category:Ship classifications]]