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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped ornate capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes. The vessel looks nearly identical to the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier}}, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted darker.{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}{{Ref/Reuse|HRCLNOS}} | The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped ornate capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes. The vessel looks nearly identical to the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier}}, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted darker.{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}{{Ref/Reuse|HRCLNOS}} Despite this, it is not the only, or even the largest of the Covenant's [[Covenant carrier#Supercarriers|supercarrier classes]]. The size of the vessel makes it more akin to a militarised [[city]]-fortress, and a vessel capable of supplying entire subordinate fleets or governing provinces of the empire when required.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
===Armaments=== | |||
According to their size, the ''Sh'wada'' is equipped with a massive and diverse array of heavy weaponry. These include 12 [[Plasma lance|''Urpeon''-pattern superheavy plasma lances]] - a lance loadout only rivalled in number by the [[Forerunner]]-derived relic lances of the {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}. A total of 100 [[plasma beam emitter]]s are equipped on the ship, including 20''Ukk'Wa''-pattern heavy arrays and 80 ''Luxor''-pattern heavy emitters - the latter of which are a fairly common fitting on the more powerful capital warships of the Covenant fleet. These heavy anti-ship weapons are supplemented with 32 [[Plasma torpedo|''Mictix''-pattern heavy plasma torpedo silos]], a design shared with the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier|}} and {{Pattern|Syfon|assault carrier}}s of the fleet.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
For [[Point-defense gun|point-defence]], the supercarrier employs a gargantuan array of [[pulse laser turret]]s. This includes 800 ''R'Aka''-pattern rapid-fire pulse lasers and 490 ''Ferriel''-pattern pulse lasers.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
The supercarrier is additionally equipped with a single ''Lux''-pattern superheavy [[excavation beam]] array for [[glassing]] and artefact-retrieval purposes.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
===Classification=== | ===Classification=== | ||