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A '''Carrier''' is a general starship classification, with warships of different sub-classifications within the [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] fleets. Such a vessel is formally defined as ''"a large warship carrying fighters equipped with flight decks for takeoffs and landings"''. There are likely multiple classes of carrier within this general designation. | 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 likely multiple classes of carrier within this general designation. | ||
The general combat role of a carrier in combat is to deploy starfighters, such as [[ | The general combat role of a carrier in combat is to deploy starfighters, such as [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Seraphs]] or [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longswords]]. They also possess [[weapons]] themselves, not just starfighters, 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 had different classifications of carriers. For example, the Covenant sported [[Covenant | The navies of the UNSC and the Covenant had different classifications of carriers. For example, the Covenant sported [[Covenant carrier|Light Carriers]], [[Covenant assault carrier|Assault Carriers]], and [[Covenant supercarrier|Supercarriers]]. Assault Carriers were on the scale of five kilometers long, giving a scale of the keel length of carrier-type warships. | ||
==Classifications== | ==Classifications== | ||
===UNSC Carriers=== | ===UNSC Carriers=== | ||
*[[UNSC Supercarrier]] | *[[UNSC supercarrier|UNSC Supercarrier]] | ||
*[[ | *[[phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class Colony Ship]] | ||
*[[UNSC Carrier]] | *[[UNSC carrier|UNSC Carrier]] | ||
===Covenant Carriers=== | ===Covenant Carriers=== | ||
*[[Covenant Supercarrier]] | *[[Covenant supercarrier|Covenant Supercarrier]] | ||
*[[Covenant Assault Carrier]] | *[[Covenant assault carrier|Covenant Assault Carrier]] | ||
*[[Covenant Carrier]] | *[[Covenant carrier|Covenant Carrier]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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A Carrier is a general starship classification, with warships of different sub-classifications within the UNSC and Covenant fleets. Such a vessel is formally defined as "a large warship carrying fighters equipped with flight decks for takeoffs and landings". There are likely multiple classes of carrier within this general designation.
The general combat role of a carrier in combat is to deploy starfighters, such as Seraphs or Longswords. They also possess weapons themselves, not just starfighters, 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 had different classifications of carriers. For example, the Covenant sported Light Carriers, Assault Carriers, and Supercarriers. Assault Carriers were on the scale of five kilometers long, giving a scale of the keel length of carrier-type warships.
