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[[File:UNSC Spirit of Fire (CFV-88).png|thumb|250px|A [[Phoenix-class colony ship|Phoenix-class Colony Ship]].]] | [[File:UNSC Spirit of Fire (CFV-88).png|thumb|250px|A [[Phoenix-class colony ship|Phoenix-class Colony Ship]].]] | ||
A '''colony ship''' is a vessel designed to transport colonists and equipment required for planetary colonization, including [[terraforming]] equipment to alter a planet's original atmosphere and/or biosphere to become compatible with [[human]] habitation. Colony ships also carry prefabricated [[colony starter unit]]s to serve as early settlements until more permanent habitats can be built.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/firebase.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''UNSC Firebase'']</ref> After the colonization process is fully underway, the vessel itself may also be dismantled and repurposed to serve as the groundwork for a colony, with the power reactor used to power the settlement, and the ship's [[Artificial intelligence|AI construct]] repurposed to function as the colony's [[Planetary Security Intelligence]], as was the case with the {{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} when [[Harvest]] was colonized.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 183''</ref> | A '''colony ship''' is a vessel designed to transport colonists and equipment required for planetary colonization, including [[terraforming]] equipment to alter a planet's original atmosphere and/or biosphere to become compatible with [[human]] habitation. Colony ships also carry prefabricated [[colony starter unit]]s to serve as early settlements until more permanent habitats can be built.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/firebase.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''UNSC Firebase'']</ref> After the colonization process is fully underway, the vessel itself may also be dismantled and repurposed to serve as the groundwork for a colony, with the power reactor used to power the settlement, and the ship's [[Artificial intelligence|AI construct]] repurposed to function as the colony's [[Planetary Security Intelligence]], as was the case with the {{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} when [[Harvest]] was colonized.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 183''</ref> | ||
