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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> | ||
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The first human colony ships transported colonists to other worlds in the [[Sol system]], including [[Luna]], [[Mars]] and the [[Jovian Moons]]. The construction of the first line of interstellar colony ships began in [[2310]], soon after the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace travel]]. In [[2362]], the ''[[Odyssey]]'' led the first wave of extrasolar human colonization, to colonize worlds in nearby systems; these would later be known as the [[Inner Colonies]]. A military presence was often attached to colony ships and the worlds they colonized, to serve as security and to complement the UNSC's fleets and other military forces.<ref>[http://halostory.bungie.org/halostory.timeline.html '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo Timeline'']</ref> | The first human colony ships transported colonists to other worlds in the [[Sol system]], including [[Luna]], [[Mars]] and the [[Jovian Moons]]. The construction of the first line of interstellar colony ships began in [[2310]], soon after the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace travel]]. In [[2362]], the ''[[Odyssey]]'' led the first wave of extrasolar human colonization, to colonize worlds in nearby systems; these would later be known as the [[Inner Colonies]]. A military presence was often attached to colony ships and the worlds they colonized, to serve as security and to complement the UNSC's fleets and other military forces.<ref>[http://halostory.bungie.org/halostory.timeline.html '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Halo Timeline'']</ref> | ||
The "golden age" of human expansion continued for over a hundred years, with colony ships used to settle hundreds of worlds beyond the Inner Colonies. These worlds would be known as the [[Outer Colonies]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[ | The "golden age" of human expansion continued for over a hundred years, with colony ships used to settle hundreds of worlds beyond the Inner Colonies. These worlds would be known as the [[Outer Colonies]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ""[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]"", ''page 428''</ref> | ||
After the [[Human-Covenant War]], humanity begun to resettle its former colony worlds [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|the Covenant]], including [[Reach]], using terraforming equipment carried by colony ships to return them to a habitable state.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Lone Wolf|Epilogue]]''</ref> | After the [[Human-Covenant War]], humanity begun to resettle its former colony worlds [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|the Covenant]], including [[Reach]], using terraforming equipment carried by colony ships to return them to a habitable state.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Lone Wolf|Epilogue]]''</ref> | ||
==Known types== | ==Known types== | ||
* | *{{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}} | ||
*[[Unidentified colony ship]] | *[[Unidentified colony ship]] | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' | *''[[Halo Wars]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Legends]]'' | *''[[Halo Legends]]'' | ||
**''[[Origins]]'' | **''[[Origins]]'' | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Ship Classifications]] | [[Category:Ship Classifications]] | ||
