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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The DDS-class carrier unlike the larger and more powerful assault carrier, is a less frequent but powerful warship within the Covenant Navy. The primary role of the DDS-class carrier is to support fleet actions in space, or as a infantry deployment platform; the DDS-class carrier has three bulbous sections; its swollen center boasts a total of thirteen launch bays on both sides of the ship.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach|The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 146'', ''page 171'' (2010 edition)</ref>. It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of fighters, dropships, and interceptors.<ref name="visual"/> | The DDS-class carrier unlike the larger and more powerful assault carrier, is a less frequent but powerful warship within the Covenant Navy. The primary role of the DDS-class carrier is to support fleet actions in space, or as a infantry deployment platform; the DDS-class carrier has three bulbous sections; its swollen center boasts a total of thirteen launch bays on both sides of the ship.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach|The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 146'', ''page 171'' (2010 edition)</ref>. It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of fighters, dropships, and interceptors.<ref name="visual"/> The "S", or Salvation, in the carrier's three-letter classification code, "DDS", indicates that the ''DDS''-class carrier is a dedicated warship capable of destroying its opponents with energy projectors.<ref name="canon fodder2">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||