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Mass deployment is realized through a large number of bays located throughout the vessel. ''Infinity'' has 275 Cat-1 primary bays, 140 Cat-2 secondary bays, 108 Cat-3 matériel deployment bays, and ten Cat-8 sub-vessel deployment bays: the last of these each carries a {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}} or an {{Class|Anlace|frigate}}. Single deployment is afforded by 329 [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|R1295 Launching System/M9407 SOEIVs]] and 124 B854 Jettison Bays/M8823 HEVs. Emergency escape vehicles include 8,900 SKT-29 Class-8 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboats/Controlled and 12,750 RLT-85 Emergency Shuttlepods.<ref name="packet"/> | Mass deployment is realized through a large number of bays located throughout the vessel. ''Infinity'' has 275 Cat-1 primary bays, 140 Cat-2 secondary bays, 108 Cat-3 matériel deployment bays, and ten Cat-8 sub-vessel deployment bays: the last of these each carries a {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}} or an {{Class|Anlace|frigate}}. Single deployment is afforded by 329 [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|R1295 Launching System/M9407 SOEIVs]] and 124 B854 Jettison Bays/M8823 HEVs. Emergency escape vehicles include 8,900 SKT-29 Class-8 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboats/Controlled and 12,750 RLT-85 Emergency Shuttlepods.<ref name="packet"/> | ||
''Infinity'' is also equipped with sizable recreational areas, including a large atrium-like memorial park. Located under an enormous transparent dome,<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''pages 68-69''</ref> the park has a self-contained biosphere complete with plants and animal life and has been said to surpass many natural parks on [[Earth]] in size.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]'' (Marine: ''" "Infinity's memorial park is something else, man. You seen it before? I heard it's larger than a lot of natural parks on Earth. Has its own biosphere with all sorts of animals and plants. Crazy what they stick on those warships nowadays."'')</ref> | ''Infinity'' is also equipped with sizable recreational areas, including a large atrium-like memorial park. Located under an enormous transparent dome,<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''pages 68-69''</ref> the park has a self-contained biosphere complete with plants and animal life and has been said to surpass many natural parks on [[Earth]] in size.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]'' (Marine: ''" "Infinity's memorial park is something else, man. You seen it before? I heard it's larger than a lot of natural parks on Earth. Has its own biosphere with all sorts of animals and plants. Crazy what they stick on those warships nowadays."'')</ref> Among other crew amenities, the ship contains a bar known as the [[Full Moon]].<ref>''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''</ref> | ||
It is unclear whether ''Infinity'' has a permanent escort formation apart from her internally docked sub-vessels, though on occasion she has been accompanied formations comprising as many as dozens of vessels. An escort fleet consisting of roughly two dozen {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}s and a dozen {{Class|Autumn|heavy cruiser}}s accompanied ''Infinity'' on her first mission to Requiem, though only two of the frigates are known to have arrived along with their parent ship;<ref>'''Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 5''</ref> they may have been destroyed when the shield world's artificial gravity well was activated.<ref name="Commissioning"/> Eleven ''Autumn''-class cruisers (including [[UNSC Song of the East|''Song of the East'']])<ref name="VIS">'''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'''</ref> accompanied ''Infinity'' at some point between her return to Earth (''ca.'' July 2557) and return to Requiem (February 2558).<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''Infinity'' mode introductory cutscene</ref> At least three {{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}s were dispatched to the planet along with ''Infinity'' during the UNSC's second expedition there.<ref name="search-for-halsey">'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[S1/Key|S1E9 ''Key'']]''</ref> | It is unclear whether ''Infinity'' has a permanent escort formation apart from her internally docked sub-vessels, though on occasion she has been accompanied formations comprising as many as dozens of vessels. An escort fleet consisting of roughly two dozen {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}s and a dozen {{Class|Autumn|heavy cruiser}}s accompanied ''Infinity'' on her first mission to Requiem, though only two of the frigates are known to have arrived along with their parent ship;<ref>'''Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 5''</ref> they may have been destroyed when the shield world's artificial gravity well was activated.<ref name="Commissioning"/> Eleven ''Autumn''-class cruisers (including [[UNSC Song of the East|''Song of the East'']])<ref name="VIS">'''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'''</ref> accompanied ''Infinity'' at some point between her return to Earth (''ca.'' July 2557) and return to Requiem (February 2558).<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''Infinity'' mode introductory cutscene</ref> At least three {{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}s were dispatched to the planet along with ''Infinity'' during the UNSC's second expedition there.<ref name="search-for-halsey">'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[S1/Key|S1E9 ''Key'']]''</ref> | ||