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'''Type''' otherwise shortened as '''T''' is a classification system by [[UNSC]] analysts for technology developed by the [[Covenant]] and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]].<ref name="shade">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/shade '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Shade Turret'']</ref>
Alien technology catalogued by the [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] is classified by '''type number'''. Type classification is used by the UNSC to catalogue recovered materiel of [[Covenant]] origin in the [[Human-Covenant War]], alongside that of the empire's [[Covenant remnants|remnants]] in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war era]]. For classifying [[Covenant starship|spacecraft]], the UNSC employ a [[Covenant ship classification system|three-letter system]] of identification.


==How the type system is sorted==
A similar [[Z classification system]] is employed by the UNSC in the study of technology of [[Forerunner]] origin.  
Type classifications are usually "Type" or "T", followed by a "-", then finally followed by a number. This number is usually the last two numbers of the year it was classified by the UNSC,<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/plasma-pistol '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Plasma Pistol'']</ref> though there are exceptions like Type 1 to Type 3.<ref name="Sword">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/type-1-energy-sword '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Energy Sword'']</ref>


There are also sub-classifications that are given to variants of a Type classification, these use the alphabet to show the different variants.<ref name="Brute">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/brute-shot '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Brute Shot'']</ref>
==Overview==
Type-classification is done in one of two ways. For the majority of materiel, the system is formatted as ''Type-XX'' or ''T-XX'', with the latter two characters denoting to two numbers - usually signifying the year the item was classified. For example, a Type-25 weapon may have been classified in the year [[2525]].{{Ref/Site|Id=pistol|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/plasma-pistol|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Plasma Pistol|D=04|M=01|Y=2020}} The UNSC method of classifying equipment by their year caused researchers no small headache as the war continued and new variants were catalogued and categorised, leading to numerous sub-classifications{{Ref/Reuse|pistol}}; some Type-classified weaponry also have sub-classification identifiers affixed to the end of their Type-designation such as the Type-25B brute shot or Type-56D needler. Equally, while much equipment was classified by the year of classification, this did not always respond to the first year the equipment was encountered. Some equipment such as the Type-56 Lich were employed sporadically throughout the war with humanity, but due to administrative delays or the battles not producing any surviving captured materiel to analyse, classification may be delayed for years afterwards.{{Ref/Site|Id=Guide|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/inteldetail/7543ad4d-1f51-4093-876d-f742929cdec1/lich|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 Interactive Guide - Vehicles: Lich|D=01|M=05|Y=2013|LocalArchive=Halo 4 Interactive Guide#Vehicles}}


==Known Classifications==
While the vast majority of firearms and vehicles are sorted by the Type-year system, for reasons unknown the Covenant's melee weaponry and grenades are not, instead categorised as ''Type-X'', with only a single numeric not corresponding to any particular year.
===Type 1 to 3===
[[Type-1 energy sword]] • [[Type-1 plasma grenade]] • [[Type-2 gravity hammer]] • [[Type-2 spike grenade]] • [[Type-3 active camouflage]] • [[Type-3 firebomb]]


===Type-25===
===Challenges===
[[Type-25 Brute Shot]] (B) • [[Type-25 Chopper]] • [[Type-25 plasma pistol]] • [[Type-25 plasma rifle]]([[Type-25 Brute plasma rifle|Brute version]]) • [[Type-25 Shade]] • [[Type-25 Spiker]] • [[Type-25 Spirit]]
Type-classification of Covenant technology is a challenge for UNSC analysts, due to the way the Covenant categorises and uses its own technology. Rather than rigid standardisation as in the UNSC's armed services, the Covenant employ thousands of variations of a given design family, all roughly grouped as simply [[Shade]]s or [[Wraith]]s. By contrast, the meticulous standards of [[human]] analysts ensure that almost every single minor variation of an equipment series goes catalogued even when the Covenant would not do so.{{Ref/Site|Id=wraith|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/shade|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Shade Turret|D=04|M=01|Y=2020}}{{Ref/Site|Id=shade|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/wraith|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Wraith|D=04|M=01|Y=2020}}


===Type-26===
The Covenant themselves use [[design pattern]]s to classify their materiel, ranging from the smallest firearms up to the largest [[Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier|supercarriers]]. Due to the differences in how both organisations classify equipment, design patterns generally do not always line up with UNSC classifications. For example, the UNSC type designation Type-52 Phantom was applied to two models of Phantom at different times, the {{Pattern|Kez'katu|Phantom|}} and {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom|}}, with minor variations of the latter also being type-classified as the Type-44.
[[Type-26 Banshee]] (A • B • AZ • BZ • C) • [[Type-26 Shade]] • [[Type-26 Wraith]]


===Type-27===
==Known classifications==
[[Type-27 Banshee]] • [[Type-27 beam rifle]] • [[Type-27 hologram]] • {{Pattern|Skar'wa|Mantis}} • [[Type-27 Shade]]
===Types 1-3===
*[[Type-1 energy sword|Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword]]
*[[Type-1 plasma grenade|Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade]]
*[[Type-2 gravity hammer|Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer]]
*[[Type-2 spike grenade|Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation Grenade]]
*[[Type-3 active camouflage|Type-3 Refraction Dissonance Modifier/Camouflage]]
*[[Type-3 firebomb|Type-3 Antipersonnel/Antimaterial Incendiary Grenade]]
----
===20-series===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;Type-25
Type-25 equipment constitutes the majority of weapons and vehicles encountered in the first months of the Covenant war, predominantly that encounted [[First Battle of Harvest|at Harvest]].
*[[Type-25 Shade|Type-25 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun]]
*[[Type-25 Spiker|Type-25 Carbine]]
*[[Type-25 plasma pistol|Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol]]
*[[Type-25 plasma rifle|Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle]]
*[[Type-25 Brute Shot|Type-25 Grenade Launcher]]
**Type-26B Brute Shot
*[[Type-25 Chopper|Type-25 Rapid Assault Vehicle]]
*[[Type-25 Spirit|Type-25 Troop Carrier]]


===Type-28===
;Type-26
[[Type-28 Spirit]] • [[Type-28 Tick]]
*[[Fuel rod cannon|Type-26 Heavy Anti-Armor Weapon/Mounted]]
*[[Type-26 Shade|Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun]]
*[[Type-26 Wraith|Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage]]
*[[Plasma mortar|Type-26 Directed Energy Mortar]]
*[[Class-2 directed energy cannon|Type-26 Directed Energy Weapon/Linked]]
*[[Type-26 Banshee|Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]]
**[[Type-26A Banshee|Type-26A Ground Support Aircraft]]
**[[Type-26AZ Banshee|Type-26AZ Ground Support Aircraft]]
**[[Type-26B Banshee|Type-26B Ground Support Aircraft]]
**[[Type-26BZ Banshee|Type-26BZ Ground Support Aircraft]]
**[[Type-26C Banshee|Type-26C Ground Support Aircraft]]
{{Col-2}}
;Type-27
*[[Type-27 Mantis|Type-27 Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]
*[[Type-27 Shade|Type-27 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun]]
*[[Type-27 Banshee|Type-27 Exoatmospheric Multirole Fighter]]
*[[Type-27 beam rifle|Type-27 Special Application Sniper Rifle]]
*[[Type-27 hologram|Type-27 Responsive Holographic Form Emulator]]


===Type-29===
;Type-28
[[Type-29 Scarab]] • [[Type-29 Shade]] • [[Type-29 Shadow]] • [[Type-29 Vampire]]
*[[Type-28 Tick|Type-28 Intrusion Vehicle]]
*[[Type-28 Spirit|Type-28 Troop Carrier]]


===Type-30===
;Type-29
[[Type-30 Locust]]
*[[Type-29 Shade|Type-29 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun]]
*[[Type-29 Vampire|Type-29 Close Support Fighter]]
*[[Type-29 Shadow|Type-29 Troop/Vehicle Transport]]
*[[Type-29 Scarab|Type-29 Ultra-Heavy Site Excavator]]
{{Col-end}}
----
===30-series===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;Type-30
*[[Type-30 Locust|Type-30 Light Excavation/Anti-Fortification Platform]]


===Type-31===
;Type-31
[[Type-31 needle rifle]] • [[Morsam-pattern Seraph|Type-31 Seraph]]
*[[Type-31 Seraph|Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multirole Fighter]]
*[[Type-31 needle rifle|Type-31 Needle Rifle]]


===Type-32===
;Type-32
[[Type-32 Ghost]]
*[[Class-2 directed energy cannon|Type-32 Directed Energy Weapon/Linked]]
*[[Type-32 Ghost|Type-32 Rapid Attack Vehicle]]
{{Col-2}}
;Type-33
*[[Type-33 needler|Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher]]
*[[Type-33 fuel rod gun|Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon]]


===Type-33===
;Type-36
[[Type-33 fuel rod gun]] • [[Type-33 needler]]
*[[Type-36 Scarab|Type-36 Ultra-Heavy Siege Platform]]


===Type-36===
;Type-38
[[Type-36 Scarab]]
*[[Type-38 Tyrant|Type-38 Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]
{{Col-end}}
----
===40-series===
;Type-42
*[[Type-42 plasma cannon|Type-42 Directed Energy Support Weapon]]


===Type-38===
;Type-44
{{Pattern|Cheru|Tyrant}}
*[[Heavy plasma cannon|Type-26 Directed Energy Weapon/Mounted]]
*[[Type-44 Phantom|Type-44 Troop Carrier]]


===Type-42===
;Type-46
[[Type-42 plasma cannon]]
*[[Type-46 Spectre|Type-46 Infantry Support Vehicle]]


===Type-44===
;Type-47
[[Type-44 Phantom]]
*[[Type-47A Scarab|Type-47A Ultra-Heavy Assault Platform]]
*[[Type-47B Scarab|Type-47B Ultra-Heavy Assault Platform]]


===Type-46===
;Type-48
[[Type-46 Spectre]]
*[[Type-48 Revenant|Type-48 Light Assault Gun Carriage]]
*[[Type-48 Weevil|Type-48 Artillery Platform]]
----
===50-series===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;Type-50
*[[Type-50 concussion rifle|Type-50 Directed Energy Rifle/Heavy]]
*[[Type-50 particle beam rifle|Type-50 Sniper Rifle System]]


===Type-47===
;Type-51
[[Type-47A Scarab]] • [[Type-47B Scarab]]
*[[Type-51 carbine|Type-51 Carbine]]
*[[Type-51 Individual Breaching Carapace]]
*[[Type-51 plasma repeater|Type-51 Directed Energy Rifle/Improved]]
{{Col-2}}
;Type-52
*[[Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Wraith|Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Artillery]]
*[[Type-52 focus rifle|Type-52 Special Applications Rifle]]
*[[Type-52 Mauler|Type-52 Pistol]]
*[[Type-52 Phantom|Type-52 Troop Carrier]]
*[[Type-52 plasma cannon|Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon]]
*[[Type-52 plasma launcher|Type-52 Guided Munitions Launcher/Explosive]]
*[[Type-52 Prowler|Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle]]
{{Col-end}}


===Type-48===
The majority of equipment classified after the year [[2552]] represents much of the equipment of [[Sangheili]] origin, employed during the [[Blooding Years]] by the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] and other groups. Some of this equipment dates back to before the [[War of Beginnings]], thousands of years ago.
[[Type-48 Revenant]] • {{Pattern|Zo'op|Weevil}}
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;Type-53
*[[Type-53 plasma caster|Type-53 Plasma Bolt Launcher]]
*[[Type-53 Squad Breaching Carapace]]


===Type-50===
;Type-54
[[Type-50 concussion rifle]] • [[Type-50 particle beam rifle]]
*[[Type-54 Banshee|Type-54 Ground Support Aircraft]]
*[[Type-54 Ghost|Type-54 Rapid Attack Vehicle]]
*[[Type-54 Mass Deployment Carapace]]
*[[Type-54 plasma pistol|Type-54 Directed Energy Pistol]]
**Type-54D plasma pistol


===Type-51===
;Type-55
[[Type-51 carbine]] • [[Type-51 Individual Breaching Carapace]] • [[Type-51 plasma repeater]]
*[[Type-55 Shade|Type-55 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun]]
*[[Type-55 Individual Breaching Carapace]]
*[[Type-55 storm rifle|Type-55 Directed Energy Rifle/Advanced]]
*[[Type-55 Squad Breaching Carapace]]
*[[Type-55 Kraken|Type-55 Ultra-Heavy Siege Tower]]
{{Col-2}}
;Type-56
*[[Type-56 Shrike|Type-56 Anti-Aerospace Turret]]
*[[Type-56 Lich|Type-56 Deployment Platform Ground Support/Ultra Heavy]]
*Type-56 needler
**[[Type-56D needler|Type-56D Guided Munitions Launcher]]
*[[Emim-pattern focus beam|Type-56 Projected Energy Weapon/Mounted]]


===Type-52===
;Type-57
{{Pattern|Ogab'd|anti-aircraft Wraith}} • [[Type-52 focus rifle]] • [[Type-52 Mauler]] • [[Type-52 Phantom]] • [[Type-52 plasma cannon]] • [[Type-52 plasma launcher]] • [[Type-52 Prowler]]
*[[Type-57 carbine|Type-57 Carbine]]
 
**Type-57B carbine
===Type-53===
*[[Type-57 Phantom|Type-57 Dropship Troop Carrier]]
[[Type-53 plasma caster]] • {{Pattern|Gloto'kef|Assault Carapace}}
*[[Type-57 Spirit|Type-57 Troop Carrier]]
 
===Type-54===
[[Type-54 Banshee]] • [[Type-54 Ghost]] • {{Pattern|Gloto'kas|Assault Carapace}} • [[Type-54 plasma pistol]] (D)
 
===Type-55===
{{Pattern|Kalu'teh|Breaching Carapace}} • [[Type-55 Kraken]] • [[Type-55 Shade]] • [[Type-55 storm rifle]]
 
===Type-56===
[[Type-56 Lich]] • Type-56 needler ([[Type-56D needler|D]]) •[[Type-56 Shrike]]
 
===Type-57===
[[Type-57 carbine]] (B) • {{Pattern|Mikpramu|Phantom}} • [[Type-57 Spirit]]
 
===Type-58===
[[Type-58 Anti-Air Wraith]] • [[Type-58 fuel rod cannon]] • [[Type-58 Harvester]] • [[Type-58 plasma cannon]] • [[Type-58 Wraith]]


;Type-58
*[[Type-58 Anti-Air Wraith|Type-58 Anti-Air Artillery]]
*[[Type-58 plasma cannon|Type-58 Directed Energy Support Weapon]]
*[[Type-58 fuel rod cannon|Type-58 Light Anti-Armor Weapon]]
*[[Type-58 Wraith|Type-58 Light Assault Gun Carriage]]
*[[Type-58 Harvester|Type-58 Ultra-Heavy Site Excavator/Embedded]]
{{Col-end}}
==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Ref/Sources}}
==See also==
*[[Design pattern]]
*[[Z classification system]]


[[Category:UNSC identification]]
[[Category:UNSC identification]]

Revision as of 09:31, June 2, 2022

Alien technology catalogued by the United Nations Space Command and Office of Naval Intelligence is classified by type number. Type classification is used by the UNSC to catalogue recovered materiel of Covenant origin in the Human-Covenant War, alongside that of the empire's remnants in the post-war era. For classifying spacecraft, the UNSC employ a three-letter system of identification.

A similar Z classification system is employed by the UNSC in the study of technology of Forerunner origin.

Overview

Type-classification is done in one of two ways. For the majority of materiel, the system is formatted as Type-XX or T-XX, with the latter two characters denoting to two numbers - usually signifying the year the item was classified. For example, a Type-25 weapon may have been classified in the year 2525.[1] The UNSC method of classifying equipment by their year caused researchers no small headache as the war continued and new variants were catalogued and categorised, leading to numerous sub-classifications[1]; some Type-classified weaponry also have sub-classification identifiers affixed to the end of their Type-designation such as the Type-25B brute shot or Type-56D needler. Equally, while much equipment was classified by the year of classification, this did not always respond to the first year the equipment was encountered. Some equipment such as the Type-56 Lich were employed sporadically throughout the war with humanity, but due to administrative delays or the battles not producing any surviving captured materiel to analyse, classification may be delayed for years afterwards.[2]

While the vast majority of firearms and vehicles are sorted by the Type-year system, for reasons unknown the Covenant's melee weaponry and grenades are not, instead categorised as Type-X, with only a single numeric not corresponding to any particular year.

Challenges

Type-classification of Covenant technology is a challenge for UNSC analysts, due to the way the Covenant categorises and uses its own technology. Rather than rigid standardisation as in the UNSC's armed services, the Covenant employ thousands of variations of a given design family, all roughly grouped as simply Shades or Wraiths. By contrast, the meticulous standards of human analysts ensure that almost every single minor variation of an equipment series goes catalogued even when the Covenant would not do so.[3][4]

The Covenant themselves use design patterns to classify their materiel, ranging from the smallest firearms up to the largest supercarriers. Due to the differences in how both organisations classify equipment, design patterns generally do not always line up with UNSC classifications. For example, the UNSC type designation Type-52 Phantom was applied to two models of Phantom at different times, the Kez'katu-pattern and Ru'swum-pattern, with minor variations of the latter also being type-classified as the Type-44.

Known classifications

Types 1-3

20-series

Type-25

Type-25 equipment constitutes the majority of weapons and vehicles encountered in the first months of the Covenant war, predominantly that encounted at Harvest.

Type-26
Type-27
Type-28
Type-29

30-series

Type-30
Type-31
Type-32
Type-33
Type-36
Type-38

40-series

Type-42
Type-44
Type-46
Type-47
Type-48

50-series

Type-50
Type-51
Type-52

The majority of equipment classified after the year 2552 represents much of the equipment of Sangheili origin, employed during the Blooding Years by the Swords of Sanghelios, Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and other groups. Some of this equipment dates back to before the War of Beginnings, thousands of years ago.

Type-53
Type-54
Type-55
Type-56
Type-57
Type-58

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Plasma Pistol (Retrieved on Jan 4, 2020) [archive]
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint, Halo 4 Interactive Guide - Vehicles: Lich (Retrieved on May 1, 2013) [local archive] [external archive]
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint, Shade Turret (Retrieved on Jan 4, 2020) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo Waypoint, Wraith (Retrieved on Jan 4, 2020) [archive]
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