Covenant carrier: Difference between revisions

'''Covenant carrier'''s are a broad type of [[Covenant starship|ship]] classification of the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]]. Often grand and illustrious, they serve as hubs for administrative and religious activities within their assigned fleets.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg262|Enc22|Page=262-263}}

Carriers held a Covenant fleet's clerical authority for religious ceremonies, contained small [[Assembly Forges|assembly forges]] for repairs, and the bulk of the food supply. They were often used to clear operating areas of [[space fighter]]s allowing other vessels in a fleet to focus on other targets.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg262}}

A variety of [[Design pattern|patterns]], with [[CAS-class assault carrier|at least one]] [[Examiner]] pattern, fall under the "carrier" moniker.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg262}} The Covenant sometimes referred to the largest of these patterns as "supercarriers" to distinguish them from lighter carrier vessels that filled support roles.{{Ref/Site|Id=canonfodder|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Have S'moa|D=16|M=3|Y=2021}}

|{{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}} || [[File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|300px]] || {{Convert|28950|m|ft|sp=us|sigfig=4}} || 152 billion tonnes ||{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg262}}

There is also another model of Covenant supercarrier, which has a length of 32,490 meters (106,593 ft). Very large and powerful warships rarely documented by the UNSC, like other models of supercarrier they are often used as flagships for Covenant fleets, and may be used by Prophets as their personal command ships. One, the ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', led the [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]], while another commanded the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]].{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)]]|Section=Covenant Ships|Page=277}}

There is also an unidentified model of light carrier. Measuring 1,455 meters (4,790 ft) in length, it boasts 13 launch bays that contain a total of 300 [[Seraph]] fighters, 200 [[Banshee]]s, and 34 [[dropship]]s, and is crewed by more than 4,000 Covenant troops. It is armed with multiple [[plasma torpedo]] silos and [[pulse laser turret]]s. As it is less common and more powerful than a Covenant cruiser, it is most likely designed to act as a command ship and provide fighter support during engagements.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}

For a number of years leading up to the [[Human-Covenant War]], several Covenant carriers were served as support ships and some along with "supercarriers" were assigned in the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]] of the [[High Charity defense fleet|defense fleet]] of ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: First Strike]]|Page=338}} By [[2526#April|April 15, 2526]], a Covenant supercarrier ''[[Hammer of Faith]]'' was under construction at the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] and above [[Zhoist]], a Covenant-controlled [[world]], and remained incomplete, it was destroyed by two [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s by [[John-117]] and [[Kelly-087]] during the [[Attack on Zhoist]], along with its surrounding fabrication barns.{{Ref/Novel|SS}} On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], a carrier, escorted by a pair of [[Covenant frigate]]s and a [[Wik-pattern light destroyer|destroyer]], attempted to [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|seize control]] of the [[human]] [[human colonies|colony]] world [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. When the destroyer and the two frigates were destroyed by Captain [[Jacob Keyes]], the carrier retreated until reinforcements arrived. However, the carrier did succeed in deploying 34 [[dropship]]s to the surface of the planet to initiate an invasion while hailing the rest of the [[Second Fleet of Solemn Accord|Covenant fleet]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Page=170-180 (2010 edition)}}

During the [[Battle of Installation 05]] and the [[Great Schism]], the light carrier ''[[Lawgiver]]'' assisted ''[[Incorruptible]]'' during the battle against the [[Jiralhanae]] and the [[Flood]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=goo193|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=193-195}} A carrier would also go on assist [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant forces]] in the [[Onyx Conflict]] later that month.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=305}}