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A '''hangar bay''' is a large room built to store fighters, troop transports, and other equipment that are on board a ship or space station. A hangar bay used to store shuttles or [[dropship]]s is sometimes referred to as a '''shuttle bay'''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref> Almost every [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] or [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ship has a hangar bay. Ships that have the largest hangar bays are usually identified as [[carrier]]s; such as the [[Covenant assault carrier]],  ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. Usually, the hangar bay of a ship is located in the middle or the back of a ship.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref><ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level, ''[[Prepare To Drop]]''</ref>

How many fighters and troop transports that fit in the hangar bay depends on the size of the bay and the size of the ship or station; for example, a Covenant assault carrier's hangar bay is large enough to fit an entire [[UNSC frigate]],<ref name="ark"/> while a [[UNSC corvette]]'s hangar can only store a small ship such as a [[SKT-13 Shuttlecraft]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 64''</ref> The shuttle bays on Covenant [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]s are large, with multiple levels and enough space to park two [[Type-28 Troop Carrier]]s, two [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Type-31 "Seraph" fighters]], or eight [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 "Banshee" Ground Support Aircraft]].

Covenant hangar bays use [[energy barrier]]s that serve the purpose of separating the pressurized interior of the ship from the vacuum of space, also doubling as [[energy shielding|energy shields]] that can prevent ships from entering. Some ships such as [[Covenant corvette]]s also possess physical hangar doors in addition to the energy field.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> By [[2552]], some UNSC ships and stations also use vacuum-sealing energy fields in their hangar bays.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''[[Anchor 9 (level)|Anchor 9]]''</ref> Hangars on some UNSC warships double as cargo bays, being able to lower vehicles or cargo directly to the ground through [[elevator]]s in the hangar floor.<ref name="ark"/>

File:Launch Bay 7.png|The interior of the {{UNSCship|Pillar of Autumn}}'s [[Launch Bay 7]].

File:Cc bay3.jpg|The interior of a shuttle bay of a CCS-class battlecruiser.

*''[[Halo: Reach]]''

*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''