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==Operational history==
==Operational history==
For a number of years leading up to the [[Human-Covenant War]], the ''DDS''-class carrier served as a support ship in and around the [[High Charity defense fleet|defense fleet]] of ''[[High Charity]]''. On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], a ''DDS''-class carrier, escorted by a pair of [[Covenant frigate]]s and a [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]], attempted to 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 thirty-four [[dropship]]s to the surface of the planet to initiate an invasion.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 170-180'' (2010 edition)</ref>
''DDS''-class carriers participated in the [[Fall of Reach|invasion]] of [[Reach]] and subsequent destruction of the planet. At least one, ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', was assigned to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] and pursued {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to [[Installation 04]] after the battle.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit|Adjunct]]'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Have S'moa'']</ref> Following the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Ascendant Justice'' was captured by [[UNSC]] forces and captained by Vice Admiral [[Danforth Whitcomb]],<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 79''</ref> until its destruction during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref name="fs396">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 396'' (2010 edition)</ref>
 
A short month later, multiple ''DDS''-class carriers participated in the [[Fall of Reach|invasion]] of [[Reach]] and subsequent destruction of the planet. At least one, ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', was assigned to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] and pursued {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} to [[Installation 04]] after the battle.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''[[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit|Adjunct]]'' (2010 edition)</ref> Following the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Ascendant Justice'' was captured by [[UNSC]] forces and captained by Vice Admiral [[Danforth Whitcomb]],<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 79''</ref> until its destruction during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref name="fs396">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 396'' (2010 edition)</ref> During the [[Battle of Installation 05]] and the [[Great Schism]], the ''DDS''-class carrier ''[[Lawgiver]]'' assisted ''[[Incorruptible]]'' during the battle against the [[Jiralhanae]] and the [[Flood]].<ref name="goo193">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 193-195''</ref> A ''DDS''-class carrier would also go on assist the Covenant in the [[Battle of Onyx]] later that month.<ref name="ghost"/>


==Ships of the line==
==Ships of the line==
*''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' – Participated in the [[Battle of Installation 04]] and was destroyed during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]<ref name="fs396"/>
*''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' – Participated in the [[Battle of Installation 04]] and was destroyed during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]<ref name="fs396"/>
*''[[Lawgiver]]'' – Participated in the [[Battle of Installation 05]]<ref name="goo193"/>
==Production notes==
In ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', the ''[[Incorruptible]]'', a 3,000-meter long {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}, took cover behind the carrier ''Lawgiver''. However, the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' erroneously listed the carrier's length as 1,455 meters,<ref name="ENC277"/> rendering the ''Lawgiver'' too small to serve as the ''Incorruptible'''s cover. This was later fixed with ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', in which the carrier's length is said to be 3,000 metres, making both ships to be around the same length.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
**''[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]''
**''[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 16:12, March 4, 2015

DDS-class carrier
Production information

Class:

Carrier

Role:

Troop deployment, occupation support,[1] fighter transport, firing support[2]

Technical specifications

Length:

3,000 meters (9,843 ft)[1]

Width:

1,186 meters (3,891 ft)[1]

Engine(s):

Repulsor engines

Slipspace drive:

Equipped

Navigation system(s):

Navigation computer

Hull:

30+ meters of nanolaminate hull plating

Armament:

Complement:

Crew:

4,000–3,000 personnel[2]

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Human-Covenant War

Affiliation:

Covenant

 

The DDS-class carrier[1][4] is a heavy warship within the now-defunct Covenant fleet that served as a force deployment and occupation warship.[1]

Specifications

Superstructure and hull

The DDS-class carrier, unlike the larger and more powerful CAS-class assault carrier, is a less frequent, but powerful, warship within the Covenant fleet. The primary role of the DDS-class carrier is to support fleet actions in space, or as an 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.[5] It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of space fighters, dropships, and interceptors.[1] Like all warships, these ships come in a variety of classes and sizes, though military observers note there are variance of weaponry, length, and estimated tonnage.[6]

The carrier's hull is reinforced with over thirty meters of nanolaminate hull plating and equipped with energy shielding.[7] A single plasma torpedo is capable of causing several layers of the hull to boil away. The shieldless hull of a DDS-class carrier is capable of withstanding heat of up to three hundred degrees Celsius, with no actual damage done to the carrier's structure.[8] Only at extreme temperatures of over seventeen hundred degrees Celsius does minor hull tearing and conduit melting occur.[9] However, at such high temperatures, the superstructure of the vessel becomes considerably softened.[10]

Complement and crew

The DDS-class carrier boasts three hundred Type-31 Seraph starfighters,[2] divided into three different squadrons,[11] two hundred Type-26 Banshees, and thirty-four dropships—either Type-25 Spirits or Type-52 Phantoms—that can be launched at any given moment from the thirteen launch bays located along the center sides of the ship.[2][12]

The DDS-class carrier holds a crew of three to four thousand Covenant infantry,[12] most of which were Huragok in the case of Ascendant Justice, with a light company of Unggoy and only a hundred Sangheili.[13] The crew was available for deployment on a moments notice via the ship's gravity lift when close to a world's surface.

Armaments

Like other ships within the Covenant fleet, the DDS-class carrier boasts a vast array of energy weapons. The DDS-class carrier is armed with seven plasma torpedo launchers, numerous pulse laser turrets, and anterior plasma cannons.[12][1] 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.[14]

Operational history

DDS-class carriers participated in the invasion of Reach and subsequent destruction of the planet. At least one, Ascendant Justice, was assigned to the Fleet of Particular Justice and pursued UNSC Pillar of Autumn to Installation 04 after the battle.[15][16] Following the Battle of Installation 04, Ascendant Justice was captured by UNSC forces and captained by Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb,[17] until its destruction during Operation: FIRST STRIKE.[18]

Ships of the line

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 28
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Halo Encyclopedia, page 277 (2011 edition)
  3. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 305
  4. ^ Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon
  5. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 146, page 171 (2010 edition)
  6. ^ Sybex Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide, page 73
  7. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 266 (2010 edition)
  8. ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 76-79 (2010 edition)
  9. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 84
  10. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 223
  11. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 155, page 191 (2010 edition)
  12. ^ a b c Halo: Encyclopedia, page 265
  13. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 63
  14. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder: Have S'moa
  15. ^ Halo: The Flood, Adjunct (2010 edition)
  16. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Have S'moa
  17. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 79
  18. ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 396 (2010 edition)

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