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{{Title|''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship Class Infobox
{{Infobox/Ships
|image=[[File:Supercarrier_main.jpg|300px]]
|name            = ''Sh'wada''-pattern
|name=Covenant supercarrier
|image           = [[File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire]]
|caption        =  
|line=Supercarrier
|modules        =  
|model=Supercarrier
{{Infobox/Ships/Class
|class=[[Carrier]]
|hide-class          =  
|length= Varies: Anywhere from 3 to 27 kilometers  (88,582 ft.) <ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1016624 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Cov Super Carrier: Closer Look + Size Estimate'']</ref>
|class identification = UNSC [[Three-letter ship classification system|Three-letter code]]: '''CSO'''{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP28}}
|width=
|class operator      = [[Covenant]]
|height=
|class manufacturer  =  
|mass=
|class architect      =  
|max accel=
|class built          =  
|max speed space=
|class in service    = [[Age of Conversion|Fourth Age of Conversion]] - present{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|max speed air=
|engine=[[Repulsor Engine]]
|slipspace drive=Yes
|poweroutput=
|power=
|shield gen=Yes
|hull=Unknown Covenant material
*Equipped with energy shields.
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
|avionics=
|countermeasures=
|armament=*At least seven [[energy projector]]s{{Citation needed}}
*[[Plasma turret (starship)|Plasma turrets]]
*[[Pulse laser turret]]s
*[[Plasma Torpedo]]es
|complement=*[[Seraph-class Starfighter|''Seraph'']]-class starfighters
*[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]
*[[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Spirits]]
*[[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]]
*[[Orbital Insertion Pod]]s
*[[Covenant Boarding Craft|Boarding craft]]
*[[Shadow]]s
*[[Type-47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform|Scarabs]]
|crew=Several thousand
|skeleton=
|passengers=Commander, [[legion]]s, ship crew
|capacity=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|firstuse=
|role=
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]], [[Great Schism]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant Navy]]
}}
}}
The '''Covenant supercarrier'''<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 236''</ref> is a heavy warship classification within the [[Covenant Navy]].
|hide-characteristics=
|nocollapse      = yes
|type            = [[Covenant supercarrier]]{{Ref/Book|Id=HTEVGP28|EVG|Section=Carrier|Page=28}}
|length          = {{Convert|28960|m|ftin|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP28}}{{Ref/Book|Id=HTEVGP111|EVG|Page=111}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width          = {{Convert|11447|m|ftin|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP28}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}
|height          =
|mass            = 152 billion tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|power          =
|maneuver drive  = 3 [[repulsor engine]]s
|slipspace drive = [[Borer]]
|crew            = [[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}
|complement      =
|troops          =
|hull            = [[Nanolaminate]] plating
|shielding      = [[Energy shielding]]
|sensors        =
|ew              =
|armaments      =
*1 [[Excavation beam|''Lux''-pattern superheavy excavation beam array]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*12 [[Plasma lance|''Urpeon''-pattern superheavy plasma lances]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*20 [[Plasma beam emitter|''Ukk'Wa''-pattern heavy plasma beam arrays]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*80 [[Plasma beam emitter|''Luxor''-pattern heavy plasma beam emitters]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*32 [[Plasma torpedo|''Mictix''-pattern heavy plasma torpedo silos]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*800 [[Pulse laser turret|''R'Aka''-pattern rapid-fire pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*490 [[Pulse laser turret|''Ferriel''-pattern pulse lasers]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|aircraft        =
|air facilities  =
}}
The '''''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=263}} {{3Letter|CSO|supercarrier}}, is a powerful supermassive [[capital ship]] and one of the largest [[Covenant starship|vessel classes]] formerly used by the [[Covenant]],{{Ref/Note|Although ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'' referred the CSO-class supercarrier as ''the'' largest type of Covenant vessel, an [[Covenant carrier#Classes|unspecified model]] of supercarrier has been stated to have a larger size of {{Convert|32490|m|ftin}}, as stated in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)]]''.}} primarily designed for command and control duties for [[Covenant fleet|fleets]], as well as support for occupation forces. Such vessels are typically deployed only during invasions of [[planet|worlds]] with high strategic value.{{Ref/Generic|Id=DD4|[[Data Drop|Data Drop 4]]}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
===Design details===
The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped ornate capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes. The vessel looks nearly identical to the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier}}, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted darker.{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}{{Ref/Reuse|HRCLNOS}} Despite this, it is not the only, or even the largest of the Covenant's [[Covenant carrier#Supercarriers|supercarrier classes]]. The size of the vessel makes it more akin to a militarised [[city]]-fortress, and a vessel capable of supplying entire subordinate fleets or governing provinces of the empire when required.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
===Armaments===
According to their size, the ''Sh'wada'' is equipped with a massive and diverse array of heavy weaponry. These include 12 [[Plasma lance|''Urpeon''-pattern superheavy plasma lances]] - a lance loadout only rivalled in number by the [[Forerunner]]-derived relic lances of the {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}. A total of 100 [[plasma beam emitter]]s are equipped on the ship, including 20''Ukk'Wa''-pattern heavy arrays and 80 ''Luxor''-pattern heavy emitters - the latter of which are a fairly common fitting on the more powerful capital warships of the Covenant fleet. These heavy anti-ship weapons are supplemented with 32 [[Plasma torpedo|''Mictix''-pattern heavy plasma torpedo silos]], a design shared with the {{Pattern|Kerel|assault carrier|}} and {{Pattern|Syfon|assault carrier}}s of the fleet.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
For [[Point-defense gun|point-defence]], the supercarrier employs a gargantuan array of [[pulse laser turret]]s. This includes 800 ''R'Aka''-pattern rapid-fire pulse lasers and 490 ''Ferriel''-pattern pulse lasers.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


Multiple supercarriers of the ''[[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]]'' defended the massive space station of ''[[High Charity]]''<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 338''</ref> and one such vessel served as the [[flagship]] of the ''[[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 236''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 239''</ref> During the [[Fall of Reach]], ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', a supercarrier, destroyed the {{UNSCship|Grafton}} and began deploying numerous ground assets to the surface of [[Reach]].
The supercarrier is additionally equipped with a single ''Lux''-pattern superheavy [[excavation beam]] array for [[glassing]] and artefact-retrieval purposes.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


During [[Operation: UPPERCUT]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[Jorge-052]] transported an improvised [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]] bomb toward ''Long Night of Solace'' aboard the ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', a [[Covenant corvette]], while [[SPARTAN-B312]] locked course with the supercarrier. After [[SPARTAN-B312]] was jettisoned from the hangar, Jorge proceeded to manually detonate the bomb, destroying both the corvette and the supercarrier at the cost of his own life.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> Due to the size of these supercarriers, hundred of thousands of Covenant would have been killed in the process.
===Classification===
The "S", or Salvation, in the supercarrier's [[Covenant ship classification system|three-letter classification code]], "''CSO''" indicates that the carrier is a dedicated [[warship]]. The "O", or Ordained, indicates that the ''CSO''-class supercarrier is not a mission type and has been improved upon with [[Forerunner]] technology.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Have S'Moa|D=08|M=11|Y=2020}} The ship has a very broad overlap with the Covenant's ship classification of [[exarch]]s.


==Description==
Along with the Covenant's [[Covenant assault carrier|assault carriers]], the ''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier was designated a Class-Five flagship carrier by the [[United Nations Space Command]] due to their use as a [[flagship]] of Covenant fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|DD4}}
Overall, the supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes, even the assault carrier. The vessel looks nearly identical to the [[Covenant assault carrier]], as it is comprised of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow.


==Ships of the line==
==Ships of the line==
*''[[Sublime Transcendence]]''
*''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' - [[Flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]]. Destroyed during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].{{Ref/Reuse|HRCLNOS}}
*''[[Long Night of Solace]]''
 
*''[[Ascendant Justice]]''
==Operational history==
The ''Sh'wada''-pattern of supercarrier was introduced during the [[Ages of Conversion|Fourth Age of Conversion]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
During the [[Fall of Reach]], the supercarrier ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' spearheaded the Covenant invasion of [[Reach]] as the flagship of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]], deploying numerous ground assets to the surface of Reach via [[Deployment spire|teleportation spires]] and destroying the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}}.{{Ref/Level|HR|Tip of the Spear}}
 
During [[Operation: UPPER CUT]] and [[Operation: LEFT JAB|LEFT JAB]], [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Jorge-052]] transported an improvised [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|slipspace bomb]] toward ''Long Night of Solace'' aboard the [[Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette|corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' while [[SPARTAN-B312]] locked course with the supercarrier. After SPARTAN-B312 was jettisoned from the hangar, Jorge manually detonated the bomb, destroying both the corvette and the supercarrier at the cost of his own life.{{Ref/Level|Id=HRCLNOS|HR|Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}}
 
==Production notes==
During the production of ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', author [[Troy Denning]] intended for the under-construction supercarrier ''[[Hammer of Faith]]'' to be the sister-ship of ''Long Night of Solace'' - thus making it a ''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier. This mention was ultimately removed from the book at the request of [[343 Industries]], leaving ''Hammer of Faith'' simply a supercarrier of unknown classification. Of note, Denning used an image of the ''Sh'wada''-pattern supercarrier from this website as reference while describing ''Hammer of Faith'', though at the time of the book's writing this page erroneously had an image of the [[Unidentified Covenant assault carrier class|assault carrier]] model from the same level in place - meaning that Denning was inadvertently describing the wrong ship than what he intended.{{Ref/Twitter|TDenningauthor|1081251542357942272|Troy Denning|Quote=The CSO pic in Halopedia is what I was working from when I described it, and in mind, it was intended to be a sister ship to LNoF. But that's NOT official canon -- that decision is (rightly) for 343 to make.|D=23|M=01|Y=2023}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
===Concept art and illustrations===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|Comparison between a supercarrier (above) and an assault carrier (below and in left corner).
File:Reach-Concept-ToTS-Supercarrier.jpg|Concept art of the supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:HR_SupercarrierDestroyed_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ''Solace''{{'}}s destruction.
File:HTMCC HR Achievement GenerousTipper.png|Concept art of ''Long Night of Solace''{{'}}s crash site.
File:HFB-LongNightofSolace.png|The ''Long Night of Solace'' in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:HR CovenantSpire Concept 1.jpg|Early concept sketches for the Covenant's [[deployment spire]]. Note the early ideas involving the Spire being comprised of a landed Covenant supercarrier.
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:HR LNoS Aft Screenshot.png|''Long Night of Solace'' orbiting Reach.
File:HR CSO underside.png|The underside of the CSO.
File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' over Reach.
File:CovenantSupercarrier.jpg|The supercarrier ''Long Night of Solace'' over Reach.
File:LNoS ends.jpg|A [[Long Night of Solace|supercarrier]] being destroyed by an  unrestricted slipspace rift.
File:LNoS ends.jpg|''Long Night of Solace'' being destroyed by a slipspace rift.
File:Supercarrier_underside.jpg|A view of the underside of a supercarrier, showing its darker coloration, in contrast to assault carriers.
File:Assault vs Super n comp.jpg|Visual and scale comparison between a supercarrier and an assault carrier.
File:Supercarrier_underside.jpg|A view of a supercarrier's ventral suface, showing its darker coloration in contrast to an assault carrier's.
</gallery>
 
===Merchandise===
<gallery>
File:HFB-CSO.jpg|A side view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
File:HFB-CSO1.jpg|A front view of the ''CSO'' in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' {{Mo}}
 
==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Ref/Sources}}


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