Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier: Difference between revisions

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|name           = ''Sh'wada''-pattern

|image           = [[File:HReach-CovenantSupercarrier-LNoS.png|300px]]

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|class manufacturer   =  

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|class in service    = [[Age of Conversion|Fourth Age of Conversion]] - present{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|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|Section=Long Night of Solace|Page=111}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

|width           = {{Convert|11447|m|ftin|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP28}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}

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|mass           = 152 billion tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

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|maneuver drive  = 3 [[repulsor engine]]s

|slipspace drive = [[Borer]]

|crew            = [[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|HTEVGP111}}

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|hull           = [[Nanolaminate]] plating

|shielding       = [[Energy shielding]]

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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]]}}

===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}}

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.

 

 

*''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' - [[Flagship]] of the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]]. Destroyed during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].{{Ref/Reuse|HRCLNOS}}

The ''Sh'wada''-pattern of supercarrier was introduced during the [[Ages of Conversion|Fourth Age of Conversion]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

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}}