Two such crafts led the Prophet of Regret's Fleet to Earth, where they engaged the UNSC Home Fleet in orbit above Africa. From their name, and actions in Halo 2, it would appear that an Assault Carrier is designed to fight through an enemy world's defenses and head right into the planet's atmosphere and drop off its troops. They also possess gravity lifts used for ferrying supplies, personnel, and vehicles from the ship and to the planet's surface. They are armed with at least two Energy Projectors, as well as plasma torpedo launchers and pulse-lasers. Though designed for planetary combat, they also excel at ship-to-ship combat, possessing multiple pulse laser batteries, plasma torpedo launchers and at least one energy projector.Īssault Carriers are much larger than CCS-class Battlecruisers and standard Carriers they are more rare and more heavily armed than either of them. Destroyed during Operation: UPPER CUT.These ships possess an expansive hangar bay, capable of transporting large numbers of Seraph fighters, Phantom dropships, boarding craft, and large fleets of Ghosts and Wraiths, along with one to two Scarabs, and - later - the UNSC frigates Forward Unto Dawn and Aegis Fate would dock inside the vessel's launch bay, which shows the vastness of the ships.Īssault Carriers are also used as Flagships, leading Covenant Fleets into battle.
ĭuring Operation: UPPER CUT, Spartan Jorge-052 transported an improvised slipspace bomb toward Long Night of Solace aboard the corvette Ardent Prayer while SPARTAN-B312 locked course with the supercarrier. Operational history Fall of Reach ĭuring 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 teleportation spires and destroying the UNSC Grafton. Īlong with the CAS, the CSO is designated a Class-Five flagship carrier by the UNSC due to their use as a flagship of Covenant fleets. The "O", or Ordained, indicates that the CSO-class supercarrier is not a mission type and has been improved upon with Forerunner technology. The "S", or Salvation, in the supercarrier's three-letter classification code, "CSO" indicates that the carrier is a dedicated warship.
The vessel looks nearly identical to the Kerel-pattern CAS-class assault carrier, sharing the smaller ship's design of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow, albeit painted darker.
The supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped capital ship, easily dwarfing most other Covenant starship classes.
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