CSO-class supercarrier Production information Manufacturer Covenant Empire Product line Supercarrier Model Supercarrier Class CSO-class Technical specifications Length 28.960 kilometers (95,013 ft 1 in)[1] Width 11.447 kilometers (37,555 ft 9 in)[1] Height/depth 3.563 kilometers (11,689 ft 8 in) Engine unit(s) Repulsor Engine Slipspace Drive Yes Shielding Yes Hull Unknown Covenant material Navigation system Navigation computer Armament At least seven energy projectors [citation needed] Plasma turrets Pulse laser turrets Plasma Torpedoes Complement Type-25 Troop Carriers Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft Type-27 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighters Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighters Type-29 Troop/Vehicle Transports Type-47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platforms Type-52 Troop Carriers Orbital Insertion Pods Boarding craft several SDV-class heavy corvettes Legions of ground troops Crew Several thousand Usage Earliest sighting 2552 (Fall of Reach) Role(s) Command Occupation support Era(s) Human-Covenant war Affiliation Covenant Navy

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The CSO-class supercarrier^[1] is an extremely powerful, heavy warship classification and the largest class within the Covenant Navy.

Multiple supercarriers of the Second Fleet of Homogenous Clarity defended the massive space station of High Charity^[2] and one such vessel served as the flagship of the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose.^[3][4] During the Fall of Reach, the supercarrier Long Night of Solace destroyed the UNSC Grafton and began deploying numerous ground assets to the surface of Reach. During Operation: UPPER CUT, SPARTAN Jorge-052 transported an improvised Slipspace bomb toward Long Night of Solace aboard the Ardent Prayer, a SDV-class heavy 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.^[5][6] Due to the size of these supercarriers, hundreds of thousands of Covenant would have been killed in the process.

DescriptionEdit

Overall, the supercarrier is an extremely large and well-equipped capital ship, easily dwarfing all other Covenant starship classes, even the Assault Carrier. The vessel looks nearly identical to the CAS-class assault carrier, as it is comprised of several bulbous sections and a hook-like prow. The only known Covenant constructs larger than supercarriers were the Unyielding Hierophant, a massive repair, refit and refuel station capable of supporting a fleet of over 500 Covenant capital ships, and the mega-construct High Charity, the home of the Prophets.

Covenant supercarriers are thought to be the most powerful non-Forerunner space-faring vessels ever created. Carrying Seven lethal energy projectors, thousands of pulse lasers and point defense turrets, plasma torpedo launchers and hundreds of squadrons of Seraph-class single ship fighters, a Covenant supercarrier is an even match for fleets of ships, capable of obliterating even Assault Carriers and certainly any human vessels.

Supercarriers are capable of carrying and deploying entire armies of ground troops and materiel, as evidenced during the Battle of Reach, where the supercarrier Long Night of Solace deployed many tens of thousands of troops to the surface of Reach, along with innumerable ground vehicles, weaponry, and towering cloaking spires capable of hiding entire armies from sight, radar, and sensory arrays.

Ships of the lineEdit

• Sublime Transcendence
• Long Night of Solace

List of appearancesEdit

• Halo: Reach
• Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

GalleryEdit

Comparison between a supercarrier and an assault carrier (assault carrier seen in the bottom left corner)

The supercarrier Long Night of Solace over Reach.

The Long Night of Solace being destroyed by a modified slipspace drive.

A view of the underside of the supercarrier, showing it's darker coloration compared with standard Assault Carriers

A Covenant supercarrier in orbit over Reach.

Supercarrier concept art

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