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Name: DDS-class carrier
Craft: Covenant Empire DDS-class carrier
Type: Support Carrier
Scale: capital
Length: 3,000 x 1,186 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 3,000; skeleton: 300/+10
Passengers: 4,200
Cargo Capacity: 75,000 metric tons
Consumables: 12 years
Slip Space Drive: x13
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 1D+1
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 330; 950 km/h
Hull: 7D+2
Shields: 3D+2
Sensors

Passive: 40 / 1D
Scan: 80 / 2D
Search: 120 / 3D
Focus: 4 / 4D

Weapons

20 Heavy Energy Projectors

Fire Arc: forward/ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Space Range: 1-20/50/100
Atmosphere Range: 2-40/100/200km
Damage: 10D+2

75 Heavy Plasma Cannons

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-15/38/75
Atmosphere Range: 2-30/76/150km
Damage: 4D+2

60 Heavy Plasma Torpedo Launchers

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-12/30/60
Atmosphere Range: 2-24/60/120km
Damage: 6D

120 Heavy Pulse Lasers

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/8/15
Atmosphere Range: 10-300/800/1,500m
Damage: 4D+1

Description: The DDS-class carrier is a heavy warship classification within the Covenant Navy. It is 3,000 meters long and is armed with Pulse laser turrets and two Plasma Torpedoes.

Its primary role in combat is to dispatch single ship star fighters and other smaller ships, as it boasts three squadrons of Seraph fighters, two hundred Banshees and thirty-four Spirits/Phantoms. These ships are carried in the DDS-class carriers thirteen launch bays.

It has been hypothesized that since the Covenant DDS-class carrier is longer than the Covenant Cruiser and much more uncommon in a Covenant fleet, it is most likely a more powerful warship overall, though it is smaller than the more powerful Covenant supercruiser. Alternatively, it is likely used for command and control over larger numbers of warships and deploying waves of star fighter craft.

There may be some dispute over the length of the DDS-class carrier, for example in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, it mentions that the Incorruptible, a ORS-class heavy cruiser, which is 3000 meters long, took cover behind the Carrier Lawgiver. However, the Incorruptible merely took cover behind the other ship, using the Carrier's shields as a barrier to protect itself.

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-'''Name''': Covenant DDS-Class Carrier<br />'''Craft''': Covenant Empire DDS-Class Carrier<br />'''Type''': Support Carrier<br />'''Scale''': capital<br />'''Length''': 1,455 x 1,186 meters<br />'''Skill''': capital ship pilot<br />'''Crew''': 6,141; skeleton: 368/+10<br />'''Passengers''': 18,423<br />'''Cargo''' '''Capacity''': 30,705 metric tons<br />'''Consumables''': 10 years<br />'''Slip Space Drive''': x13.69 <br />'''Nav Computer''': yes<br />'''Maneuverability''': 2D+1<br />'''Space''': 8<br />'''Atmosphere''': 365; 1,050kmh<br />'''Hull''': 8D+1<br />'''Shields''': 12D<br />'''Sensors'''
+'''Name''': DDS-class carrier<br />'''Craft''': Covenant Empire DDS-class carrier<br />'''Type''': Support Carrier<br />'''Scale''': capital<br />'''Length''': 3,000 x 1,186 meters<br />'''Skill''': capital ship pilot<br />'''Crew''': 3,000; skeleton: 300/+10<br />'''Passengers''': 4,200<br />'''Cargo''' '''Capacity''': 75,000 metric tons<br />'''Consumables''': 12 years<br />'''Slip Space Drive''': x13<br />'''Nav Computer''': yes<br />'''Maneuverability''': 1D+1<br />'''Space''': 6<br />'''Atmosphere''': 330; 950 km/h<br />'''Hull''': 7D+2<br />'''Shields''': 3D+2<br />'''Sensors'''
-*Passive: 145/1D+2
+*Passive: 40 / 1D
-*Scan: 290/2D+2
+*Scan: 80 / 2D
-*Search: 435/3D+2
+*Search: 120 / 3D
-*Focus: 14/4D+2
+*Focus: 4 / 4D
 '''Weapons'''
-*'''4 Energy Projectors'''
+*'''20 Heavy Energy Projectors'''
-: Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 port, 1 starboard, 1 down<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 3-45/105/225<br />Atmosphere Range: 1-90/210/450km<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 5<br />Damage: 15D
+: Fire Arc: forward/ventral<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 4D<br />Space Range: 1-20/50/100<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-40/100/200km<br />Damage: 10D+2
-*'''75 Plasma Torpedo Cannons'''
+*'''75 Heavy Plasma Cannons'''
-: Fire Arc: Turrets: 25 forward, 25 port, 25 starboard<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 5D<br />Space Range: 2-12/30/60<br />Atmosphere Range: 4-24/60/120km<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 3<br />Damage: 9D
+: Fire Arc: turrets<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-15/38/75<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-30/76/150km<br />Damage: 4D+2
-*'''150 Pulse Lasers'''
+*'''60 Heavy Plasma Torpedo Launchers'''
-: Fire Arc: Turrets: 50 forward, 50 port, 50 starboard<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-3/12/25<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-6/24/50km<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 15<br />Damage: 5D
+: Fire Arc: turrets<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 2D<br />Space Range: 1-12/30/60<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-24/60/120km<br />Damage: 6D
+*'''120 Heavy Pulse Lasers'''
+: Fire Arc: turrets<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: starfighter<br />Skill: starship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-3/8/15<br />Atmosphere Range: 10-300/800/1,500m<br />Damage: 4D+1
-'''Complement:'''
+'''Description''': The DDS-class carrier is a heavy warship classification within the Covenant Navy. It is 3,000 meters long and is armed with Pulse laser turrets and two Plasma Torpedoes.
-*100+ Seraphs
-*200+ Banshees
-*34 Spirits or Phantoms
-*Scarabs
-*Associated Armored Vehicles
-'''Description'''<br />The DDS-class carrier is a heavy warship within the Covenant Navy and serves as a force deployment and occupation warship.
+Its primary role in combat is to dispatch single ship star fighters and other smaller ships, as it boasts three squadrons of Seraph fighters, two hundred Banshees and thirty-four Spirits/Phantoms. These ships are carried in the DDS-class carriers thirteen launch bays.
-The DDS-class carrier unlike the larger and more powerful assault carrier, is a less frequent but powerful warship within the Covenant Navy. 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. It is used for command and control of large numbers of deployment waves of fighters, drop ships, and interceptors.
+It has been hypothesized that since the Covenant DDS-class carrier is longer than the Covenant Cruiser and much more uncommon in a Covenant fleet, it is most likely a more powerful warship overall, though it is smaller than the more powerful Covenant supercruiser. Alternatively, it is likely used for command and control over larger numbers of warships and deploying waves of star fighter craft.
-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. In 2552 a DDS-class carrier being escorted by a pair of enemy frigates and a destroyer, attempted to seize control of the human colony world Sigma Octanus IV. When the destroyer and the two frigates were destroyed by Captain Jacob Keyes the carrier retreated until reinforcements arrived. A short month later multiple DDS-class carriers participated in the invasion of Reach and subsequent destruction of the planet. During the battle of installation 05, the DDS-class carrier Lawgiver assisted the Incorruptible during the battle against the Jiralhanae and the Flood. A DDS-class carrier would also go on to assist the Covenant in the Battle of Onyx later that month.
+There may be some dispute over the length of the DDS-class carrier, for example in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, it mentions that the Incorruptible, a ORS-class heavy cruiser, which is 3000 meters long, took cover behind the Carrier Lawgiver. However, the Incorruptible merely took cover behind the other ship, using the Carrier's shields as a barrier to protect itself.
-Like other ships within the Covenant Navy, the DDS-class carrier boasts a vast array of energy weapons. Like all space based warships, their ships come in a varying classes and sizes, though military observers note there are variance of weaponry, length, and estimated tonnage. The DDS-class carrier is armed with multiple plasma torpedo launchers, pulse laser turrets, and anterior plasma cannons.
+'''Source''':
+*[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/DDS-class_carrier Halo Wiki: DDS-class carrier]
-The DDS-class carrier boasts three squadrons of Seraph fighters, two hundred Banshees and thirty-four Spirits/Phantoms that can be launched at any given moment from the thirteen launch bays located along the sides of the ship.
+*thedemonapostle
-The DDS-class carrier is crewed by upwards of four thousand Covenant infantry, and is available for deployment on a moment’s notice via the ships gravity lift when close to a planet's surface.
-'''Source''':<br />[[user:thedemonapostle|thedemonapostle]]<br />[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Halo Wiki]