DDS-class carrier: Difference between revisions

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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: 72,000 metric tons
Consumables: 12 years
Slip Space Drive: x13
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 1D+1
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 330; 950 km/h
Hull: 9D+1
Shields: 7D
Sensors

Passive: 40 / 1D
Scan: 80 / 2D
Search: 160 / 3D
Focus: 4 / 4D

Weapons

60+ Plasma Torpedoes

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-15/30/60
Atmosphere Range: 1-30/60/120km
Damage: 8D

120+ Pulse Lasers

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-5/10/20
Atmosphere Range: 10-500/1,000/2,000m
Damage: 4D

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.

Source:

Halo Wiki: DDS-class carrier
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 *Focus: 4 / 4D
 '''Weapons'''
-*'''2+ [[Plasma Torpedo]]es'''
+*'''[[Plasma Torpedo|60+ Plasma Torpedoes]]'''
 : Fire Arc: turrets<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-15/30/60<br />Atmosphere Range: 1-30/60/120km<br />Damage: 8D
-*'''[[Pulse Laser]]s'''
+*'''[[Pulse Laser|120+ Pulse Lasers]]'''
 : Fire Arc: turrets<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: starfighter<br />Skill: starship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-5/10/20<br />Atmosphere Range: 10-500/1,000/2,000m<br />Damage: 4D