Day of Jubilation

The Unnamed Covenant Carrier is a Covenant ship that was part of the Fleet of Sacred Consecration and participated in the Battle of Earth. When the Prophet of Regret brought his personal fleet to Earth, not knowing its Human Status, he was hopelessly outnumbered. Having only 13 CCS-class battlecruisers to escort it and his personal flagship, the Solemn Penance.

History

 * When Regret's fleet was formed, it was the size of a small scouting party. Only intended for excavating Forerunner artifacts, it consisted of only around 13 CCS-class battlecruisers and 2 CAS-class Assault Carriers. As soon as they reached Earth, they noticed it has the strongest military presence of the UNSC. The Solemn Penance immediately headed for the planet, bypassing all defences and leaving the Carrier and the cruisers to fight. The Covenant ships sent boarding parties to the Athens,Malta, and Cairo. In the ensuing fight, Athens and Malta were destroyed but Cairo stations Anti-Matter Charge was taken off by John-117. Masterchief opened a hanger and jumped into the vacuum of space, heading for the carrier. Sometime earlier in the battle, the carriers shields were taken down, allowing a pair of longswords to make a hole in the ship for John-117 to get to the reactor. Before he could make it in however, one of the carriers energy projectors cut through and disabled a Marathon-Class Heavy Cruiser. John still made it into the core and set the bomb for detonation. Masterchief escaped just in time, while the lower center part of the ship was blown apart. It is possible that the crew in the upper half of the ship survived due to the Supreme Commander having the ability to use Modular Dispersal to quickly detach the ruined part of the ship and save the rest for battle or an emergency slipspace jump.

Trivia

 * It is most likely that the commander of this Carrier and the cruisers was a Supreme Commander due to the fact that protecting a Hierarch requires a Sangheili of very high rank, with Supreme Commander being the highest rank besides Arbiter, but Thel Vadamee was at the gas mine at the time.
 * It is highly possible that this ship is the Seeker of Truth, Thel Vadamee's former flagship, as when he was stripped of his rank of Supreme Commander, his fleet would have been separated and put into others.

Appearances

 * Halo 2
 * Halo 2 Anniversary