Type-44 Phantom

The Type-44 Phantom is a Covenant troop transport used primarily to deploy ground units and equipment swiftly and efficiently to the battlefield, while providing suppressive fire for Covenant forces.
== Design details ==
=== Overview ===
The Phantom is analogous to the D77 Pelican and LAAT gunship in terms of function and performance, serving as a dedicated troop transport and gunship. The Phantom sports heavier armor and a deadlier arsenal compared to its lightly armed cousin; the Type-25 Spirit dropship, and is capable of maneuvering effectively in both atmosphere and vacuum.
The Phantom's crew consists of a pilot, a co-pilot, a navigator, and an operations officer in charge of the defensive weapons. The Phantom can carry up to thirty passengers inside its troop bay. Troops are deployed from both the gravity lift installed in the bottom rear of the ship, and the ventral doors on either side of the troop bay. Like the Spirit dropship, the Phantom is also capable of carrying vehicles such as Ghosts and Wraiths, as well as essential equipment such as deployable lookout towers, and supply cases using the gravitic clamps mounted on its underside.
=== Armament ===
The Type-44 Phantom is armed with three gimbal-mounted automatic heavy plasma cannons that offer 360-degree defensive and offensive capabilities, with a pair of crew-served plasma repeaters mounted on the troop bay side hatches. The dropship is also equipped with a high-resolution scanner array and a searchlight.
== Design patterns ==
* Ru'swum-pattern - The most common Phantom variant in service of the Covenant during the Great War. It now comprises a sizeable chunk of the fleets of the Covenant remnants, due to scarcities of other variants.
* Kez'katu-pattern - Introduced towards the end of the war, though stocks are rare in the postwar period due to the loss of High Charity.
* Mikpramu-pattern – Post-war variant of the Phantom employed by the Swords of Sanghelios by October 2558.
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