Phoenix-class colony ship

The Phoenix-class colony ship (hull classification symbol CFV) is a starship classification used by the Unified Earth Government and United Nations Space Command.
== Overview ==
With an overall length of 2,500 meters, a width of 800 meters and a height of 689 meters, and a mass of 44,000,000 metric tons, the Phoenix-class is one of the largest known ships in the UNSC's naval history to lack the official designation of a carrier-class vessel.
The Phoenix-class is equipped with 6 Orphios Energy Systems Jupiter-1 impulse drives for sublight propulsion in addition to standard ACS thrusters. For faster than light travel the class has a slipspace drive featuring a Series III CODEN field generator.
=== Modifications ===
Following to outbreak of the Great War in 2525, many vessels of the Phoenix-class were modified for wartime use by the United Nations Space Command and reclassified as assault ships. The refitted ships carry vehicles, troops, and supplies as support for ground forces, as well as the resources necessary to build firebases.
Once converted, a Phoenix-class ship becomes an extremely effective troop transport and orbital support ship, with the ability to carry large numbers of ground troops and ample supplies to sustain them in the field with little to no external contact for considerable amounts of time.
=== Armament ===
The Phoenix-class assault ship is armed with a Mark III, light-coil 56A2D4 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, twenty-four M42 Archer anti-ship missile pods, ten Mk IX 10-inch/45-caliber railgun batteries, and seventy-five M620 Buttress 30mm PDCs.
== History ==
First commissioned in 2293, the Phoenix-class was designed to transport thousands of colonists to newly discovered frontier worlds, as well as terraforming equipment necessary to alter the existing atmosphere and/or biosphere of these planets to better suit human habitation. The colony ship Skidbladnir was responsible for the establishment of the first human colonies on Harvest, in 2368.
== Ships of the line ==
UECV Phoenix - class leader
CAA Venture Star -
CAA Bradbury -
CAA Manifest Destiny
UNSC Spirit of Fire - converted into an assault ship during the Insurrection. Participated in the Harvest Campaign. Declared "Lost With All Hands" following disappearance during the First Battle of Arcadia.
UNSC Hippocrates - formerly the CAA Nova Star. Purchased by the UNSC and converted into a hospital ship during the Insurrection.