Typhoon-class carrier

The Typhoon-class were the first armored assault carriers of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) Navy. 
==History==
===Development and construction===
*Early concepts in the 2140s and 2150s; real development after the Jovian Crisis
*Armored Assault Carrier concept
*Three of the Whirlwind-class and one of the Typhoon-class ordered in late 2160, increased to four Typhoon-class in 2162
===Service===
====Interplanetary War====
*Performance at Mars
*Thunderstorm renamed to Tornado before completion
*Performance in battle and in assault operations
====Postwar====
*Retained by the fleet past the Naval Compromise of 2290; retired and placed in reserve from 2297 to 2311
====Human-Covenant War====
*Reactivated in 2550s, with at least two Typhoon carriers provided with Outrigger MAC systems 
==Design==
*Reinforced hull and internal structure
*Compared to battleships rather than contemporary carriers
==Ships in class==
Carrier	Commission 	Struck	Details
Typhoon	2163:11:002163	2297 	The UNSC Typhoon was commissioned in November 2163. The Typhoon survived the war and was decommissioned in 2297 and placed in reserve.
Tempest	2164:01:002164	2311 	The UNSC Tempest was commissioned in January 2164. The Tempest survived the war and was decommissioned in 2311 and placed in reserve.
Tsunami	2164:06:002164	2301 	The UNSC Tsunami was commissioned in June 2164. The Tsunami survived the war and was decommissioned in 2301 and placed in reserve.
Tornado	2165:02:002165	2303 	The UNSC Tornado was commissioned in February 2165. Ordered as the Thunderstorm, the assault carrier was commissioned as the Tornado in honor of the ship crippled at the Battle of the Martian Moons in March 2164. The Tornado survived the war and was decommissioned in 2303 and placed in reserve.
===UNSC Typhoon===
The UNSC Typhoon was commissioned into the UN Space Authority in September 2163, just three months before taking part in the assault on Mars. Unlike her contemporaries (Whirlwind, Firestorm, and Fearless) By the conclusion of the Jupiter Campaign, the UNSC Typhoon achieved the distinction of launching more ODST pods than any other UNSC warship until the Human-Covenant War. 
===UNSC Tempest===
The UNSC Tempest was commissioned in 2164. 
===UNSC Tsunami===
===UNSC Tornado===
Category:Carrier classes