DRS-class patrol carrier

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"Your patience will be rewarded, brother. After all, if they did not believe in your abilities, you would not be granted a posting aboard a command ship."

- Obedientary Orin 'Yundamee.

The Daxoi-pattern carrier, designated as a CDS-class command carrier, is a medium-tonnage utilised by the  during the. One of the most common ships of its class in the fleet, it is classified by the as an escort or patrol carrier based on their observations of its deployment.

Considered unusually powerful for its size even by Covenant standards, the Daxoi-pattern is well-armed and armoured, with a high straight-line acceleration.