User:DiCinnoa/EX-class Spirit Dropship

Spirit

Background
Like the originals, Spirits are angular, tuning fork shaped craft with two parallel personnel bays along the exterior of each "prong". They are used to transport Sangheili, Kig-yar, and Unggoy, and have been known to ferry Covenant vehicles within the energy field between their prongs. Around the time of the First Battle of Earth it would seem that the Spirits were completely replaced with the more heavily built Type-52 "Phantom" Troop Carriers, though a few were still used in the Battle of Onyx. Supreme Commander Kebath 'Holoree wanted to bring back the spirit dropship. he redesigned some of it, (giving it a green separatist-human sheen, a slipspace drive, and a fully enclosed troop bay.

It was is speculated that the Spirit is not designed for combat drops. That particular job is was for Phantoms. The once lack of effective offensive or defensive weaponry coupled with the small troop carrying capacity of the Spirit had supported this supposition. Since the fleet stationed above Halo was originally a research operation this use of non combat specific transportation would be understandable. During the events of the Battle of Installation 04 Spirits were placed into combat roles by necessity. Now they are redesigned for combat drops. So far they are only used by the Fleet of Unyielding Might.