

For faster than light travel the class has a slipspace drive featuring a Series III CODEN field generator.įollowing 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 redesignated 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. The Phoenix-class is equipped with 6 Orphios Energy Systems Jupiter-1 impulse drives for sublight propulsion in addition to standard ACS thrusters. 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.
