An extremely versatile craft used primarily for transportation of Covenant personnel and equipment. Phantoms are the Covenant's equivalent of a Pelican class human dropship but boast far superior firepower and the capability of reaching greater speeds and manueverability.

NOTE: This vehicle made its debut in Halo 2, replacing the tuning-fork shaped Covenant dropship that was quickly forgotten and never mentioned again. While cool-looking, it seemed out of place amongst the organic curves of nearly all other Covenant designs. Where that vehicle had a single large plasma cannon, the Phantom gets three; but at least the player could destroy the cannons and send the vehicle running for cover. Expect more of the same for Halo 3.