The Type-40 Exoatmospheric Fighter/Ground Support Aircraft, also known as the Archangel was a multi-purpose fighter craft designed to complement both Sangheili space and ground forces. The first Banshee-class fighter to boast a full shielding system, the Archangel was outfitted with the best in Sangheili technology, which had seen great advances since the dissolution of the Covenant and the end of the Human-Covenant War.