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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Physical | ===Physical Characteristics and Armament=== | ||
Its length of 3.5 kilometers was over three times that of the [[UNSC]] {{Class|Marathon|Cruiser}} <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 297</ref>. | Its length of 3.5 kilometers was over three times that of the [[UNSC]] {{Class|Marathon|Cruiser}} <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 297</ref>. | ||
These ships were armed with at least 5 [[energy projector]] turrets. They were also durable enough to withstand one [[nuclear mine]] | These ships were armed with at least 5 [[energy projector]] turrets. They were also durable enough to withstand one [[nuclear mine]] detonation, or even three [[MAC]] rounds and nearly five hundred [[Archer missile|Archers]]. | ||
===Operational Use=== | ===Operational Use=== | ||
Revision as of 11:38, May 18, 2008
Template:Ratings Template:ArticleName Template:Ship The Covenant Supercruiser was a classification of Covenant warship that was among the most powerful capital ships in the Covenant Navy.
Background
Physical Characteristics and Armament
Its length of 3.5 kilometers was over three times that of the UNSC Marathon-class Cruiser [1].
These ships were armed with at least 5 energy projector turrets. They were also durable enough to withstand one nuclear mine detonation, or even three MAC rounds and nearly five hundred Archers.
Operational Use
One of these warships led the Covenant invasion fleet during the the First Battle of Reach in August 2552, but was destroyed by the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.The Autumn launched a remote controlled Longsword armed with a Shiva missile under the Supercruisers shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially.
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 297
