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DAV-class light corvette

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The DAV-class light corvette,[1] commonly known as the stealth corvette,[2] is a class of small starship in the Covenant Navy.

Overview

Similar in design to the larger SDV-class heavy corvette,[1] the DAV-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance, making way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry, the DAV-class corvette uses active camouflage systems to render it imperceptible to UNSC sensors, and visually invisible.[2] It also possessed electronic countermeasures, which are able to interfere with the guidance systems of Archer missiles.[2][1]

Armament

DAV-class ships are primarily stealth ships, and as such they were not as well-armed as the larger SDV-class heavy corvette.[1] This falls in line with common observations that weapon layout differ greatly between Covenant ship classifications.[3] Despite this, DAV-class ships are armed with heavy plasma cannons.[1]

Operational history

Planetside forces transmitted data from a Forerunner artifact to a DAV-class light corvette during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, but the ship was eventually rammed and destroyed by the Template:UNSCship.[4]

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Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named visual
  2. ^ a b c Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 195 and 196, page 225 (2010 edition)
  3. ^ Sybex Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide, page 73
  4. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named reach197

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