CPV-class heavy destroyer
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The CPV-class heavy destroyer[1] is one of several destroyer class warships in service with the Covenant Navy.[2]
Background
The Covenant CPV-class heavy destroyer is the predominant offensive ship in the Covenant Navy, being primarily used for ship-to-ship warfare and glassing operations.[1] If necessary, CPV-class destroyers are well-equipped enough to serve as occupation vessels during planetary assaults, in lieu of the more occupation-centered CCS-class battlecruiser and CAS-class assault carrier.[1]
The destroyer's architecture features a roughly teardrop-shaped fore section that droops downward, forming a bulbous protrusion; the dorsal surface of this section contains a recessed area. Near the aft end, the hull splits into six sleek, winglike structures. The shortest pair face outward at a slightly upward angle, the mid-sized structures curve upward at an inward-facing angle, and the largest structures curve downward, also facing inward.
Operational history
Many CPV-class heavy destroyers were deployed during the glassing of Harvest in 2525[3]. After Admiral Cole's victory in March of 2526, the Covenant regrouped to execute those who failed to destroy Cole's fleet and for celebration at the glassing of Harvest.[4] After the planet's liberation in 2531, the Covenant arrived at Arcadia. During the attack one destroyer was able to escape and was present during the Battle of the Flood-controlled Shield World, where it engaged the Template:UNSCship after a midair collision between the two ships; the destroyer dispatched several large boarding parties, supported by Banshees, Vampires, and plasma cannon fire in an effort to disable the human vessel, though the attack was repelled. During the Battle of 18 Scorpii UNSC Battle Group Sierra-3 was able to destroy a CPV-class destroyer in 2543.[5] Throughout the war, CPV-class destroyers continued to serve as one of the Covenant's principle warships in their genocidal war against humanity.[6]
Complement
Armaments
CPV-class heavy destroyers are built for heavy combat. They are armed with Pulse Laser Turrets, which fire a high intensity laser bolt, radiating energy in the blue wavelength of the spectrum. The CPV-class destroyer is also equipped with anterior plasma cannons.[7] It is also armed with a single ventral Energy projector [1] for use in low altitude bombardment.[6] CPV-class heavy destroyers can also be armed with plasma torpedo launchers, which are plasma turrets that launch long, powerful lances of plasma contained and guided by a shaped magnetic field.
Aircraft
CPV-class heavy destroyers carry a large number of aircraft including the Seraph fighters and Banshees.[2]
Ships of the line
- Reverence (C-7)[8]
- Esteem (C-10)[8]
- Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer
List of appearances
- Halo Wars (First appearance)
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo Wars: Genesis
- Halo Legends
Gallery
CPV-class heavy destroyers glassing Harvest.
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A group of CPV-class heavy destroyers glassing Harvest.
A CPV-class heavy destroyer collides with the UNSC Spirit of Fire, destroying a large portion of the latter vessel's port side.
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A CPV-class heavy destroyer, flanked by several CCS-class battlecruisers, deploys invasion forces to the surface of a human colony.
Sources
- ^ a b c d Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedENC - ^ Halo Wars: Genesis, Back cover
- ^ Halo Wars timeline, 2526 entry
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, page 472-473
- ^ a b Halo Legends, Origins Part II
- ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Repairs, cutscene Freefall
- ^ a b Transmissions
