Editing Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette

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{{Ship Class Infobox
|image=[[File:Corvette.jpg|300px]]
|name=Covenant Corvette 
|manufacturer= Covenant Empire
|line=
|model=
|class=SDV (Heavy Corvette)<ref name="essential">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 13''</ref>
|length={{Convert|956|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential"/>
|width={{Convert|399|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential"/>
|height=
|mass=
|max accel=
|max speed space=
|max speed air=
|engine=Four [[repulsor engine]]s
|slipspace drive=Yes
|slipspace speed=
|poweroutput=
|power=
|shield gen=No
|hull= Unknown Covenant material
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=
|avionics=
|countermeasures=
|armament=
*6 full-sized [[plasma turret]]s
*8 anti-single ship plasma turrets
*Unknown number of bombardment weapons<ref name="Guide">'''[[Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide|Halo: Reach Legendary Edition Guide]]''', ''page 440''</ref>
|complement=
*10+ [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]]
*10+ [[Type-27 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Type-27 ''"Banshee"''-class interceptors]]
*6+ [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Type-31 ''"Seraph"''-class starfighter]]
*10+ [[orbital insertion pod]]s
|crew=
|skeleton=
|passengers=
|capacity=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|firstuse= 
|role= 
* Advance recon 
* Ship-to-ship warfare
* Ground assault
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|affiliation=Covenant Navy
}}

The '''SDV Heavy Corvette''' is a capital warship classification in the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Navy]].<ref name="ONI: SB">'''''Halo: Reach''''', campaign level ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref><ref name="LNoS">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref>

==Specifications==
===Design details===
Larger than [[UNSC frigate]]s but relatively weak compared to most Covenant ships, corvettes are usually sent in advance of larger fleets.<ref name="ONI: SB"/><ref name="Nightfall">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Nightfall]]''</ref><ref name="LNoS">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> They are streamlined, with a smooth oblong hull shape. Their "double-hull" assembly is unique among Covenant military vessels. Corvettes are also different from most known Covenant vessels in that the bridge is located at the front of the ship<ref name="LNoS"/> instead of in the ship's center.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 5''</ref> Corvettes are propelled by four engines at the rear of the ship.<ref name="ONI: SB"/><ref name="Nightfall"/><ref name="LNoS"/><ref name="Exodus">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref> Red and blue lights are used to distinguish the port and starboard sides of the ship.<ref name="LNoS"/>

Unlike larger Covenant vessels, Corvettes have no [[Energy shielding|energy shields]]. This leaves them vulnerable to smaller [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] weapons such as [[point-defense gun]]s. A lack of energy shielding also puts them at risk of being boarded, as occurred to ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].<ref name="ONI: SB"/><ref name="LNoS"/><ref name ="Exodus"/>

===Armament===
The Covenant corvette is armed with multiple weapons. On either side of the ship are three [[plasma turret]]s which are used primarily for engaging larger ships. Located in four slots, two on each side, with two in each, are eight smaller plasma turrets for use against single ships such as fighters. Corvettes are also armed with an unknown number of cannons designed for bombarding surface targets.<ref name="Guide"/> On the underside of the corvette is a launch bay that can hold at least ten [[type-27 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|''Banshee''-class interceptors]] for use in combat. The hangar bay also carries six [[type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|''Seraph''-class starfighters]], with additional room to carry one or more [[Phantom gunboat]]s for additional combat support. The dorsal landing pad can carry additional fighters. The "runner" ringing the underside of the ship is capable of launching [[orbital insertion pod]]s.<ref name="LNoS"/>

==Operational history==
Several Covenant corvettes were present during the [[Fall of Reach]]. On [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], a corvette attacked the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[Sword Base]], but retreated when its forces were driven off. As it left, the corvette was struck amidships by a round from an [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platform]]'s [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] and sank in a nearby lake.<ref name="ONI: SB"/> At least three corvettes were present in the Covenant staging area in the [[Viery Territory]].<ref name="Nightfall"/> These corvettes and the [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' were part of a small advance force sent to [[Reach]] in advance of the ''[[Fleet of Particular Justice]]''.<ref name="TotS">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>

At least one corvette, ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', was in the planet's orbit when Operation: UPPER CUT commenced. As the vessel's communications were being jammed by the UNSC, it was engaged by {{UNSCship|Savannah}}, which was assisted by several [[YSS-1000 Sabre]] fighters, including one piloted by [[SPARTAN-B312]] and [[Jorge-052]]. The corvette was destroyed by ''Savannah''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]], which was used as a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|makeshift bomb]], also destroying ''Long Night of Solace'', though Jorge-052 was killed in the [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] rift.<ref name="LNoS"/>

Other Covenant corvettes took part in the ground battles on Reach. At least three corvettes were present during the [[Siege of New Alexandria|siege of]] [[New Alexandria]]. One took part in the destruction of civilian [[Unidentified civilian transport craft|evacuation transports]], but was heavily damaged by a [[Unidentified UNSC missile battery|missile battery]], apparently disabling its weapons and allowing the remaining transports to escape.<ref name="Exodus"/>

==Trivia==
*The [[Firefight]] map ''[[Corvette (level)|Corvette]]'' and the multiplayer map ''[[Zealot (level)|Zealot]]'' take place on ''Ardent Prayer'', a Covenant corvette.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" captionalign="left">
File:HaloReach - CorvetteOverview.png|An overview of the Covenant corvette.
File:HaloReach - SabreCorvette.png|A comparison between the corvette and the YSS-1000 Sabre.
File:Reach_468670_Full.jpg| A view of the corvette ''Ardent Prayer'' from behind.
File:reach_596390_Medium.jpg|A comparison between the corvette and UNSC ''Savannah''.
File:reach_468883_Full.jpg|A Corvette's gravity lift and Type-27 XMF ventral launch-bay.
File:reach_468790_Full.jpg|Close up of Type-27 XMF launch-bay.
File:reach_597419_Medium.jpg|Close-up of the Banshee storage area in the corvette's hangar bay.
File:reach_468932_Full.jpg|Another view of a corvette.
File:reach_596815_Medium.jpg|Close-up of the corvette's orbital insertion pod launchers.
File:reach_468930_Full.jpg|''Ardent Prayer''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s three main plasma turrets.
File:reach_597386_Medium.jpg|An interior view of the control room for the corvette's plasma turrets.
File:reach_468980_Full.jpg|View of the corvette's dorsal landing pad.
File:reach_468847_Full.jpg|An external view of the corvette's hangar bay with the shutter closed.
File:Corvette1.jpg|View inside a corvette's hangar bay, with ''Seraph''-class starfighters hanging from the ceiling.
File:reach_596555_Medium.jpg|A corvette over Reach with an escort of ''Seraph''s.
File:Covenant Corvette Bridge.jpg|The bridge of a Covenant corvette, staffed by [[Special Operations Sangheili]], [[Unggoy Ultra]]s and a [[Sangheili General]].
File:Staging area.png|A group of corvettes over the surface of Reach.
File:REACHcartercorvette.PNG|[[Carter-A259]] looks at a Covenant corvette over Reach.
File:CovieCorvette.jpg|A corvette attacking Sword Base.
File:HaloReach - Space Battle.jpg|A corvette in battle.
File:Noble Six City.jpg|Three corvettes hold position over the city of New Alexandria.
File:Corvette Destroyed.png|A corvette being damaged by surface-to-air missiles over New Alexandria.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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