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|armament=*[[Plasma turret]]s (5) | |armament=*[[Plasma turret]]s (5) | ||
*Laterally-mounted [[Pulse laser turret]]s | *Laterally-mounted [[Pulse laser turret]]s | ||
|complement= +10,000 | |complement= +10,000 | ||
*3 [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 Banshee]] squadrons | *3 [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 Banshee]] squadrons | ||
*Dozens of | *Dozens of [[Type-26 Wraith]]s | ||
*[[Sangheili]] | *[[Sangheili]] | ||
*[[Mgalekgolo]] | *[[Mgalekgolo]] | ||
*[[Kig-Yar]] | *[[Kig-Yar]] | ||
*[[Unggoy]] | *[[Unggoy]] | ||
|destroyed=[[2552#August|August 30, 2552]] | |destroyed=[[2552#August|August 30, 2552]] | ||
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|role=Support | |role=Support | ||
|era= | |era=[[Halopedia:Timeline|The Great War Era]] | ||
|affiliation=[[Covenant]] | |affiliation=[[Covenant]] | ||
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{{Quote|A tiny picture appeared on Fred's heads-up-display, and he saw what Joshua had sighted through his sniper scope: a Covenant cruiser hovered thirty meters off the ground. The ship bristled with energy weapons and plasma artillery. His Spartans couldn't get within weapons range of that thing without being roasted.|[[Frederic-104]]'s tactical assessment of the Covenant cruiser.}} | {{Quote|A tiny picture appeared on Fred's heads-up-display, and he saw what Joshua had sighted through his sniper scope: a Covenant cruiser hovered thirty meters off the ground. The ship bristled with energy weapons and plasma artillery. His Spartans couldn't get within weapons range of that thing without being roasted.|[[Frederic-104]]'s tactical assessment of the Covenant cruiser.}} | ||
This '''Covenant cruiser''' was a | This '''Covenant cruiser''' was a warship in the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Navy]] which took part in the [[Fall of Reach]]. | ||
==Operational use== | ==Operational use== | ||
===Fall of Reach=== | ===Fall of Reach=== | ||
{{Main|Fall of Reach}} | {{Main|Fall of Reach}} | ||
After entering the [[Epsilon Eridani system]], and after the initial attack against the UNSC forces in orbit, the cruiser was one of many that entered [[Reach]]'s atmosphere, coming to rest over [[Longhorn Valley]] in the [[Highland Mountains]], where it landed tens of thousands of troops on the planet surface. Hovering thirty meters above the ground, it was protected by [[legion]]s of ground forces, dozens of [[Type-26 Wraith|Wraiths]], anti-air emplacements, and three squadrons of [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] conducting air patrols.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 21''</ref> | |||
The ship was destroyed, its own shields absorbing the [[electromagnetic pulse]] from the weapon, preventing it from damaging the nearby [[orbital defense generator]]s. It also leveled the nearby forest and mountain, vaporizing the ground forces. However, its loss did little to save the reactors - another three cruisers descended from orbit to replace it.<ref | A team of three [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-IIs]], designated [[Red Team#Fall of Reach splinter arrangement|Alpha Team]], used captured Covenant Banshee fighters to fly past the patrols and anti-air emplacements.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 24-25''</ref> At least one Unggoy, [[Zawaz]], detected the Banshees on a scanner, but did not bother to report them, fearing punishment from his Sangheili superior officers.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 26-27''</ref> As the Covenant grew suspicious of these new Banshees, they demanded proper codeword clearance - the Spartans, unable to translate the messages and not knowing the codewords, ignored them.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 28''</ref> One Spartan, [[Joshua-029]], was shot down while the other two, [[Frederic-104]] and [[Kelly-087]], reached the cruiser's [[gravity lift]], throwing a [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] into the ship and retreating behind a nearby mountain ridge.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 29''</ref> | ||
The ship was destroyed, its own shields absorbing the [[electromagnetic pulse]] from the weapon, preventing it from damaging the nearby [[orbital defense generator]]s. It also leveled the nearby forest and mountain, vaporizing the ground forces. However, its loss did little to save the reactors - another three cruisers descended from orbit to replace it.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 31''</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
