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| [[File:HFB-CPV&SDV.jpg|350px|thumb|A flotilla of one Covenant heavy destroyer escorted by {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}s over [[Reach]].]] | | {{Ratings}} |
| '''Destroyer'''<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'''</ref> is a [[warship]] classification that was used by the [[Covenant]], before the empire's collapse in [[2552]].{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/covenant-destroyer|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Covenant Destroyer|D=30|M=06|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Book|Id=essential|EVG|Page=48}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=266}}
| | {{Ship |
| | |name=Covenant Destroyer |
| | |image=[[Image:Covenant Destroyer (cropped).jpg|300px]] |
| | |manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] |
| | |line= |
| | |class=[[Destroyer]] |
| | |length=around 1.5 Kilometers (1 640.4 yards) |
| | |width= |
| | |height= |
| | |max accel= |
| | |max speed space= |
| | |max speed air= |
| | |engine=[[Repulsor Engines]] |
| | |hyperdrive=yes |
| | |hdsystem= |
| | |poweroutput= |
| | |power= |
| | |shield gen=Resistant to 1 [[plasma torpedo]] or 2 [[MAC]] rounds or 1 [[Energy Projector]] hit |
| | |hull=Resistant to 1 [[plasma torpedo]] or 1+ [[MAC]] rounds |
| | |sensor= |
| | |target= |
| | |navigation=[[Associated Intelligence]] |
| | |avionics= |
| | |countermeasures= |
| | |armament=*[[Pulse Laser turret]]s |
| | *Lateral [[Plasma torpedo]] tubes (2) |
| | *[[Energy Projector]] |
| | |complement=*''[[Seraph]]''-class starfighters |
| | *[[Spirit]]-class Dropships |
| | *[[Jiralhanae]] |
| | *[[Lekgolo]] |
| | *[[Kig-yar]] |
| | *[[Unggoy]] |
| | |crew= |
| | |skeleton= |
| | |passengers= |
| | |capacity= |
| | |consumables= |
| | |othersystems= |
| | |firstuse=[[2531]] - [[Battle of the Flood-controlled Shield World]] |
| | |role= |
| | |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| | |affiliation=[[Covenant Navy]] |
| | }} |
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| | The '''Covenant Destroyer'''<ref>[[Halopedia:Covenant Ship Classification Canon Debate|Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon]]</ref> is a warship classification within the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Navy]]. |
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| ==Background== | | ==Background== |
| There are three known classes of destroyers: the {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}, the {{Pattern|Wik|light destroyer}}, and an unidentified classification of which only one example is known, represented by the ''[[Defender of Faith]]''. An additional so-called "super-destroyer" has been referenced by [[United Nations Space Command]] personnel in naval warfare, though this is an informal term used to describe the {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}. ''CPV''-class destroyers were seen in various battles early in the [[Human-Covenant War]],<ref>''Halo Wars''</ref><ref>''Halo Wars: Genesis''</ref> while a slightly smaller ''RPV''-class destroyer was present during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] in [[2552#July|July 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|FoR}}
| | [[Image:Covenant Destroyers Glass Harvest.jpg|thumb|left|A pair of Covenant Destroyers [[glass]] the planet [[Harvest]].]] |
| | This class of starship is extremely well-armed, boasting multiple [[pulse laser]] turrets, [[plasma torpedo]] launcher(s) and ''[[Seraph]]''-class starfighters. [[Jacob Keyes]] noted its weapons systems, saying it turned [[UNSC]] ships into "Swiss cheese". |
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| In general, Covenant destroyers are very well-armed, boasting multiple point-defense [[pulse laser turret]]s, [[plasma turret]]s, [[energy projector]]s, and a full complement of [[Seraph]] fighters. The destroyer's weapons are so potent that [[UNSC Navy]] [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] remarked that they turned UNSC ships into "Swiss cheese" in many engagements.<ref>'''''Halo: The Fall of Reach''''', ''page 145''</ref>
| | This dangerous warship classification has the distinctive three huge sections of heavier [[Covenant]] warships, mirroring the lethality of its larger cousins. They are used as escorts for battlegroups using larger ship classes, able to hold their own in combat protecting their battlegroup from threats. |
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| This warship classification features the distinctive three-section design of most heavier Covenant warships, mirroring the deadliness of its larger counterparts. Destroyers are often used as escorts for [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] or [[Battle group|task forces]] and are able to hold their own in combat, while protecting more valuable ships from enemy threats.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
| | Probably the most well-known ship of this class was the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', captured by three [[SPARTAN-IIs]], [[Fred]], [[Will]], and [[Linda]], in a haphazard plan which recovered captured [[wikipedia:nuclear weapon|nuclear warheads]], eliminated another [[Brute]]-controlled destroyer, and gave them a much faster ship to take them to [[Onyx]]. |
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| ==Classes== | | == Vessels of this Classification == |
| {| class="wikitable sortable"
| | *''[[Absolution]]'' |
| ! Class !! Image !! Length !! Tonnage !! Source
| | *''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' |
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| | *''[[Far Sight Lost]]'' |
| |{{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} || [[File:Enc22 SoTP CPV.png|x150px]] || {{Convert|1664|m|ft|sp=us|sigfig=4}} || 115 million metric tons || {{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
| | *''[[Rapturous Arc]]'' |
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| | *[[Unnamed Covenant Destroyer]] |
| |{{Pattern|Wik|light destroyer}} || || {{Convert|1500|m|ft|sp=us|sigfig=4}} || 99.7 million tonnes || {{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}
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| |Unidentified class (''[[Defender of Faith]]'') || || {{Convert|1200|m|ft|sp=us}} || N/A || {{Ref/Novel|Id=TW12|TTW|Chapter=12}}
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| ==Gallery== | | == Trivia == |
| <gallery>
| | *Jacob Keyes destroyed one with a maneuver later dubbed as the ''[[Keyes Loop]]'' at [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. |
| File:Covenant Destroyers Glass Harvest.jpg|A pair of Covenant destroyers [[glassing]] the planet [[Harvest]].
| | *In [[Halo Wars]] cutscenes a Destroyer is shown to be about 75% the size of a [[Phoenix-class Colony Ship]], which is over two kilometers. |
| File:ApexBattleImage.png|A Covenant destroyer colliding with the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.
| | *Covenant Destroyers are seen on the back cover of [[Halo Wars: Genesis]]. |
| File:HW Genesis back cover.jpg|Three Covenant destroyers [[glassing]] Harvest on the back cover of ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''.
| | *The Destroyer is incorrectly referred to as a Carrier in some Halo Wars guides. |
| File:CovDestroyer.jpg|Concept art of the Covenant destroyer for ''Halo Wars''.
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| File:Origins ii Human-CovenantWar.jpg|A Covenant destroyer, as seen in ''Origins''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' | |
| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' | |
| *''[[Halo Wars]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
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| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Origins]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' | |
| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Envoy]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Covenant ship classes| ]] | | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
| | [[Category:Covenant Starships]] |
