Editing Covenant navy

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The '''Covenant navy''' is the branch of the [[Covenant military]] responsible solely for space operations.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=thesoundofsack '''Bungie.net''': ''The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3'']</ref> Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, [[Glassing|orbital bombardment]], the deployment of fighters and bombers and the method of delivery for the Covenant's occupational ground forces. At its height, it fielded thousands of warships, most being able to carry fighters, dropships, ground troops and vehicles.

==History==
===Early history===
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===Human-Covenant War===
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==Great Schism==
Throughout the majority of the Covenant civil conflict known as the [[Great Schism]], the Covenant military was violently splintered between those who continued to believe in the [[San 'Shyuum|Prophets’]] wisdom and the [[Covenant separatists]], who followed [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and opposed the Prophets' rule. As the battle raged, the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] formally transferred command of the navy to the [[Jiralhanae]], a position once exclusively held by the [[Sangheili]]. The Covenant separatists wiped out the primary loyalist fleet at the [[Battle of Installation 00]].

Soon after the outbreak of the Schism, the separatists' numbers were reduced by a pair of disasters. At [[Joyous Exultation]], the massive [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]], headed by [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] aboard the [[CSO-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', was consumed by a [[NOVA bomb]]. [[Battle of Onyx|At Onyx]], a battle group headed by the cruiser ''[[Incorruptible]]'' was destroyed by the [[Forerunner]] [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] that comprised the artificial planet.

Due to this disarray, the only Sangheili fleet to fight in the last battles of the war was the [[Fleet of Retribution]], which was led by the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. During the battles of [[Voi]] and the Ark the Jiralhanae-led loyalist fleet was mostly limited to [[Truth's fleet]], which outnumbered the Sangheili three to one by the time of the [[Battle of Installation 00]]. This fleet contained a number of battlecruisers assault carriers, led by Truth's [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].

==Known fleets==
{{Main|Covenant fleet}}
{{Covenant Fleet Units}}

==Known vessels==
===Space stations===
*[[High Charity]] - The Covenant holy city and site of government; absorbed by the Flood and [[Raid on High Charity|destroyed]] by [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] at [[Installation 00]].
*''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' - Destroyed by Spartan [[Blue Team]], led by John-117.

===Carriers===
===={{Class|DDS|carrier}}====
*''[[Lawgiver]]'' - Unknown status, possibly destroyed

===={{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}====
*''[[Resplendent Fervor]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' - Returned to [[Sanghelios]] after ceasefire in [[2552#March|March 2552]]
*''[[Solemn Penance]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' - Crash-landed on an [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|unidentified moon]] in [[2552#August|August 2552]]

===={{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}====
*''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' - Destroyed
**''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'' - Destroyed

===Cruisers===
===={{Class|Reverence|cruiser}}====
*''[[Incorruptible]]'' - Destroyed in the Battle of Onyx

===={{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}====
*''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Purity of Spirit]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Sacred Promise]]'' <small>(hypothesized)</small> - Unknown status, probably destroyed
*''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Installation 04]]
*''[[CCS-U624]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[CCS-U321]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Arcadia]]

===={{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}====
*''[[Unrelenting]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]]
*''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' - Unknown status

====Unknown classes====
*''[[Infinite Sacrifice]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Penance]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Unidentified cruiser (Particular Justice)]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Fall of Reach]]

===Destroyers===
===={{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}}====
*[[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|Unidentified heavy destroyer]] - Status unknown
*''[[Esteem]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Reverence]]'' - Destroyed

====Other types====
*''[[Absolution]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Bloodied Spirit]] - Destroyed
*''[[Far Sight Lost]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Rapturous Arc]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Retribution's Thunder]]'' - Destroyed

===Frigates===
====[[Covenant frigate|Frigates]]====
*''[[Tenebrous]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Twilight Compunction]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Revenant (ship)|Revenant]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Unflinching Resolve]]'' - Retired, later reclaimed by [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]]

===={{Class|CAR|frigate}}====
*''[[Contrition]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Penance]]'' - Unknown Status

===Corvettes===
===={{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}====
*''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' - Destroyed in [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].

===Support ships===
*''[[Infinite Succor]]'' - Destroyed, sent into a star [[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor|to prevent the Flood from escaping]].

===={{Class|Hudal|auxiliary vessel}}====
*''[[Piety]]''- Active, all crew killed in capture of a [[Requires Adjustment|Huragok]].

===Unknown class===
*''[[A Psalm Every Day]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Commitment and Patience]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Devotion]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Infinite Spoils]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Minor Transgression]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Paragon]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Pitiless]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Serene Certainty]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Unrelenting]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Valorous Salvation]]'' - Unknown status

==Important personnel==
*[[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]]
*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee (current Arbiter)
*[[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]
*[[Shipmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]
*[[Shipmaster|Ship Master]] [[Orna 'Fulsamee]]
*[[Unidentified Sangheili Shipmaster (Righteous Vigilance)|Unidentified Shipmaster (Righteous Vigilance)]]

==List of appearances==
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*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' 
**''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
**''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
**''[[Sadie's Story]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
**''[[The Duel]]''
**''[[The Package]]''
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*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Dirt]]''
**''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]
**''[[Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
**''[[The Mona Lisa]]''
**''[[The Return]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Remember Reach]]''
**''[[Deliver Hope]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]'' <small>([[Prologue]] Only)</small>
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
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==Sources==
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[[Category:The Covenant]]
[[Category:Covenant Military Units| ]]