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*[[Electronic countermeasures|Guidance-control jammers]]<ref name="reach197">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 197'', ''page 226'' (2010 edition)</ref> | *[[Electronic countermeasures|Guidance-control jammers]]<ref name="reach197">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 197'', ''page 226'' (2010 edition)</ref> | ||
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
| | |lastsight= [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]] | ||
| | |destroyed= [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] (2552) | ||
|affiliation=[[Covenant]] | |affiliation=[[Covenant]] | ||
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This '''stealth ship''' is a type of small intelligence-gathering starship used by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="Reach196">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 195 and 196'', ''page 225'' (2010 edition)</ref> | This '''stealth ship''' is a type of small intelligence-gathering starship used by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="Reach196">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 195 and 196'', ''page 225'' (2010 edition)</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The stealth ship is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance, making way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry and defenses, the craft uses [[active camouflage]] systems to render it imperceptible to [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] sensors, and visually invisible. | The stealth ship is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance, making way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry and defenses, the craft uses [[active camouflage]] systems to render it imperceptible to [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] sensors, and visually invisible.<ref name="Reach196"/> It also possesses [[electronic countermeasures]], which are able to interfere with the guidance systems of [[Archer missile]]s.<ref name="Reach196"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
Planetside forces transmitted data from [[Sigma Octanus IV artifact|a Forerunner artifact]] to a stealth craft of this type during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], but the ship was eventually rammed and destroyed by the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}}. | Planetside forces transmitted data from [[Sigma Octanus IV artifact|a Forerunner artifact]] to a stealth craft of this type during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], but the ship was eventually rammed and destroyed by the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}}.<ref name="reach197"/> | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
The ''Halo Encyclopedia'' erroneously identified this stealth ship as a {{ | The ''Halo Encyclopedia'' erroneously identified this stealth ship as a {{Class|DAV|light corvette}},<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 280'' (2011 edition)</ref> an error which was carried on to ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant'', in which the stealth ship's size closely matches that of the light corvette, making it the same length as the ''Iroquois''. This is in stark contrast to the craft's original description in the novel ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' as being tiny in comparison to the ''Iroquois'', allowing the destroyer to ram it with ease. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | ||
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]'' | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]'' | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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HTFORC-StealthShip.png|The Covenant stealth ship falls to Sigma Octanus. | HTFORC-StealthShip.png|The Covenant stealth ship falls to Sigma Octanus. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Covenant Ships}} | {{Covenant Ships}} | ||
