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[[File:ApexBattleImage.png|thumb|250px|A ''CPV''-class destroyer collides with the ''Spirit of Fire'', with the former vessel taking little damage.]] | [[File:ApexBattleImage.png|thumb|250px|A ''CPV''-class destroyer collides with the ''Spirit of Fire'', with the former vessel taking little damage.]] | ||
Nanolaminate hull plating allows ships to be resilient to most [[UNSC]] weaponry. UNSC [[point-defense gun]]s are not powerful enough to do significant damage to the plating,<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 272''</ref> [[Archer missile]]s prove to be very effective against the unshielded hull of a Covenant vessel | Nanolaminate hull plating allows ships to be resilient to most [[UNSC]] weaponry. UNSC [[point-defense gun]]s are not powerful enough to do significant damage to the plating,<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 272''</ref> [[Archer missile]]s prove to be very effective against the unshielded hull of a Covenant vessel causing the ship to become very vulnerable following the resulting explosions of the missiles.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 179''</ref> [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s are often used to disable and destroy Covenant vessels after the energy shielding fails, being powerful enough to pierce the nanolaminate hull plating of most ships with a single round.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 297''</ref> A single pack of [[C-12 shaped charge]]s can easily puncture a large hole through the hull of a [[Covenant cruiser]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Blunt Instruments]]", ''page 202''</ref> Some Covenant cruisers are capable of taking a direct hit from a [[mass driver]] at near point-blank range with only minor structural damage done to the nanolaminate plating, but a second hit in the same spot will puncture the vessel.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 342''</ref> | ||
However, Covenant weaponry is more effective against nanolaminate plating. The carrier ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' was heavily damaged by a single [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo]], with several layers of the armor plating boiling away.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 76''</ref> | However, Covenant weaponry is more effective against nanolaminate plating. The carrier ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' was heavily damaged by a single [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo]], with several layers of the armor plating boiling away.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 76''</ref> |