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{{Title|''CPV''-class heavy destroyer}}
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{{Ship Class Infobox
|name=''CPV''-class heavy destroyer
|image=[[File:CovDestroyer.png|300px]]
|manufacturer= 
|class=[[Covenant destroyer|Destroyer]]
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s
|slipspace drive=Equipped
|hull=[[Nanolaminate hull plating]]
*Equipped with [[energy shielding]]
|length={{Convert|1664|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 48''</ref>
|width={{Convert|1350|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="EVG"/>
|height=
|armament=*One [[energy projector]]<ref name="EVG"/>
*Multiple [[Plasma cannon (starship)|plasma cannons]] (8+)<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 270''</ref><ref name="EVG"/>
*Multiple [[pulse laser turret]]s<ref name="EVG"/>
|complement=Numerous ground forces, dropships, and support aircraft
|misc=
|role=*Glassing operations<ref name="EVG"/>
*Ship-to-ship warfare
*Ground assault<ref name="EVG"/>
*Planetary occupation<ref name="EVG"/>
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]<br>
[[Great Schism]]<br>
[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant fleet]]<br>
[[Swords of Sanghelios]]<br>
[[Lydus' clan]]
}}

The '''''CPV''-class heavy destroyer''' is one of several [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]-type warships used by the [[Covenant]] and [[Covenant remnants|its remnants]].<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="EVG"/>

==Overview==
The ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer was the predominant offensive ship of the Covenant's now-defunct [[Covenant fleet|naval forces]], used primarily for ship-to-ship warfare and [[glassing]] operations. ''CPV''s are deployed aggressively, often being the first ships in a fleet to engage the enemy.<ref name="EVG"/> Heavy destroyers that served in the forces of the various Ministries were largely assigned to crews deemed unfit for service aboard other ships, who had been condemned for disloyalty or disobedience, but whose actions did not warrant execution as [[heretic]]s, who hoped to earn redemption through service for themselves and their families. Most glassing operations were undertaken by heavy destroyers, as the work was considered distasteful or suicidal by other [[shipmaster]]s, and human colonies attacked by the Covenant are littered with the wreckage of ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers eliminated by the [[UNSC Navy]] during these enagements. Heavy destroyers were also assigned to combat human forces that a [[Supreme Commander]] considered beneath his notice. Late in the [[Human-Covenant War]], the crews of heavy destroyers had developed a kind of mercenary culture of their own, with many shipmasters offering their services to various ministries to secure artifacts and relics from conquered human worlds, working alongside or in opposition to artifact retrieval teams.<ref name="bulkhead">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Bulkhead Banter'']</ref> Heavy destroyers are sufficiently equipped to serve as occupation vessels during planetary assaults, in lieu of the more occupation-centered {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} and {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}.<ref name="EVG"/>

==Specifications==
===Design details===
The ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer features a roughly teardrop-shaped fore section that droops downward, forming a bulbous protrusion; the dorsal surface of this section contains a recessed area. Near the aft end, the hull splits into six sleek, wing-like structures. The shortest pair face outward at a slightly upward angle, the mid-sized structures curve upward at an inward-facing angle, and the largest structures curve downward, also facing inward.

''CPV''s carry large complements for ground engagements, including numerous infantry and ground vehicles. They also carry a large number of aircraft, including [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraph exoatmospheric fighters]] and [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee attack craft]], and [[Type-29 Vampire|Vampire atmospheric fighters]].<ref name="ENC"/> ''CPV''s can also use their [[gravity lift]]s to help assemble [[Covenant citadel|prefabricated bases]].<ref>'''Halo Wars'''</ref>

===Armament===
The ''CPV''-class destroyer is built for heavy combat. It is armed primarily with a ventrally mounted [[energy projector]] which is often used in [[glassing]] operations.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="intro">'''Halo Wars''', cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4zyyI5o0hM&hd=1 ''Five Long Years'']</ref><ref name="Genesis">'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref><ref name="Origins">'''Halo Legends''', ''Origins''</ref> The ship sports at least eight [[Plasma cannon (starship)|plasma cannons]]: two of these weapons are mounted on the vessel's anterior,<ref name="EVG"/> two more are mounted on the inside of each ventral wing structure,<ref name="Freefall">'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Repairs]]'', cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_jhaMoeqM&hd=1 ''Freefall'']</ref> and at least two more are mounted laterally.<ref name="Freefall"/> A number of [[pulse laser turret]]s are used to provide point defense.<ref name="EVG"/>

==Operational history==
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After the battlecruiser ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' began [[First Battle of Harvest|destroying]] [[Harvest]]'s population centers in [[2525#February|February 2525]], many ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers were deployed to continue glassing the planet.<ref>'''Halo Wars: Genesis''', back cover</ref><ref name="intro"/> ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers were deployed throughout the [[Harvest campaign]], which lasted from [[2526]] to [[2531]]. During the Covenant's counterattacks in the early years of the campaign, ''CPV''s were used to glass areas that had been secured by the [[United Nations Space Command]], eradicating most of the [[human]] presence on Harvest; this cycle continued until the planet's liberation in [[2531#February|February 2531]].<ref name="intro"/>

Near the end of the [[Battle of Arcadia]], several ''CPV''-class destroyers arrived to do battle with the counterattacking UNSC forces, of which at least five were present. During this engagement, then-Captain [[Terrence Hood]] confronted at least one of these destroyers in a direct attack, and was ultimately forced to retreat after finding himself outgunned. Around this time, {{UNSCship|Spirit of Fire}} pursued a ''CPV'' to a [[Shield World 0459|mysterious planet]], which was later revealed to be a [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Anders' Signal]]'', cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1r4dNsmr4&hd=1 ''She Is Not My Girlfriend'']</ref> [[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|One such vessel]], possibly the one that ''Spirit of Fire'' pursued from [[Arcadia]], was present at the shield world; there it engaged ''Spirit of Fire'' after a midair collision between the two ships. The destroyer dispatched several large [[Boarding|boarding parties]], supported by Banshees, Vampires, and plasma turret fire, in an effort to disable the human vessel, though the attack was repelled. [[Battle Group Sierra-3|UNSC Battle Group Sierra-3]] were nearly destroyed by a ''CPV''-class destroyer at the [[Battle of 18 Scorpii]] in [[2543]], but were saved by the sudden arrival of, and subsequent assistance by, a large independent fleet led by the heavily modified, formerly assumed-destroyed [[Insurrectionist]] frigate ''[[Bellicose]]''. With the help of the Insurrectionist reinforcements, the UNSC battle group was able to destroy the opposing Covenant vessel.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''page 472-473''</ref>

''CPV''-class heavy destroyers also appeared in large numbers during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] and the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant]]'''</ref>

After the Human-Covenant War ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers were used by both forces under the command of [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]] during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation #1]]'''</ref>

==Ships of the line==
*''[[Bloodied Spirit]]''
*''[[Reverence]]'' (C-7)<ref name="Transmissions">''[[Transmissions]]''</ref>
*''[[Esteem]]'' (C-10)<ref name="Transmissions"/>
*''[[Radiant Perception]]''
*''[[Proclamation's Tithe]]''

==''Halo: Fleet Battles''==
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===Covenant ''CPV'' Heavy Destroyer===
This element includes a single ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer.
*Cost: 110 points
*Movement: 8"
*Damage Track: 8 • 6 • 4
*Build rating: 3
*Hangers: 2
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security detail*: 4
*System loadouts:
**Defense array (3)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (4)
*Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
**Range: 12/-"
**Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9/9/9
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
**Range: 12/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 10

===Covenant Supported ''CPV'' Heavy Destroyer===
This element includes a ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer and one ''SDV''-class heavy corvette.
*Cost: 130 points
*Movement: 8"
*Damage Track: 8 • 7 • 4
*Build rating: 4
*Hangers: 3
*Boarding Craft: 4
*Security detail*: 4
*System loadouts:
**Defense array (4)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (4)
*Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
**Range: 12/-"
**Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9/9/9
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma Cannon Arrays
**Range: 10/20"
**Weapon loadouts: Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 5
*Additional Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
**Range: 12/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 12
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===Covenant Escorted ''CPV'' Heavy Destroyer===
This element includes a ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer and one ''ADP''-class escort.
*Cost: 130 points
*Movement: 8"
*Damage Track: 8 • 6 • 5
*Build rating: 4
*Hangers: 2
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security detail*: 5
*System loadouts:
**Defense array (4)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (6)
*Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
**Range: 12/-"
**Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9/9/9
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
**Range: 12/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 14
===Covenant Defended ''CPV'' Heavy Destroyer===
This element includes a ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer and two ''ADP''-class escort.
*Cost: 150 points
*Movement: 8"
*Damage Track: 8 • 6 • 6
*Build rating: 4
*Hangers: 2
*Boarding Craft: 3
*Security detail*: 5
*System loadouts:
**Cloaking system
**Defense array (4)
**Glide (4")
**Point defense (6)
*Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
**Range: 12/-"
**Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 9/9/9
*Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
**Range: 12/24"
**Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
**Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
**Dice: 16
===Special Rule: Penitents===
*Security Details on this Element are considered to have the Assault Specialist (1) Loadout.
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==Trivia==
*Interestingly, the CPV-class not only has a ventral energy projector, but uses it commonly as one of its main purposes despite not containing an S (indicating the use of energy projectors) in its classification code.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW Genesis back cover.png|''CPV''-class heavy destroyers glassing Harvest in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''.
File:HW-CovenantDestroyer-Wallpaper-crop.jpg|Concept art of a ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer in space for ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:Covenant Destroyers Glass Harvest.jpg|A group of ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers glassing Harvest.
File:ApexBattleImage.png|A ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer collides with the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'', destroying a large portion of the latter vessel's port side.
File:Origins ii Human-CovenantWar.jpg|A ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer, flanked by several ''CCS''-class battlecruisers, deploys invasion forces to the surface of a human colony in ''[[Halo Legends]]'': ''[[Origins]]''.
File:Sigma Octanus battle.jpg|Several ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] in ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''. 
File:Arcadia Escalation.png|The UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' pursues several ''CPV''s present at the [[Battle of Arcadia]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''. 
File:HE Hood ordering retreat.jpg|[[Terrence Hood]], then-captain of the {{UNSCShip|Roman Blue}}, ordering a retreat from a losing battle with the ''Radiant Perception''.
File:HFB-CPV&SDV.jpg|A ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer with [[SDV-class heavy corvette|''SDV''-class heavy corvettes]] in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
File:Fleet Battles - CPV destroyers.jpg|''CPV''-class heavy destroyers in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''.
File:HM-Covenantfleet.png|A ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
File:HM-CPV.png|Profile of the ''CPV''.
</gallery>
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' 
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{C|Poster only}}
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
**''[[Into the Fire]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''

==Sources==
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