Editing Zanar-pattern light cruiser

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{{Title|''CRS''-class light cruiser}}
{{Ship Class Infobox
|name=''CRS''-class light cruiser
|manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire]]
|line=
|model=
|class=[[Cruiser]]
|length=300 meters (984.25 feet)<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 265''</ref>
|width=145 meters (476 feet)<ref name="EVG"/>
|height=
|max accel=
|mglt=
|max speed=
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s
|slipspace drive=Equipped
|hdsystem=
|poweroutput=
|power=
|shield gen=Yes
|hull= Unknown Covenant material
*Equipped with [[Energy shielding|energy shields]]
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
|avionics=
|countermeasures=
|armament=*[[Plasma turret]]s
*[[Pulse laser turret]]s
|complement=
|crew=
|skeleton=
|passengers=
|capacity=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|firstuse=[[2552]] - [[Fall of Reach]]
|role=Fleet support
|era= [[Human-Covenant War]] 
|affiliation=[[Covenant Navy]]
}}

The '''''CRS''-class light cruiser'''<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref> is a [[Covenant]] capital warship classification. They have been described as resembling "luminous manta rays",<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 205''</ref> and are essentially a smaller, weaker version of the [[CCS-class battlecruiser]].<ref name="EVG"/> While the CRS-class light cruiser and the CCS-class battlecruiser are virtually identical in outward appearance, one can distinguish them by the spikes protruding from near CCS-class's bow.<ref group="note">While the majority of the Covenant cruisers seen in ''Halo 4'' closely resemble the CCS-class in design, they are much smaller; this is clearly evident from their appearance in the level ''[[Dawn (level)|Dawn]]'', where even the 490-meter long [[Charon-class light frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} is noticeably larger. The size difference is also conspicuous in the [[S1/Departure|first episode]] of ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', in which the UNSC ''Infinity'' rams a large Covenant cruiser (evidently of the CCS-class) while many of the smaller cruisers are seen nearby. Since the ''Essential Visual Guide'' describes the CRS-class as being essentially a smaller version of the CCS-class, and its given size coincides with the smaller cruisers in ''Halo 4'', one can surmise that the cruisers seen in ''Halo 4'' belong to the CRS-class.</ref>

Several such vessels were used over [[Reach]] during the Covenant's [[Fall of Reach|invasion of the planet]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 167'' -- ''"Two exceptions to this patrol pattern were a pair of light cruisers hovering over Menachite Mountain"''</ref> Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], the CRS-class forms the backbone of the fleet of the [[Covenant remnant]], which deployed numerous CRS-class cruisers to [[Requiem]] during the [[Requiem campaign]].<ref name="H4">'''[[Halo 4]]'''</ref> After finding the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}, one approached the ship with its shields down, not expecting a threat, in order to deploy [[boarding]] parties. However, the [[John-117|Master Chief]] destroyed it with one of the ''Forward Unto Dawn's'' [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system|Hyperion nuclear missiles]]. Several were also destroyed when the [[gravity well]] of Requiem pulled them in.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Dawn (level)|Dawn]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H4 campaign dawn.jpeg|[[Covenant remnant]] ''CRS''-class  light cruisers swarm the wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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