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==Ship classification== | ==Ship classification== | ||
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Covenant ships were generally organized into | Covenant ships were generally organized into five types, if not formalized classes: executioners, the purpose-built warships that formed the bulk of frontline Covenant fleets, dedicated to violence and destruction<ref name="warfleet60">'''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''', pp 60-61</ref>; examiners, powerful ships built for tasks vital enough to dictate the survival of worlds and entire species<ref name="warfleet64">'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''Examiners'', pp 64-65</ref>; procurators, supply vessels that maintained the fleets and fed their crews;<ref name="warfleet68">'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''Procurators'', pp 68-69</ref> and attack ships, smaller, light and nimble ships designed for swift attack and encompassing anything too small to warrant a Shipmaster's chair;<ref name="warfleet72">'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''Attack Ships'', pp 72-73</ref> and Vestiges, ancient warships that predated the Covenant.<ref name="warfleet78">'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''Vestiges'', pp 78-79</ref> | ||
*'''Executioners''' were regarded as a distasteful reminder by the Prophets that the Great Journey depended on the use of violence, and were assigned far from [[High Charity]] during times of peace, across the Covenant's expansive border. This made them difficult to bring to bear when the Covenant mobilized for war with humanity, delaying their assignment to the frontlines by years.<ref name="warfleet60"/> | *'''Executioners''' were regarded as a distasteful reminder by the Prophets that the Great Journey depended on the use of violence, and were assigned far from [[High Charity]] during times of peace, across the Covenant's expansive border. This made them difficult to bring to bear when the Covenant mobilized for war with humanity, delaying their assignment to the frontlines by years.<ref name="warfleet60"/> | ||
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*'''Attack ships''' were the most common, but were considered beneath the notice of most Fleetmasters, generally being pawned off to Kig-Yar or Jiralhanae crews and assigned to patrol Covenant space, inspecting and escorting shipping that carried the tithes of Covenant worlds or pilgrims to High Charity.<ref name="warfleet72"/> Sangheili crews that found themselves assigned to such vessels tended to regard them as inglorious assignments, eager to prove themselves worthy of transfer to more prestigious assignments in battle, such as examiner type ships,<ref name="warfleet64"/> but were unenthusiastic about protecting executioner ships when assigned as escorts.<ref name="warfleet60"/> | *'''Attack ships''' were the most common, but were considered beneath the notice of most Fleetmasters, generally being pawned off to Kig-Yar or Jiralhanae crews and assigned to patrol Covenant space, inspecting and escorting shipping that carried the tithes of Covenant worlds or pilgrims to High Charity.<ref name="warfleet72"/> Sangheili crews that found themselves assigned to such vessels tended to regard them as inglorious assignments, eager to prove themselves worthy of transfer to more prestigious assignments in battle, such as examiner type ships,<ref name="warfleet64"/> but were unenthusiastic about protecting executioner ships when assigned as escorts.<ref name="warfleet60"/> | ||
*'''Vestiges''' were old warships that were built during the [[War of Beginnings]], when the Sangheili were united against the overwhelming power of the San'Shyuum's Keyship. Fleets of Vestiges were sent off to drift in space or buried in caverns beneath airless worlds, with any records of their history or battle-honors deleted from all data archives by clans that wished to overturn the [[Writ of Union]]. Forgotten by all but a few dedicated lineages, these vessels were reclaimed by Sangheili Covenant remnants after the [[Great Schism]] to be pitted against other Sangheili forces and burn what they were built to protect.<ref name="warfleet78"/> | |||
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