Cruiser: Difference between revisions
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==Cruiser Classifications== | ==Cruiser Classifications== | ||
===Covenant Cruisers=== | ===Covenant Cruisers=== | ||
*[[Covenant Supercruiser]] | *[[Covenant Supercruiser]] - 3576+ meters | ||
*[[Covenant | *[[Covenant Flagship]] - 3000 meters | ||
*[[ | *[[Reverence-class Cruiser|''Reverence''-class Cruiser]] - 3000 meters | ||
*[[ | *[[Covenant Battleship]] - 2000 meters | ||
*[[Covenant CCS-class Battlecruiser|''CCS''-class Battlecruiser]] | *[[Covenant CCS-class Battlecruiser|''CCS''-class Battlecruiser]] | ||
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*[[Covenant CAR-class Heavy Cruiser|''CAR''-class Heavy Cruiser]] | *[[Covenant CAR-class Heavy Cruiser|''CAR''-class Heavy Cruiser]] | ||
*[[Covenant Light Cruiser]] | *[[Covenant Light Cruiser]] - 300 meters | ||
===UNSC Cruisers=== | ===UNSC Cruisers=== | ||
*[[Halcyon-class Cruiser|''Halycon''-class Cruiser]] | *[[Halcyon-class Cruiser|''Halycon''-class Cruiser]] | ||
*[[Marathon-class Cruiser|''Marathon''-class Cruiser]] | *[[Marathon-class Cruiser|''Marathon''-class Cruiser]] - 1176 meters | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Carrier]] | *[[Carrier]] | ||
Revision as of 17:44, December 4, 2006
Cruisers are a type of heavily armed and armored capital warship in both the UNSC and Covenant fleets, emphasizing weaponry and armor over starfighter compliments.
Role
However, even though both major fleets possessed warships of such classifications, the tactical philosophies of the two races were different. The Covenant, while possessing many different cruiser classifications, used carriers as the powerhouses of their fleets. The UNSC, on the other hand, used cruisers as their heaviest warships.
However, it should be noted that Covenant cruisers dwarfed their UNSC counterparts.
Subclassifications
Further more, there are different subclassifications of cruisers: light cruisers, medium cruisers, heavy cruisers, battlecruisers, and supercruisers, in order of increasing tonnage and power. Also, the UNSC Phoenix classification was a unique warship, a cruiser-carrier, that combined the elements of both major warship designs.
Cruiser Classifications
Covenant Cruisers
- Covenant Supercruiser - 3576+ meters
- Covenant Flagship - 3000 meters
- Reverence-class Cruiser - 3000 meters
- Covenant Battleship - 2000 meters
- Covenant Light Cruiser - 300 meters
UNSC Cruisers
- Marathon-class Cruiser - 1176 meters
