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|name=''DAV''-class light corvette | |name=''DAV''-class light corvette | ||
|image=[[File:DAV- | |image=[[File:DAV-Class Light Corvette.jpg|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | |manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Similar in design to the larger {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}},<ref name="visual"/> the ''DAV''-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance | Similar in design to the larger {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}},<ref name="visual"/> the ''DAV''-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance, making way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry, the ''DAV''-class corvette uses [[active camouflage]] systems to render it imperceptible to [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] sensors, and visually invisible.<ref name="Reach196"/> It also possessed electronic countermeasures, which are able to interfere with the guidance systems of [[Archer missile]]s.<ref name="Reach196"/><ref name="visual"/> | ||
===Armament=== | ===Armament=== | ||
DAV-class ships are | ''DAV''-class ships are primarily stealth ships, and as such they were not as well-armed as the larger SDV-class heavy corvette.<ref name="visual"/> This falls in line with common observations that weapon layout differ greatly between Covenant ship classifications.<ref>'''Sybex Halo: Combat Evolved PC Strategy Guide''', ''page 73''</ref> Despite this, DAV-class ships are armed with heavy plasma cannons.<ref name="visual"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
Planetside forces transmitted data from [[Sigma Octanus IV artifact|a Forerunner artifact]] to a ''DAV''-class light corvette during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], but the ship was eventually rammed and destroyed by the {{UNSCship|Iroquois}}.<ref name="reach197"/> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: Covenant Stealth Corvette Collides with UNSC Iroquois.jpg|A | File: Covenant Stealth Corvette Collides with UNSC Iroquois.jpg|A ''DAV''-class stealth corvette being rammed by the {{UNSCship|Iroquois}}. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 00:06, November 13, 2011
The DAV-class light corvette,[1] commonly known as the stealth corvette,[2] is a class of small starship in the Covenant Navy.
Overview
Similar in design to the larger SDV-class heavy corvette,[1] the DAV-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance, making way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry, the DAV-class corvette uses active camouflage systems to render it imperceptible to UNSC sensors, and visually invisible.[2] It also possessed electronic countermeasures, which are able to interfere with the guidance systems of Archer missiles.[2][1]
Armament
DAV-class ships are primarily stealth ships, and as such they were not as well-armed as the larger SDV-class heavy corvette.[1] This falls in line with common observations that weapon layout differ greatly between Covenant ship classifications.[3] Despite this, DAV-class ships are armed with heavy plasma cannons.[1]
Operational history
Planetside forces transmitted data from a Forerunner artifact to a DAV-class light corvette during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, but the ship was eventually rammed and destroyed by the Template:UNSCship.[4]
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
Gallery
- Covenant Stealth Corvette Collides with UNSC Iroquois.jpg
A DAV-class stealth corvette being rammed by the Template:UNSCship.
