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|name=''CPV''-class heavy destroyer | |name=''CPV''-class heavy destroyer | ||
|image=[[File:CovDestroyer.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:CovDestroyer.png|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer=[[Assembly Forges|Primary Assembly Forges]] | ||
|mass=15 million metric tonnes | |||
|class=[[Covenant destroyer|Destroyer]] | |class=[[Covenant destroyer|Destroyer]] | ||
|engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s | |engine=[[Repulsor engine]]s | ||
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*Six [[plasma torpedo|''Jaet''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]]<ref name="warfleet60"/> | *Six [[plasma torpedo|''Jaet''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]]<ref name="warfleet60"/> | ||
*Twenty [[pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse laser turret]]s<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="warfleet60"/> | *Twenty [[pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse laser turret]]s<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="warfleet60"/> | ||
*Forty [[Plasma bombardment mortar|''Carnax Et''-pattern plasma bombardment mortars]]<ref name="warfleet60"/> | |||
|complement=50 Obedientaries, 100 Warriors, 1900 Thralls<ref name="warfleet60"/> | |complement=50 Obedientaries, 100 Warriors, 1900 Thralls<ref name="warfleet60"/> | ||
|crew=4 Superiors, 2 Engineers, 400 Menials<ref name="warfleet60"/> | |crew=4 Superiors, 2 Engineers, 400 Menials<ref name="warfleet60"/> | ||
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==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer features a roughly teardrop-shaped fore section that droops downward, forming a bulbous protrusion housing the excavation beam; the dorsal surface of this section contains a recessed area known as "the | The ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer features a roughly teardrop-shaped fore section that droops downward, forming a bulbous protrusion housing the excavation beam; the dorsal surface of this section contains a recessed area known as "the Furnace," a pinch-fusion reactor that powers the beam during operation.<ref name="warfleet60"/> Near the aft, the hull splits into six sleek, wing-like structures, with at least two engines mounted on the junction point. 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; these two house a single reactor each. Like all Covenant vessels, the hull is made of a lightweight but resilient diamondoid and metal-matrix composite frame covered in a thin layer of nanolaminate laid during the construction process by clouds of programmable nanomachines.<ref name="warfleet60"/> | ||
''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> | ===Crew and Complement=== | ||
For normal operations, the ''CPV''-class requires a total of 406 personnel. This includes four [[Sangheili|Superiors]] who command the vessel, along with four hundred [[Menial]]s who man the ship's general systems. Two [[Huragok]]s are provided for general maintenance duties. Service aboard these ships was frowned upon thanks to the destroyer's single-minded focus on combat and destruction, and as such their disgraced crews are generally considered unstable or unsuitable for other Ministry fleets. Even the [[Shipmaster]]s had their reputation tarnished by disloyalty or disobedience, and have few other ways to return to the rolls of honor.<ref name="warfleet60"/> | |||
''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> These are supported by fifty [[Sangheili Major|Obedientaries]]; warriors who have started down the path to command and must experience every facet of war. One hundred [[Warrior]]s and one thousand, nine hundred [[Thrall]]s support or operate the destroyer's fleet of vehicles and aircraft.<ref name="warfleet60"/> | |||
===Armament=== | ===Armament=== | ||
As an executioner, the ''CPV''-class destroyer is built for nothing less then heavy combat. It's main weapon is a ventral-mounted [[energy projector|''Infernus''-pattern superheavy excavation beam]] 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>. Powered directly by the ship's forward [[Pinch fusion reactor|pinch fusion reactor]], the ''Infernus'' exhibits the same power as the excavation beams on the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}. Their focusing arrays allow for a similar level of precision, with the operators of the beam capable of tuning it's entwining magnetic fields and plasma to burn sigils into the surface of human colonies or carefully expose detected Forerunner reliquaries. In planetside attack operations, this is supported by forty [[Plasma bombardment mortar|''Carnax Et''-pattern plasma bombardment mortars]], with five mounted on either side of the central reactor. As the mortars are occasionally called to attack areas that have Covenant troops operating in them, the gunners are expected to obey all orders without question or mercy. For ship-to-ship combat, two ''Aljordan''-pattern plasma beam emitters are fitted. The destroyer also sports twenty-four [[Plasma cannon (starship)|''Melusean''-pattern 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"/><ref name="warfleet60"/> An additional six [[plasma torpedo|''Jaet''-pattern plasma torpedo silos]] have been fitted, which fire powerful guided munitions which are difficult to avoid and can even loop back and hit their targets if they miss. Twenty [[pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse laser turret]]s are carried for destroying incoming fighters and missiles, although their sheer heat allows for a minimal role in ship-to-ship combat. | |||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
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==Ships of the line== | ==Ships of the line== | ||
===''Sinaris''-pattern=== | |||
*''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' | *''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' | ||
*''[[Esteem]]'' (C-10)<ref name="Transmissions"/> | *''[[Esteem]]'' (C-10)<ref name="Transmissions"/> | ||
