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The '''[[Covenant]] Cruiser'''<REF>[[Halopedia:Covenant Ship Classification Canon Debate|Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon]]</REF> is a classification of a heavy-tonnage [[Covenant]] starship. The | The '''[[Covenant]] Cruiser'''<REF>[[Halopedia:Covenant Ship Classification Canon Debate|Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon]]</REF> is a classification of a heavy-tonnage [[Covenant]] starship. | ||
The cruiser is larger than the [[Covenant Light Cruiser]] but is smaller than the [[Covenant Carrier]]. They are armed with five [[Plasma Torpedo|plasma turret]]s, laterally-mounted pulse lasers<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', but lack a compliment of supplementary [[Seraph|''Seraph''-class starfighters]]. | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*Six Covenant cruisers accompanied the [[Covenant]] flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' on a reconnaisance mission to the ruins of [[Alpha Halo]] after its destruction by [[U.N.S.C.]] forces. One cruiser had one of its five plasma turrets destroyed by the [[Master Chief]], operating a [[C709 Longsword starfighter]]. After the [[Master Chief]] and a group of [[U.N.S.C.]] ground forces were able to hijack the flagship, one cruiser jumped to [[Slipspace]] to alert [[Covenant]] forces of the destruction of [[Alpha Halo]] and [[U.N.S.C.]] activity in the area. | *Six Covenant cruisers accompanied the [[Covenant]] flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' on a reconnaisance mission to the ruins of [[Alpha Halo]] after its destruction by [[U.N.S.C.]] forces. One cruiser had one of its five plasma turrets destroyed by the [[Master Chief]], operating a [[C709 Longsword starfighter]]. After the [[Master Chief]] and a group of [[U.N.S.C.]] ground forces were able to hijack the flagship, one cruiser jumped to [[Slipspace]] to alert [[Covenant]] forces of the destruction of [[Alpha Halo]] and [[U.N.S.C.]] activity in the area. | ||
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Revision as of 09:52, March 17, 2007
The Covenant Cruiser[1] is a classification of a heavy-tonnage Covenant starship.
The cruiser is larger than the Covenant Light Cruiser but is smaller than the Covenant Carrier. They are armed with five plasma turrets, laterally-mounted pulse lasers<ref>Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, but lack a compliment of supplementary Seraph-class starfighters.
Appearances
- Six Covenant cruisers accompanied the Covenant flagship Ascendant Justice on a reconnaisance mission to the ruins of Alpha Halo after its destruction by U.N.S.C. forces. One cruiser had one of its five plasma turrets destroyed by the Master Chief, operating a C709 Longsword starfighter. After the Master Chief and a group of U.N.S.C. ground forces were able to hijack the flagship, one cruiser jumped to Slipspace to alert Covenant forces of the destruction of Alpha Halo and U.N.S.C. activity in the area.
