Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer: Difference between revisions

|length={{Convert|1664|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="warfleet60">'''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''', pg 60-61</ref><ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 48''</ref>

|armament=*One [[energy projector|''Infernus''-pattern superheavy excavation beam]]<ref name="warfleet60"/><ref name="EVG"/>

*Twenty four [[Plasma cannon (starship)|''Melusean''-pattern plasma cannons]]<ref name="warfleet60"/><ref name="EVG"/><ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 270''</ref>

*Twenty [[pulse laser turret|''Gon''-pattern pulse laser turret]]s<ref name="warfleet60"/><ref name="EVG"/>

The '''''CPV''-class heavy destroyer''' is one of several [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]-type warships used by the [[Covenant]] and [[Covenant remnants|its remnants]].<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="ENC"/>

As an executioner, the ''CPV''-class destroyer is built for nothing less than heavy combat. Its 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]], 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 its 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="warfleet60"/><ref name="Freefall"/> 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.

After the battlecruiser ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' began [[First Battle of Harvest|destroying]] [[Harvest]]'s population centers in [[2525#February|February 2525]], many ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers were deployed to continue glassing the planet.<ref name="intro"/><ref>'''Halo Wars: Genesis''', back cover</ref> ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers were deployed throughout the [[Harvest campaign]], which lasted from [[2526]] to [[2531]]. During the Covenant's counterattacks in the early years of the campaign, ''CPV''s were used to glass areas that had been secured by the [[United Nations Space Command]], eradicating most of the [[human]] presence on Harvest; this cycle continued until the planet's liberation in [[2531#February|February 2531]].<ref name="intro"/>

Near the end of the [[Battle of Arcadia]], several ''CPV''-class destroyers arrived to do battle with the counterattacking UNSC forces, of which at least five were present. During this engagement, then-Captain [[Terrence Hood]] confronted at least one of these destroyers in a direct attack and was ultimately forced to retreat after finding himself outgunned. Around this time, {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} pursued a ''CPV'' to a [[Shield World 0459|mysterious planet]], which was later revealed to be a [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Anders' Signal]]'', cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1r4dNsmr4&hd=1 ''She Is Not My Girlfriend'']</ref> [[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|One such vessel]], possibly the one that ''Spirit of Fire'' pursued from [[Arcadia]], was present at the shield world; there it engaged ''Spirit of Fire'' after a midair collision between the two ships. The destroyer dispatched several large [[Boarding|boarding parties]], supported by Banshees, Vampires, and plasma turret fire, in an effort to disable the human vessel, though the attack was repelled. [[Battle Group Sierra-3|UNSC Battle Group Sierra-3]] was nearly destroyed by a ''CPV''-class destroyer at the [[Battle of 18 Scorpii]] in [[2543]], but were saved by the sudden arrival of, and subsequent assistance by, a large independent fleet led by the heavily modified, formerly assumed-destroyed [[Insurrectionist]] frigate ''[[Bellicose]]''. With the help of the Insurrectionist reinforcements, the UNSC battle group was able to destroy the opposing Covenant vessel.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''page 472-473''</ref>

After the Human-Covenant War, ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers were used by forces under the command of both [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]] during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation#1]]'''</ref>