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The '''''CRS''-class light cruiser'''<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref> is a [[Covenant]] capital warship classification. They have been described as resembling "luminous manta rays",<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 205''</ref> and are essentially a smaller, weaker version of the [[CCS-class battlecruiser]].<ref name="EVG"/> While the CRS-class light cruiser and the CCS-class battlecruiser are virtually identical in outward appearance, one can distinguish them by the spikes protruding from near CCS-class's bow.<ref group="note">While the majority of the Covenant cruisers seen in ''Halo 4'' closely resemble the CCS-class in design, they are much smaller; this is clearly evident from their appearance in the level ''[[Dawn (level)|Dawn]]'', where even the 490-meter long [[Charon-class light frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} is noticeably larger. The size difference is also conspicuous in the [[S1/Artifact|first episode]] of ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', in which the UNSC ''Infinity'' rams a large Covenant cruiser (evidently of the CCS-class) while many of the smaller cruisers are seen nearby. Since the ''Essential Visual Guide'' describes the CRS-class as being essentially a smaller version of the CCS-class, and its given size coincides with the smaller cruisers in ''Halo 4'', one can surmise that the cruisers seen in ''Halo 4'' belong to the CRS-class.</ref>
The '''''CRS''-class light cruiser'''<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 41''</ref> is a capital warship classification within the [[Covenant Navy|Covenant Navy]]. They have been described as resembling "luminous manta rays".<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 205''</ref> Several such vessels were used over [[Reach]] during the Covenant's [[Fall of Reach|invasion of the planet]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 167'' -- ''"Two exceptions to this patrol pattern were a pair of light cruisers hovering over Menachite Mountain"''</ref>
 
Several such vessels were used over [[Reach]] during the Covenant's [[Fall of Reach|invasion of the planet]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 167'' -- ''"Two exceptions to this patrol pattern were a pair of light cruisers hovering over Menachite Mountain"''</ref> Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], the CRS-class forms the backbone of the fleet of the [[Covenant remnant]], which deployed numerous CRS-class cruisers to [[Requiem]] during the [[Requiem campaign]].<ref name="H4">'''[[Halo 4]]'''</ref>
 
==Gallery==
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File:H4 campaign dawn.jpeg|[[Covenant remnant]] ''CRS''-class  light cruisers swarm the wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
==Notes==
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==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 04:42, December 18, 2012

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The CRS-class light cruiser[1] is a capital warship classification within the Covenant Navy. They have been described as resembling "luminous manta rays".[2] Several such vessels were used over Reach during the Covenant's invasion of the planet.[3]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 41
  2. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 205
  3. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 167 -- "Two exceptions to this patrol pattern were a pair of light cruisers hovering over Menachite Mountain"

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