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==Overview==
==Overview==
The ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer was the predominant offensive ship of the Covenant's now-defunct [[Covenant fleet|naval forces]], used primarily for ship-to-ship warfare and [[glassing]] operations. ''CPV''s are deployed aggressively, often being the first ships in a fleet to engage the enemy.<ref name="EVG"/> Heavy destroyers that served in the forces of the various Ministries were largely assigned to crews deemed unfit for service aboard other ships, who had been condemned for disloyalty or disobedience, but whose actions did not warrant execution as [[heretic]]s, who hoped to earn redemption through service for themselves and their families. Most glassing operations were undertaken by heavy destroyers, as the work was considered distasteful or suicidal by other [[shipmaster]]s, and human colonies attacked by the Covenant are littered with the wreckage of ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers eliminated by the [[UNSC Navy]] during these enagements. Heavy destroyers were also assigned to combat human forces that a [[Supreme Commander]] considered beneath his notice.
The ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer was the predominant offensive ship of the Covenant's now-defunct [[Covenant fleet|naval forces]], used primarily for ship-to-ship warfare and [[glassing]] operations. ''CPV''s are deployed aggressively, often being the first ships in a fleet to engage the enemy.<ref name="EVG"/> Heavy destroyers that served in the forces of the various Ministries were largely assigned to crews deemed unfit for service aboard other ships, who had been condemned for disloyalty or disobedience, but whose actions did not warrant execution as [[heretic]]s, who hoped to earn redemption through service for themselves and their families and were given little other opportunity to redeem their failings.<ref name="warfleet60"/> Most glassing operations were undertaken by heavy destroyers, as the work was considered distasteful or suicidal by other [[shipmaster]]s, and human colonies attacked by the Covenant are littered with the wreckage of ''CPV''-class heavy destroyers eliminated by the [[UNSC Navy]] during these enagements. Heavy destroyers were also assigned to combat human forces that a [[Supreme Commander]] considered beneath his notice. Even escorting [[CRS-class light cruiser]]s were unenthusiastic about protecting their assigned ships, and could never be counted on to do more than their basic defensive tasks.<ref name="warfleet60"/>


Late in the [[Human-Covenant War]], the crews of heavy destroyers had developed a kind of mercenary culture of their own, with many shipmasters offering their services to various ministries to secure artifacts and relics from conquered human worlds, working alongside or in opposition to artifact retrieval teams.<ref name="bulkhead">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Bulkhead Banter'']</ref> Heavy destroyers are sufficiently equipped to serve as occupation vessels during planetary assaults, in lieu of the more occupation-centered {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} and {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}.<ref name="EVG"/> Although ships of the class were commonly employed in glassing operations using their ventral energy projectors, the ''CPV'' classification code lacks the ''S'' (for "Salvation") that generally indicates the presence of such a weapon.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref>
Late in the [[Human-Covenant War]], the crews of heavy destroyers had developed a kind of mercenary culture of their own, with many shipmasters offering their services to various ministries to secure artifacts and relics from conquered human worlds, working alongside or in opposition to artifact retrieval teams.<ref name="bulkhead">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Bulkhead Banter'']</ref> Heavy destroyers are sufficiently equipped to serve as occupation vessels during planetary assaults, in lieu of the more occupation-centered {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} and {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}.<ref name="EVG"/> Although ships of the class were commonly employed in glassing operations using their ventral energy projectors, the ''CPV'' classification code lacks the ''S'' (for "Salvation") that generally indicates the presence of such a weapon.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref>
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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; the dorsal surface of this section contains a recessed area. Near the aft end, the hull splits into six sleek, wing-like structures. 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.
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 that house secondary reactors.<ref name="warfleet60"/> 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. Like all Covenant vessels, the hull is made of a lightweight but resiliant 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>
''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>


===Armament===
===Armament===
The ''CPV''-class destroyer is built for heavy combat. It is armed primarily with a ventrally mounted [[energy projector]] 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> The ship sports at least eight [[Plasma cannon (starship)|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"/> A number of [[pulse laser turret]]s are used to provide point defense.<ref name="EVG"/>
The ''CPV''-class destroyer is built for heavy combat. It is armed primarily with a ventrally mounted [[energy projector]] 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> supported by forty plasma bombardment mortars. The ship sports twenty four [[Plasma cannon (starship)|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"/> The ships also feature six plasma torpedo silos for engaging enemy starships.<ref name="warfleet60"/> Twenty [[pulse laser turret]]s are used to provide point defense.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="warfleet60"/>


==Operational history==
==Operational history==

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The CPV-class heavy destroyer is one of several destroyer-type warships used by the Covenant and its remnants.[1][2]

Overview

The CPV-class heavy destroyer was the predominant offensive ship of the Covenant's now-defunct naval forces, used primarily for ship-to-ship warfare and glassing operations. CPVs are deployed aggressively, often being the first ships in a fleet to engage the enemy.[2] Heavy destroyers that served in the forces of the various Ministries were largely assigned to crews deemed unfit for service aboard other ships, who had been condemned for disloyalty or disobedience, but whose actions did not warrant execution as heretics, who hoped to earn redemption through service for themselves and their families and were given little other opportunity to redeem their failings.[3] Most glassing operations were undertaken by heavy destroyers, as the work was considered distasteful or suicidal by other shipmasters, and human colonies attacked by the Covenant are littered with the wreckage of CPV-class heavy destroyers eliminated by the UNSC Navy during these enagements. Heavy destroyers were also assigned to combat human forces that a Supreme Commander considered beneath his notice. Even escorting CRS-class light cruisers were unenthusiastic about protecting their assigned ships, and could never be counted on to do more than their basic defensive tasks.[3]

Late in the Human-Covenant War, the crews of heavy destroyers had developed a kind of mercenary culture of their own, with many shipmasters offering their services to various ministries to secure artifacts and relics from conquered human worlds, working alongside or in opposition to artifact retrieval teams.[4] Heavy destroyers are sufficiently equipped to serve as occupation vessels during planetary assaults, in lieu of the more occupation-centered CCS-class battlecruiser and CAS-class assault carrier.[2] Although ships of the class were commonly employed in glassing operations using their ventral energy projectors, the CPV classification code lacks the S (for "Salvation") that generally indicates the presence of such a weapon.[5]


Specifications

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 furnace," a pinch-fusion reactor that powers the beam during operation.[3] Near the aft, the hull splits into six sleek, wing-like structures that house secondary reactors.[3] 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. Like all Covenant vessels, the hull is made of a lightweight but resiliant diamondoid and metal-matrix composite frame covered in a thin layer of nanolaminate laid during the construction process by clouds of programmable nanomachines.[3]

CPVs carry large complements for ground engagements, including numerous infantry and ground vehicles. They also carry a large number of aircraft, including Seraph exoatmospheric fighters and Banshee attack craft, and Vampire atmospheric fighters.[1] CPVs can also use their gravity lifts to help assemble prefabricated bases.[6]

Armament

The CPV-class destroyer is built for heavy combat. It is armed primarily with a ventrally mounted energy projector which is often used in glassing operations,[2][7][8][9] supported by forty plasma bombardment mortars. The ship sports twenty four plasma cannons: two of these weapons are mounted on the vessel's anterior,[2] two more are mounted on the inside of each ventral wing structure,[10] and at least two more are mounted laterally.[10][3] The ships also feature six plasma torpedo silos for engaging enemy starships.[3] Twenty pulse laser turrets are used to provide point defense.[2][3]

Operational history

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After the battlecruiser Rapid Conversion began destroying Harvest's population centers in February 2525, many CPV-class heavy destroyers were deployed to continue glassing the planet.[11][7] 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, CPVs 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 February 2531.[7]

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, Template:UNSCship pursued a CPV to a mysterious planet, which was later revealed to be a Forerunner shield world.[12] 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 parties, supported by Banshees, Vampires, and plasma turret fire, in an effort to disable the human vessel, though the attack was repelled. UNSC Battle Group Sierra-3 were 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.[13]

CPV-class heavy destroyers also appeared in large numbers during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV and the Fall of Reach in 2552.[14]

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.[15]

Ships of the line

Halo: Fleet Battles

Covenant CPV Heavy Destroyer

This element includes a single CPV-class heavy destroyer.

  • Cost: 110 points
  • Movement: 8"
  • Damage Track: 8 • 6 • 4
  • Build rating: 3
  • Hangers: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 3
  • Security detail*: 4
  • System loadouts:
    • Defense array (3)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (4)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
    • Range: 12/-"
    • Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9/9/9
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 10

Covenant Supported CPV Heavy Destroyer

This element includes a CPV-class heavy destroyer and one SDV-class heavy corvette.

  • Cost: 130 points
  • Movement: 8"
  • Damage Track: 8 • 7 • 4
  • Build rating: 4
  • Hangers: 3
  • Boarding Craft: 4
  • Security detail*: 4
  • System loadouts:
    • Defense array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (4)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
    • Range: 12/-"
    • Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9/9/9
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Cannon Arrays
    • Range: 10/20"
    • Weapon loadouts: Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 5
  • Additional Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 12

Covenant Escorted CPV Heavy Destroyer

This element includes a CPV-class heavy destroyer and one ADP-class escort.

  • Cost: 130 points
  • Movement: 8"
  • Damage Track: 8 • 6 • 5
  • Build rating: 4
  • Hangers: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 3
  • Security detail*: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Defense array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (6)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
    • Range: 12/-"
    • Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9/9/9
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 14

Covenant Defended CPV Heavy Destroyer

This element includes a CPV-class heavy destroyer and two ADP-class escort.

  • Cost: 150 points
  • Movement: 8"
  • Damage Track: 8 • 6 • 6
  • Build rating: 4
  • Hangers: 2
  • Boarding Craft: 3
  • Security detail*: 5
  • System loadouts:
    • Cloaking system
    • Defense array (4)
    • Glide (4")
    • Point defense (6)
  • Primary weapon: Plasma Beam
    • Range: 12/-"
    • Weapon loadouts: Beam/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 9/9/9
  • Secondary Weapon: Plasma Torpedoes
    • Range: 12/24"
    • Weapon loadouts: Missiles/Plasma
    • Firing arc: Forward/Port/Starboard
    • Dice: 16

Special Rule: Penitents

  • Security Details on this Element are considered to have the Assault Specialist (1) Loadout.

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List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ENC
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EVG
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named warfleet60
  4. ^ Halo Waypoint - Canon Fodder: Bulkhead Banter
  5. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder: Have S'moa
  6. ^ Halo Wars
  7. ^ a b c Halo Wars, cutscene Five Long Years
  8. ^ Halo Wars: Genesis
  9. ^ Halo Legends, Origins
  10. ^ a b Halo Wars, campaign level Repairs, cutscene Freefall
  11. ^ Halo Wars: Genesis, back cover
  12. ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Anders' Signal, cutscene She Is Not My Girlfriend
  13. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 472-473
  14. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant
  15. ^ Halo: Escalation #1
  16. ^ a b Transmissions

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