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Template:Ship Class Infobox Covenant destroyer^[1]^[2] refers to at least three different warship classifications within the Covenant Navy.

Background

Two types of Covenant ships classified as destroyers have been encountered. Destroyers with a length of 1,500 meters (4,900 ft) were seen in various battles early in the Human-Covenant War,^[3]^[4] while a destroyer with a length of approximately 647 meters (2,120 ft) was present during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV in July 2552.^[2]

The destroyer is very well armed, boasting multiple point-defense pulse laser turrets, plasma turrets, a single energy projector, and a full complement of Seraph fighters. The destroyer's weapons are so potent that UNSC Navy Captain Jacob Keyes remarked that they turn UNSC ships into "Swiss cheese".^[5]

This warship classification features the distinctive three-sectioned design of most heavier Covenant warships, mirroring the deadliness of its larger counterparts. Destroyers are often used as escorts for fleets or task forces and are able to hold their own in combat, while protecting more valuable ships from enemy threats.

There are two known classes of destroyers, the CPV-class heavy destroyer and the RPV-class light destroyer. The CPV-class may be one of the aforementioned destroyer types, probably the larger. A destroyer of an even larger subclassification, a super-destroyer, was fielded during the Second Battle of Harvest on March 1, 2526.^[6]

Destroyer Classifications

Known Covenant destroyers

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Gallery

A pair of Covenant destroyers glassing the planet Harvest.
A Covenant destroyer colliding with the UNSC Spirit of Fire.
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Three Covenant destroyers glassing Harvest on the back cover of Halo Wars: Genesis.
Concept art of the Covenant destroyer for Halo Wars.
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A Covenant destroyer as seen in Origins.

List of appearances

Halo Wars
Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
Halo: First Strike
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
Halo Legends
- Origins

Sources

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^ Halo Wars
^ Halo Wars: Genesis
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 145
^ Halo: Evolutions: "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 471

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[3] Halo Wars

[4] Halo Wars: Genesis

[5] Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 145

[6] Halo: Evolutions: "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 471

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-'''Covenant destroyer'''<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="FoR"/> refers to at least two different [[warship]] classifications within the [[Covenant Navy]].<ref group="Note">While never directly stated, the Destroyer described in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' is obviously a different kind of ship from the ones seen in ''Halo Wars'', ''Halo Wars: Genesis'', and ''Origins'', as the two types and drastically different in size.</ref>
+'''Covenant destroyer'''<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="FoR"/> refers to at least three different [[warship]] classifications within the [[Covenant Navy]].
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