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{{Title|''DAV''-class light corvette}} | |||
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|manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | |manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | ||
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|length={{Convert|485|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 269''</ref><ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 37''</ref> | |length={{Convert|485|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 269''</ref><ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 37''</ref> | ||
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The '''DAV-class light corvette'''<ref name="visual"/> | The '''''DAV''-class light corvette''',<ref name="visual"/> commonly known as the '''stealth corvette''',<ref name="Reach196">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 195 and 196'', ''page 225'' (2010 edition)</ref> is a class of small starship in the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Navy]]. | ||
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Similar in design to the larger SDV heavy corvette,<ref name="visual"/> the DAV-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance to make way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry, the DAV-class corvette | Similar in design to the larger {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}},<ref name="visual"/> the ''DAV''-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance to make way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry, the ''DAV''-class corvette uses [[active camouflage]] systems to render it imperceptible to [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] sensors, and visually invisible.<ref name="Reach196"/> It also possessed electronic countermeasures, able to interfere with the guidance systems of [[Archer missile]]s, and was able to gather intelligence.<ref name="Reach196"/><ref name="visual"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
A ''DAV''-class corvette was destroyed during the battle of [[Sigma Octanus IV]] by the UNSC destroyer [[UNSC Iroquois|''Iroquois'']].<ref name="reach197"/> | A ''DAV''-class corvette was destroyed during the battle of [[Sigma Octanus IV]] by the UNSC destroyer [[UNSC Iroquois|''Iroquois'']].<ref name="reach197"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
Revision as of 16:48, September 26, 2011
The DAV-class light corvette,[1] commonly known as the stealth corvette,[2] is a class of small starship in the Covenant Navy.
OVerview
Similar in design to the larger SDV-class heavy corvette,[1] the DAV-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance to make way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry, the DAV-class corvette uses active camouflage systems to render it imperceptible to UNSC sensors, and visually invisible.[2] It also possessed electronic countermeasures, able to interfere with the guidance systems of Archer missiles, and was able to gather intelligence.[2][1]
Operational history
A DAV-class corvette was destroyed during the battle of Sigma Octanus IV by the UNSC destroyer Iroquois.[3]
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
