The Covenant Navy is a branch of the Covenant Military responsible solely for naval operations. Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, orbital bombardment, the deployment of fighters and bombers and the method of delivery for the Covenant Army.[1] At its best, it fielded thousands of warships, most being able to carry fighters, dropships, ground troops and vehicles.
Great Schism
Throughout the majority of the Covenant Civil War or commonly known as the "Great Schism," (as referred to by the Covenant Separatists) the Covenant Military was violently splintered between the Covenant Loyalists, who continued to believe in the Prophet's wisdom and the Covenant Separatists, who followed the Arbiter against them. As the battle raged, the High Prophet of Truth formally transferred command of the Covenant Navy to the Jiralhanae, a position once exclusively held by the Sangheili. The Covenant Separatists wiped out the primary Loyalist fleet at the Battle of Installation 00.
Known Fleets
- Main article: Covenant Fleet
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Known vessels
Space Stations
- High Charity - The Covenant Holy City, absorbed by the Flood, then destroyed by Master Chief on the Ark.
- Unyielding Hierophant - Destroyed by the Master Chief and the Spartans of Blue Team.
Carriers
Assault Carrier
- Shadow of Intent - Survives to return back to Sangheili home world
- "Regret's Carrier" - Destroyed or commandeered by the Loyalists.
- Clarity of Faith - Crash-landed on an unidentified moon
Supercarrier
- Sublime Transcendence - Destroyed
- Long Night of Solace - Destroyed
- Ascendant Justice - Destroyed
Carrier
- Lawgiver - Unknown status, possibly destroyed
Cruisers
Flagships
- Seeker of Truth - Unknown Status, possibly destroyed
Reverence-class Cruisers
- Incorruptible - Destroyed in the battle for Onyx.
CCS-class Battlecruisers
- Triumphant Declaration - Unknown Status
- Harbinger of Piety - Unknown Status
- Pious Inquisitor - Unknown Status
- Purity of Spirit - Unknown Status
- Sacred Promise (hypothesized) - Unknown status, probably destroyed
- Truth and Reconciliation - Destroyed in the Battle of Installation 04 by Lieutenant McKay.
- CCS-U624 - Status Unknown
- CCS-U321 - Destroyed in the First Battle of Arcadia
Other Types
- Contrition - Unknown Status
- Penance - Unknown Status
- Rapid Conversion - Unknown Status
- Unnamed Covenant Cruiser - Destroyed in the Fall of Reach.
Covenant Light Cruiser
- Unrelenting - Destroyed in the Battle of Chi Ceti
destroyers
CPV-class Destroyers
Other Types
- Absolution - Destroyed
- Bloodied Spirit - Destroyed
- Far Sight Lost - Destroyed
- Rapturous Arc - Destroyed
- Retribution's Thunder - Destroyed
- Unnamed Covenant Destroyer - Status Unknown
Frigates
- Tenebrous - Destroyed
- Twilight Compunction - Unknown Status
- Revenant - Destroyed
Support Ships
- Infinite Succor - Destroyed, sent into a star to prevent the Flood from escaping.
Unknown Type
- A Psalm Every Day - Unknown Status
- Commitment and Patience - Unknown Status
- Devotion - Unknown Status
- Minor Transgression - Destroyed