Covenant frigate

Covenant frigate
Production information
Manufacturer:	Assembly Forges
Class:	Frigate
Role:	Support Escort
Technical specifications
Length:	Variable Around 1,000 meters (3,280 ft) 550 meters (1,800 ft) (Radiant Arrow-design frigate)
Width:	Variable 110 meters (361 ft) (Radiant Arrow-design frigate)
Power plant:	Pinch fusion reactor
Engine(s):	Repulsor engines
Slipspace drive:	Equipped
Navigation system(s):	Navigation computer
Hull:	Resistant to 1 MAC round and 225 Archer missiles or 1 Plasma torpedo
Armament:	Pulse laser turrets Lateral plasma turrets (1-3)
Complement:	Sangheili Kig-yar Mgalekgolo Unggoy Jiralhanae Type-27 Banshees (5) (Radiant Arrow-design frigate)
Crew:	Few thousand
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Human-Covenant War Great Schism Blooding Years
Affiliation:	Covenant Navy Various post-war Covenant remnant factions

The Covenant frigate is a medium-tonnage warship type in the Covenant Navy.

Description

These starships are equipped with multiple pulse laser turrets, four point-defense guns and one-three plasma turrets on a lateral surface. They have participated in most Covenant-UNSC ship-to-ship engagements. Although smaller than most other Covenant capital ships, they are still larger than a UNSC frigate or UNSC destroyer. Like most other Covenant warships, frigates have a curving, bulbous shape and are equipped with energy shields.

Furthermore, the Sangheili equipped their warships with anti-plasma torpedo "counter guiding signal" systems. The Jiralhanae stole this technology during the Great Schism and equipped some of their frigates, such as the Revenant, Twilight Compunction and Tenebrous, with such devices. However, they did not understand the full intricacies of the system, thus limiting their effectiveness. In addition, several frigates like Radiant Arrow had at least one hangar bay that could hold Type-27 Banshees.

After the war's end, numerous frigates fell into the hands of various Covenant remnant factions, such as the Servants of Abiding Truth.

Known frigates

• CAR-class frigate
  • Contrition
  • Penance
• The following frigates have no confirmation on what classes they are:
  • Twilight Compunction
  • Tenebrous
  • Certain Prophecy
  • Cleansing Truth
  • Promised Revelation
  • Pure Resolve
  • Radiant Arrow
  • Reprisal's Fire
  • Retribution's Promise
  • Revenant
  • Steadfast Strike
  • Transforming Splendor
  • Unflinching Resolve
  • Vengeful Deed

List of appearances

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
• Halo: Glasslands
• Halo: The Thursday War
• Halo: Mortal Dictata (Mentioned only)
• Halo: Silent Storm
• Halo: Envoy
• Halo: Oblivion