Covenant destroyer
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Template:Ratings Template:Ship Class Infobox Covenant destroyer[1][2] refers to at least two different warship classifications within the Covenant Navy.[Note 1]
Background
Two types of ships referred to as Covenant destroyer 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] while a smaller variant with a length of approximately 647 meters (2,120 ft) was present during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.[2]
The destroyer is extremely well-armed, boasting multiple point-defense pulse laser turrets, plasma turrets, a single energy projector, and a full complement of the lethal Seraph-class Starfighters.
This warship classification has the distinctive three huge sections of most heavier Covenant warships, mirroring the deadliness of its larger cousins. They are used as escorts for fleets or task forces that are of the larger ship classes, and are able to hold their own in combat, while protecting more valuable ships from enemy threats.
Though information surrounding it is scarce, the only destroyer class known by designation is the CPV-class heavy destroyer. This class may or may not be one of the aforementioned destroyer types. Additionally, there is another, larger and more powerful class of destroyer identified as the super-destroyer.[4]
Known Covenant destroyers
- Absolution
- Bloodied Spirit
- Far Sight Lost
- Rapturous Arc
- Retribution's Thunder
- Unnamed Covenant Destroyer
Trivia
- Jacob Keyes noted its weapons systems, saying it turned UNSC ships into "Swiss cheese".[5]
- Jacob Keyes destroyed one with a maneuver later dubbed as the Keyes Loop at Sigma Octanus IV.[6]
- Thel 'Vadamee's first command was a Covenant destroyer.
Gallery
Concept art of the Covenant destroyer for Halo Wars.
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The back cover of Halo Wars: Genesis depicting three Covenant Destroyers glassing Harvest.
A Covenant destroyer colliding with the UNSC Spirit of Fire.
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A Covenant Destroyer as seen in Origins.
List of appearances
- Halo Wars
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- Halo: The Cole Protocol
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo Legends
Notes
- ^ While never directly stated, the Destroyer described in Halo: The Fall of Reach is obviously a different kind of ship than the ones seen in Halo Wars, as the destroyers in Halo Wars and Halo: The Fall of Reach are different in size.
Sources
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- ^ Halo: Evolutions, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 471
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 145
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 156
