Covenant Destroyer

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Covenant Destroyer Production information Manufacturer Covenant Class Destroyer Technical specifications Length around 1.5 Kilometers (1 640.4 yards) Maximum speed (Space) 38 light-years per hour [1] Engine unit(s) Repulsor Engines Shielding Resistant to 1 plasma torpedo or 2 MAC rounds or 1 Energy Projector hit Hull Resistant to 1 plasma torpedo or 1+ MAC rounds Navigation system Associated Intelligence Armament Pulse Laser turrets Lateral Plasma torpedo tubes (2) Energy Projector Complement Seraph-class starfighters Spirit-class Dropships Jiralhanae Lekgolo Kig-yar Unggoy Usage Year introduced 2531 - Battle of the Flood-controlled Shield World Era(s) Human-Covenant War Affiliation Covenant Navy

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The Covenant Destroyer^[2] is a warship classification within the Covenant Navy.

Contents 1 Background 2 Vessels of this Classification 3 Trivia 4 Sources

[edit] Background

This class of starship is extremely well-armed, boasting multiple pulse laser turrets, plasma torpedo launcher(s) and Seraph-class starfighters. Jacob Keyes noted its weapons systems, saying it turned UNSC ships into "Swiss cheese".

This dangerous warship classification has the distinctive three huge sections of heavier Covenant warships, mirroring the lethality of its larger cousins. They are used as escorts for battlegroups using larger ship classes, able to hold their own in combat protecting their battlegroup from threats.

Probably the most well-known ship of this class was the Bloodied Spirit, captured by three SPARTAN-IIs, Fred, Will, and Linda, in a haphazard plan which recovered captured nuclear warheads, eliminated another Brute-controlled destroyer, and gave them a much faster ship to take them to Onyx.

[edit] Vessels of this Classification

• Absolution
• Bloodied Spirit
• Far Sight Lost
• Rapturous Arc
• Unnamed Covenant Destroyer

[edit] Trivia

• Jacob Keyes destroyed one with a maneuver later dubbed as the Keyes Loop at Sigma Octanus IV.
• In Halo Wars cutscenes a Destroyer is shown to be about 75% the size of a Phoenix-class Colony Ship, which is over two kilometers.
• Covenant Destroyers are seen on the back cover of Halo Wars: Genesis.
• The Destroyer is incorrectly referred to as a Carrier in some Halo Wars guides.

[edit] Sources

1. ↑ Ghosts of Onyx, pages 221-222, 229
2. ↑ Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon

Covenant Starship Classifications
Ground Support Aircraft	Banshee - Vampire
Starfighters	Seraph-class - Tarasque-class heavy fighter - Gigas-class fighter-bomber
Dropships	Spirit - Phantom - Boarding Craft
Unknown Classification	CAR-class - CPV-class
Support Starships	Stealth Corvette - Agricultural Support Ship
Light Capital Warships	Frigate - Destroyer
Cruisers	Light Cruiser - Cruiser - CCS-class - Reverence-class - Battleship - Supercruiser
Carriers	Carrier - Assault Carrier - Supercarrier
Space Stations	High Charity - Unyielding Hierophant
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