Covenant Supercruiser Production information Class Cruiser Technical specifications Length 3576 meters (11,732 feet) Engine unit(s) Repulsor Engines Slipspace Drive Yes Shielding Resistant to 3 MAC rounds and 488 Archer missiles or 1+ Nuclear mines Hull Resistant to greater than 1 Shiva missile Armament 5 Energy Projectors Pulse Lasers Plasma Torpedoes Crew Several Thousand Usage Year introduced 2552 - First Battle of Reach Era(s) 9th Age of Reclamation Affiliation Covenant Navy, Fleet of Particular Justice

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The Covenant Supercruiser is a classification of extremely powerful capital Covenant warships within the Covenant Navy.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Physical Characteristics and Armament 1.2 Operational Use 2 Weapons 3 Complement 4 List of appearances 5 Sources

BackgroundEdit

Physical Characteristics and ArmamentEdit

Its length of 3.5 kilometers was over three times that of the UNSC Marathon-class cruiser.^[1]

These ships were durable enough to withstand one nuclear mine detonation, or even three Magnetic Accelerator Cannon rounds and nearly five hundred Archer missiles. However, during the Fall of Reach, it used a hit-and-run tactic to avoid fire from the Orbital Defense Platforms' "Super" MACs.

Operational UseEdit

One of these warships led the Covenant invasion Fleet during the the Fall of Reach in August 2552, where it destroyed many UNSC ships, like the Musashi, the Minotaur and the Herodotus, but was destroyed by the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. The two ships battled it out, with the Autumn using its upgraded MAC gun and over 500 missiles to drop the shields and damage it. The supercrusier's shields were so powerful that only a handful of the 500 got through each time, but the purpose was to drop the ship's shields. The Autumn launched a remote controlled Longsword armed with a Shiva missile under the Supercruiser's shields, multiplying the destructive blast exponentially, by having the shields containing the blast. During the fight between the two, the supercruiser hit the Autumn twice with its main weapon, but due to the Autumn's design and the tactics of its captain and AI, the ship survived, albeit badly damaged.

WeaponsEdit

The Covenant supercruiser's weapon systems seem limited, but extremely powerful. It possesses an Energy Projector which shoots a thin needle beam at light speed, enabling it to cut through the hull armor of several UNSC ships at a time. First described as a type of sniping ship because of its combat tactics, this weapon can be described as similar to the Type-50 Sniper Rifle System. This weapon needs to charge over time, but once charged, it can be fired with pinpoint accuracy.

Another thing the supercrusier possesed that worked in its favor were incredibly powerful shields that took a lot to drop and seemed to recharge fast. It took three MAC rounds and over 500 Archer missiles hitting the ship to drop the shields and even then only a handful of Archer missiles would get through and cause minimal damage. However, the Pillar of Autumn was able to use this against the supercrusier by dropping the shields and landing a remote-piloted Longsword interceptor on the ship armed with a nuclear missile and letting the shields return before detonation, using the supercruiser's own shields to amplify the blast as they were powerful enough not to collapse immediatly even with a nuclear blast inside them. This also saved the Pillar of Autumn: the shields held long enough for the Autumn to escape the blast radius.

ComplementEdit

Given its gigantic size, (second only to the CAS-class assault carrier and CSO-class supercarrier), it is likely able to carry hundreds of Seraph-class starfighters and dropships. Moreover, it probably carries large numbers of ground vehicles and troops, possibly entire legions.

List of appearancesEdit

• Halo: The Fall of Reach

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 297

Covenant Starship Classifications
Ground support aircraft	Banshee - Vampire
Starfighters	Seraph-class starfighter - Tarasque-class heavy fighter - Gigas-class fighter-bomber - Banshee-class interceptor
Dropships	Spirit - Phantom - Covenant boarding craft - Phantom Gunboat
Support starships	DAV-class light corvette - Agricultural support ship
Light capital warships	SDV-class heavy corvette - Frigate - CAR-class - Destroyer - CPV-class - RPV-class
Cruisers	Cruiser - CRS-class - CCS-class - Reverence-class - Battleship - Supercruiser
Carriers	DDS-class carrier - CAS-class assault carrier - CSO-class supercarrier
Space stations	High Charity - Unyielding Hierophant
Miscellaneous	Covenant Tug
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