The UNSC corvette[2][3] is a Light Capital Warship classification in the UNSC Navy.[4][5] Known sub-classes of the corvette include the Mako-class corvette,[6] the Fast-attack corvette,[7] and the Gladius-class corvette.[8]
Class History
UNSC corvettes have been in use during both the Insurrection and the Human-Covenant war. Several Mako-class corvettes were used by the Eridanus Rebels as part of their improvised fleet. The UNSC used corvettes in multiple battles of the Human-Covenant War, including the Battle of Reach[5] and the Battle of Earth.[2]
Design
The Corvettes are the smallest class of warship in the UNSC Navy, and do not carry any fighters. Fast-attack corvettes are known to have a modest hangar bay with room for only one SKT-13 Shuttlecraft, basically a larger version of the Bumblebee Lifeboat, used to ferry UNSC material and personnel to and from various locations or ships.[9] The corvettes are also known as being one of the fastest ships in the UNSC Navy.[10] Like most other Slipspace-capable UNSC ships, corvettes possess Cryo-bays.[7]
Ships of the Line
Classes
Named Ships
- UNSC Bum Rush
- UNSC Coral Sea
- UNSC Pony Express
- UNSC Chalons
- UNSC Two for Flinching
- UNSC Callisto
- UNSC Sagan Blue
Appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- Halo: Contact Harvest
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Dr. Halsey's personal journal
- Halo: Glasslands
- Halo: The Thursday War
- Halo: Mortal Dictata
- Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo
Sources
- ↑ Halo Encyclopedia - page 248
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 214
- ↑ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 437
- ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 16
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Halo: First Strike, page 207
- ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 85
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Halo: Contact Harvest, page 60
- ↑ Halo Waypoint: Cannon Fodder - Stay Frosty
- ↑ Halo: Contact Harvest - pages 63-64
- ↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx - page 213
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