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m (Braidenvl moved page Covenant Navy to Covenant navy: There's no proof that "Covenant Navy" is a proper in-universe title.)
(Remember Jugus' idea that the Covenant navy and army don't exist as such? I'm bumping that topic.)
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<center>''Were you looking for the [[UNSC Navy]]?''</center>
The '''Covenant navy''' is the branch of the [[Covenant military]] responsible solely for space operations.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=thesoundofsack '''Bungie.net''': ''The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3'']</ref> Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, [[Glassing|orbital bombardment]], the deployment of fighters and bombers and the method of delivery for the Covenant's occupational ground forces. At its height, it fielded thousands of warships, most being able to carry fighters, dropships, ground troops and vehicles.


The '''Covenant Navy''' is the branch of the [[Covenant military]] responsible solely for space operations.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=thesoundofsack '''Bungie.net''': ''The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3'']</ref> Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, [[Glassing|orbital bombardment]], the deployment of fighters and bombers and the method of delivery for the Covenant's occupational ground forces. At its height, it fielded thousands of warships, most being able to carry fighters, dropships, ground troops and vehicles.
==History==
===Early history===
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===Human-Covenant War===
{{Expand-section}}


==Great Schism==
==Great Schism==
Throughout the majority of the Covenant civil conflict known as the [[Great Schism]], the Covenant military was violently splintered between those who continued to believe in the [[San 'Shyuum|Prophet]]'s wisdom and the [[Covenant separatists]], who followed the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] and opposed the Prophets' rule. As the battle raged, the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] formally transferred command of the Covenant Navy to the [[Jiralhanae]], a position once exclusively held by the [[Sangheili]]. The Covenant separatists wiped out the primary loyalist fleet at the [[Battle of Installation 00]].
Throughout the majority of the Covenant civil conflict known as the [[Great Schism]], the Covenant military was violently splintered between those who continued to believe in the [[San 'Shyuum|Prophets’]] wisdom and the [[Covenant separatists]], who followed [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and opposed the Prophets' rule. As the battle raged, the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] formally transferred command of the navy to the [[Jiralhanae]], a position once exclusively held by the [[Sangheili]]. The Covenant separatists wiped out the primary loyalist fleet at the [[Battle of Installation 00]].
 
Soon after the outbreak of the Schism, the separatists' numbers were reduced by a pair of disasters. At [[Joyous Exultation]], the massive [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]], headed by [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] aboard the [[CSO-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', was consumed by a [[NOVA bomb]]. [[Battle of Onyx|At Onyx]], a battle group headed by the cruiser ''[[Incorruptible]]'' was destroyed by the [[Forerunner]] [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] that comprised the artificial planet.


A large portion of the capital warships larger than the standard CCS-class battlecruiser apparently sided with the Sangheili as they had a monopoly on command positions prior to the Great Schism. The separatists' numbers were reduced by the disasters [[Battle of Onyx|at Onyx]], where a battlegroup headed by the ''Reverence''-class cruiser ''[[Incorruptible]]'' was destroyed, and at [[Joyous Exultation]], where the massive [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]], headed by [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] aboard the [[CSO-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', was consumed by a [[NOVA bomb]]. This limited the organized Sangheili fleet to the [[Fleet of Retribution]], which was led by the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. The Jiralhanae fleet was mostly limited to [[Truth's fleet]], which outnumbered the Sangheili three to one by the time of the [[Battle of Installation 00]]; this fleet contained a number of CCS-class battlecruisers and CAS-class assault carriers.
Due to this disarray, the only Sangheili fleet to fight in the last battles of the war was the [[Fleet of Retribution]], which was led by the [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. During the battles of [[Voi]] and the Ark the Jiralhanae-led loyalist fleet was mostly limited to [[Truth's fleet]], which outnumbered the Sangheili three to one by the time of the [[Battle of Installation 00]]. This fleet contained a number of battlecruisers assault carriers, led by Truth's [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].


==Known fleets==
==Known fleets==
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==Known vessels==
==Known vessels==
===Space stations===
===Space stations===
*''[[High Charity]]'' - The Covenant holy city and site of government; absorbed by the Flood and [[raid on High Charity|destroyed]] by Master Chief on the [[Installation 00|Ark]].
*[[High Charity]] - The Covenant holy city and site of government; absorbed by the Flood and [[Raid on High Charity|destroyed]] by [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] at [[Installation 00]].
*''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' - Destroyed by the Master Chief and the SPARTANs of [[Blue Team]].
*''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' - Destroyed by Spartan [[Blue Team]], led by John-117.


===Carriers===
===Carriers===
 
===={{Class|DDS|carrier}}====
====[[DDS-class carrier]]====
*''[[Lawgiver]]'' - Unknown status, possibly destroyed
*''[[Lawgiver]]'' - Unknown status, possibly destroyed


====[[CAS-class assault carrier]]====
===={{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}====
*''[[Resplendent Fervor]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Resplendent Fervor]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' - Survives to return back to Sangheili home world
*''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' - Returned to [[Sanghelios]] after ceasefire in [[2552#March|March 2552]]
*''[[Solemn Penance]]'' - Destroyed or commandeered by the Loyalists.
*''[[Solemn Penance]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' - Crash-landed on an [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|unidentified moon]]
*''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' - Crash-landed on an [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|unidentified moon]] in [[2552#August|August 2552]]


====[[CSO-class supercarrier]]====
===={{Class|CSO|supercarrier}}====
*''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' - Destroyed
**''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' - Destroyed


===Cruisers===
===Cruisers===
===={{Class|Reverence|cruiser}}s====
===={{Class|Reverence|cruiser}}====
*''[[Incorruptible]]'' - Destroyed in the battle for [[Onyx]].
*''[[Incorruptible]]'' - Destroyed in the Battle of Onyx


===={{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s====
===={{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}====
*''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Purity of Spirit]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Purity of Spirit]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Sacred Promise]]'' <small>(hypothesized)</small> - Unknown status, probably destroyed
*''[[Sacred Promise]]'' <small>(hypothesized)</small> - Unknown status, probably destroyed
*''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Installation 04]] by Lieutenant McKay.
*''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Installation 04]]
*''[[CCS-U624]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[CCS-U624]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[CCS-U321]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Arcadia|First Battle of Arcadia]]
*''[[CCS-U321]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Arcadia]]


====[[CRS-class light cruiser]]====
===={{Class|CRS|light cruiser}}====
*''[[Unrelenting]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]]
*''[[Unrelenting]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]]
*''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' - Unknown status


====Other types====
====Unknown classes====
*''[[Infinite Sacrifice]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Infinite Sacrifice]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Penance]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Penance]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Unidentified cruiser (Particular Justice)]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Fall of Reach]]
*''[[Unidentified cruiser (Particular Justice)|Unnamed Covenant Cruiser]]'' - Destroyed in the [[Fall of Reach]].


===Destroyers===
===Destroyers===
====[[CPV-class heavy destroyer]]====
===={{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}}====
*''[[Esteem]]'' - Unknown Status
*[[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|Unidentified heavy destroyer]] - Status unknown
*''[[Esteem]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Reverence]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Reverence]]'' - Destroyed


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*''[[Rapturous Arc]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Rapturous Arc]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Retribution's Thunder]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Retribution's Thunder]]'' - Destroyed
*[[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|Unidentified ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer]] - Status Unknown


===Frigates===
===Frigates===
====[[Covenant frigate]]====
====[[Covenant frigate|Frigates]]====
*''[[Tenebrous]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Tenebrous]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Twilight Compunction]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Twilight Compunction]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Revenant (ship)|Revenant]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Revenant (ship)|Revenant]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Unflinching Resolve]]'' - Retired, later reclaimed by [[Servants of Abiding Truth]]
*''[[Unflinching Resolve]]'' - Retired, later reclaimed by [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]]


====[[CAR-class frigate]]====
===={{Class|CAR|frigate}}====
*''[[Contrition]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Contrition]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Penance]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Penance]]'' - Unknown Status


===Corvettes===
===Corvettes===
===={{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}====
*''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' - Destroyed in [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].
*''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' - Destroyed in [[Operation: UPPER CUT]].


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*''[[Infinite Succor]]'' - Destroyed, sent into a star [[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor|to prevent the Flood from escaping]].
*''[[Infinite Succor]]'' - Destroyed, sent into a star [[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor|to prevent the Flood from escaping]].


====[[Hudal-class auxiliary vessel]]====
===={{Class|Hudal|auxiliary vessel}}====
*''[[Piety]]''- Active, all crew killed in capture of a [[Requires Adjustment|Huragok]].
*''[[Piety]]''- Active, all crew killed in capture of a [[Requires Adjustment|Huragok]].


===Unknown type===
===Unknown class===
*''[[A Psalm Every Day]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[A Psalm Every Day]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Commitment and Patience]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Commitment and Patience]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Devotion]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Devotion]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Infinite Spoils]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Infinite Spoils]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Minor Transgression]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Minor Transgression]]'' - Destroyed
*''[[Pitiless]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Pitiless]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Serene Certainty]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Serene Certainty]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Unrelenting]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Unrelenting]]'' - Unknown status
*''[[Valorous Salvation]]'' - Unknown Status
*''[[Valorous Salvation]]'' - Unknown status


==Important personnel==
==Important personnel==
*[[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]]
*[[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]]
*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee (Current Arbiter)
*[[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee (current Arbiter)
*[[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]
*[[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]
*[[Fleet Master]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]
*[[Shipmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]
*[[Shipmaster|Ship Master]] [[Orna 'Fulsamee]]
*[[Shipmaster|Ship Master]] [[Orna 'Fulsamee]]
*[[Shipmaster|Ship Master]] [[Qunu]]
*[[Unidentified Sangheili Shipmaster (Righteous Vigilance)|Unidentified Shipmaster (Righteous Vigilance)]]


==Sources==
==Sources==

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The Covenant navy is the branch of the Covenant military responsible solely for space operations.[1] Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, orbital bombardment, the deployment of fighters and bombers and the method of delivery for the Covenant's occupational ground forces. At its height, it fielded thousands of warships, most being able to carry fighters, dropships, ground troops and vehicles.

History

Early history

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Human-Covenant War

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Great Schism

Throughout the majority of the Covenant civil conflict known as the Great Schism, the Covenant military was violently splintered between those who continued to believe in the Prophets’ wisdom and the Covenant separatists, who followed Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and opposed the Prophets' rule. As the battle raged, the High Prophet of Truth formally transferred command of the navy to the Jiralhanae, a position once exclusively held by the Sangheili. The Covenant separatists wiped out the primary loyalist fleet at the Battle of Installation 00.

Soon after the outbreak of the Schism, the separatists' numbers were reduced by a pair of disasters. At Joyous Exultation, the massive Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose, headed by Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree aboard the supercarrier Sublime Transcendence, was consumed by a NOVA bomb. At Onyx, a battle group headed by the cruiser Incorruptible was destroyed by the Forerunner Sentinels that comprised the artificial planet.

Due to this disarray, the only Sangheili fleet to fight in the last battles of the war was the Fleet of Retribution, which was led by the assault carrier Shadow of Intent. During the battles of Voi and the Ark the Jiralhanae-led loyalist fleet was mostly limited to Truth's fleet, which outnumbered the Sangheili three to one by the time of the Battle of Installation 00. This fleet contained a number of battlecruisers assault carriers, led by Truth's Forerunner Dreadnought.

Known fleets

Main article: Covenant fleet

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Fleets of the Covenant and its remnants
Fleets
Flotillas

Known vessels

Space stations

Carriers

DDS-class carrier

  • Lawgiver - Unknown status, possibly destroyed

CAS-class assault carrier

CSO-class supercarrier

Cruisers

Reverence-class cruiser

CCS-class battlecruiser

CRS-class light cruiser

Unknown classes

Destroyers

CPV-class heavy destroyer

Other types

Frigates

Frigates

CAR-class frigate

Corvettes

SDV-class heavy corvette

Support ships

Hudal-class auxiliary vessel

Unknown class

Important personnel

Sources

  1. ^ Bungie.net: The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3
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