Covenant navy

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The Covenant Navy is the branch of the Covenant military responsible solely for space operations. Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, orbital bombardment, the deployment of fighters and bombers and the method of delivery for the Covenant Army. At its best, it fielded thousands of warships, most being able to carry fighters, dropships, ground troops and vehicles.

Great Schism

Throughout the majority of the Covenant Civil War or commonly known as the "Great Schism," (as referred to by the Covenant Separatists) the Covenant Military was violently splintered between the Covenant Loyalists, who continued to believe in the Prophet's wisdom and the Covenant Separatists, who followed the Arbiter against them. As the battle raged, the 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.

Known fleets

Main article: Covenant Fleet

Known vessels

Space stations

• High Charity - The Covenant Holy City, absorbed by the Flood, then destroyed by Master Chief on the Ark.
• Unyielding Hierophant - Destroyed by the Master Chief and the Spartans of Blue Team.

Carriers

Assault carrier

• Shadow of Intent   - Survives to return back to Sangheili home world
• "Regret's Carrier" - Destroyed or commandeered by the Loyalists.
• Clarity of Faith - Crash-landed on an unidentified moon

Supercarrier

• Sublime Transcendence - Destroyed
• Long Night of Solace - Destroyed
• Ascendant Justice - Destroyed

Carrier

• Lawgiver - Unknown status, possibly destroyed

Cruisers

Flagships

• Seeker of Truth - Unknown Status, possibly destroyed

Reverence-class cruisers

• Incorruptible - Destroyed in the battle for Onyx.

CCS-class battlecruisers

• Triumphant Declaration - Unknown Status
• Harbinger of Piety - Unknown Status
• Pious Inquisitor - Unknown Status
• Purity of Spirit - Unknown Status
• Sacred Promise (hypothesized) - Unknown status, probably destroyed
• Truth and Reconciliation - Destroyed in the Battle of Installation 04 by Lieutenant McKay.
• CCS-U624 - Unknown Status
• CCS-U321 - Destroyed in the First Battle of Arcadia

Other types

• Contrition - Unknown Status
• Penance - Unknown Status
• Rapid Conversion - Unknown Status
• Unnamed Covenant Cruiser - Destroyed in the Fall of Reach.

Covenant light cruiser

• Unrelenting - Destroyed in the Battle of Chi Ceti

Destroyers

CPV-class destroyers

• Esteem - Unknown Status
• Reverence - Destroyed

Other types

• Absolution - Destroyed
• Bloodied Spirit - Destroyed
• Far Sight Lost - Destroyed
• Rapturous Arc - Destroyed
• Retribution's Thunder - Destroyed
• Unnamed Covenant Destroyer - Status Unknown

Frigates

• Tenebrous - Destroyed
• Twilight Compunction - Unknown Status
• Revenant - Destroyed

Support ships

• Infinite Succor - Destroyed, sent into a star to prevent the Flood from escaping.

Unknown type

• A Psalm Every Day - Unknown Status
• Commitment and Patience - Unknown Status
• Devotion - Unknown Status
• Minor Transgression - Destroyed

Important personnel

• Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree
• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee (Current Arbiter)
• Fleet Master Voro Nar 'Mantakree
• Fleet Master Rtas 'Vadum
• Ship Master Orna 'Fulsamee
• Ship Master Qunu