Cruiser
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The cruiser is a type of heavily-armed and armored capital warship designed with an emphasis on weaponry and armor over fighter complements.
Role
Even though both UNSC and Covenant fleets possess warships of such classifications, the tactical philosophies of the two species are different. The Covenant, while possessing many different cruiser classifications, use assault carriers as the powerhouses of their fleets. The UNSC, on the other hand, use cruisers as their heaviest warships. However, it should be noted that Covenant cruisers dwarfed their UNSC counterparts and are much more powerful. For example, even the smallest Covenant cruisers contain powerful shields that are capable of withstanding several MAC rounds.[1]
Known cruiser classes
Covenant
- Main article: Covenant cruiser
- CRS-class light cruiser - 300 meters (980 ft)
- CCS-class battlecruiser - 1,782 meters (5,850 ft)
- RCS-class armored cruiser - 2,000 meters (6,562 ft)
- ORS-class heavy cruiser - 3,000 meters (9,843 ft)
- Reverence-class cruiser
UNSC
- Halcyon-class light cruiser - 1,170 meters (3,800 ft)
- Marathon-class heavy cruiser - 1,192 meters (3,910 ft)
- Autumn-class heavy cruiser - 1,425 meters (4,674 ft)
- Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser - 1,518 meters (4,980 ft)
Forerunner
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo 2
- Halo Graphic Novel
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- Halo: Landfall
- Halo: Uprising
- Halo 3
- Halo: Contact Harvest
- Halo: The Cole Protocol
- Halo Wars: Genesis
- Halo Wars
- Halo 3: ODST
- Halo Legends
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo: Reach
- Halo: Fall of Reach
- Halo: Glasslands
- Halo: The Thursday War
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- Halo 4
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Halo: Mortal Dictata
Sources
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page ??
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