Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer

Sinaris-pattern
Class attributes
Identification:	UNSC Three-letter code: CPV
Operators:	Covenant Swords of Sanghelios Children of Oth Sonin Thars 'Sarov's faction
Manufacturer:	Primary Assembly Forges
In service:	Second Age of Conflict-present
General characteristics Type: Executioner Destroyer Length: 1,664 meters (5,460 ft) Width: 1,350 meters (4,400 ft) Mass: 115 million metric tons Power plant: Pinch fusion reactor Maneuver drive: 2 repulsor engines Slipspace drive: Borer Crew: 4 Superiors 2 Engineers 400 Menials Complement: 50 Obedientaries 100 Warriors 1,900 Thralls Hull: Nanolaminate plating Shielding: Energy shielding-equipped Armaments: 1x Infernus-pattern superheavy excavation beam 2x Aljordan-pattern plasma beam emitters 24x Melusean-pattern plasma cannons 6x laterally-mounted Jaet-pattern plasma torpedo silos 20x Gon-pattern pulse laser turrets 40x Carnax Et-pattern plasma bombardment mortars

The Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer (UNSC three-letter classification: CPV-class heavy destroyer) is one of several destroyer-type warships used by the Covenant and its remnants.

Overview

Design details

The Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer features a roughly teardrop-shaped fore section that droops downward, forming a bulbous protrusion housing the excavation beam; the dorsal surface of this section contains a recessed area known as "the Furnace," a pinch-fusion reactor that powers the beam during operation. Near the aft, the hull splits into six sleek, wing-like structures, with at least two engines mounted on the junction point. The shortest pair face outward at a slightly upward angle, the mid-sized structures curve upward at an inward-facing angle, and the largest structures curve downward, also facing inward; these two house a single reactor each. Like all Covenant vessels, the hull is made of a lightweight but resilient diamondoid and metal-matrix composite frame covered in a thin layer of nanolaminate laid during the construction process by clouds of programmable nanomachines.

Crew and complement

For normal operations, the Sinaris requires a total of 406 personnel. This includes four Superiors who command the vessel, along with four hundred Menials who man the ship's general systems. Two Huragok are provided for general maintenance duties. Service aboard these ships was frowned upon thanks to the destroyer's single-minded focus on combat and destruction, and as such their disgraced crews are generally considered unstable or unsuitable for other Ministry fleets. Even the shipmasters had their reputation tarnished by disloyalty or disobedience, and have few other ways to return to the rolls of honor.

Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyers carry large complements for ground engagements, including numerous infantry and ground vehicles. They also carry a large number of aircraft, including Seraph exoatmospheric fighters and Banshee attack craft, and Vampire atmospheric fighters.