UNSC corvette

UNSC corvette
Production information
Class:	Corvette
Technical specifications
Length:	Varies
Power plant:	2494 type: Primary fusion reactor Secondary fission reactor
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Insurrection Human-Covenant War Post-Covenant War conflicts
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

The UNSC corvette is a warship classification in the UNSC Navy. Known sub-classes of the corvette include the Mako-class corvette, the fast-attack corvette, the Gladius-class heavy corvette and the Prowler stealth corvette.

Background

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 escape pod used to ferry material and personnel to and from various locations or ships. Corvettes are also known as being one of the fastest ships in the UNSC Navy. Like most other Slipspace-capable UNSC ships, corvettes possess cryo-bays. Corvettes are generally capable of maneuvering in a planetary atmosphere, and even executing a Class-L flash-dock.

Corvettes in use by the 2490s, such as the UNSC Callisto, were powered by a primary fusion reactor and a secondary fission reactor. They had at least fourteen decks and three cargo bays, as well as a hard docking collar for linking with stations or other vessels.

Operational service

UNSC corvettes have been in use during both the Insurrection and the Human-Covenant War. Several Mako-class corvettes were used by the Eridanus cell of the Insurrectionists as part of their improvised fleet. The UNSC used corvettes in multiple engagements during the Human-Covenant War, including the Fall of Reach and the Battle of Earth.

Ships of the line

• Corvette
  • Mako-class corvette
    • UNSC Mako
  • Unknown class
    • UNSC Callisto
    • UNSC Chalons
    • UNSC Glamorgan
• UNSC Fast-attack corvette
  • UNSC Two for Flinching
• UNSC heavy corvette
  • Gladius-class heavy corvette
    • UNSC Gladius
    • UNSC Sagan Blue
• Escort corvette
  • Sharpfin-class escort corvette

The following corvettes are also referred to as Prowlers:

• UNSC stealth corvette
  • Eclipse-class prowler
    • UNSC Eclipse
  • Razor-class prowler
    • Ghost Flag
    • UNSC Razor
  • Unknown class
    • PRO-49776
    • UNSC Apocalypso
    • UNSC Applebee
    • UNSC Athens
    • UNSC Bum Rush
    • UNSC Circumference
    • UNSC Coral Sea
    • UNSC Dusk
    • UNSC Edge of Umbra
    • UNSC Lark
    • UNSC Last Gleaming
    • UNSC Pony Express
    • UNSC Razor's Edge
    • UNSC Red Horse
    • UNSC Taurokado
    • UNSC Tokyo Rules
    • UNSC Vacuna
    • UNSC Wink of an Eye
  • Winter-class prowler
    • ONI Acrisius
    • UNSC Fast Gus
    • UNSC From the Ashes
    • UNSC Winter
• UNSC heavy stealth corvette
  • Sahara-class prowler
    • UNSC Aladdin
    • UNSC Port Stanley
    • UNSC Sahara
    • UNSC Silent Joe

Production note

During the development of Halo 3, a corvette known as UNSC Andraste was designed. The ship was removed during the game's development and her hull altered in several aspects, resulting in the Charon-class light frigate. The Paris class from Halo: Reach adopts Andraste's design more or less exactly.

List of appearances

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
• Halo: First Strike
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
• Halo: Contact Harvest
• Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
  • The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
• Halo: Glasslands
• Halo: Mortal Dictata