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Zanar-pattern light cruiser

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Zanar-pattern
A Zanar-pattern light cruiser in the skybox of the level Scattered/Need To Know.
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Class attributes

Identification:

UNSC three-letter code: CRS[1]

Operators:

Manufacturer:

Secondary Assembly Forges[2]

In service:

Sixth Age of Conflict—present[3]

General characteristics

Type:

Length:

300 meters (984 ft)[4][5][6][3][7]

Width:

145 meters (480 ft)[4]

Mass:

190,000 metric tons[2][3]

Power plant:

Pinch fusion reactor

Maneuver drive:

2 repulsor engines[8]

Slipspace drive:

Borer

Crew:

Complement:

At least 10 escape pods[9]

Troops:

  • None (Standard operation)[2]
  • At least ~50 warriors[9]

Hull:

Nanolaminate hull plating

Shielding:

Equipped

Sensors:

Armaments:

Air facilities:

At least one hangar bay[10][11]

 

The Zanar-pattern light cruiser[3] (UNSC three-letter classification: CRS-class light cruiser)[4][7] is a Covenant light attack ship classification.[2][3]

Overview[edit]

Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series screenshot
Unrelenting firing its Sintra-pattern plasma torpedoes.[12]

Design details[edit]

Described by UNSC personnel as resembling a "luminous manta ray",[13][5][6][7] the Zanar is essentially a smaller, weaker version of the Ket-pattern battlecruiser.[4] The design originated as a mutation (albeit a stable one) in the design pattern of the larger Elefen-pattern and Ket-pattern battlecruisers used in a more general role by the Covenant military—resulting in a vessel several times smaller than its forebears though retaining similar proportions and silhouette.[2]

The ship's bow contains a cluster of four sensor vanes, which are prone to exhibiting aberrations during assembly that result in them making the ship appear friendly to Forerunner systems. This can be used to allow the ship to bypass Sentinel installations unharmed. The ship's rear contains the two repulsor engines and their control coils. The Zanar's control coils require careful fine-tuning to prevent disorientation and hallucination when operating at full p