Zanar-pattern light cruiser

The CRS-class light cruiser is a Covenant capital warship classification.

Overview
Resembling a luminous manta ray, the CRS is essentially a smaller, weaker version of the. While the two classes are virtually identical in outward appearance, one can distinguish them by the spikes protruding aft of the CCS-class' bow.

Operational history
Several CRS-class cruisers were used over Reach during the Covenant's invasion of the planet in 2552. In the wake of the Human-Covenant War, the CRS class forms the backbone of the modern Covenant's fleet, which deployed numerous CRS-class cruisers to Requiem during the Requiem campaign. After finding the, one approached the ship with its shields down, not expecting a threat, in order to deploy boarding parties. However, Spartan John-117 destroyed it with one of the Forward Unto Dawn's Hyperion nuclear missiles. Several were also destroyed when the gravity well of Requiem pulled them in. More CRS-class cruisers were used to deploy troops within Requiem's core. Numerous light cruisers were later sent to attack the after it crashed into Requiem, but at least two were disabled by the Infinity's defenses.

List of appearances

 * Halo: The Fall of Reach
 * Halo: First Strike
 * Halo 4