Makar-pattern light corvette

The DAV-class light corvette is a corvette class formerly in service with the now-defunct Covenant fleet. Commonly assigned in stealth operations, vessels of this class were also tasked with the deployment and retrieval of Ranger teams.

Design details
Similar in design to the larger, the DAV-class light corvette is used to infiltrate a planet's defenses for reconnaissance, making way for larger invasion forces. Despite its limited weaponry, the DAV-class corvette uses active camouflage systems to render it imperceptible to enemy sensors, and visually invisible.

Armament
DAV-class ships are primarily stealth ships, and as such they were not as well-armed as the larger SDV-class heavy corvette. This falls in line with common observations that weapon layout differ greatly between Covenant ship classifications. Despite this, DAV-class ships are armed with heavy plasma cannons.

Operational history
After the Human-Covenant War, the DAV-class corvette The Lookout (formerly Infinite Fire) was crewed by a joint crew of Sangheili, Unggoy, and humans as part of an arrangement between the Swords of Sanghelios and the UNSC to re-establish contact with colonies cut off by the war. In 2553, The Lookout arrived at the human colony of Losing Hand, along with the crew of the cargo tender that had crashed there a year earlier. Major Kyle Stallock, who was stationed aboard The Lookout, updated Dark Was the Night's crew on everything that had happened since their crash. The local population and the ship's crew were offered a way off the planet; some accepted while others remained.

Ships of the line

 * The Lookout

List of appearances

 * Halo: Fractures
 * Breaking Strain