Covenant cruiser

Covenant cruisers are a classification of Covenant starships that span numerous sizes, shapes, and functions. They are ubiquitous and possess weapon capabilities that can bring extinction or submission. Typically, Covenant cruisers are mid-sized vessels capable of conducting independent naval operations.

Overview
Cruisers were the most prominent vessels used by the Covenant during an invasion. Since the beginning of Covenant history, cruisers served as the empire's primary mode of galactic transportation and method of enforcing the authority of the Hierarchs. The Covenant manufactured cruisers in vast quantities, easily surpassing the numbers of any other known Covenant starship class. The role of a Covenant cruiser can be for attack, interdiction, occupation, patrol, surveying or command.

Design details
Each cruiser class has specific shapes and functions, but they often share an overall similar design. The different classes also have similar equipment and armament, such as energy shields, ventral cleansing beams, anterior plasma cannons and point laser defense.

Like most starships of the Covenant, cruisers follow a typical structural design—a smooth hull with wide, extensive contours and near-perfect symmetry. The design of a cruiser is reminiscent of large marine animals that are native to the colonies of the Sangheili. Two to four hangar bays are found on the undercarriage of each cruiser, aft of a large gravity lift that can be detached and lowered onto a world's surface. A vertical gravity beam can then be generated for the transportation of infantry, supplies, and other assets. Modular bays scattered around a cruiser can be configured as engineering, medical, armory, barracks, or religious facilities. All of these facilities are interconnected by a network of narrow corridors and lifts. The command deck is located within the center of each cruiser. This deck is a large room with a centralized bridge platform occupied by only the highest-ranking officers aboard the vessel.

Classes
There are many cruiser classes used by the Covenant, each with different roles. All classes are identified according to the standard Covenant starship classification code. Four primary classes of the Covenant cruiser existed: CRS, CCS, RCS and ORS. Though there are other kinds of cruisers, their differences are minimal and they easily fall within one of the main classes.

Unidentified
An unidentified cruiser was crewed more than 10,000 Covenant troops and contains 3 Banshee squadrons and dozens of Wraiths. One such vessel was deployed over Longhorn Valley during the Fall of Reach following the decimation of the Epsilon Eridani Fleet.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo: First Strike
 * Halo: The Flood
 * Halo 2
 * Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
 * Halo: Uprising
 * Halo 3
 * Halo: Contact Harvest
 * Halo: The Cole Protocol
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation
 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Halo Legends
 * The Duel
 * Origins
 * The Package
 * Halo: Evolutions
 * Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian
 * The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
 * The Return


 * Remember Reach
 * Deliver Hope
 * Halo: Reach
 * Data pads
 * Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
 * Terminals
 * Halo: The Thursday War
 * Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
 * Halo 4
 * Terminals
 * Spartan Ops
 * Halo: Spartan Assault
 * Halo: Initiation
 * Halo: Escalation
 * Halo: Mortal Dictata
 * Halo 2: Anniversary
 * Halo: Fleet Battles
 * Halo 5: Guardians
 * Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo


 * Halo: Tales from Slipspace
 * On the Brink
 * Hunting Party
 * Halo: Rise of Atriox
 * Halo: Fireteam Raven
 * Halo: Silent Storm
 * Halo: Oblivion