Makar-pattern light corvette

The DAV-class light corvette, commonly known as the stealth corvette, is a class of small starship in the Covenant Navy.

Overview
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 UNSC sensors, and visually invisible. It also possessed electronic countermeasures, which are able to interfere with the guidance systems of Archer missiles.

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
Planetside forces transmitted data from a Forerunner artifact to a DAV-class light corvette during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, but the ship was eventually rammed and destroyed by the.

List of appearances

 * Halo: The Fall of Reach