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A '''Covenant | A '''Covenant cruiser''' is a type of heavy-tonnage [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] starship within the [[Covenant Navy]]. The Covenant Cruiser, however, should not be confused with the Covenant {{Class|CCS|Battlecruiser}}. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The | The cruiser is larger than the [[Covenant Light Cruiser]] but is smaller than the [[Covenant Carrier]]. They are armed with five [[Plasma Torpedo|Plasma Turrets]] and laterally-mounted pulse lasers,<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', page ??</ref> but lack a compliment of supplementary {{Class|Seraph|Starfighter}}s. Like other Covenant ships, the Covenant cruiser is roughly oblong in shape with touches of a purple and blue color scheme. | ||
== | ==Known cruisers== | ||
* | *''[[Rapid Conversion]]'', the Covenant vessel that partook in the [[First Battle of Harvest]], was a Covenant cruiser. | ||
*Six Covenant | *Six Covenant cruisers accompanied the [[Covenant Flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' on a reconnaissance mission to the ruins of [[Alpha Halo]] after its destruction by [[UNSC]] forces. One cruiser had one of its five plasma turrets destroyed by the [[Master Chief]] operating a [[C709 Longsword starfighter]]. After the Master Chief and a group of UNSC ground forces were able to hijack the [[Flagship]], one cruiser jumped to [[Slipspace]] to alert Covenant forces of the destruction of ''[[Alpha Halo]]'' and UNSC activity in the area. | ||
*An [[Unnamed Covenant Cruiser]] was one of many Covenant | *An [[Unnamed Covenant Cruiser]] was one of many Covenant cruisers involved in the [[Fall of Reach]]. This unnamed cruiser was destroyed by [[Joshua-029]], [[Kelly-087]] and [[Frederic-104]]. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: | *''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'' | ||
**''[[The Mona Lisa]]'' | |||
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |