UNSC corvette: Difference between revisions

The '''UNSC corvette'''<ref name="GOO">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', page 214</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', page 437</ref> is a [[Light Capital Warship]] classification in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 16</ref><ref name="FS">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 207</ref> Known sub-classes of the corvette include the [[Mako-class Corvette]],<ref name="for">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page 85</ref> Fast-attack corvette<ref name="ch60">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page 60</ref> and the [[UNSC Prowler]] stealth corvette.

The corvettes are the smallest class of warship in the UNSC Navy, and do not carry any [[Starfighter|fighters]]. Fast-attack corvettes are known to have a modest hangar bay with room for only one [[SKT-13 Shuttlecraft]], basically a larger version of the [[Bumblebee|Bumblebee Lifeboat]] used to ferry [[UNSC]] material and personnel to and from various locations or ships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', pages 63-64</ref> The corvettes are also known as being one of the fastest ships in the UNSC Navy.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', page 213</ref> Like most other Slipspace-capable UNSC ships, corvettes possess [[Cryo-chamber|Cryo-bays]].<ref name="ch60"/>