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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Little is known about the ''Mako''-class in particular, but since they are corvettes, they most likely carry lighter ship-to-ship weapons and/or troops, and unlikely to deploy its own fighter support. | Little is known about the ''Mako''-class in particular, but since they are corvettes, they most likely carry lighter ship-to-ship weapons and/or troops, and unlikely to deploy its own fighter support. ''Mako''-class corvettes were also renowned for being one of the smallest ships in the UNSC fleet mounted with a reliable, usable slipspace drive.<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 259'' (2011 edition)</ref> | ||
==Operational service== | ==Operational service== | ||
Several of such corvettes were used by the [[Insurrectionist|Eridanus rebels]] at their asteroid base of [[Eridanus Secundus]], used by the rebels as part of their improvised fleet.<ref name="for"/> | The ''Mako''-class was once favored largely in part to its small size, but was eventually decommissioned due to maintenance issues.<ref name="enc"/> Several of such corvettes were used by the [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus rebels]] at their asteroid base of [[Eridanus Secundus]], used by the rebels as part of their improvised fleet.<ref name="for"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||