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The Covenant navy is the branch of the Covenant military responsible solely for space operations.[1] Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, orbital bombardment, the deployment of fighters and bombers and the method of delivery for the Covenant's occupational ground forces. At its height, it fielded thousands of warships, most being able to carry fighters, dropships, ground troops and vehicles.

History

Early history

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Human-Covenant War

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Great Schism

Throughout the majority of the Covenant civil conflict known as the Great Schism, the Covenant military was violently splintered between those who continued to believe in the Prophets’ wisdom and the Covenant separatists, who followed Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and opposed the Prophets' rule. As the battle raged, the High Prophet of Truth formally transferred command of the navy to the Jiralhanae, a position once exclusively held by the Sangheili. The Covenant separatists wiped out the primary loyalist fleet at the Battle of Installation 00.

Soon after the outbreak of the Schism, the separatists' numbers were reduced by a pair of disasters. At Joyous Exultation, the massive Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose, headed by Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree aboard the supercarrier Sublime Transcendence, was consumed by a NOVA bomb. At Onyx, a battle group headed by the cruiser Incorruptible was destroyed by the Forerunner Sentinels that comprised the artificial planet.

Due to this disarray, the only Sangheili fleet to fight in the last battles of the war was the Fleet of Retribution, which was led by the assault carrier Shadow of Intent. During the battles of Voi and the Ark the Jiralhanae-led loyalist fleet was mostly limited to Truth's fleet, which outnumbered the Sangheili three to one by the time of the Battle of Installation 00. This fleet contained a number of battlecruisers assault carriers, led by Truth's Forerunner Dreadnought.

Known fleets

Main article: Covenant fleet

Known vessels

Space stations

Carriers

DDS-class carrier

  • Lawgiver - Unknown status, possibly destroyed

CAS-class assault carrier

CSO-class supercarrier

Cruisers

Reverence-class cruiser

CCS-class battlecruiser

CRS-class light cruiser

Unknown classes

Destroyers

CPV-class heavy destroyer

Other types

Frigates

Frigates

CAR-class frigate

Corvettes

SDV-class heavy corvette

Support ships

Hudal-class auxiliary vessel

Unknown class

Important personnel

List of appearances

Sources