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|armament=*[[Plasma turret]]s (5)
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{{Quote|A tiny picture appeared on Fred's heads-up-display, and he saw what Joshua had sighted through his sniper scope: a Covenant cruiser hovered thirty meters off the ground. The ship bristled with energy weapons and plasma artillery. His Spartans couldn't get within weapons range of that thing without being roasted.|[[Frederic-104]]'s tactical assessment of the Covenant cruiser.}}
{{Quote|A tiny picture appeared on Fred's heads-up-display, and he saw what Joshua had sighted through his sniper scope: a Covenant cruiser hovered thirty meters off the ground. The ship bristled with energy weapons and plasma artillery. His Spartans couldn't get within weapons range of that thing without being roasted.|[[Frederic-104]]'s tactical assessment of the Covenant cruiser.}}


This '''Covenant cruiser''' was a warship in the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Navy]] which took part in the [[Fall of Reach]].
This '''Covenant cruiser''' was a [[warship]] in the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] which took part in the [[Fall of Reach]].


==Operational use==
==Operational use==
===Fall of Reach===
===Fall of Reach===
{{Main|Fall of Reach}}
{{Main|Fall of Reach}}
After entering the [[Epsilon Eridani system]], and after the initial attack against the [[UNSC]] forces in orbit, the cruiser was one of many that entered [[Reach]]'s atmosphere, coming to rest over [[Longhorn Valley]] in the [[Highland Mountains]], where it landed tens of thousands of troops on the planet surface. Hovering thirty meters above the ground, it was protected by [[legion]]s of ground forces, dozens of [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraiths]], anti-air emplacements, and three squadrons of [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] conducting air patrols.<ref name=pg21>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 21''</ref>


After entering the [[Epsilon Eridani system]], and after the initial attack against the UNSC forces in orbit, the cruiser was one of many that entered [[Reach]]'s atmosphere, coming to rest over [[Longhorn Valley]] in the [[Highland Mountains]], where it landed tens of thousands of troops on the planet surface. Hovering thirty meters above the ground, it was protected by [[legion]]s of ground forces, dozens of [[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage|Wraiths]], anti-air emplacements, and three squadrons of [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] conducting air patrols.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 21''</ref>
A team of three [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-IIs]], designated [[Red Team#Fall of Reach splinter arrangement|Alpha Team]], used captured Covenant Banshee fighters to fly past the patrols and anti-air emplacements.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 24-25''</ref> At least one Unggoy, [[Zawaz]], detected the Banshees on a scanner, but did not bother to report them, fearing punishment from his Sangheili superior officers.<ref name=pg26-27>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 26-27''</ref> As the Covenant grew suspicious of these new Banshees, they demanded proper codeword clearance - the Spartans, unable to translate the messages and not knowing the codewords, ignored them.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 28''</ref> One Spartan, [[Joshua-029]], was shot down while the other two, [[Frederic-104]] and [[Kelly-087]], reached the cruiser's [[gravity lift]], throwing a [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] into the ship and retreating behind a nearby mountain ridge.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 29''</ref>


A team of three [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-IIs]], designated [[Red Team#Fall of Reach splinter arrangement|Alpha Team]], used captured Covenant Banshee fighters to fly past the patrols and anti-air emplacements.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 24-25''</ref> At least one Unggoy, [[Zawaz]], detected the Banshees on a scanner, but did not bother to report them, fearing punishment from his Sangheili superior officers.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 26-27''</ref> As the Covenant grew suspicious of these new Banshees, they demanded proper codeword clearance - the Spartans, unable to translate the messages and not knowing the codewords, ignored them.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 28''</ref> One Spartan, [[Joshua-029]], was shot down while the other two, [[Fred-104]] and [[Kelly-087]], reached the cruiser's [[gravity lift]], throwing a [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] into the ship and retreating behind a nearby mountain ridge.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 29''</ref>
The ship was destroyed, its own shields absorbing the [[electromagnetic pulse]] from the weapon, preventing it from damaging the nearby [[orbital defense generator]]s. It also leveled the nearby forest and mountain, vaporizing the ground forces. However, its loss did little to save the reactors - another three cruisers descended from orbit to replace it.<ref name=pg31>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 31''</ref>
 
The ship was destroyed, its own shields absorbing the [[electromagnetic pulse]] from the weapon, preventing it from damaging the nearby [[orbital defense generator]]s. It also leveled the nearby forest and mountain, vaporizing the ground forces. However, its loss did little to save the reactors - another three cruisers descended from orbit to replace it.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 31''</ref>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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