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{{Title|''RPV''-class Light Destroyer}}
{{Title|''RPV''-class light destroyer}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Ship Class Infobox
{{Ship Class Infobox
|name=RPV-class light destroyer
|name=''RPV''-class light destroyer
|image=
|image=
|manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]
|manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]
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|slipspace drive=Yes
|slipspace drive=Yes
|hull=Unidentified Covenant material
|hull=Unidentified Covenant material
|length={{Convert|1500|m|ft}}<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''page 48''</ref>
|length={{Convert|1500|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''page 48''</ref>
|width={{Convert|1217|m|ft}}<ref name="EVG"/>
|width={{Convert|1217|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="EVG"/>
|height=
|height=
|armament=*[[Energy projector]]<ref name="EVG"/>
|armament=*One [[energy projector]]<ref name="EVG"/>
*Anterior plasma cannons (2)<ref name="EVG"/>
*Two fore-mounted plasma cannons<ref name="EVG"/>
*[[Pulse Laser Turrets]]<ref name="EVG"/>
*Multiple [[pulse laser turret]]s<ref name="EVG"/>
|complement=Numerous ground forces, dropships, and support aircraft
|complement=*Numerous ground forces
*Several dropships and support aircraft
*Several [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter]]s
|misc=
|misc=
|role=*Glassing operations<ref name="EVG"/>
|role=*Glassing operations<ref name="EVG"/>
*ship-to-ship warfare
*Ship-to-ship warfare
*Ground assault<ref name="EVG"/>
*Ground assault<ref name="EVG"/>
*Planetary occupation<ref name="EVG"/>
*Planetary occupation<ref name="EVG"/>
|era=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
|era=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
*[[Great Schism|Covenant Civil War]]
*[[Great Schism]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant Navy]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant Navy]]
}}
}}


The '''RPV-class light destroyer'''<ref name="EVG"/> is one of several [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] class warships in service with the [[Covenant Navy]].
The '''''RPV''-class light destroyer''' is one of several [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]]-class warships in service with the [[Covenant Navy]]. Such vessels are usually sent in advance of invasions and are used for escort on reconnaissance missions. They are also used as fleet escorts, protecting larger, more important ships from attack.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="Enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page ???''</ref><ref name="TFoR">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ???''</ref>


==Overview==
==Design==
The Covenant RPV-class light destroyer are usually sent in advance of an invasion and are used for escort on reconnaissance mission. They are smaller, but generally carry the same armament as the larger [[CPV-class heavy destroyer]].<ref name="EVG"/>
The ''RPV''-class destroyer features a sleek, amphibious design with sweeping contours and perfect symmetry. It possesses three bulbous protrusions, similar to those of larger Covenant ships, giving the impression of similar lethality.<ref name="Enc"/><ref name="TFoR">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 151-152'', ''page 177'' (2010 edition)</ref> The ''RPV'' is capable of carrying a great number of ground forces, dropships, and support craft, as well as several [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Type-31 Seraph fighters]].<ref name="EVG"/>
 
===Armament===
Though they are smaller, ''RPV''-class light destroyers generally carry the same armament as the larger {{Class|CPV|destroyer}}.<ref name="EVG"/> The vessel's primary weapon is a single [[energy projector]], which is capable of devastating even large human vessels.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="Enc"/><ref name="TFoR"/> It is also armed with several ventrally mounted [[pulse laser turret]]s, which can be used to provide pinpoint firepower and can destroy inbound missiles. Two plasma cannons are mounted at the fore of the vessel;<ref name="EVG"/> these weapons presumably function similarly to the [[plasma torpedo]] turrets used by other vessels.


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
In July of [[2552]], a RPV-class destroyer along with two frigates and a carrier arrived at the [[Sigma Octanus IV]]<ref name="EVG"/>. in the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|brief skirmish]] that followed, [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] commanding officer aboard the [[UNSC Destroyer]] [[UNSC Iroquois|Iroquois]] was able to overcome the small enemy fleet with a new [[Keyes Loop|stratagy]] that resulted in the destruction of two enemy frigates and the RPV-class destroyer.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 151-152'', ''page 177'' (2010 edition)</ref>
On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], an ''RPV''-class light destroyer, along with two [[Covenant frigate|frigates]] and a {{Class|DDS|carrier}}, arrived at [[Sigma Octanus IV]].<ref name="TFoR"/><ref name="EVG"/> In the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|brief skirmish]] that followed, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]], the commanding officer of the [[UNSC destroyer]] [[UNSC Iroquois|''Iroquois'']], overcame the small enemy task force with an [[Keyes Loop|inventive tactic]]: ultimately, he tricked the Covenant vessels into firing on themselves. The destroyer and the frigates were both destroyed and the carrier was forced to retreat.<ref name="TFoR"/><ref name="EVG"/> Several ''RPV''-class destroyers were used during the early stages of the [[Great Schism]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page ???''</ref>
 
==Design==
RPV-class destroyers follow the typical architecture of a Covenant ship — a sleek amphibious design with sweeping contours and perfect symmetry, with bulbous protrusions.


===Armament===
==List of appearances==
The ''RPV'' destroyer is built for heavy combat. It is armed with ventrally mounted [[pulse laser turret]]s, which can provide point defense, particularly against single ships. The destroyer is also equipped with several laterally mounted [[plasma torpedo]] turrets, two of which are mounted on the inside of each wing structure. It is also armed with a single ventral [[energy projector]], or "cleansing beam",<ref name="EVG"/> for use in low-altitude glassing.<ref name="Origins">'''Halo Legends''', ''Origins''</ref>
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{C|Possible appearance}}


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 11:23, July 18, 2011

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The RPV-class light destroyer is one of several destroyer-class warships in service with the Covenant Navy. Such vessels are usually sent in advance of invasions and are used for escort on reconnaissance missions. They are also used as fleet escorts, protecting larger, more important ships from attack.[1][2][3]

Design

The RPV-class destroyer features a sleek, amphibious design with sweeping contours and perfect symmetry. It possesses three bulbous protrusions, similar to those of larger Covenant ships, giving the impression of similar lethality.[2][3] The RPV is capable of carrying a great number of ground forces, dropships, and support craft, as well as several Type-31 Seraph fighters.[1]

Armament

Though they are smaller, RPV-class light destroyers generally carry the same armament as the larger CPV-class destroyer.[1] The vessel's primary weapon is a single energy projector, which is capable of devastating even large human vessels.[1][2][3] It is also armed with several ventrally mounted pulse laser turrets, which can be used to provide pinpoint firepower and can destroy inbound missiles. Two plasma cannons are mounted at the fore of the vessel;[1] these weapons presumably function similarly to the plasma torpedo turrets used by other vessels.

Operational history

On July 17, 2552, an RPV-class light destroyer, along with two frigates and a DDS-class carrier, arrived at Sigma Octanus IV.[3][1] In the brief skirmish that followed, Captain Jacob Keyes, the commanding officer of the UNSC destroyer Iroquois, overcame the small enemy task force with an inventive tactic: ultimately, he tricked the Covenant vessels into firing on themselves. The destroyer and the frigates were both destroyed and the carrier was forced to retreat.[3][1] Several RPV-class destroyers were used during the early stages of the Great Schism.[4]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EVG
  2. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia, page ???
  3. ^ a b c d e Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??? Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "TFoR" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page ???

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