Covenant ship classification system

The Covenant ship classification system was a classification method for identifying Covenant Starships. It was similar to the human Hull classification symbol, albeit for entire starship classes.

History
The system was created after the formation of the Covenant Empire.

Older Sangheili starships, such as the Carrack merchant cruiser, Brigantine, Man O' War, and the Hekar Taa-pattern fast interdictor did not retroactively receive symbols.

Description
This system identified classes by three roles or characteristics and denotes them as a letter. A single string of letters can apply to multiple Design patterns. Ship classes and patterns can be broadly referred to by a letter. For example, the Reverence-class cruiser refers to the and the.