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==Background==
 
==Background==
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[[Image:Covenant Destroyers Glass Harvest.jpg|thumb|left|A pair of Covenant Destroyers [[glass]] the planet [[Harvest]].]]
 
It is 1500 meters long, and it is about one and a half times the weight of a [[Covenant Frigate]].
 
It is 1500 meters long, and it is about one and a half times the weight of a [[Covenant Frigate]].
   
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
[[Image:Glassingship.jpg|280px|left|thumb|Covenant Destroyers from [[Halo Wars]].]]
 
 
*Jacob Keyes destroyed one with a maneuver later dubbed as the ''[[Keyes Loop]]''.
 
*Jacob Keyes destroyed one with a maneuver later dubbed as the ''[[Keyes Loop]]''.
 
*Despite being smaller in size than a Cruiser, in [[Halo Wars]] cutscenes a Destroyer is shown slightly shorter than a [[Phoenix-class Colony Ship]], which is over two kilometers. This may be a retcon by Ensemble, or simply a mistake.
 
*Despite being smaller in size than a Cruiser, in [[Halo Wars]] cutscenes a Destroyer is shown slightly shorter than a [[Phoenix-class Colony Ship]], which is over two kilometers. This may be a retcon by Ensemble, or simply a mistake.
   
 
== Vessels of this Classification ==
 
== Vessels of this Classification ==
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*''[[Absolution]]''
 
*''[[Absolution]]''
 
*''[[Bloodied Spirit]]''
 
*''[[Bloodied Spirit]]''
 
*''[[Far Sight Lost]]''
 
*''[[Far Sight Lost]]''
 
*''[[Rapturous Arc]]''
 
*''[[Rapturous Arc]]''
*''[[Unnamed Covenant Destroyer]]''
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*[[Unnamed Covenant Destroyer]]
   
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 19:02, 26 May 2009

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The Covenant Destroyer[2] is a warship classification within the Covenant Navy.

Background

Covenant Destroyers Glass Harvest

A pair of Covenant Destroyers glass the planet Harvest.

It is 1500 meters long, and it is about one and a half times the weight of a Covenant Frigate.

This class of starship is extremely well-armed, boasting multiple pulse laser turrets, plasma torpedo launcher(s) and Seraph-class starfighters. Jacob Keyes noted its weapons systems, saying it turned UNSC ships into "Swiss cheese".

This dangerous warship classification has the distinctive three huge sections of heavier Covenant warships, mirroring the lethality of its larger cousins. They usually are escorting the bigger warships and will deal out deadly blows in the event the bigger warships are attacked and can hold their own in a fight.

Probably the most well-known ship of this class was the Bloodied Spirit, captured by three SPARTAN-IIs, Fred, Will, and Linda, in a haphazard plan which recovered captured nuclear warheads, eliminated another Brute-controlled destroyer, and gave them a much faster ship to take them to Onyx.

Trivia

  • Jacob Keyes destroyed one with a maneuver later dubbed as the Keyes Loop.
  • Despite being smaller in size than a Cruiser, in Halo Wars cutscenes a Destroyer is shown slightly shorter than a Phoenix-class Colony Ship, which is over two kilometers. This may be a retcon by Ensemble, or simply a mistake.

Vessels of this Classification

Sources

  1. Ghosts of Onyx, pages 221-222, 229
  2. Covenant Ship Classification Halopedia Canon

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