SDV-class heavy corvette

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A Covenant corvette^[1] is a light capital warship classification in the Covenant Navy.

Specifications

Design details

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Armaments

The Covenant corvette is armed with multiple weapons for a variety of purposes. On either side of the ship are three plasma autocannons which appear to be used primarily for engaging larger ships. Located in four slots, two on each side, with two in each, are eight light plasma cannons for use against fighter craft. On the underside of the corvette is a launch bay that can hold at least ten Type-27 XMFs for use in combat situations. The hangar bay also carries six Seraphs and with additional room to carry one or more gunboats for additional combat support. The dorsal landing pad could also carry extra fighters, though it is not regularly outfitted for such a role.

Operational history

Several Covenant corvettes were present during the Fall of Reach. At least one of these corvettes, Ardent Prayer, was in the planet's orbit when Operation: UPPERCUT commenced.^[2] As the vessel's communications were being jammed by the UNSC, it was engaged by the Template:UNSCship, which was assisted by several Sabre fighters, including one piloted by SPARTAN-B312 and Jorge-052. The corvette was destroyed by the Slipspace Bomb and took the Supercarrier Long Night of Solace with it thanks to the trap.^[2] Another corvette attacked Sword Base but retreated when its forces were driven off or destroyed. As it left, the corvette was blasted through the middle with a MAC round and sank in a nearby lake. These first two corvettes were part of a small advance force sent ahead to Reach that seemed to be made up of at least the two corvettes and the Covenant supercarrier Long Night of Solace. It is unclear if there were any more corvettes or other ship-types involved, but it doesn't seem likely.

Other Covenant corvettes took part in the ground battle on the planet. At least three such corvettes were present during the occupation and destruction of the city of New Alexandria. One took part in the destruction of civilian transports, but was heavily damaged by missile batteries, apparently disabling its weapons and allowing the other transports to escape.^[3]