Light Warships (Covenant)

Corvettes
The Covenant corvette is a light capital warship classification in the Covenant Navy.

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. As the vessel's communications were being jammed by the UNSC, it was engaged by the UNSC Savannah, which was assisted by several Sabre fighters, including one piloted by SPARTAN-B312 and Jorge-052.

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.

Frigate
The Covenant Frigate is a medium-tonnage warship, seeming to be among the smallest and most common warship types in the Covenant Navy.

Description
These starships are equipped with multiple pulse lasers and one-three Plasma Torpedo launchers on a lateral surface. They have participated in most Covenant-UNSC engagements. They are larger than a UNSC Frigate or UNSC Destroyer, and like most other Covenant warships, they have a curving, bulbous shape.

Furthermore, the Sangheili also equipped their warships with anti-Plasma Torpedo "counter guiding signal" systems. The Jiralhanae stole this technology during the Covenant Civil War and equipped some of their Frigates, such as the Revenant, Twilight Compunction and Tenebrous, with such devices. However, they did not understand the full intricacies of the system, thus limiting their effectiveness.

Background
Two types of Covenant destroyers have been encountered. Destroyers with a length of 1,500 meters (4,900 ft) were seen in various battles early in the Human-Covenant War, and a smaller variant with a length of approximately 647 meters (2,120 ft) was present during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.

The destroyer is extremely well-armed, boasting multiple point-defense pulse laser turrets, plasma torpedo launcher(s), a single Energy Projector, and a full complement of the deadly Seraph-class Starfighters.

This dangerous warship classification has the distinctive three huge sections of most heavier Covenant warships, mirroring the lethality of its larger cousins. They are used as escorts for battlegroups using larger ship classes, and are able to hold their own in combat, while protecting their battlegroup from threats.