Zanar-pattern light cruiser

The Zanar-pattern light cruiser, also known as CRS-class light cruiser, was a former Covenant policing vessel, analogous to a UEG Police cutter.
==Class History==
===Pre-Great Schism===
Zanar-pattern ships were sometimes tasked with escorting . They often did so without fervor and could never be counted on to do anything more than their basic defensive assignment.
Zanar-class ships were often used by the Covenant Empire for law enforcement duties, as well as protecting pilgrim ships to and from High Charity. Some were used in crusading fleets.
===Human-Covenant war===
The first UNSC encounter with the Zanar-pattern light cruiser was during the Battle of Chi Ceti in 2525. The ship inflicted heavy damage on the before being destroyed by a team of Spartan-IIs. 
Several of these vessels were deployed and used over Reach during the Covenant's invasion of the planet.Halo: First Strike, page 167 -- "Two exceptions to this patrol pattern were a pair of light cruisers hovering over Menachite Mountain" 
===Post-war===
After the conclusion of the Human-Covenant war, many Zanar-pattern ships were pulled from homefront duties to form the backbone of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant fleet. In 2554, Jul 'Mdama deployed huge numbers of them to Requiem.Halo 4 - Collectible: Terminal Prologue - Location Unknown In 2557, one was destroyed by the Master Chief with a Hyperion nuclear missile from the .
Numerous Zanar-pattern cruisers would be used by Jul 'Mdama's Covenant during the Second Battle of Requiem. One would be deployed against Fireteam Crimson in the Skirmish at Two Giants.
One would hold station over Lockup as Fireteam Crimson and Icebreaker Squad escaped captivity.
==Design==
The Zanar-pattern has been described as resembling "luminous manta rays."Halo: First Strike, page 205 and are essentially a smaller and weaker version of the . The Zanar-pattern and CCS-class are almost identical from the outside, distinguishable only by their difference in size and coloration.
==Ships of the Line==
==Gallery==
Crs-class.jpg|A group of Zanar-pattern light cruisers stationed around Requiem.
crs-class3.jpg|A render of the Zanar-pattern light cruiser.
==Appearances==
*Halo: The Fall of Reach 
*Halo: First Strike
*Halo 4
**Spartan Ops
*Halo: Escalation
==Notes==
==Sources==
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