Seraph Multirole Fighter

The is the primary fighter of the Covenant, and many of their successor states. A lightweight, and agile fighter, the Seraph is primarily used for interception and escort, but can be pushed into a strike fighter, or fighter bomber role. While many post-Schism successor factions have begun to supplant it, the Seraph still sees heavy use.
==Description==
===Role===
The Seraph is a general purpose fighter, capable of performing a wide array of duties in service to the Covenant. With its modular technology, it can be quickly augmented to support a number of roles. It most commonly serves as a fighter, launched from all manner of Covenant ships, attacking enemy fighters and starships. With it's superb agility, Seraph pilots are most commonly employed in taking down strike-craft that may threaten their ship, or to escort slower strike craft. It can also be used to attack ground targets, using its powerful cannons, or potent secondary weapons to strike ground positions. 
While still the primary fighter of the Covenant Remnant, Storm Covenant, and other factions, the Swords of Sanghelios, Jiralhanae Kingdoms, and The Demiurge have begun to move them to secondary roles, in favour of new primary interceptors. 
===Armour and Protection===
The Seraph uses Aedirn-pattern Nanolaminate as armour, protecting it from the majority of harm and damage. This particular blend is a mixcture of strength, light-weight, and flexibility needed for fighters. It allows the fighter to withstand damage, and g-forces without deforming or fracturing. Underneath it has a non-Newtonian spall liner, which is intended to catch fragments from damaged upper layers, but also seals breaches and gives protection against the hazards of outer space. The armour is significantly thicker around the cockpit, prioritising pilot protection. The armour is fitted with an auto-repair system that focuses on keeping the Seraph flight worthy most of all. The dnamic damage control systems can automatically reroute power to keep damaged systems operational.
For shielding, it uses a Type-45 Aegis Projector. A modest shield generator, it projects a multiphase shield that protects against incoming ordnance. It works in concert with the inertial compensators to protect the Seraph from forces that would shear it apart. 
===Weapons===
In its role as an interceptor, the primary weapon of the Seraph is four Tevaas Mu-pattern heavy plasma cannons, linked in pairs. Each cannon has a high rate of fire, and is lethal against armoured or soft targets, burning through even warship armour, and creating an explosive bloom on impact. Each cannon is angled outwards. It uses a gravitic mirror to direct fire, and when linked to the neural interface of the pilot, it allows them to direct fire within a limited cone, creating a deadly dog-fighter. These cannons are effective against enemy spacecraft, but are also effective in strafing lighter warships, and also attacking static or slow moving ground targets. 
In addition, the Seraph packs a number of modular weapon pods, for adjusting its mission role. There are two positioned between the port and starboard cannon arrays, and a ventral bomb bay. The starboard and port weapon pods can be fitted with direct fire weapons, while the ventral bay can be fitted with indirect fire weapons such as bombs or ordnance. 
*Nose Pods
**2 Novox-pattern fuel rod cannons: Twin linked fuel rod cannons, they fire two rounds with limited guidance. Two slow for fast moving craft, they are better used against slow moving ground targets, like armoured vehicles. They are capable of causing considerable damage. 
**1 Skigh-pattern pulse laser: A pair of direct fire pulse lasers, they are used for strafing warships and static gronud targets at long range. 
**1 Fhar-pattern focus cannon: A beam weapon, it fires a stream of superheated plasma to cause significant damage, but to aim it leaves the Seraph vulnerable. 
**2 Sukdal-pattern Autocannons: A pair of additional cannons, they are most effective against infantry and light armour, exploding into fragments on impact. These are in use with the Banished and Jiralhanae successors. 
**1 Oukel-pattern Needle Cannons: A weapon refinement design by the Swords of Sanghelios, this fires high-speed tracking needles, devised for anti-aircraft usage. They have a limited internal magazine, and function similar to UNSC missiles, giving unnerving tracking against fast moving targets. 
*Ventral Pod
**1 Stennig-pattern Plasma Charge: A beam weapon, it fires an unfocused plasma beam at a ground target, which rapidly conflagrates into a cloud of plasma capable of incinerating infantry inside. It is used for ground bombardment. 
**1 Jalmav-pattern Plasma Torpedo: A single shot torpedo system, it fires a short range guided plasma torpedo with moderate guidance. The torpedo is magnetically fired away from the craft, before activating its plasma sheath and accelerating away. It is useful against warships and static ground positions. 
**1 Larwenk-pattern Plasma Cluster Launcher: The Plasma Cluster Launcher contains 25 cluster munitions, similar in design to miniaturised plasma torpedoes. Inert at time of launch, they activate shortly after being dispensed, falling to the ground as unguided plasma bombs, exploding shortly after impact. 
**4 Annihilator Siege Missiles: Devised by Banished forces, the Annihilator Siege Missile can be used against a variety of ground targets. They fire in down on a target, detonating a plasma warhead that works on armour and structures. 
**Drone Launcher: A rarely seen unit, the Drone Launcher is devised by the Swords of Sanghelios, and launches a short ranged drone via a magnetic slingshot. The drone type varies, but it can only fire smaller classifications. 
**Akenar-pattern Electronic Countermeasures: Also created by the SOS, the ECM pod is used to protect the fighter, and its compatriots within a short range. It produces a large ECM field that confuses weapon guidance and sensors, making it harder to detect, and to attack. 
**Erimar-pattern Pulse Laser: A small turreted pulse laser, it can be used to launch precision fire against ground targets, being used to snipe out anti-air weapons or ground vehicles. 
===Sensors and Electronics===
===Engines and Powerplant===
==History==
===Development===
===Use with the Covenant===
===Use with Covenant Successors===
==Variants==
===Morsam-pattern Seraph===
===Kai-pattern Seraph===
===Sword Seraph===
===Ultra Seraph===
===Banished Seraph===
===Falling Sky===
==UNSC Comments==
Category:Covenant Aircraft