CRS-class frigate

The CRS-class frigate, referred to by the Covenant as the Consecration-class, is a light warship used by the Covenant Navy.
== Overview ==
The CRS-class frigate is a light-tonnage warship designed primarily for fleet escort, long range patrol and law enforcement duties. The class forms the backbone of many Covenant fleets, serving in combat roles against their UNSC counterparts alongside larger warships, such as SDV-class light cruisers and CCS-class battlecruisers. Crews of CRS frigates generally regard serving aboard one as a stepping stone to more glorious service aboard the Covenant's heavier warships, and often take almost suicidal risks during combat to prove their worth in hopes of reassignment. As with other light warships employed by various Covenant fleets, CRS-class frigates lack permanent crew quarters, instead rotating fresh crew members on between missions.
Many CRS-class frigates are crewed entirely by kig-yar and serve as privateers or missionaries.
== Specifications ==
Resembling a luminous manta ray, the CRS is essentially a scaled down version of the CCS-class battlecruiser, with the Zanar-pattern frigate originally spawning as a stable mutation of the class' Elefen and Ket design patterns. The control coils of CRS-class frigates require careful fine-tuning to prevent disorientation and hallucination when operating at full power. In addition, in rare cases the sensor arrays of these ships are subject to aberrant mutations during fabrication that make them more effective at longer range.
The "R", for Reverence, in the frigate's three-letter classification code indicates that the vessel is capable of conducting reconnaissance missions and excavating Forerunner artifacts. The "S", for Salvation, denotes that the CRS-class frigate is a dedicated warship.
=== Armament ===
The CRS-class is lightly armed by Covenant standards, due to its intended role as a fleet escort vessel. However, ships of the class are capable of engaging lighter or equivalent warships on more-or-less even terms if pressed. The primary armament of the frigate is its array of heavy plasma cannons. The plasma cannon array is capable of rapid fire, providing dynamic-range flank coverage. The CRS-class is also armed with plasma torpedo turrets and pulse lasers. Some are armed with low-yield antimatter mines.
=== Internal layout ===
==== Control center ====
==== Brigs ====
==== Cargo bays ====
==== Hangar bays ====
==== Gravity lift ====
== Ships of the line ==
Unrelenting - engaged the UNSC frigate Commonwealth during the Battle of Chi Ceti, destroyed by Spartan II Blue Team during a subsequent boarding action.
Certain Prophecy
Cleansing Truth
Promised Revelation
Pure Resolve
Radiant Arrow
Reprisal's Fire
Retribution's Promise
Revenant
Steadfast Strike
Tenebrous
Transforming Splendor
Twilight Compunction
Unflinching Resolve
Vengeful Deed
Spear of Light - commanded by Prelate Tem'Bhetek, responsible for numerous raids on sangheili colonies during and after the Great Schism.
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