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3D Model

Ceudar-pattern heavy corvettes are relatively small warships once manufactured by the Covenant, with a length of 3135 ft and a mass of 8 million metric tons. Like all Covenant vessels, these corvettes are armored with a lightweight, yet incredibly resilient, diamondoid and metal-matrix composite frame, covered by thin pieces of streamlined nanolaminate hull plating. Identifiable by their smooth oblong shape, the heavy corvettes are assembled with a selvage rim, a contoured extension of the hull for additional protection that is also capable of deploying combat carapaces. The rim is visually reminiscent of Suban’s qoerith slugs. The corvettes have a dorsal landing platform at the top of the ship, a noted structural weakness to the design of the corvette. Red and blue lights are used to distinguish the port and starboard sides of the ship. Mass-assembled in large numbers by the Covenant, the SDV-class heavy corvette has a highly flexible design pattern that can be modified for a number of specialized roles.