User blog:SPARTAN 119/Covenant CPV-class Destroyer (Halo) vs Guard Ship Amaterasu (Starship Operators)

The Covenant CPV-class Destroyer, an alien light spacecraft that devastated UNSC ships.

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The Guard Ship Amaterasu, the warship of the planetary nation of Kibi that resisted the occupation of its homeworld.

Which is the DEADLIEST WAR MACHINE!?

=Combatants=

Covenant CPV-class Destroyer
A heavily armed Covenant light capital ship armed with an energy projector and multiple plasma turrets and pulse lasers and defended by energy shields, the CPV is capable challenging larger UNSC ships, such as the cruiser-carrier UNSC Spirit of Fire.

Guard Ship Amaterasu
A heavily armed vessel equipped with 4600mm plasma cannon and various secondary armaments, the Amaterasu was on her maiden voyage, a training flight crewed mostly by naval academy cadets, when her native planet of Kibi was attacked and quickly subjugated by the Henrietta System Alliance. Ignoring orders to surrender, the Amaterasu waged a one-ship war against the Alliance, funded by a TV channel in return for exclusive access to footage of their exploits.

=Armaments=

Energy Projector (Covenant Destroyer
A powerful particle beam weapon capable of engaging targets at ranges of over 100,000 kilometers, the Energy projector can burn through the armor of even the largest UNSC ships and disable the energy shields of a Covenant frigate or destroyer in one shot. The weapon is also capable of bombarding planetary targets, melting the surface until it is reduced to glass.

4600mm Plasma Cannon (Amaterasu
A massive Plasma weapon capable of destroying most vessels that oppose the Amaterasu in one shot. The exact range is not mentioned in the anime, it appears to be considerable.

Edge
Energy Projector for its greater destructive power and longer range.

Plasma Torpedo (Covenant Destroyer)
A ball of superheated plasma guided using a magnetic field, plasma torpedoes are capable of doing severe damage to enemy vessels, melting through titanium armor with ease. However, to fire the torpedo, the vessel drop a section of its shielding.

"Revolver" LASER cannon (Amaterasu
An unusual laser weapon with a five chambered revolver system presumably holding some sort of batteries, the weapon is capable of severely damaging an enemy vessel with one-to-two shots, however, the weapon cannot be reloaded in the heat of battle. As a LASER weapon, its shots travel at light speed, making them impossible to avoid.

Edge
Both weapons have their weaknesses, however, the limited ammunition of the "Revolver" means my edge goes to the Pulse Laser.

Pulse LASER (Covenant Destroyer)
A LASER weapon capable of shooting down incoming missiles and fighter spacecraft, or piercing titanium armor of unshielded capital ships. ===Missiles/Torpedoes (Amaterasu) A compliment of missiles (sometimes referred to as torpedoes), these weapons are fired en masse at enemy ships. Never used offensively in the anime, only to illuminate an enemy stealth ship with the flash from the explosions.

Edge
'Pulse LASER for its anti-missile capabilities, and because the Halo series has shown that non-nuclear missiles are only effective against Covenant craft once the shields are down.

Seraph Fighter Compliment (Covenant Destroyer)
The Covenant Destroyer carries a compliment of Seraph Figher spacecraft, capable of engaging enemy fighters or attacking enemy ships with plasma charges and pulse lasers.

Self-Destruct (Amaterasu)
A weapon of last ditch, the Amaterasu is capable of overloading its reactors and creating a nuclear explosion. In the final battle of the anime, the Amaterasu self-destructed as all of the crew (except for one) escaped in an escape pod)

Edge
'Seraph Fighters, because of the Self-Destruct destroys the ship in a process, however, it is still of note that the self-destruct may be able to turn a defeat into a draw.

=X-Factors=

Energy Shields (Covenant Destroyer)
The Destroyer is equipped with an energy shield that can absorb damage up the equivalent of an energy projector hit.

Sinon Kozuki and Maneuverability (Amaterasu)
The Amaterasu has among it's crew Sinon Kozuki, an quiet, reserved, tactical genius capable of coming up with clever battle strategies the allow the Amaterasu of come out on top of superior enemies.

The Amaterasu is also much smaller than the Covenant Destroyer, allowing it to outmanuever the larger Covenant ship and making it a smaller target.

Edge
Amaterasu for its superior tactics courtesy of Sinon Kouzuki and its greater maneuverability.

Can the Amaterasu's X-factors save Kibi from a deadly alien enemy and their superior armaments, or will Kibi burn until its surface is but glass? Find out on Sunday, August 24th.