CCS-class battlecruiser (Earth-5875)

"Mother of God... I'd never thought I'd get close to one of these things. How the hell are we supposed to get inside that monster?"

- - Anonymous UNSC Marine

The CCS-class battlecruiser is a capital warship of the former Covenant empire and its splinter groups. It was one of the most commonly seen Covenant ships during its history and the First Contact War.

History
The CCS-class battlecruiser has served as the primary capital warship of the Covenant since the hegemony's conception, initially serving as merely a method of interstellar transportation. Based on fossils of aquatic animals that inhabited Sanghelios during its prehistory, the CCS has been present through Covenant history, from the Taming of the Lekgolo, to the First Contact War, for both peace and conflict. These ships were mostly seen in the First Contact War under fleet capacities and glassing operations.

The first encounter between a CCS-class battlecruiser and the UNSC happened in 2526, at the Battle of Alpha Aurigae. Two CCS-class fought against UNSC forces during the First Battle of Arcadia in 2531, and many later fought against Battle Group India, under the command of Admiral Preston Cole, during the Battle of Psi Serpentis in 2543, which were all destroyed when the UNSC Everest, under Cole's command, caused the gas giant Viperidae to go nova. The CCS-class were seen at their peak during the Fall of Reach in summer 2552. One CCS-class was destroyed by SPARTAN-III David-B312 with a mass driver, at the Battle of Asźod.