: So in a realistic sense, what purpose do these serve in a fleet? I understand
: the Storm is likely to utilize whatever they can get their hands on, but
: what before the Schism would you think these light cruisers almost serve a
: fighter-jet type role? I know traditionally humans had to have the numbers
: to best the Covenant in space, but I think MAC rounds would tear these
: small cruisers up

Before Harvest, why did the Covenant have such large naval forces anyway? Sure, an exploratory find-dem-Forerunners'-tech fleets, but the armada?