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Corvettes are the smallest type of mobile forces used by the Syndicate Worlds, even smaller than the Hunter-Killers. Nicknamed nickel corvettes or simply nickels by the Alliance, they are considered to be cheap, expendable, and obsolete even at the beginning of the Alliance-Syndicate War. They also have poor propulsion capability despite their low mass, having acceleration on par with heavy cruisers.

Ten corvettes were present during the Battle of Grendel, but they were held back due to being unable to keep pace with the light cruisers and Hunter-Killers. Sometime during the war, they stopped being used in the frontlines, but some were retained within Syndicate space for defensive purposes, as it was easier than disposing of them. Two corvettes were encountered in the Corvus system, where one was promptly destroyed while the other surrendered.

A form of corvette is also used by the Covenant of the First Stars. Covenant corvettes are even smaller than those used by the Syndicate Worlds, have little to no armor, and no missile launchers. This, combined with the inexperience of their sailors, leads to the Covenant corvettes being all but useless in actual combat. Six of them, with a group of megacruisers, were sent to Earth as part of the "Shield of Sol", where they were promptly overwhelmed by the Alliance battle cruiser Dauntless.

In the Pre-Alliance era some of the new colonies used Cutters to perform the same duties as corvettes.

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