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Posted by: MegaMuffin16
Maybe they're escort ships. Somewhat similar to a tugboat and an aircraft carrier.
The deployment of Corvettes reminds me of how the aliens from Independence Day operated though on a different scale.
Given that the Super Carrier seems to have several slots underneath it to refuel Corvettes I would argue (based on what's currently available) that the Corvettes are exclusively deployed by Super Carriers. This is our only time seeing Corvettes, but as is noted in Reach they seem to have very limited (relatively speaking) operation time compared to other Covie ships as they need to refuel after a short amount of time into the attack on Reach. However it is quite possible that the Corvettes have been operating on Reach long before even the Visagrad incident and thus expended a good deal of their resources then. In any case though the presence of the Super carrier as the sole warship of any other class in the system (in combination with the Corvette "slots") seems to imply that the Corvettes are reliant on the carrier for support.
The way I see it, the Corvette is a means for the carrier to rapidly deploy its forces over the surface of an entire planet. Of course dropships could do the same thing, but this is the important part.The Corvette can allow said spread out forces to maintain a hold on their assigned region by providing each of those separate forces an adequate means of support to sustain itself (Close air support, heavy bombardment, intelligence, and possibly ammo fuel and other necessities for infantry). Which... in turn would lessen the chances of a unit being isolated by enemy forces on a planet wide scale when separated from the mothership.
The super carrier may be large, powerful, and house legions of troops, but it can't be everywhere on a planet to support all those troops when spread out...The corvettes would be the best method overall to support all those troops all over the planet.
I like this.