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| ===Frigates=== | | ===Frigates=== |
| In the original [[:File:H3 Script FirstDraft.pdf|first-draft script]] produced for ''Halo 3'', a number of frigates were to be featured in the game's campaign. Due to the early phase of development, the script calls them out as {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}}s (the same a {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} from ''[[Halo 2]]''), but they were ultimately redesigned for the final game as the {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}.{{Ref/Generic|Id=H3Script|[[:File:H3 Script FirstDraft.pdf|''Halo 3'' early script PDF]]}}
| | During ''Halo 3''{{'}}s concept production phase, the design for the {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} featured in the final game (represented most prominently by {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} in the campaign and {{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}} on the [[Sandtrap]] map) went through several design revisions, including two potential alternative names that can be found in several pieces of concept art. |
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| In the early script, a frigate named {{UNSCShip|Providence}} replaces {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} as the main ship featured in the game's plot. In addition, a number of other frigates are namedropped; {{UNSCShip|Madrid}}, {{UNSCShip|Ningbo}}, and {{UNSCShip|Ophir}}. Unlike the final game, [[seven]] frigates in total are featured in the campaign, with three kept in hiding by [[Terrence Hood|Lord Hood]] over the Arctic circle on [[Earth]], and another four in the Atacama Desert. These seven frigates are used in the [[Battle of Voi|attack]] on the [[Keyship]] at the end of [[The Storm]], and accompany the Elites' [[Fleet of Retribution]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] later on. In that battle, most of the frigates are destroyed with the exception of ''Providence'' and ''Ningbo''.{{Ref/Reuse|H3Script}}
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| Several pieces of concept art were produced for ''Halo 3'' depicting these frigates in combat, with the ''Providence'' prominently featured. The artwork featuring ''Providence'' is featured in the [[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|2009]] and [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011]] ''Halo'' encyclopedias.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=262-263, 302-303}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=259, 274-275, 314-315}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BkOYA|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo 3 Spaceship designs and discards|D=21|M=7|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.isaachannaford.com/2011/01/halo-3-manualpromotional-sketches-and.html|Site=Isaachannaford.com|Quote=Halo 3 manual/promotional sketches and the Frigate Andraste|D=02|M=06|Y=2011}}
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| While ''Halo 2''{{'}}s ''Stalwart''-class frigates were redesigned for ''Halo 3'', a concept revision produced by [[Isaac Hannaford]] ultimately went unused - and was later used again in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' as the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}. The ship depicted in this concept art, {{UNSCShip|Andraste}}, is featured in ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'' and the aforementioned ''Halo'' encyclopedias.{{Ref/Book|AoH3|Page=37}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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| In the final ''Halo 3'' release, three ''Charon''-class frigates can be seen at the end of The Storm, with two going unnamed and the ''Providence'' renamed ''Forward Unto Dawn''. A fourth frigate is featured on [[Sandtrap]], {{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}}.
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| | The first ship of note is {{UNSCShip|Providence}}, a ''Charon''-class frigate that appears in multiple pieces of concept art for a space battle in the game. The second is {{UNSCShip|Andraste}} - a design ultimately not featured in the final game but later replicated with near-parity in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' as the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}. Nonetheless, artwork for the former is featured in the [[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|2009]] and [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011]] ''Halo'' encyclopedias, with artwork for the latter featured in ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'' and the aforementioned encyclopedias.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=262-263, 302-303}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=259, 274-275, 314-315}}{{Ref/Book|AoH3|Page=37}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BkOYA|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo 3 Spaceship designs and discards|D=21|M=7|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.isaachannaford.com/2011/01/halo-3-manualpromotional-sketches-and.html|Site=Isaachannaford.com|Quote=Halo 3 manual/promotional sketches and the Frigate Andraste|D=15|M=9|Y=2022|ArchiveURL=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602001922/http://www.isaachannaford.com/2011/01/halo-3-manualpromotional-sketches-and.html}} |
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| File:H3_SpaceBattle_Concept.jpg|Concept art for ''Providence'' in combat. | | File:H3_SpaceBattle_Concept.jpg|Concept art for ''Providence'' in combat. |