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{{Era|FOR|GOO}}
{{Title|UNSC ''Magellan''}}
{{Ratings}}  
{{Status|Canon}}
 
{{Center|''Were you looking for the [[M149 Recoilless Rifle|M149 Magellan RCL]] or the news service, [[the Magellan]]?''}}
{{UNSC Ship Title|Magellan}}
 
{{Individual ship infobox
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|engine=
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|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
|slipspace speed=2.1 light-years/day
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|shield gen=None
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|hull=2 meters of [[Titanium-A]] battleplate
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|avionics=
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|countermeasures=
|countermeasures=
|armament=*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]'' (conjecturalized)''
|armament=*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]{{Ref/Book|Id=enc|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]|Page=249 (2011)}}
*[[Archer Missile]]s'' (conjecturalized)''
*300 [[Archer Missile]]s{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}
|complement=*[[Longsword Interceptor]]s '' (conjecturalized)''
*2 [[Fusion Rocket]]s{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}
*[[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s <ref>''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''</ref>
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*UNSC Marines
*[[Pelican]]s{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}
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|crew=2,100{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}
|namedcrew =[[Jacob Keyes]]
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|role=Carrier
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|role=Deployment of fighter ships and ground troops
|firstsight=[[2517]]
|era= [[Insurrection]]
|destroyed=After 2531
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|retired=After 2531
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|affiliation= [[UNSC Navy]]
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|namedcrew=*[[Jacob Keyes]]
*[[SPARTAN-051]]
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The '''UNSC ''Magellan''''' was a [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Carrier|Carrier]].  
The '''UNSC ''Magellan''''' was a [[UNSC Carrier|carrier]] in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}


In [[2517]], [[Captain Keyes|Jacob Keyes]] was assigned to the ''Magellan'' as his first assignment prior to graduating [[Luna OCS Academy]]. Those orders were rescinded when he was sent to help [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] study the [[Spartan-II]] children.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 19</ref>
==Service history==
In [[2517]], [[Jacob Keyes]] was assigned to the ''Magellan'' as his first assignment prior to graduating [[Luna OCS Academy]]. Those orders were rescinded when he was sent to help Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] study the candidates for the [[SPARTAN-II Program]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=forchapt1|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=1}} He would have those orders reinstated after helping Dr. Halsey.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Chapter=3}}


Some time between [[2525]] and [[2531]], the ''Magellan'''s [[Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive]] was damaged and needed to be repaired. The procedure was extremely dangerous because such drives were not meant to be taken apart once they went active. [[Spartan-104]], Fred, witnessed the repair.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 53</ref>
At some point between [[2525]] and [[2531]], the ''Magellan''{{'}}s [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] was damaged and needed to be repaired. The procedure was extremely dangerous because such drives were not meant to be taken apart once they went active. SPARTAN [[Frederic-104]] witnessed the repair.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Chapter=3}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The name likely comes from[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan  Ferdinand Magellan], an explorer who led a journey around the world.
The name likely comes from [[Wikipedia:Ferdinand Magellan|Ferdinand Magellan]], an explorer who led a journey around the world.
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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