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| {{Title|''Calypso''-class exfiltration craft}}
| | '''Calipso exfiltration craft''' fulfill a purpose similar to [[Black Cat]] subprowlers except that they are apparently larger, capable of holding up to 300 soldiers each. They were in use in the 2530's. It appears that Black Cats rendered these ships obsolete. |
| {{Status|Canon}}
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| {{Ship class infobox
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| |name=''Calypso''-class exfiltration craft
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| |class=''Calypso''-class
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| |role=[[Dropship]]/exfiltration craft
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| |length={{Convert|50|m|ft}}<ref name="md188">'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 188-189''</ref>
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| |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
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| |era= [[Human-Covenant War]]
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| |affiliation=United Nations Space Command
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| The '''''Calypso''-class exfiltration craft''' is a specialized type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] spacecraft used for off-planet extraction. The ''Calypso'' fulfills a purpose similar to {{Class|Black Cat|subprowler}}.
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| ==Design==
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| The ''Calypso''-class recovery dropship is a robust troop transport designed for rapid transfers and exfiltration. They are one of the smallest UNSC craft to be equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]], which is powerful enough for a short and quick jump but not capable of longer transitions; however, they are still capable of crossing modest interstellar distances.<ref name="md184">'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 184-185''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 187''</ref> Calypsos are more forgiving of a pilot under fire than a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] due to their rudimentary design.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 186''</ref> However, being designed for speed rather than comfort, they are also exceedingly uncomfortable for the occupants, particularly when jumping into slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|md188}}
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| ==Service history==
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| Entering service around the 2520s,{{Ref/Reuse|md184}} ''Calypso''-class exfiltration craft were in use in throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]], most notably during [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] in [[2537]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 86''</ref> In late [[2552]], a Calypso exfiltration craft was dispatched to transport [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agent [[Connor Brien]] off a [[Covenant]]-occupied [[Beta Gabriel]], where Brien had been observing a [[Jiralhanae]] [[pack]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss", ''page 79''</ref> They were considered outdated by [[2553]].{{Ref/Reuse|md184}} By that year, the [[Venezian militia]] had acquired a few of these craft. [[Staffan Sentzke]] suggested letting the [[Huragok]], [[Sometimes Sinks]], upgrade one of the militia's Calypsos.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 136''</ref>
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| ==Trivia==
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| In [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]], [[Wikipedia:Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]] was a daughter of Atlas who imprisoned Odysseus for seven years during his voyage home to Ithaca in Homer's epic, ''The Odyssey''.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| **''[[Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Human Ships}}
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| [[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | |
