Editing Class-L flash-dock

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[[File:POA Panorama.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Pillar of Autumn'' after executing a Class-L flash dock.]]

{{Quote| Class-L flash-docks are basic math for a corvette or a frigate, but for a cruiser like Autumn, well, let’s be real, it’d be like flying a brick with bottle rockets.|[[Gail Purdy]]<ref name="datadrop">''[[Data Drop|Data Drop #6]]''</ref>}}

A '''Class-L flash-dock''' is a type of maneuver used for the purpose of docking [[human]] spacecraft on a planetary surface when speed is of the essence. It is typically performed by small spacecraft such as [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]] and [[UNSC frigate|frigates]]{{Ref/Reuse|datadrop}}, and is a restricted maneuver for ships on the scale of a {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}.<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/haloreach/maps ''Halo Waypoint'': ''Halo: Reach maps - Holdout''] (defunct, archive [[Archive:Halo Waypoint/2009 to 2014/Games/Halo: Reach|here]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20141012163535/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/haloreach/maps Archive.org]) - (''"During the Covenant's invasion, it's rumored that the'' UNSC Pillar of Autumn'' executed a Class-L flash-dock, a restricted atmospheric maneuver for a ship of that size, in order to swiftly procure an asset significant to the war effort."'')</ref>

During the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]], the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} was fitted with [[R7 thrust coupling]]s so it could perform a flash-dock, successfully berthing at the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]], despite the danger and difficulty of landing a ship of that size, in order to receive a [[Cortana|critical asset]] for [[Operation: RED FLAG]] before returning to space.<ref name="POA">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]</ref>

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