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{{Center|''Were you looking for the [[D77-TC Pelican]], introduced in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]? For the Pelican introduced in Halo 4, see [[D79-TC Pelican]].''}} | {{Center|''Were you looking for the [[D77-TC Pelican]], introduced in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]? For the Pelican introduced in Halo 4, see [[D79-TC Pelican]].''}} | ||
{{Ship class infobox | {{Ship class infobox | ||
|name = | |name = Dropship 77-Heavy-Troop Carrier/Infantry | ||
|image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]] | |image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]] | ||
|class = [[Pelican]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}} | |||
|class = [[ | |manufacturer = [[Misriah Armory]]<ref>''Halo: Arms Race''</ref> | ||
|manufacturer = Misriah | |length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC">'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''''', ''page 252''</ref> | ||
|width = {{Convert|23.4|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} | |||
|height = {{Convert|10.0|m|ft}}{{fact}} | |||
|length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC">'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''''', ''page 252''</ref> | |||
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|height = 10.0 | |||
|mass = | |mass = | ||
|engine = | |engine = | ||
* | *4 [[Fusion drive|hybrid fusion drives]] {{C|2 primary, 2 secondary}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} | ||
* | *10 maneuvering thrusters housed in 4 vector pylons | ||
|armament = | |armament = | ||
* | *1–3 chin-mounted weapons{{Ref/Game|H4|Part=Scanned}}{{Ref/Film|Id=home|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Homecoming}} {{c|optional}} | ||
*2 [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} {{c|6 missiles per pod}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} | |||
*1 rear-mounted [[AIE-486H machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} | |||
|complement =*1 medium or heavy vehicle{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} | |||
*2 light vehicles{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} {{c|internally and externally}} | |||
* | *4–6 [[ordnance pod]]s | ||
* | |crew = *1 [[pilot]] | ||
|complement =* | *1 co-pilot | ||
* | *1 crew chief | ||
*1 [[artificial intelligence]]{{Ref/Level|Id=cortana|H3|[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]}} {{c|optional}} | |||
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|crew = * | |||
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|othersystems = | |othersystems = | ||
|role = [[Dropship]], [[wikipedia:Air Assault|air assault]]/[[wikipedia:Close Air Support|close air support]] | |role = [[Dropship]], [[wikipedia:Air Assault|air assault]]/[[wikipedia:Close Air Support|close air support]] | ||
| | |era = *[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Film|Id=origins|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Origins}} | ||
| | *[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Game|Id=halo3|Game=Halo 3}} | ||
| | *[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Game|Id=hsa|Halo: Spartan Assault}} | ||
|affiliation = United Nations Space Command | *[[Created conflict]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}} | ||
|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''D77H-TCI Pelican''', formally known as the '''Dropship 77 Heavy-Troop Carrier/Infantry''' and more commonly known as the '''Pelican''', is a newer model of the [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship. | The '''D77H-TCI Pelican''',{{Ref/Site|Id=HW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/pelican|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Pelican|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} formally known as the '''Dropship 77-Heavy-Troop Carrier/Infantry''',{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P149|Enc22|Page=149}} and more commonly known as the '''Pelican''', is a newer model of the traditional [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship. | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
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===Armament=== | ===Armament=== | ||
The D77H-TCI Pelican, like its predecessor, | The D77H-TCI Pelican, like its predecessor, is able to mount a machine gun - typically an [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun]] - in its troop bay for supporting ground teams and covering the departure of its passengers, although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally. The D77H can also be equipped with [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile]] pods; rather than being externally mounted to the wings, these pods are integrated seamlessly into the fuselage. The ANVIL pods can fire up to twelve missiles at once, six from each pod. A gunship version of the D77H is in service as well; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.<ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer level ''[[High Ground]]''</ref> | ||
===Propulsion=== | ===Propulsion=== | ||
The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior. The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability. Four ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation. It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum. The D77H-TCI, like the D77-TC, although fully capable of orbital insertion, is too small to be equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], and thus is incapable of Slipspace travel. | The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior. The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability. Four ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation. It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum. The D77H-TCI, like the D77-TC, although fully capable of orbital insertion, is too small to be equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], and thus is incapable of Slipspace travel. | ||
==Variants== | ==Variants== | ||
*'''[[D77C-NMPD Pelican]]''' – The D77C-NMPD Pelican is a variant of the D77H-TCI that was utilized by the [[New Mombasa Police Department]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], on [[Earth]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/nmpd-pelican/a08fd318-4bef-4c32-9741-6d15b5f1180d?filter=all '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''D77C-NMPD Pelican'']</ref> It was differentiated from its military counterpart by a black and white color scheme, with the word "POLICE" replacing the traditional "MARINES" on the external hull, and a noted lack of armament. Under the craft's chin, where a machine gun turret or autocannon would normally be installed, were various interchangeable sensors used by the police for aerial surveillance and crowd control. An AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun was typically mounted in the personnel bay of the D77C-NMPD, similarly to the standard D77H model. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:H3ODST-D77C-NMPD-PelicanDropship.png|The D77C-NMPD Pelican | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Identified Pelicans== | ==Identified Pelicans== | ||
*[[Echo 051]] | *''[[Echo 051]]'' | ||
*[[Kilo 023]] | *''[[Kilo 023]]'' | ||
*[[Oscar 5]] | *''[[Oscar 5]]'' | ||
*[[Oscar 6]] | *''[[Oscar 6]]'' | ||
*[[Oscar 8]] | *''[[Oscar 8]]'' | ||
*[[Oscar 9]] | *''[[Oscar 9]]'' | ||
*[[Victor 398]] | *''[[Victor 398]]'' | ||
==Operational history== | |||
===Human-Covenant War=== | |||
The D77H-TCI Pelican was introduced at least during the [[Insurrection]] and numerous, along with the original [[D77-TC Pelican]], were as well deployed during the battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|origins}} During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] company used a D77H-TCI Pelican to make a boarding action against the [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} ''[[Unrelenting]]'' by flying out of the Pelican with thruster packs to board the nearby enemy vessel.{{Ref/Film|Id=as|Film=[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|covenant}}{{Ref/Note|Id=internal|Text=Though the D77H-TCI Pelican was used for external design of the Pelican carrying the Spartan-IIs, its internal design, however, seem to be indentical to that of a [[D79-TC Pelican]].}} | |||
Multiple D77H-TCI Pelicans were in use over course of [[Harvest campaign]] and later [[Battle for Arcadia]] and [[Battle of the Etran Harborage]],{{Ref/Game|HW}} including one such Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme that was used by the [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]] and the [[Fire Team Lima]] to board the heavily damaged {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}} to purge its NAV database and recover the survivors of the {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}.{{Ref/Comic|Id=genesis|Comic=Halo Wars: Genesis}} | |||
In the [[2552|final year]] of the Great War, the D77H-TCI Pelicans may have been used during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] and the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=covenant|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]}}{{Ref/Note|The internal design from the standard D77-TC Pelican was used for all Pelicans in all ''Halo: Fall of Reach'' comics although their external designs in those comics was based on those from ''Halo 3''.}} An extensive number of D77H-TCI Pelicans was prominently deployed during the [[Battle for Earth]],{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} including during the final [[Space warfare|space battle]] against [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|loyalist armada]] led by ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} They were again deployed extensively by the [[Battle Group Victory]] supported by the [[Sangheili]] [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] during the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the final battle of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} | |||
===Post-war=== | |||
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In the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, many D77H-TCI Pelicans remains in service even when they were supplanted by the [[D79-TC Pelican]]. Numerous D77H-TCI Pelicans were used against a [[Merg Vol's Covenant|splintered Covenant group]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2554]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=hsa}} A number of D77H-TCI Pelicans were assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, the flagship of [[UNSC Navy]], and were deployed by the [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] notably during the [[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]] and [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]].{{Ref/Comic|Comic=Halo: Escalation}}{{Ref/Reuse|SOR}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:PelicanOnCortana.jpg|A D77H-TCI crashed on ''[[High Charity]]''. | File:PelicanOnCortana.jpg|A D77H-TCI crashed on ''[[High Charity]]''. | ||
File:Pelicans5e_copy.jpg|A comparison of the D77H-TCI and the D77-TC. | File:Pelicans5e_copy.jpg|A comparison of the D77H-TCI and the D77-TC. | ||
File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|Several D77H-TCI along with [[ | File:Phantom and Pelican.png|A Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''. | ||
File:HWG-SoftSeal-Pelican.png|A partial cross-section of a Pelican with its "soft seal" cover extended. | |||
File:Hornet war.jpg|A squadron of [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] and [[AV-22 Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawks]] protect a number of Pelican dropships from a [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Protos Scarab]] in an early build of ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | |||
File:PelicanOnHarvest.JPG|Three Pelicans during the [[Harvest campaign]] in ''Halo Wars''. | |||
File:HW-D77.png|A D77H-TCI in ''Halo Wars''. | |||
File:Homecoming_Pelican_Concept.png|D77H-TCI concept art for ''[[Halo Legends]]: [[Homecoming]]''. | |||
File:H4-Scanned-PelicanDropships.jpg|A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over [[Eridanus II]] in ''[[Scanned]]''. | |||
File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|Several D77H-TCI along with [[C712 Longsword]]s during the [[mission to Ven III]]. | |||
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