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[[File:HW2 Blitz Pelican Transport.png|300px|thumb|A [[UNSC]] Pelican embarking troops.]] | [[File:HW2 Blitz Pelican Transport.png|300px|thumb|A [[UNSC]] Pelican embarking troops.]] | ||
A '''tactical aerospace lifter''', more commonly known as a '''combat dropship''' or '''dropship'''<ref name="warfleet44">''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]'', p.44-45</ref> is an atmospheric, exoatmospheric, and/or limited space flight transport aircraft/spaceplane of small proportions. They are chiefly designed to service a ship, generally by transporting personnel and/or supplies to and from surfaces or another ship. They are often referred to as an '''assault boat''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 35''</ref> '''shuttlecraft''', or '''troop carrier'''; depending on the application of their intended type and role. | A '''tactical aerospace lifter''', more commonly known as a '''combat dropship''' or '''dropship'''<ref name="warfleet44">''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]'', p.44-45</ref> is an atmospheric, exoatmospheric, and/or limited space flight transport aircraft/spaceplane of small proportions. They are chiefly designed to service a ship, generally by transporting personnel and/or supplies to and from surfaces or another ship. They are often referred to as an '''assault boat''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 35''</ref> '''shuttlecraft''', or '''troop carrier'''; depending on the application of their intended type and role. | ||
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The dropships main role is rapid insertion and extraction of troops, equipment and vehicles from the battlefield. Some dropships are designed to carry specific types of cargo, such as supplies or prefabricated structures.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> On capital ships, dropships perform double duty, serving as tenders in day-to-day activities, but fully equipped to act as evacuation crafts in an emergency. | The dropships main role is rapid insertion and extraction of troops, equipment and vehicles from the battlefield. Some dropships are designed to carry specific types of cargo, such as supplies or prefabricated structures.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> On capital ships, dropships perform double duty, serving as tenders in day-to-day activities, but fully equipped to act as evacuation crafts in an emergency. | ||
A military dropship's primary technical definition is any logistical support/deployment platform that can deliver (or extract) troops, military assets, and hardware from space platforms to the surface of a planet or ship (or vice versa) for infiltration, invasion, and [[ | A military dropship's primary technical definition is any logistical support/deployment platform that can deliver (or extract) troops, military assets, and hardware from space platforms to the surface of a planet or ship (or vice versa) for infiltration, invasion, and [[boarding]] operations. These dropships also serve as gunships and utility craft, providing ground operations with close air support in addition to ferrying infantry and matériel between combat zones within atmospheric and/or terrestrial environments.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref> | ||
==Covenant dropships== | ==Covenant dropships== | ||
[[File:HaloReach - Spirit.png|thumb|250px|A | [[File:HaloReach - Spirit.png|thumb|250px|A [[Type-25 Spirit]], a [[Covenant]] dropship.]] | ||
===Boarding craft=== | ===Boarding craft=== | ||
* | *[[Type-28 Tick]] | ||
===Evacuation craft=== | ===Evacuation craft=== | ||
*[[Covenant]] [[Covenant escape pod|escape pod]] | *[[Covenant]] [[Covenant escape pod|escape pod]] | ||
===Gunship/close air support | ===Gunship/close air support=== | ||
*[[Phantom|Phantom dropship]]s - The primary series of Covenant dropship. | *[[Phantom|Phantom dropship]]s - The primary series of Covenant dropship. | ||
** | **[[Type-44 Phantom|Type-44 ''"Phantom"'' Troop Carrier]] – A dropship supplanted by a newer model, the Type-52, which was ubiquitous later in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] use the Type-44 as their primary dropship, likely due to the scarcity of newer models. | ||
** | **[[Type-52 Phantom|Type-52 ''"Phantom"'' Troop Carrier]] – A more heavily armed version of the Type-44 typically used to transport personnel, though also used to transport matériel. | ||
** | ***[[Phantom gunboat|Type-52 ''"Phantom"'' Gunboat]] – Exoatmospheric combat craft and a variant of the Type-52 Troop Carrier. It is used for space-based engagements. | ||
**[[Type-57 Phantom|Type-57 ''Phantom'' Troop Carrier]] - an updated variant introduced into service among the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant. | |||
*[[ | *[[Type-25 Troop Carrier|Type-25 ''"Spirit"'' Troop Carrier]] – A dropship commonly used to transport matériel, though also used to transport personnel. | ||
** | **[[Type-57 Troop Carrier|Type-57 ''"Spirit"'' Troop Carrier]] - Post-war variant of the Spirit dropship used by the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]. | ||
*[[Type-56 Lich|Type-56 ''"Lich"'' Ground Support/Ultra Heavy Deployment Platform]] – The largest airborne deployment platform, the Type-56 boasts heavy armament and is capable of mass deployments of up to forty soldiers. | |||
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[[File:H2A Render Phantom.png|thumb|250px|The Covenant's ubiquitous ''"Phantom"'' troop carrier.]] | [[File:H2A Render Phantom.png|thumb|250px|The Covenant's ubiquitous ''"Phantom"'' troop carrier.]] | ||
===Orbital insertion craft=== | ===Orbital insertion craft=== | ||
*[[Orbital insertion pod]] | *[[Orbital insertion pod]] | ||
* | *[[Heavy orbital insertion pod]] | ||
===Tender/troop carrier=== | ===Tender/troop carrier=== | ||
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===VIP/staff transport craft=== | ===VIP/staff transport craft=== | ||
*[[Contrition-class transport]] | *[[Contrition-class transport]] | ||
==UNSC dropships== | ==UNSC dropships== | ||
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***[[Corp Pelican]] - Pelican variant employed by the [[Liang-Dortmund Corporation]]. | ***[[Corp Pelican]] - Pelican variant employed by the [[Liang-Dortmund Corporation]]. | ||
***[[G79H-TC Pelican]] - A gunship variant of the D79-TC Pelican. | ***[[G79H-TC Pelican]] - A gunship variant of the D79-TC Pelican. | ||
*[[ | *[[Owl]] - A stealth-capable insertion craft. | ||
*[[G81 Condor]] - A gunship variant of D81-LRT Condor, used by the crew of [[UNSC Spirit of Fire]]. | *[[G81 Condor]] - A gunship variant of D81-LRT Condor, used by the crew of [[UNSC Spirit of Fire]]. | ||
===Orbital insertion craft=== | ===Orbital insertion craft=== | ||
*[[ | *[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIV Human Entry Vehicle]] | ||
**[[Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod|LRSOIP variant]] | |||
**[[Long | |||
===VIP/staff transport craft=== | ===VIP/staff transport craft=== | ||
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==Flood dropships== | ==Flood dropships== | ||
*[[Flood dispersal pod]] | *[[Flood dispersal pod]] | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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