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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|H1|FOR|TF}} |
| {{Disambig header|the class of lifeboats onboard {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}|other lifeboats named "Bumblebee"|Bumblebee}} | | {{Ratings}} |
| {{Ship class infobox | | {{Ship |
| |image=[[File:Bumblebee.png|350px]] | | |image=[[Image:1207190798 Lp-airbrakes1.jpg|300px]] |
| |name=SKT-9 Bumblebee | | |name=Bumblebee Life-pod |
| |manufacturer=[[Vosper Engineering]]{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22|Enc22|Page=153}} | | |manufacturer= |
| |line=[[Bumblebee]] | | |line= |
| |model= | | |model= |
| |class=Lifeboat shuttle{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} | | |class=Escape pod |
| |length={{Convert|34.5|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|library}} | | |length=10.5 meters (34.6 feet) |
| |width= | | |width=5.2 meters (17.2 feet) (9.3 meters with air brakes deployed) |
| *{{Convert|17.2|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|library}}
| | |height=4.0 meters (13.3 feet) (9.0 meters with air brakes deployed) |
| *{{Convert|30.5|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}} {{C|with air brakes deployed}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc09|Enc09|Page=250}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11|Enc11|Page=260}}
| | |mass= |
| |height={{Convert|13.3|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} | |
| |mass=12.7 metric tons (14 tons){{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} | |
| |max accel= | | |max accel= |
| |max speed space= | | |max speed space=1,041 kilometers per hour |
| |max speed air= | | |max speed air=173.5 kilometers per hour |
| |engine= | | |engine= |
| |slipspace drive=None | | |slipspace drive=None |
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| |armament= | | |armament= |
| |complement= | | |complement= |
| |crew= | | |crew=One [[Pilot]] |
| *1 pilot{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|library}}
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| *8 passengers{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|library}}
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| |skeleton= | | |skeleton= |
| | |passengers=1 Pilot + 8 Passengers + Standing |
| |capacity= | | |capacity= |
| |consumables= | | |consumables= |
| |othersystems= | | |othersystems= |
| |firstuse= | | |firstuse= |
| |role= | | |role=Evacuation of Persons from Disabled Ships |
| *Short-range personnel transfers{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}
| | |era= UNSC creation to present day |
| *Ship hull surveys{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}
| | |affiliation=[[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] |
| *Emergency evacuations{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|library}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}}
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| |era= | |
| |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] | |
| }} | | }} |
| The '''SKT-9 Bumblebee''',{{Ref/Book|Id=Warfleet|HWF|Page=30}} formally known as the '''Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled''',{{Ref/Game|Id=library|HCEA|Library (feature)|Library|Detail=Bumblebee}} is a variant of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] lifeboat commonly known as the [[Bumblebee]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Generic|[[Bungie Weekly Update/04-13-01|''Bungie.net'', Bungie Weekly Update of 04-13-01]]}} It is a sixth-generation lifeboat, and features a pilot-operated guiding system similar to that of [[SKT-13 shuttlecraft|SKT-13]] and [[SKT-21 shuttlecraft|SKT-21]] shuttlecrafts.{{Ref/Reuse|library}}
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| ==Overview==
| | The '''Bumblebee'''<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive2.pl?read=54309 Quotes from Matt's Bungie Update]</ref> is a standard escape pod for the [[UNSC]]. It is 10.5 meters long, making it longer than a [[Scorpion Tank|Scorpion]].<ref>[[Real Sizes in the Halo Universe]]</ref> It can hold up to nine people ([[Pilot]] + 8 passengers) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.<ref>''Halo: The Flood''</ref> |
| ===Design details===
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| The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a medium-endurance (Class 3) vehicle;{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} it is well armored, though [[Jacob Keyes]] considered that a [[12.7x40mm]] round may penetrate the relatively thin hull.{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf1|TF|Chapter=1}} They are typically found on UNSC [[cruiser]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|library}} which carry several sets of them, stationed at designated [[airlock]]s. Several SKT-9 Bumblebees were carried aboard [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} The docking ports for Bumblebees are comparable in size to the {{Pattern|Brhi Xur|Leech}} boarding craft used by the [[Covenant]], allowing the Covenant to use the airlocks to conduct [[Naval boarding|boarding]] actions on UNSC spacecraft.{{Ref/Reuse|poa}} | |
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| Like [[Pelican]] and other [[dropship]]s, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[phonetic alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number.{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf2|TF|Chapter=2}} SKT-9 Bumblebees are equipped with beacons,{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} and possess limited visual and audio capture capabilities.{{Ref/Novel|TF|Detail=[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]}} | | Most UNSC Ships carry several sets of these, and at most airlocks, there is at least one of them stationed. Like [[Pelican]] dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[Phonetic Alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number. |
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| The SKT-9 can hold up to nine people (including the pilot), and it has enough supplies to support 126-person-days of life support.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} It has one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep passengers from injury when crash-landing.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} Though they are noted as being one of the safer methods of UNSC ship evacuation,{{Ref/Reuse|library}} the effectiveness of the safety features on this Bumblebee vary greatly, as can their reliability. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], some of these Bumblebees landed without any injuries to their passengers, while others suffered catastrophic failures while in mid-air, resulting in the deaths of most, if not all, aboard upon impact.{{Ref/Reuse|halo}}
| | ==Features== |
| | Bumblebee lifepods are designed to ferry up to nine people at a time. They have one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep people from injury when crash-landing. The effectiveness of the safety features on the Bumblebee vary greatly, as can their reliability. Some of the Bumblebees featured in [[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]] landed without any injuries, while a lot had catastrophic failures resulting in the deaths of all aboard. Most of the lifeboats seen had several [[Marines]] who apparently did not survive the descent to Installation 04. |
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| SKT-9 Bumblebees employ thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent.{{Ref/Reuse|library}} Although it has a pilot control station,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=fictionfriday|Halo|1195356027878699008|Halo|Quote=The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a heavy lifeboat that can hold up to eight passengers and has a pilot control station, though by default it uses a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel. #FictionFriday}} the Bumblebee has little in the way of maneuverability, as it is not intended for extended atmospheric use, nor are its thrusters powerful enough to escape a planet's atmosphere;{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} Jacob Keyes noted that a Bumblebee lifeboat "flew like a rock".{{Ref/Reuse|tf2}} Instead, the lifeboat using a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|fictionfriday}} Once it enters atmosphere, the Bumblebee makes a controlled crash landing with aerobraking panels and drogue chutes.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} Thus, after a landing, the lifeboat can never be used again, as the air brakes disengage upon descent; the lifeboat would have likely suffered a great amount of damage as well.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}}
| | Bumblebees have little in the way of maneuverability. They feature thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent, but they can not reach escape velocity and leave a planet's atmosphere on their own. Also, normally after a landing, the pod can never be used again, as the pods will probably suffer a great amount of damage, including the air brakes breaking off in the impact, rendering it useless. |
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| There may be some animosity between Bumblebee pilots and Pelican pilots; during the Battle of Installation 04, [[Carol Rawley]] noted she would rather die piloting her own Pelican than trust her fate to "some lifeboat jockey".{{Ref/Reuse|tf1}}
| | The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried a complement of these, likely several dozen. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during [[The Battle of Installation 04]]<ref>''Halo: Combat Evolved (seen on the levels [[Pillar of Autumn]] and [[Halo]])''</ref>on September 19, 2552. |
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| ==Known SKT-9 Bumblebees==
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| *''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 19]]''
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| *''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]]''
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| *''[[Kilo Tango Victor 17]]''
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| ==Operational History== | | ==Known Bumblebees== |
| The {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried eighteen of these Bumblebees. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during the [[Battle over Installation 04]] on [[2552#September|September 19, 2552]].{{Ref/Level|Id=halo|HCE|Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo}} At least one was destroyed by the Covenant when it was ejected from the vessel,{{Ref/Level|Id=poa|HCE|The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn}} while at least six [[Landing on Installation 04|made landfall]] on the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|tf2}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} In the final stages of the conflict, [[John-117]] originally intended to take one of the remaining lifeboats on the ''Autumn'' to escape from the ring's destruction.{{Ref/Level|HCE|The Maw}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf12|TF|Chapter=12}}
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| ==Production notes==
| | *[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]] |
| *When the [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s lifeboat launches in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', its rear hatch remains open. This was rectified in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''. | | *[[Kilo Tango Victor 17]] |
| *In ''[[Halo: Custom Edition]]'', Bumblebees can be [[Modding|modded]] into maps. They have closed rear hatches until a player pilots them, at which point the hatch opens. As Bungie only designed these for cutscenes, it is likely to allow for the doors opening or closing during the final cutscene on ''The Pillar Of Autumn''.
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| *There is an Easter egg underneath the pilot's seat with text that reads ''"put your head 'teen your legs & kiss your ass good bye!"''.{{Ref/Game|CE|[[:File:HCE Bumblebee interior texture.png|Bumblebee interior texture]]}} | |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Trivia== |
| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes}} | | *The Bumblebee pilot seen in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] is the only female character (other than Cortana and [[Foehammer]]) encountered in the game. |
| ===''Halo: Combat Evolved''===
| | *The name may very well come from the fact that it has 4 fins much like a Bumblebee has 4 wings and 4 legs. |
| | *There can be up to 300 lifepods to a ship.{{Verify_source}} |
| | *They can only be piloted in [[Halo: Custom Edition]]. |
| | *The opening hatch of the pod that [[Master Chief]] uses to escape the [[Pillar of Autumn]] is still open as the pod is in space.{{Verify_source}} |
| | *The Bumblebee is not seen in halo 2 and 3. |
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| | == Images == |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:BumbleeLifeboat.png|Views of the Bumblebee without its air brakes and with air brakes deployed.
| | Image:Bumble bee life pod.gif|The Bumblebee design. |
| File:Lp-cutaway1.jpg|SKT-9 Bumblebee cutaway.
| | Image:Lp-cutaway1.jpg|Bumblebee Cutaway. |
| File:HCE_Bumblebee_interior_texture.png|The texture for the interior of the Bumblebee, with the Easter egg.
| | Image:Lp-pilot1.jpg|A Bumblebee Pilot. |
| File:HCE-BumblebeeLifeboat-Views.png|Views of the Bumblebee.
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| File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeMarines.png|Marines onboard a Bumblebee.
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| File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeAtmosphere.png|A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of [[Installation 04]].
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| File:HCE SKT-9 Bumblebee Air Brakes.jpg|A Bumblebee deploying its air brakes and forward thrusters during its descent.
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| File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeLFA43.png|A Bumblebee on the surface of Installation 04.
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| File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeInterior.png|The interior of a Bumblebee.
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| File:Lifeboatcrash.JPG|A crashed Bumblebee and the sliding trench it left on impact.
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| File:Lp-pilot1.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot at the control station.
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| </gallery>
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| ===''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''===
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| File:HCEA-Bumblebee-EscapePod-Views.jpg|Concept art of the Bumblebee.
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| File:HCEA-dmitry-popov-bumblebee.png|Extracted concept art of the Bumblebee.
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| File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeEjecting.png|Ä Bumblebee ejecting from an airlock on {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.
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| File:AutumnDamagedCEA.png|Bumblebee ''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43|LFA-43]]'' escapes the ''Autumn'' at the onset of the [[Battle of Installation 04]].
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| File:BumblebeeAnniversary.png|A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of Installation 04.
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| File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeOrbit.png|A Bumblebee approaching the orbit of Installation 04.
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| File:1207190798 Lp-airbrakes1.jpg|A Bumblebee deploying its air brakes and forward thrusters during its descent.
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| File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeLFA43.png|A Bumblebee on the surface of Installation 04.
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| File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeInterior.png|The interior of a Bumblebee.
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| File:Bumblebee pilot - CEA.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot at the control station.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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| **''[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | | {{UNSC Ships}} |
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