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| {{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=[[File: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 (34.5 feet)<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', page ''250''</ref> |
| |width= | | |width=5.2 meters (17 feet) (9.3 meters with air brakes deployed)<ref name="enc"/> |
| *{{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=8+ passengers |
| |capacity= | | |capacity= |
| |consumables= | | |consumables= |
| |othersystems= | | |othersystems= |
| |firstuse= | | |firstuse= |
| |role= | | |role=Evacuation of persons from disabled ships |
| *Short-range personnel transfers{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}
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| *Ship hull surveys{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}
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| *Emergency evacuations{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|library}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}}
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| |era= | | |era= |
| |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] | | |affiliation=[[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}} | | The '''Bumblebee'''<ref>[[Halopedia:Bungie Weekly Update 04-13-01|'''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update of 04-13-01'']]</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|'''Halopedia''': ''Real Size in the Halo Universe'']]</ref> It can hold up to nine people (including the pilot) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page ''??''</ref> |
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| ==Overview==
| | Most UNSC Ships carry several sets of these, stationed at airlocks. Like [[D77-TC Pelican Dropship|Pelican]] dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[Phonetic Alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number. |
| ===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]]}}
| | ==Features== |
| | Bumblebee lifepods were 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 suffered catastrophic failures while in mid-air resulting in the deaths of all or most aboard upon impact. Most of the lifeboats seen had several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] who apparently did not survive the descent to Installation 04. |
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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}}
| | Bumblebees had 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 most likely suffer a great amount of damage, including the air brakes breaking off before or during the impact. |
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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}}
| | The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried 12 bumblebee pods. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] on September 19, 2552.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[Pillar of Autumn (Level)|Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''</ref> |
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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}}
| | ==Known Bumblebees== |
| | *[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]] |
| | *[[Kilo Tango Victor 17]] |
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| ==Known SKT-9 Bumblebees== | | ==Trivia== |
| *''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 19]]'' | | *The Bumblebee only plays a role in the level "[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level)|Halo]]", but has slight appearances in [[Pillar of Autumn (Level)|Pillar of Autumn]]. |
| *''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]]''
| | *The Bumblebee is not really "driveable" because it is an escape pod and can only steer. |
| *''[[Kilo Tango Victor 17]]''
| | *The Bumblebee's front window is "breakable". If you make a Warthog hit it hard by propelling it with an explosive, the window will make a breaking sound but will still appear to be intact. |
| | | *There is some animosity between Bumblebee pilots and [[Pelican]] pilots.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', page ''??''</ref> |
| ==Operational History==
| | *If you look closely, you can see that when the [[Master Chief]]'s escape pod launches, it still has its rear hatch open. |
| 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}} | | *It is possible that the [[Master Chief]]'s presence on the escape pod contributed to the failure of the pod's landing routine: combined with his MJOLNIR [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]] Armor, [[John-117]] weighed nearly 1,000 pounds<ref>'''Halo PC Strategy Guide'''</ref>, which in addition to 7 or 8 Marines and a pilot may have put the pod's mass in excess of its design specifications. On the other hand, it is also unlikely that the Bumblebee's designers would utilize highly constrained mass profiles in designing the pod, given that atmospheric resistance and gravity vary considerably from planet to planet. |
| | | *The name "Bumblebee" may have been given because of the nature of the craft. When the craft hits the surface it will most likely not be able to function again, very much like how once a bee has used its stinger it will die. |
| ==Production notes==
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| *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]]''. | |
| *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== | | ==Gallery== |
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| ===''Halo: Combat Evolved''===
| | File:Bumble bee life pod.gif|The Bumblebee design. |
| <gallery>
| | File:Lp-cutaway1.jpg|Bumblebee Cutaway. |
| File:BumbleeLifeboat.png|Views of the Bumblebee without its air brakes and with air brakes deployed. | | File:Lifeboatcrash.JPG|A crashed Bumbleebee, its reverse thrusters smoking from recent discharge. The lifeboat cut a sliding trench into the ground on impact. |
| File:Lp-cutaway1.jpg|SKT-9 Bumblebee cutaway. | | File:Lp-pilot1.jpg|A Bumblebee Pilot. |
| File:HCE_Bumblebee_interior_texture.png|The texture for the interior of the Bumblebee, with the Easter egg. | |
| 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. | |
| </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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