Editing UNSC Commonwealth

{{Title|UNSC ''Commonwealth''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Infobox/Ships
|name            = ''Commonwealth''
|image           = [[File:TFoR AS - Commonwealth.jpg|300px]]
|caption         = The ''Commonwealth'' in space in the [[Chi Ceti system]] in [[2525]].
|modules         = 
{{Infobox/Ships/Individual
|country              = [[Unified Earth Government]]
|country flag         = {{Icon|UEG}}
|name                 = ''Commonwealth''
|class                = {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}{{Ref/Map|Id=Boneyard|HR|Boneyard}}
|namesake             = [[Wikipedia:Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth of Nations]]
|identification       = 
|operator             = [[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
|manufacturer         = [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|architect            = 
|laid down            = 
|launched             = 
|commissioned         = 
|decommissioned       = Some time prior to [[2552#August|August 2552]]{{Ref/Reuse|Boneyard}}
|fate                 = 
|status               = 
|captains             = [[Wallace]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
|motto                = 
|badge                = 
}}
|hide-characteristics=
|type            = [[UNSC frigate|Frigate]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=120}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=76}}
|length          = {{Convert|1755|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVGSavannah|EVG|Page=162}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVGGrafton|EVG|Page=80}}{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/unsc-frigate|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=UNSC Frigate|D=13|M=05|Y=2021}}
|width           = {{Convert|652|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}
|height          = 
|mass            = 1.3 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|power           = [[Fusion reactor]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS22|HFS|Chapter=22}}
|maneuver drive  = [[Fusion drive]] (2 primary, 6 secondary)
|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Level|Id=HRLNoS|HR|Long Night of solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}}
|crew            = 
|complement      = 
*[[D77-TC Pelican]] dropships{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
*[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
|troops          = 
|hull            = 60cm{{Ref/Reuse|FS22}} [[Titanium-A armor]]{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}
|shielding       = 
|sensors         = 
|ew              = 
|armaments       = 
*1 light{{Ref/Tabletop|Id=HFB|HFB|Detail=Paris-class heavy frigate stats}} [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|65P8V1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}
*3 [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|M2475 Shiva nuclear missile silos]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Reach12|HTFoR|Chapter=12}}
*26 [[Archer missile|M58 Archer missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
*12 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}
*12 [[M2950 Harpoon nuclear missile]] silos{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|aircraft        =
|air facilities  = One primary [[hangar bay]] located in the lower mast of the ship{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}
}}
The '''UNSC ''Commonwealth''''' was a {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} of the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|Boneyard}} In [[2525]], its commanding officer was [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Wallace]].{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}

==Service history==
===Operational history===
[[File:FoR - Archer missiles.jpg|left|thumb|275px|The ''Commonwealth'' firing [[Archer missile]]s at the ''Unrelenting''.]]
In [[2525]], the ''Commonwealth'' was used to transport the [[SPARTAN-II]]s along with [[Catherine Halsey]] to the [[Damascus Testing Facility]] on the planet [[Chi Ceti IV]]. While transporting the crew to the installation, the ship came under attack by a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}, ''[[Unrelenting]]''. During the engagement, the ''Commonwealth'' was able to fight off the cruiser long enough to perform a flyby orbit of Chi Ceti IV to deploy its crew onto the planet, intending to then return to a point in space 20 million kilometres from the planet to make repairs and act as bait in the event that the cruiser returned.{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}} While the crew were on the ground, ''Commonwealth'' continued to engage the ship, sustaining heavy damage including the following:
*Communications and navigation dishes destroyed.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FOR13|HTFoR|Chapter=13}}
*Armor in sections 3-7 down to four centimeters from 60&nbsp;cm.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Hull breach in section three.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Ship [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] memory core overloaded.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Leak in the port fuel tank.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Fire in sections one through twenty. (Atmosphere vented, fire extinguished.){{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Port armor destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Decks two through seven in section one melted away. Decks two through five in sections three, four and five out of contact.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Deck thirteen destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Hull structure came close to "buckling" (integrity about to fail) and the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] was taken offline.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
*Reactor only able to output ten percent of rated output.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}

Ultimately, with the assistance of [[Blue Team]] and their new [[MJOLNIR Mark IV]] armor, the ''Commonwealth'' was able to destroy the light cruiser.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FOR14|HTFoR|Chapter=14}} The ''Commonwealth'', however, was severely damaged in the engagement and shortly thereafter rendezvoused with the cruiser {{UNSCShip|Persian Gate}} to transfer the Spartans and Dr. Halsey to the ship.{{Ref/Comic|HCD|Issue=1}} Despite the damage incurred, the ''Commonwealth'' was able to return to [[Reach]] for repairs and then presumably returned to service against the Covenant's advances among the [[Outer Colonies]].{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=258}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=269}}

===Decommissioning and scrapping===
Some time between the Chi Ceti incident and 2552, the ''Commonwealth'' was decommissioned by the UNSC and was landed at the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]] to be scrapped. When the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] came under [[Fall of Reach|attack]] in August of 2552, the ''Commonwealth'' became a battlefield venue between the ground forces of the UNSC and the Covenant during the [[Battle of Asźod]]. During the conflict, [[SPARTAN-B312]] and [[Emile-A239]] pushed through the ship's stripped wreckage in order to deliver a [[Cortana|vital package]] to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.{{Ref/Level|HR|The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn}} At the time of the attack, the ''Commonwealth'' was well into being scrapped. Already, its entire port-side launch deck was removed, along with its port engines. Its bridge had been taken out, and holes were made on its underbelly to allow staircases to be fitted in for the technicians assigned to take it apart.{{Ref/Reuse|Boneyard}}

==Production note==
Several parts of the comic ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant]]'' depict ''Commonwealth'' as a {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} and {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} instead of the canonical ''Paris'' class established in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HR_Boneyard_UNSCCommonwealth_Front.jpg|UNSC ''Commonwealth''
File:Commonwealth.jpg|The ''Commonwealth'' en route to the Damascus Materials Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV.
File:FoR - Commonwealth.jpg|The ''Commonwealth'' being pursued by the ''Unrelenting''.
File:Reach mpbeta boneyard 001.jpg|The ''Commonwealth'' at the SinoViet ship breaking facility in Asźod, on Reach.
File:Reach_mpbeta_boneyard_02.jpg|A shot of the ''Commonwealth'' as it appeared in the ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]''.
File:TFoR AS - Commonwealth MAC.jpg|''Commonwealth'' firing its MAC.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
**''[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue 1]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Paris-class heavy frigates]]
[[Category:UNSC ships]]