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| {{Title|UNSC ''Commonwealth''}} | | {{Title|UNSC ''Commonwealth''}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|UNSC|HCW}} |
| {{Infobox/Ships | | {{Individual ship infobox |
| |name = ''Commonwealth''
| | |image=[[File:Commonwealth front.jpg|300px]] |
| |image = [[File:TFoR AS - Commonwealth.jpg|300px]] | | |name=UNSC ''Commonwealth'' |
| |caption = The ''Commonwealth'' in the [[Chi Ceti system]] in [[2525]]. | | |class={{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}<ref name="Atlas">Halo Waypoint - ATLAS</ref> |
| |modules = | | |manufacturer= UNSC |
| {{Infobox/Ships/Individual
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| |country = [[Unified Earth Government]] | | |sysmods= |
| |country flag = {{Icon|UEG}} | | |length= |
| |name = ''Commonwealth'' | | |width= |
| |class = {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}{{Ref/Map|Id=Boneyard|HR|Boneyard}} | | |height= |
| |namesake = [[Wikipedia:Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth of Nations]] | | |max accel= |
| |identification =
| | |max speed space= |
| |operator = [[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
| | |max speed air= |
| |manufacturer = [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
| | |engine= |
| |architect = | | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
| |laid down = | | |slipspace speed= |
| |launched = | | |poweroutput= |
| |commissioned = | | |power= |
| |decommissioned = Some time prior to [[2552#August|August 2552]]{{Ref/Reuse|Boneyard}} | | |shield gen= |
| |fate = | | |hull=[[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A battle plate]] |
| |status = | | |sensor= |
| |captains = [[Wallace]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}} | | |target= |
| |ai = | | |navigation= Shipboard-[[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] or [[navigation computer]] |
| |motto = | | |avionics= |
| |badge = | | |countermeasures= |
| | |armament=*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] (1) |
| | *26 [[Archer missile]] pods of 30 missiles |
| | *[[Shiva-class nuclear warhead]]s (3) |
| | *[[Fusion rocket]]s (2)<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 248''</ref> |
| | |complement= At least one [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longsword]] and one [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] squadron |
| | |crew= |
| | |skeleton= |
| | |passengers= *[[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] |
| | *[[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] |
| | **[[John-117]] |
| | **[[Kelly-087]] |
| | **[[Samuel-034]] |
| | **30 others |
| | |capacity= |
| | |consumables= |
| | |othersystems= |
| | |role= Warship |
| | |commission= |
| | |firstsight=[[2525]] |
| | |destroyed= |
| | |retired= Before or during [[2552]] |
| | |lastsight=[[2552]] at a [[Sinoviet]] ship breaking facility, planet [[Reach]] |
| | |battles=[[Battle of Chi Ceti]] |
| | |affiliation= [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] |
| | |fleet= |
| | |taskforce= |
| | |owners= |
| | |namedcrew=[[Commonwealth Weapons Officer]] |
| | |captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Wallace]] |
| }} | | }} |
| |hide-characteristics=
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| |type = [[UNSC frigate|Frigate]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=120}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=76}}
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| |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}}
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| |width = {{Convert|652|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}
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| |height =
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| |mass = 1.3 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| |power = [[Fusion reactor]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS22|HFS|Chapter=22}}
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| |maneuver drive = [[Fusion drive]] (2 primary, 6 secondary)
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| |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Level|Id=HRLNoS|HR|Long Night of solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}}
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| |crew =
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| |complement =
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| *[[D77-TC Pelican]] dropships{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
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| *[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
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| |troops =
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| |hull = 60cm{{Ref/Reuse|FS22}} [[Titanium-A armor]]{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}
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| |shielding =
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| |sensors =
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| |ew =
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| |armaments =
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| *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}}
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| *3 [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|M2475 Shiva nuclear missile silos]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Reach12|HTFoR|Chapter=12}}
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| *26 [[Archer missile|M58 Archer missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}{{Ref/Reuse|Reach12}}
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| *12 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVGGrafton}}
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| *12 [[M2950 Harpoon nuclear missile]] silos{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| |aircraft =
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| |air facilities = One primary [[hangar bay]] located in the lower mast of the ship{{Ref/Reuse|EVGSavannah}}
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| }}
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| 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}}
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| ==Service history== | | The '''UNSC ''Commonwealth''''' was a [[United Nations Space Command]] {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}.<ref name="Atlas"/> In [[2525]], its commanding officer was [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Wallace]].<ref name="HFoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 103-105''</ref> |
| ===Service history=== | | |
| [[File:FoR - Archer missiles.jpg|thumb|275px|The ''Commonwealth'' firing [[Archer missile]]s at the ''Unrelenting''.]] | | ==History== |
| In [[2525]], the UNSC ''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: | | ===Operational history=== |
| *Communications and navigation dishes destroyed.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FOR13|HTFoR|Chapter=13}}
| | [[File:FoR - Archer missiles.jpg|left|thumb|275px|The ''Commonwealth'' firing [[Archer missile]]s at the ''Unrelenting''.]] |
| *Armor in sections 3-7 down to four centimeters from 60 cm.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
| | In [[2525]], the ''Commonwealth'' ferried the [[SPARTAN-II]]'s along with [[Catherine Halsey]] to the [[Damascus Testing Facility]] on the planet [[Chi Ceti IV]].<ref name="HFoR"/> There, during the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], the ''Commonwealth'' successfully engaged the Covenant ship ''[[Unrelenting]]''.<ref name="HFoR"/> With the assistance of the Spartan-II's boarding party, and their new [[MJOLNIR|MJOLNIR Mark IV Armor]], the ''Commonwealth'' was able to destroy the light cruiser.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 130''</ref> The ''Commonwealth'', however, was severely damaged in their first engagement against the [[Covenant Navy]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 110-111''</ref> |
| *Hull breach in section three.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
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| *Ship [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] memory core overloaded.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
| | 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>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 258''</ref> |
| *Leak in the port fuel tank.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
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| *Fire in sections one through twenty. (Atmosphere vented, fire extinguished.){{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
| | ===Damage sustained at Chi Ceti IV=== |
| *Port armor destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
| | The ship took heavy damage during the Battle of Chi Ceti. The damage was: |
| *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}}
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| *Deck thirteen destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
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| *Hull structure came close to "buckling" (integrity about to fail) and the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] was taken offline.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
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| *Reactor only able to output ten percent of rated output.{{Ref/Reuse|FOR13}}
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| 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}}
| | *Communications and navigation dishes destroyed. |
| | *Armor in sections 3-7 down to four centimeters from 60 cm. |
| | *Hull breach in section three. |
| | *Ship [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] memory core overloaded. |
| | *Leak in the port fuel tank. |
| | *Fire in sections one through twenty. (Atmosphere vented, fire extinguished.) |
| | *Port armor destroyed. |
| | *Decks two through seven in section one melted away. Decks two through five in sections three, four and five out of contact. |
| | *Deck thirteen destroyed. |
| | *Hull structure came close to "buckling" (integrity about to fail) and the [[MAC|MAC system]] was taken offline. |
| | *Reactor only able to output ten percent of rated output. |
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| | While it was not structural damage, the ''Commonwealth'' lost [[Longsword Squadron Delta]] in its entirety while pulling away from the ''Unrelenting'' to escape the blast of a nuclear warhead. |
| ===Decommissioning and scrapping=== | | ===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}} | | Some time between the Chi Ceti incident and 2552, the ''Commonwealth'' was decommissioned by the UNSC and was landed at the [[Aszod ship breaking yards]] to be scrapped. |
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| ==Production note==
| | When the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] was attacked, the ''Commonwealth'' became a battlefield venue between the ground forces of the UNSC and the Covenant. On August 30th, [[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>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> |
| 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]]''.
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| | 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. |
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| | ==Trivia== |
| | The ''Commonwealth'''s name seems to be derived from the term ''commonwealth'', which was a country that a nation proclaims guardianship over, like the [[Wikipedia:Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth of Nations]], or declare it a territory, such as the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| ===Development images===
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| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:Reach mpbeta boneyard 001.jpg|The UNSC ''Commonwealth'' at the SinoViet ship breaking facility in the ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]''.
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| File:Reach_mpbeta_boneyard_02.jpg|A shot of the ''Commonwealth'' as it appeared in the ''Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta''.
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| File:TFoR AS CommonwealthBarracks.jpg|Concept art of the ''Commonwealth''{{'}}s barracks for ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''.
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| File:TFoR AS CommonwealthBriefingRoom.jpg|Concept art of a briefing room on the ''Commonwealth''.
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| File:TFoR AS Concept CommonwealthBridge.jpg|Concept art of the ''Commonwealth''{{'}}s bridge.
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| </gallery>
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| ===Screenshots===
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| <gallery>
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| File:HR_Boneyard_UNSCCommonwealth_Front.jpg|The decommissioned UNSC ''Commonwealth''.
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| File:Commonwealth.jpg|The ''Commonwealth'' en route to the Damascus Materials Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV. | | 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:FoR - Commonwealth.jpg|The ''Commonwealth'' being pursued by the ''Unrelenting''. |
| File:TFoR AS - Commonwealth MAC.jpg|''Commonwealth'' firing its MAC. | | File:Reach mpbeta boneyard 001.jpg|The ''Commonwealth'' at the Sinoviet ship breaking facility in Aszod, on Reach. |
| | File:Reach_mpbeta_boneyard_02.jpg|A shot of the ''Commonwealth'' as it appeared in the ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]''. |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' |
| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]'' | | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue 1]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Commonwealth}} | | |
| [[Category:Paris-class heavy frigates]] | | {{UNSC Frigate}} |
| [[Category:UNSC ships]]
| | [[Category:Human Ships|Commonwealth]] |
