Editing UNSC Promise of Dawn

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{{Individual ship infobox

|name=UNSC ''Promise of Dawn''

|image=[[File:HLW PromiseHolo.png|300px]]

|class={{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}

|manufacturer=[[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]]

|modifier=

|length={{Convert|1755.4|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=5|disp=flip}}<ref name="ReachGameData">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', 3D game data</ref>

|width={{Convert|651.85|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=5|disp=flip}}<ref name="ReachGameData"/>

|height={{Convert|531.77|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=5|disp=flip}}<ref name="ReachGameData"/>

|max accel=

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|max speed air=

|engine= *[[Fusion drive]]s (2)

|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]

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|poweroutput=

|power= [[Deuterium fusion core]] (2)

|hull= {{Convert|60|cm|in}} [[Titanium-A armor]]

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|avionics=

|countermeasures=

|armament=

*[[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s

*[[Archer missile]] pods

|firstsight= During the [[Fall of Reach]]

|destroyed= Late [[2553]]<ref name="HLW4">''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'', ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 4|Issue #4]]''</ref>

|retired=

|battles=;[[Human-Covenant War]]

*[[Fall of Reach]]<ref name="HLW1">''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'', ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref>

|affiliation= [[UNSC Navy]]

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{{Quote|...The ''Promise of Dawn'', a frigate which also went missing after the [[Fall of Reach|events at Reach]] last year.|An ONI Officer briefs [[Linda-058]] on her next mission.}}<ref name="HLW1"/>

'''UNSC ''Promise of Dawn''''' was a {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} commissioned before the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="HLW1"/>

The ''Promise'' was involved in the events surrounding the fall of [[Reach]] in an unknown capacity.<ref name="HLW1"/> It was the vessel chosen for the safekeeping of the nascent [[Smart AI]] [[Gabriela]], the only known AI containing the entirety of [[Human]] history.<ref name="HLW2">''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'', ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 2|Issue #2]]''</ref> The vessel was believed lost after the events at Reach, a belief which held for approximately a year before the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] received a distress call from one of the survivors on [[Sephune III]],<ref name="HLW1"/> as they had been trapped on the planet for a year while Dr. [[Chen Bax]] worked to free Gabriela's matrix from the ship without informing the majority of his surviving followers.<ref name="HLW4"/> The frigate had made a hard landing on the surface of the planet, and had become trapped in ice and snow, the vessel itself being protected externally mines,<ref name="HLW3">''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'', ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref> as well as at least two turrets located near the access panel for Gabriela's matrix.<ref name="HLW4"/>

The vessel was destroyed when Chen detonated its [[self-destruct]] via remote. This created an avalanche which took out a large portion of a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]]<ref name="HLW2"/> force intent on killing the humans, saving the survivors by allowing them time to escape.<ref name="HLW4"/>

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File:HLW PromiseTrapped.png| The ''Promise'' trapped in ice.<ref name="HLW3"/>

File:HLW PromiseSD.png| The destruction of the ''Promise''.<ref name="HLW4"/>

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