Editing UNSC Providence

{{Title|UNSC ''Providence''}}
{{Status|Apocrypha}}
{{Infobox/Ships
|name            = ''Providence''
|image           = [[File:H3 SpaceBattle Concept.jpg|300px]]
|caption         = Concept art depicting UNSC ''Providence'' in battle.
|modules         = 
{{Infobox/Ships/Individual
|country              = [[Unified Earth Government]]
|country flag         = {{Icon|UEG}}
|name                 = ''Providence''
|class                = {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}
|namesake             = 
|identification       = FFG-334{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
|operator             = [[UNSC Navy]]
|manufacturer         = [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}}
|architect            = 
|laid down            = 
|launched             = 
|commissioned         = 
|decommissioned       = 
|fate                 = 
|status               = 
|captains             = 
|ai                   = 
|motto                = 
|badge                = 
}}
|type            = [[UNSC frigate|Frigate]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p123|Enc22|Page=123}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG|H4EVG|Page=186-187}}
|length          = {{Convert|1607|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=74, 76}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
|width           = {{Convert|510|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
|height          = {{Convert|457|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
|mass            = 0.65 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}}
|power           = 
|maneuver drive  = [[Deuterium fusion reactor|Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Bulletin 10.10.12|URL=http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12|D=30|M=07|Y=2014}}
|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Series IV CODEN/SFTE]]{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin 10.10.12}}
|crew            = 782 {{C|includes troop complement and sailors}}{{Ref/Film|Id=FUD 1|H4FUD|Detail=0:36}}
|complement      = 
**At least 2 [[D96-TCE Albatross]]es{{Ref/Map|Id=H3Sandtrap|H3|Sandtrap}}
**At least 7 [[D77H-TCI Pelican]]s{{Ref/Level|Id=H3TheArk|H3|The Ark}}
**[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]]s{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}}
**[[M12 Warthog]]s{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}}
**At least 3 [[M808C Scorpion]]s{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}}
**[[AV-14 Hornet]]s{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}}
|troops          = [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] and [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
|hull            = [[Titanium-A armor]]
|shielding       = 
|sensors         = 
|ew              = 
|armaments       = 
*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Mark II, Light Coil – 83B6R3/MAC]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}}{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin 10.10.12}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
*50 [[M58 Archer missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}}{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin 10.10.12}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
*4 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun|M870 Rampart 50mm point defense guns]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}}{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin 10.10.12}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
*3 [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system]] silos{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}}{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin 10.10.12}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
|aircraft        =
|air facilities  = 
*1 primary [[hangar bay]] in the lower mast{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}}
*[[Drop pod]] launch bays{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
}}
'''UNSC ''Providence''''' is a [[UNSC frigate|fleet escort ship]] serving in the [[UNSC Navy]], of the {{Class|Charon|light frigate|}}ification.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=262-263, 302-303}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=274-275, 314-315}}

==Production notes==
{{Main|Cut Halo 3 vehicles#Frigates}}
The ''Providence'' is a ship featured heavily in the {{file link|H3 Script FirstDraft.pdf|first-draft script}} originally written by lead designer Rob Stokes for ''Halo 3''{{'}}s campaign. In these early drafts, the ship serves in the role that {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} occupies in the final game - essentially having been renamed. The ship would have served in [[Battle Group Victory]] alongside six other vessels (for a total of [[seven]]) - others including {{UNSCShip|Madrid}}, {{UNSCShip|Ningbo}}, and {{UNSCShip|Ophir}}.

In the script, ''Providence'' is stated to be a {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}}. However, the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' featured in the final game was substantially redesigned and eventually designated the {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}. The ship is featured in several pieces of [[:Category:Halo 3 concept art|concept artwork]] produced during the [[Development of Halo 3|development]] of ''[[Halo 3]]''. It is one of two such ships heavily featured alongside {{UNSCShip|Andraste}}. Two pieces of art featuring the ''Providence'' in combat are featured in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' and its [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011 reprint]]. The first depicts the ship alongside another, unnamed ''Charon''-class, in [[Space warfare|naval combat]] with three {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s over a planet while the second shows the ship in a similar combat scenario but hit by enemy weaponry and on fire.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}

The ''Providence''{{'}}s feature in the encyclopedias, alongside its [[hull classification symbol]] having no other canon usage, indicates it may have some element of [[canon]]icity - though it has yet to be depicted in any ''Halo'' media outside of these features.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H3 ProvidenceBattle Concept.png|Concept artwork used in the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' depicting the ''Providence'' struck by hostile fire.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC ships]]
[[Category:Charon-class light frigates]]