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Template:Ship Class Infobox The Charon-class light frigate is a type of escort ship in service with the UNSC Navy.[1] Ships of this class are used primarily in fleet escort duties and planetary defense.[1] The class is named after either Charon, a minor god who ferried the souls of the dead to the underworld in Greek mythology, or after a natural satellite of Pluto.

Design details

Hull and complement

At 490 meters in length, the Charon is a rather small vessel. Owing to its enlarged hangar bay, the Charon-class frigate is better suited to landing forces groundside than other frigate classes.[1] The ship's sublight power plant is a Naoto Technologies: V4/L deuterium fusion reactor. Translight power is provided by a Series IV CODEN Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.[2] The Charon has a maximum crew and complement of 782.[3] It can carry several D77 or D79-TC Pelican dropships as well as around two dozen ground and air vehicles.

Armament

The Charon-class frigate's primary armament is a Mark II, Light Coil – 83B6R3 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. It also boasts fifty M58 Archer missile pods, each of which carries thirty missiles. Two M870 Rampart point defense turrets are mounted on either side of the hull, each of which has three 50mm guns. In addition to the Ramparts, each side of the ship boasts three quad-linked guns of a different type; given their downward-facing orientation, these appear to be designed for both point defense and bombardment akin to the M910 point defense network.[4] A third type of point defense gun is mounted aft, both on the main hull and on the wings.[5] Rather than the Shiva-class nuclear missiles carried by most UNSC warships, the Charon sports three M4093 Hyperion silos.[2]

Ships of the line

Trivia

  • The Charon class' distinctive, oversized cargo bay resembles that of the eponymous Firefly class from the television series Firefly. The resemblance is rendered moot in Halo 4, as the cargo bay is no longer externally visible.
  • The Forward Unto Dawn was drastically redesigned in Halo 4. Other frigates of a similar design appear in Spartan Ops, though these were later established as newer Strident-class heavy frigates.[6] Because of this one may infer that the Dawn's redesigned appearance was merely for gameplay and aesthetic purposes and may not apply to the Charon class as a whole. Indeed, a Halo 3-style Charon-class frigate is depicted in Halo: Escalation #6.

Gallery

  • The UNSC Forward Unto Dawn.

    The UNSC Forward Unto Dawn.

  • The UNSC Aegis Fate.

    The UNSC Aegis Fate.

  • A trio of Charons assault the Forerunner Dreadnought near Voi.

    A trio of Charons assault the Forerunner Dreadnought near Voi.

  • A Charon-class frigate deploying vehicles from its enlarged hangar bay.

    A Charon-class frigate deploying vehicles from its enlarged hangar bay.

  • The bridge of a Charon-class vessel.

    The bridge of a Charon-class vessel.

  • Concept art of the redesigned Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 4.

    Concept art of the redesigned Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 4.

  • Concept art of the back end of the Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 4.

    Concept art of the back end of the Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 4.

  • Concept art of the profile view of the Dawn in Halo 4.

    Concept art of the profile view of the Dawn in Halo 4.

  • Size comparison of the UNSC Infinity against a Charon-class light frigate.

    Size comparison of the UNSC Infinity against a Charon-class light frigate.

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List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 76
  2. ^ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Bulletin 10.10.12
  3. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FUD 1
  4. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Unknown gun
  5. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named third gun
  6. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 192

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