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''D75/g:''

|complement=Up to 20 passengers<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

|firstuse=Before [[2526]]<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

*Dropship<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

*Gunship<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

*Reconnaissance boat<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

The '''Dropship 75-Troop Carrier''', colloquially known as the '''Pelican''', is a shuttlecraft utilised by the [[United Nations Space Command]] to transport troops and supplies. Capable to space-to-ground flight and vice versa, it was often used to ferry troops from starships to planetside battlefields, but could also be outfitted as a gunship or for reconnaissance missions.<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

The D75 model of Pelican had entered service some time before [[2526]].<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

Two D75 Pelicans were carried by the [[Razor-class prowler|''Razor''-class prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Night Watch}} in June 2526, during its mission to [[Netherop]]. At the command of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]], one of these Pelicans, a [[D75/r Pelican|D75/r]] outfitted for reconnaissance, was launched with a three-person crew immediately upon the ''Night Watch''{{'}}s arrival, to ascertain the strength of the Covenant naval presence, and determine whether a dropship would be able to make landfall at all. It was shot down by a previously-undetected Covenant stealth vessel shortly before entering the planet's tropopause. Following its destruction, Petrov resolved to insert [[Blue Force]] with the ''Night Watch'' itself rather than risk loading them aboard the prowler's second Pelican. Instead, she launched the remaining Pelican - this time a [[D75/s Pelican|D75/s]]<ref name="OblivChptr7">'''''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''' - Chapter 7''</ref> also outfitted as a [[D75/g Pelican|D75/g]] gunship{{Ref/Note|Name=OblivionChptr6vs7|''Halo: Oblivion'' refers to the second Pelican launched by the ''Night Watch'' as a D75/g in chapter 6, but later calls it a D75/s in chapter 7. As a result, this article assumes it was both a D75/g and D75/s simultaneously.}} - as a decoy to draw fire away from the prowler during its descent. [[John-117]] surmised that, given it only had its three-person crew on-board, Petrov did not expect it to survive insertion.<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

At least three variants of the D75 Pelican exist. It appears that D75 Pelicans can be outfitted to fulfil the required specifications of multiple variants at once, as one Pelican was known to be both a D75/g and D75/s simultaneously.<ref name="OblivChptr6"/><ref name="OblivChptr7"/>{{Ref/Reuse|Name=OblivionChptr6vs7|Group=Note}}

{{Main|D75/r Pelican}}

A D75 Pelican outfitted with a special scouting package, used for reconnaissance missions.<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

{{Main|D75/g Pelican}}

A D75 Pelican variant nicknamed the "slash-g", which is furnished as a gunship. It is equipped with a ground support package including two wing-mounted miniguns and two belly-mounted cannon turrets.<ref name="OblivChptr6"/>

===D75/s Pelican===

{{Main|D75/s Pelican}}

A variant of D75 Pelican that was on-board the ''Night Watch'' during its mission to Netherop in June 2526.<ref name="OblivChptr7"/>

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