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{{Center|''Were you looking for the [[D77-TC Pelican]], introduced in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]? For the Pelican introduced in Halo 4, see [[D79-TC Pelican]].''}}
{{Disambig header|the Pelican introduced in ''[[Halo 3]]''|other uses|Pelican}}
{{Ship class infobox
{{Ship class infobox
|name = Dropship 77-Heavy-Troop Carrier/Infantry
|name = Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry
|image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]]
|image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]]
|class = [[Pelican]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|class = [[D77-TC Pelican]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|manufacturer = [[Misriah Armory]]<ref>''Halo: Arms Race''</ref>
|manufacturer = [[Misriah Armory]]{{Ref/Film|Id=lf|Film=Halo: Landfall|Story=[[Halo: Arms Race|Arms Race]]}}
|length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC">'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''''', ''page 252''</ref>
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|width = {{Convert|23.4|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
|width = {{Convert|23.4|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
|height = {{Convert|10.0|m|ft}}{{fact}}
|height =  
|mass =
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|engine =
*4 [[Fusion drive|hybrid fusion drives]] {{C|2 primary, 2 secondary}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*8 [[Fusion drive|hybrid fusion drives]] {{C|4 primary, 4 secondary}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*10 maneuvering thrusters housed in 4 vector pylons
*8 maneuvering thrusters {{c|housed in 4 vector pylons}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|armament =
|armament =
*1–3 chin-mounted weapons{{Ref/Game|H4|Part=Scanned}}{{Ref/Film|Id=home|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Homecoming}} {{c|optional}}
*3 chin-mounted weapons{{Ref/Game|H4|Part=Scanned}}{{Ref/Film|Id=home|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Homecoming}} {{c|optional}}
*2 [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} {{c|6 missiles per pod}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*2 [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} {{c|6 missiles per pod}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*1 rear-mounted [[AIE-486H machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*1 rear-mounted [[AIE-486H machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|complement =*1 medium or heavy vehicle{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|complement =*1 medium or heavy vehicle{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*2 light vehicles{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} {{c|internally and externally}}
*2 light vehicles{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} {{c|internally and externally}}
*4–6 [[ordnance pod]]s
*4–6 [[ordnance pod]]s{{Citation needed}}
|crew = *1 [[pilot]]
|crew = *2+ crews{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*1 co-pilot
*1 crew chief
*1 [[artificial intelligence]]{{Ref/Level|Id=cortana|H3|[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]}} {{c|optional}}
*1 [[artificial intelligence]]{{Ref/Level|Id=cortana|H3|[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]}} {{c|optional}}
|othersystems =
|othersystems =
|role = [[Dropship]], [[wikipedia:Air Assault|air assault]]/[[wikipedia:Close Air Support|close air support]]
|role = [[Dropship]], [[wikipedia:Air Assault|air assault]]/[[wikipedia:Close Air Support|close air support]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|era = *[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Film|Id=origins|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Origins}}
|era = *[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Film|Id=origins|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Origins}}
*[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Game|Id=halo3|Game=Halo 3}}
*[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Game|Id=halo3|H3|Detail=Gameplay and in-game 3D model data}}
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Game|Id=hsa|Halo: Spartan Assault}}
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Game|Id=hsa|Halo: Spartan Assault}}
*[[Created conflict]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}}
**[[Created conflict]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}}
|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command]]
|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
}}
}}
The '''D77H-TCI Pelican''',{{Ref/Site|Id=HW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/pelican|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Pelican|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} formally known as the '''Dropship 77-Heavy-Troop Carrier/Infantry''',{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P149|Enc22|Page=149}} and more commonly known as the '''Pelican''', is a newer model of the traditional [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship.
The '''D77H-TCI Pelican''',{{Ref/Site|Id=HW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/pelican|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Pelican|D=21|M=04|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} formally known as the '''Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry''',{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P149|Enc22|Page=149}} and more commonly known as the '''Pelican''', is a model of the traditional [[D77-TC Pelican]] [[dropship]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}


==Specifications==
==Specifications==
===Design details===
===Design details===
The D77H-TCI Pelican is the primary tactical support aircraft of the UNSC. Like the previous model, the D77H-TCI Pelican serves a multi-role purpose. The dropship is fully capable of atmospheric flight and can land almost anywhere without difficulty. It is also capable of limited spaceflight, making it the prime troop transport of the UNSC.
As a dominent [[Pelican]] model for many decades, the D77H-TCI Pelican features a versatile airframe, a power-efficent thruster configuration, and dense ablative armor for quick-transfer deployments deep into foe-occupied area.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} Like the previous standard [[D77-TC Pelican|D77 model]] used during the [[Human-Covenant War]], it features an extrordinary level of versality with regard to its arsenal, albeit parts with its forebearer in a variety of ways with several interior and exterior design differences.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} This includes most notably vertically staggered cockpit seats in tandem, with the co-pilot seated behind and above the pilot, instead of both crew sitting next to each other, and the controls and instrument panels are rearranged and upgraded.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|HW}} A small [[holotank]] is installed in the cockpit, allowing a [[Smart AI|"smart"]] [[artificial intelligence|AI]] to project its holographic [[avatar]] to the craft's pilots.{{Ref/Reuse|cortana}}


There are several interior and exterior design differences between the D77-TC and D77H-TCI models. Most notably difference is in the cockpit area. Instead of the pilot and co-pilot sitting next to each other, the co-pilot is seated behind and above the pilot, and the controls and instrument panels are rearranged and upgraded. A small [[holotank]] is installed in the cockpit, allowing an artificial intelligence to project its holographic [[avatar]] to the craft's pilots.
===Armament===
 
The D77H-TCI Pelican's standard armament has two [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods—which are integrated seamlessly into the fuselage rather than being externally mounted to the wings—and a rear-bay-mounted [[machine gun]]–typically an [[AIE-486H machine gun]]–in its troop bay for providing sufficient suppresive fire for supporting ground teams and loading or offloading personnel in contested sites, and covering the departure of its passengers, although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} The ANVIL pods can fire up to twelve missiles at once, six from each pod.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} It may also features a trio of nose-mounted chainguns.{{Ref/Reuse|home}}
===Payload capacity===
There are also differences in the bay of the craft: the so-called "blood tray".<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 203''</ref> Although the D77H-TCI Pelican carries the same number of passengers as its predecessor, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two [[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|M274 Mongoose ULATVs]] internally, in addition to ten passengers. Like the original models, the D77H-TCI's tail-mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying an [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|M12 Warthog FAV]], an [[M808 Main Battle Tank|M808 Scorpion MBT]], or several [[resupply canister]]s.


===Armament===
A gunship version of the D77H is in service as well; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.{{Ref/Map|H3|High Ground}}
The D77H-TCI Pelican, like its predecessor, is able to mount a machine gun - typically an [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun]] - in its troop bay for supporting ground teams and covering the departure of its passengers, although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally. The D77H can also be equipped with [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile]] pods; rather than being externally mounted to the wings, these pods are integrated seamlessly into the fuselage. The ANVIL pods can fire up to twelve missiles at once, six from each pod. A gunship version of the D77H is in service as well; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.<ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer level ''[[High Ground]]''</ref>


===Propulsion===
===Propulsion===
The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior. The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability. Four ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation. It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum. The D77H-TCI, like the D77-TC, although fully capable of orbital insertion, is too small to be equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], and thus is incapable of Slipspace travel.
The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior. The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability. Four ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation. It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum. The D77H-TCI, like the D77-TC, although fully capable of orbital insertion, is too small to be equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], and thus is incapable of Slipspace travel.
===Payload capacity===
There are also differences in the bay of the craft: the so-called "blood tray".{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Page=203}} Although the D77H-TCI Pelican carries the same number of passengers as its predecessor, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two [[M274 Mongoose]] internally, in addition to ten passengers.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} Like the original models, the D77H-TCI's tail-mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying an [[M12 Warthog]], an [[M808 Scorpion]], or several [[resupply canister]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}


==Variants==
==Variants==
*'''[[D77C-NMPD Pelican]]''' – The D77C-NMPD Pelican is a variant of the D77H-TCI that was utilized by the [[New Mombasa Police Department]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], on [[Earth]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/nmpd-pelican/a08fd318-4bef-4c32-9741-6d15b5f1180d?filter=all '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''D77C-NMPD Pelican'']</ref> It was differentiated from its military counterpart by a black and white color scheme, with the word "POLICE" replacing the traditional "MARINES" on the external hull, and a noted lack of armament. Under the craft's chin, where a machine gun turret or autocannon would normally be installed, were various interchangeable sensors used by the police for aerial surveillance and crowd control. An AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun was typically mounted in the personnel bay of the D77C-NMPD, similarly to the standard D77H model.
*'''[[D77C-NMPD Pelican]]''' – A variant of the D77H-TCI that was utilized by the [[New Mombasa Police Department]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Site|Id=nmpd|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/gallery/nmpd-pelican/a08fd318-4bef-4c32-9741-6d15b5f1180d|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=NMPD Pelican|D=26|M=03|Y=2011|Detail=(defunct, archive [[Archive:Halo Waypoint/2009 to 2014/Universe/Vehicles#NMPD Pelican|here]])}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H3ODST-D77C-NMPD-PelicanDropship.png|The D77C-NMPD Pelican
File:H3ODST-D77C-NMPD-PelicanDropship.png|D77C-NMPD Pelican
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*''[[Victor 398]]''
*''[[Victor 398]]''


==Operational history==
==Service history==
===Human-Covenant War===
===Human-Covenant War===
The D77H-TCI Pelican was introduced at least during the [[Insurrection]] and numerous, along with the original [[D77-TC Pelican]], were as well deployed during the battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|origins}} During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] company used a D77H-TCI Pelican to make a boarding action against the [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} ''[[Unrelenting]]'' by flying out of the Pelican with thruster packs to board the nearby enemy vessel.{{Ref/Film|Id=as|Film=[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|covenant}}{{Ref/Note|Id=internal|Text=Though the D77H-TCI Pelican was used for external design of the Pelican carrying the Spartan-IIs, its internal design, however, seem to be indentical to that of a [[D79-TC Pelican]].}}
The D77H-TCI Pelican was introduced at least during the [[Insurrection]] and numerous, along with the original [[D77-TC Pelican]], were as well deployed during the battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|origins}} During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] company used a D77H-TCI Pelican to make a boarding action against the [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} ''[[Unrelenting]]'' by flying out of the Pelican with thruster packs to board the nearby enemy vessel.{{Ref/Film|Id=as|Film=[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|covenant}}{{Ref/Note|Id=internal|Text=Though the D77H-TCI Pelican was used for external design of the Pelican carrying the Spartan-IIs, its internal design, however, seem to be indentical to that of a [[D79-TC Pelican]].}}


Multiple D77H-TCI Pelicans were in use over course of [[Harvest campaign]] and later [[Battle for Arcadia]] and [[Battle of the Etran Harborage]],{{Ref/Game|HW}} including one such Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme that was used by the [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]] and the [[Fire Team Lima]] to board the heavily damaged {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}} to purge its NAV database and recover the survivors of the {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}.{{Ref/Comic|Id=genesis|Comic=Halo Wars: Genesis}}
Multiple D77H-TCI Pelicans were in use over course of [[Harvest campaign]] and later [[Battle for Arcadia]] and [[Battle of the Etran Harborage]],{{Ref/Game|HW|Detail=[[Campaign]] gameplay}} including one such Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme that was used by the [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]] and the [[Fire Team Lima]] to board the heavily damaged {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}} to purge its NAV database and recover the survivors of the {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}.{{Ref/Comic|Id=genesis|Comic=Halo Wars: Genesis}}


In the [[2552|final year]] of the Great War, the D77H-TCI Pelicans may have been used during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] and the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=covenant|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]}}{{Ref/Note|The internal design from the standard D77-TC Pelican was used for all Pelicans in all ''Halo: Fall of Reach'' comics although their external designs in those comics was based on those from ''Halo 3''.}} An extensive number of D77H-TCI Pelicans was prominently deployed during the [[Battle for Earth]],{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} including during the final [[Space warfare|space battle]] against [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|loyalist armada]] led by ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} They were again deployed extensively by the [[Battle Group Victory]] supported by the [[Sangheili]] [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] during the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the final battle of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}  
In the [[2552|final year]] of the Great War, the D77H-TCI Pelicans may have been used during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] and the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=covenant|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]}}{{Ref/Note|The internal design from the standard D77-TC Pelican was used for all Pelicans in all ''Halo: Fall of Reach'' comics although their external designs in those comics was based on those from ''Halo 3''.}} An extensive number of D77H-TCI Pelicans was prominently deployed during the [[Battle for Earth]],{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} including during the final [[Space warfare|space battle]] against [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|loyalist armada]] led by ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} They were again deployed extensively by the [[Battle Group Victory]] supported by the [[Sangheili]] [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] during the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the final battle of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}  
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===Post-war===
===Post-war===
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
In the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, many D77H-TCI Pelicans remains in service even when they were supplanted by the [[D79-TC Pelican]]. Numerous D77H-TCI Pelicans were used against a [[Merg Vol's Covenant|splintered Covenant group]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2554]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=hsa}} A number of D77H-TCI Pelicans were assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, the flagship of [[UNSC Navy]], and were deployed by the [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] notably during the [[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]] and [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]].{{Ref/Comic|Comic=Halo: Escalation}}{{Ref/Reuse|SOR}}
In the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, many D77H-TCI Pelicans remains in service even when they were supplanted by the [[D79-TC Pelican]]. Numerous D77H-TCI Pelicans were used against a [[Merg Vol's Covenant|splintered Covenant group]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2554]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=hsa}} A number of D77H-TCI Pelicans were assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, the flagship of [[UNSC Navy]], and were deployed by the [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] notably during the [[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]] and [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc|HE|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 12|12]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|SOR}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Concept art===
<gallery>
File:Homecoming_Pelican_Concept.png|D77H-TCI concept art for ''[[Halo Legends]]: [[Homecoming]]''.
</gallery>
=== Artworks ===
<gallery>
File:Phantom and Pelican.png|A Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''.
File:HWG-SoftSeal-Pelican.png|A partial cross-section of a Pelican with its "soft seal" cover extended.
</gallery>
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
File:Halo3-PelicanDropship.png|A detail fore view of the D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship's cockpit.
File:Pelicans5e_copy.jpg|A comparison of the D77H-TCI and the D77-TC models from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|Several D77H-TCI along with [[C712 Longsword]]s during the [[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]].
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
<gallery widths="160px">
<gallery widths="160px">
File:Halo3-PelicanDropship.png|A detail fore view of the D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship's cockpit.
File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in ''Halo: Landfall''.
File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in ''Halo: Landfall''.
File:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|The D77H-TCI in ''Halo 3''.
File:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|The D77H-TCI in ''Halo 3''.
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File:PelicanCrash-large.jpg|A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.
File:PelicanCrash-large.jpg|A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.
File:PelicanOnCortana.jpg|A D77H-TCI crashed on ''[[High Charity]]''.
File:PelicanOnCortana.jpg|A D77H-TCI crashed on ''[[High Charity]]''.
File:Pelicans5e_copy.jpg|A comparison of the D77H-TCI and the D77-TC.
File:Phantom and Pelican.png|A Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''.
File:HWG-SoftSeal-Pelican.png|A partial cross-section of a Pelican with its "soft seal" cover extended.
File:Hornet war.jpg|A squadron of [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] and [[AV-22 Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawks]] protect a number of Pelican dropships from a [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Protos Scarab]] in an early build of ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:Hornet war.jpg|A squadron of [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] and [[AV-22 Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawks]] protect a number of Pelican dropships from a [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Protos Scarab]] in an early build of ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:PelicanOnHarvest.JPG|Three Pelicans during the [[Harvest campaign]] in ''Halo Wars''.
File:PelicanOnHarvest.JPG|Three Pelicans during the [[Harvest campaign]] in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW-D77.png|A D77H-TCI in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW-D77.png|A D77H-TCI in ''Halo Wars''.
File:Homecoming_Pelican_Concept.png|D77H-TCI concept art for ''[[Halo Legends]]: [[Homecoming]]''.
File:Origins insurrectionbattle.jpg|A massive fleet of multiple D77Hs and [[AV-14 Hornet]]s bombards an [[insurrectionist]] position in ''[[Origins]]''.
File:H4-Scanned-PelicanDropships.jpg|A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over [[Eridanus II]] in ''[[Scanned]]''.
File:H4-Scanned-PelicanDropships.jpg|A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over [[Eridanus II]] in ''[[Scanned]]''.
File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|Several D77H-TCI along with [[C712 Longsword]]s during the [[mission to Ven III]].
</gallery>
</gallery>
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
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**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
*''[[Scanned]]'' {{c|Possible appearence}}
*''[[Scanned]]'' {{c|Possible appearence}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
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*''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
*''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
{{Col-end}}


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 05:33, May 26, 2022

This article is about the Pelican introduced in Halo 3. For other uses, see Pelican.
Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry
H3 - D77H-TCI.png
Production information

Manufacturer:

Misriah Armory[1]

Class:

D77-TC Pelican[2]

Role:

Dropship, air assault/close air support[2]

Technical specifications

Length:

30.5 meters (100 ft)[3]

Width:

23.4 meters (77 ft)[3]

Engine(s):

Armament:

Complement:

Crew:

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Affiliation:

United Nations Space Command[3]

 

The D77H-TCI Pelican,[2][7] formally known as the Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry,[7] and more commonly known as the Pelican, is a model of the traditional D77-TC Pelican dropship.[7]

Specifications

Design details

As a dominent Pelican model for many decades, the D77H-TCI Pelican features a versatile airframe, a power-efficent thruster configuration, and dense ablative armor for quick-transfer deployments deep into foe-occupied area.[7] Like the previous standard D77 model used during the Human-Covenant War, it features an extrordinary level of versality with regard to its arsenal, albeit parts with its forebearer in a variety of ways with several interior and exterior design differences.[7] This includes most notably vertically staggered cockpit seats in tandem, with the co-pilot seated behind and above the pilot, instead of both crew sitting next to each other, and the controls and instrument panels are rearranged and upgraded.[7][2] A small holotank is installed in the cockpit, allowing a "smart" AI to project its holographic avatar to the craft's pilots.[8]

Armament

The D77H-TCI Pelican's standard armament has two Anvil-II air-to-surface missile pods—which are integrated seamlessly into the fuselage rather than being externally mounted to the wings—and a rear-bay-mounted machine gun–typically an AIE-486H machine gun–in its troop bay for providing sufficient suppresive fire for supporting ground teams and loading or offloading personnel in contested sites, and covering the departure of its passengers, although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally.[7][4] The ANVIL pods can fire up to twelve missiles at once, six from each pod.[4] It may also features a trio of nose-mounted chainguns.[6]

A gunship version of the D77H is in service as well; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.[12]

Propulsion

The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior. The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability. Four ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation. It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum. The D77H-TCI, like the D77-TC, although fully capable of orbital insertion, is too small to be equipped with a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine, and thus is incapable of Slipspace travel.

Payload capacity

There are also differences in the bay of the craft: the so-called "blood tray".[13] Although the D77H-TCI Pelican carries the same number of passengers as its predecessor, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two M274 Mongoose internally, in addition to ten passengers.[4] Like the original models, the D77H-TCI's tail-mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying an M12 Warthog, an M808 Scorpion, or several resupply canisters.[4]

Variants

  • D77C-NMPD Pelican

    D77C-NMPD Pelican

Identified Pelicans

Service history

Human-Covenant War

The D77H-TCI Pelican was introduced at least during the Insurrection and numerous, along with the original D77-TC Pelican, were as well deployed during the battles of the Human-Covenant War.[9] During the Battle of Chi Ceti, the SPARTAN-II company used a D77H-TCI Pelican to make a boarding action against the Covenant Zanar-pattern light cruiser Unrelenting by flying out of the Pelican with thruster packs to board the nearby enemy vessel.[15][16][Note 1]

Multiple D77H-TCI Pelicans were in use over course of Harvest campaign and later Battle for Arcadia and Battle of the Etran Harborage,[17] including one such Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme that was used by the Sergeant John Forge and the Fire Team Lima to board the heavily damaged UNSC Prophecy to purge its NAV database and recover the survivors of the Marathon-class heavy cruiser.[18]

In the final year of the Great War, the D77H-TCI Pelicans may have been used during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV and the Fall of Reach.[16][19][Note 2] An extensive number of D77H-TCI Pelicans was prominently deployed during the Battle for Earth,[4] including during the final space battle against Prophet of Truth's loyalist armada led by Anodyne Spirit.[20] They were again deployed extensively by the Battle Group Victory supported by the Sangheili separatist Fleet of Retribution during the Battle of Installation 00, the final battle of the war.[4]

Post-war

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In the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, many D77H-TCI Pelicans remains in service even when they were supplanted by the D79-TC Pelican. Numerous D77H-TCI Pelicans were used against a splintered Covenant group during the Battle of Draetheus V in 2554.[10] A number of D77H-TCI Pelicans were assigned to the UNSC Infinity, the flagship of UNSC Navy, and were deployed by the supercarrier notably during the Operation: WHISTLE STOP and WOLFE.[21][11]

Gallery

Concept art

Artworks

  • Phantom and Pelican.png

    A Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme in Halo Wars: Genesis.

  • A partial cross-section of a Pelican with its "soft seal" cover extended.

    A partial cross-section of a Pelican with its "soft seal" cover extended.

Renders

Screenshots

  • D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in Halo: Landfall.

    D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in Halo: Landfall.

  • The D77H-TCI in Halo 3.

    The D77H-TCI in Halo 3.

  • A frontal view of the D77H-TCI, affixed with ANVIL-II pods.

    A frontal view of the D77H-TCI, affixed with ANVIL-II pods.

  • A bottom view of the D77H-TCI.

    A bottom view of the D77H-TCI.

  • The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.

    The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.

  • The cockpit of the D77H-TCI.

    The cockpit of the D77H-TCI.

  • Another view of the cockpit.

    Another view of the cockpit.

  • D77H-TCI dropship outside The Pit.

    D77H-TCI dropship outside The Pit.

  • A D77H-TCI dropping off two ODSTs on Installation 00.

    A D77H-TCI dropping off two ODSTs on Installation 00.

  • A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.

    A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.

  • A D77H-TCI crashed on High Charity.

    A D77H-TCI crashed on High Charity.

  • A squadron of Hornets and Sparrowhawks protect a number of Pelican dropships from a Protos Scarab in an early build of Halo Wars.

    A squadron of Hornets and Sparrowhawks protect a number of Pelican dropships from a Protos Scarab in an early build of Halo Wars.

  • PelicanOnHarvest.JPG

    Three Pelicans during the Harvest campaign in Halo Wars.

  • A D77H-TCI in Halo Wars.

    A D77H-TCI in Halo Wars.

  • A massive fleet of multiple D77Hs and AV-14 Hornets bombards an insurrectionist position in Origins.

    A massive fleet of multiple D77Hs and AV-14 Hornets bombards an insurrectionist position in Origins.

  • A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over Eridanus II in Scanned.

    A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over Eridanus II in Scanned.

List of appearances

Notes

  1. ^ a b Though the D77H-TCI Pelican was used for external design of the Pelican carrying the Spartan-IIs, its internal design, however, seem to be indentical to that of a D79-TC Pelican.
  2. ^ The internal design from the standard D77-TC Pelican was used for all Pelicans in all Halo: Fall of Reach comics although their external designs in those comics was based on those from Halo 3.

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Landfall - Arms Race
  2. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Pelican (Retrieved on Apr 21, 2021) [archive]
  3. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 252
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Halo 3: Gameplay and in-game 3D model data
  5. ^ Halo 4: Scanned
  6. ^ a b Halo Legends - Homecoming
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 149
  8. ^ a b Halo 3, campaign level Cortana
  9. ^ a b Halo Legends - Origins
  10. ^ a b Halo: Spartan Assault
  11. ^ a b Halo: Shadows of Reach
  12. ^ Halo 3, multiplayer map High Ground
  13. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 203
  14. ^ Halo Waypoint, NMPD Pelican: (defunct, archive here) (Retrieved on Mar 26, 2011) [archive]
  15. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
  16. ^ a b Halo: Fall of Reach: Covenant
  17. ^ Halo Wars: Campaign gameplay
  18. ^ Halo Wars: Genesis
  19. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach: Invasion
  20. ^ Halo: Uprising, issue 4
  21. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 12

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