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Revision as of 08:55, September 15, 2023
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Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat |
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4.1 meters (13.3 ft)[1] |
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The SKT-9 Bumblebee,[5] formally known as the Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled,[2] is a variant of the UNSC escape pod commonly known as the Bumblebee.[6] It is a sixth-generation lifeboat, and features a pilot-operated guiding system similar to that of SKT-13 and SKT-21 shuttlecrafts.[2]
Design details
The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a medium-endurance (Class 3) vehicles;[1] it is well armored, though Jacob Keyes considered it has a relatively thin hull and a 12.7x40mm round may penetrate the hull.[7] They are typically found on UNSC cruisers,[2] which carry several sets of them, stationed at designated airlocks. Several SKT-9 Bumblebees were carried aboard Cairo Station.[5] Like Pelican dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the phonetic alphabet, followed by a two-digit number.[8] SKT-9 Bumblebees are equipped with beacons,[9] and possess limited visual and audio capture capabilities.[10]
The SKT-9 can hold up to nine people (including the pilot), and it has enough supplies for 126-person-days of life support.[1] It has one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep people from injury when crash-landing.[3][4] Though they are noted as being one of the safer methods of UNSC ship evacuation,[2] the effectiveness of the safety features on this Bumblebee vary greatly, as can their reliability. During the Battle of Installation 04, some of these Bumblebees landed without any injuries to their passengers, while others suffered catastrophic failures while in mid-air, resulting in the deaths of most or all aboard upon impact.[9]
SKT-9 Bumblebees feature thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent.[2] Although it has a pilot control station,[1][11] the Bumblebee has little in the way of maneuverability, as it is not intended for extended atmospheric use, nor are its thrusters powerful enough to escape a planet's atmosphere;[3][4] Jacob Keyes noted that a Bumblebee lifeboat "flew like a rock".[8] Instead, the lifeboat using a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel.[1][11] Once it enters atmosphere, the Bumblebee makes a controlled crash landing with aerobraking panels and drogue chutes.[1] Thus, after a landing, the lifeboat can never be used again, as the air brakes disengage upon descent; the lifeboat would have likely suffered a great amount of damage as well.[3][4]
There may be some animosity between Bumblebee pilots and Pelican pilots; during the Battle of Installation 04, Carol Rawley noted she would rather die piloting her own Pelican than trust her fate to "some lifeboat jockey".[7]
Operational History
The UNSC Pillar of Autumn carried eighteen of these Bumblebees. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during the Battle of Installation 04 on September 19, 2552.[9] At least one was destroyed by the Covenant when it was ejected from the vessel.[12] In the final stages of the conflict, John-117 originally intended to take one of the remaining lifeboats on the Autumn to escape from the ring's destruction.[13][14]
Known SKT-9 Bumblebees
Production notes
- When the Master Chief's escape pod launches in Halo: Combat Evolved, its rear hatch remains open. This was rectified in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
- In Halo: Custom Edition, Bumblebees can be modded into maps. They have closed rear hatches until a player pilots them, at which point the hatch opens. As Bungie only designed these for cutscenes, it is likely to allow for the doors opening or closing during the final cutscene on The Pillar Of Autumn.
- There is an Easter egg underneath the pilot's seat with text that reads "put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye".[citation needed]
Gallery
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Views of the Bumblebee without its air brakes and with air brakes deployed in Halo: Combat Evolved.
The Bumblebee design.
Bumblebee cutaway.
Various previews of the Bumblebee in Halo: Combat Evolved.
A Bumblebee deploying its air brakes and forward thrusters during atmospheric descent.
Another image of a Bumblebee deploying its air brakes.
A crashed Bumblebee, its reverse thrusters smoking from recent discharge. The lifeboat cut a sliding trench into the ground on impact.
A Bumblebee pilot in Halo: Combat Evolved.
Concept art of the craft in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Extracted concept art of the craft in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Bumblebee Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43, ferrying the Master Chief escapes the UNSC Pillar of Autumn at the onset of the Battle of Installation 04.
A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of Installation 04.
A Bumblebee pilot in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Halo: The Flood
- Adjunct (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo Mythos
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 153
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Library: Bumblebee
- ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 250
- ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 260
- ^ a b Halo: Warfleet, page 30
- ^ Bungie.net, Bungie Weekly Update of 04-13-01
- ^ a b Halo: The Flood, chapter 1
- ^ a b Halo: The Flood, chapter 2
- ^ a b c Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Halo
- ^ Halo: The Flood: Adjunct
- ^ a b Twitter, Halo (@Halo): "The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a heavy lifeboat that can hold up to eight passengers and has a pilot control station, though by default it uses a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel. #FictionFriday"
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Maw
- ^ Halo: The Flood, chapter 12
