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{{Disambig header|the Pelican introduced in ''[[Halo 3]]''|other uses|Pelican}}
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{{Ship class infobox
{{Ship
|name = Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry
|name = D77H-TCI Pelican
|image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]]
|image = [[File:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|310px]]
|class = [[D77-TC Pelican]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|model = D77H-TCI Pelican (Heavy Infantry variant)
|manufacturer = [[Misriah Armory]]{{Ref/Film|Id=lf|Film=Halo: Landfall|Story=[[Halo: Arms Race|Arms Race]]}}
|class = Dropship/Gunship
|length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|Enc09|Page=252}}
|manufacturer = Misriah Armories<ref>[[Halo: Arms Race]]</ref>
|width = {{Convert|23.4|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
|modifier =
|height =  
|sysmods =
|length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 252''</ref> Troop Bay: 6.19 Meters (20.3 feet)
|width = Wingspan - {{Convert|23.4|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC"/> Troop Bay: 4.64 Meters (15.22 feet)
|height = 10.0 meters (35.9 feet) (10.5 meters with landing gear) Troop Bay: 3.23 Meters (10.6 feet)
|mass =
|mass =
|max speed space =
|engine =
|max speed air =
*8 [[Fusion drive|hybrid fusion drives]] {{C|4 primary, 4 secondary}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|engine = 2 main engines housed in middle section of ship, 10 maneuvering thrusters housed in 4 vector pylons.
*8 maneuvering thrusters {{c|housed in 4 vector pylons}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|slipspace drive = None
|armament =
|poweroutput =
*3 chin-mounted weapons{{Ref/Game|H4|Part=Scanned}}{{Ref/Film|Id=home|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Homecoming}} {{c|optional}}
|shield gen = Heat and radiation shielding to protect the occupants.
*2 [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} {{c|6 missiles per pod}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|sensor =
*1 rear-mounted [[AIE-486H machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|target =
|complement =*1 medium or heavy vehicle{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|navigation = *Motion trackers<ref>[[343 Guilty Spark (Level)]]</ref>
*2 light vehicles{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} {{c|internally and externally}}
|avionics =
*4–6 [[ordnance pod]]s{{Citation needed}}
|countermeasures =
|crew = *2+ crews{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|armament = *1 Chin-mounted Rotary-cannon:
*1 [[artificial intelligence]]{{Ref/Level|Id=cortana|H3|[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]}} {{c|optional}}
**40mm Rotary-cannon (optional)
**70mm Rotary-cannon (optional)<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], page 39</ref>
*2 [[ANVIL-II ASM]] Pods (6 missiles each)
*1 AIE-486H HMG
|complement = *1 [[Scorpion Tank]] ''or''
*1 [[Warthog]] ''or''
*4-6 [[Resupply Canister Type-C Capsule]]s ''and''
*2 [[Mongoose]] (internally and externally)
|crew = *1 [[Pilot]]
*1 Co-pilot
*1 crew chief
|skeleton = 1 pilot with an [[AI]]
|passengers = 10 seats in internal bay amidships 15 people standing and sitting (these numbers are doubled in case the ship carries a [[Troop Deployment Pod (Pelican)|Troop Deployment Pod]]).
|capacity = 70 tons on hoist. (anything over 35 tons slows speed considerably)
|othersystems =
|othersystems =
|role = [[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}}
|commission = [[2552]]/[[2553]]
|era = *[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Film|Id=origins|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Origins}}
|firstsight = [[Halo 3]]
*[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Game|Id=halo3|H3|Detail=Gameplay and in-game 3D model data}}
|battles = *[[Battle of Earth]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Game|Id=hsa|Halo: Spartan Assault}}
**[[Battle of Voi#Crow's Nest|Battle of Crow's Nest]]
**[[Created conflict]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}}
**[[Battle of Voi]]
|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
*[[Battle of Installation 00]]
*[[Battle of Installation 04]]
|affiliation = [[UNSC]]
}}
}}
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}}  (Formal classification: '''Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry'''),{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P149|Enc22|Page=149}} more commonly known as the '''Pelican''', is a model of the traditional [[D77-TC Pelican]] [[dropship]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}


The '''Dropship-77 Heavy Troop Carrier/Infantry Pelican''', abbreviated '''D77H-TCI Pelican''', is a newer model of the venerable [[D77-TC Pelican]], recently introduced into service within the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] in late 2552 and early 2553.
==Design==
===Layout/Hull===
As a dominant [[Pelican]] model for many decades, the D77H-TCI Pelican features a versatile airframe, a power-efficient 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 extraordinary level of versality with regard to its arsenal, albeit parts with its forbearer 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}}


==Background==
===Armament===
The D77H-TCI is a fleet wide upgrade to the [[UNSC]]'s squadrons of Pelican dropships, that have been in service for over 50 years. First seen deployed in November, 2552 <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] Chapter 23, Page 203</ref> the Pelican is the primary tactical support aircraft of the UNSC. The Pelican serves a multi-role purpose, it is fully capable of Atmospheric flight and can land almost anywhere without difficulty, the Pelican is also capable of limited spaceflight, making it the prime troop transport of the UNSC. The D77H-TCI makes several drastic design changes to both the interior, and exterior, although the exteriors changes are not as noticeable as the interior is. The first significant change is in the cockpit area of the D77H which instead of having the pilot and co-pilot sitting next to each other, the copilot is now seated behind and above the pilot, the control's and instrument panels have been rearranged and upgraded for the D77H. A small holo-tank is installed in the cockpit, allowing an artificial intelligence to project its holographic form to the craft's pilots.<ref>Halo 3</ref>
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===
===Powerplant/Propulsion===
[[File:HRS D77H TCI Pelican Bottom.jpg|left|thumb|A bottom-profile of the D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship.]]
The main [[Fusion drive|engines]] are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} 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.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} Eight 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.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
The pressurized payload area has also seen a design change, the D77H-TCI variant of the Pelican carries the same number of passengers as its predecessor. However, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two [[M274 Mongoose ULATV|Mongoose ULATV's]] internally, in addition to ten passengers, also it has a hermetic door on its rear section for ship-to-shore orbital insertions. Its tail-mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying a [[M12 Warthog LRV]], [[Gauss Warthog|M12G1 Warthog LAAG]] or [[M831 TT Warthog]], an [[M808B Scorpion MBT]], or four [[Resupply Canister Type-C Capsule|Type C Resupply Capsules]] rather than six of the older [[Resupply Canister Type-B Capsule|Type B Resupply Capsules]], to the battlefield, able to detach its payload without landing decreasing the chance of an attack while it unloads.


===Armament===
===Crew and complement/Payload capacity===
The D77H-TCI Pelican, like its predecessor, is compatible with the Rotary-cannons in both 40mm and 70mm types. The Pelican is also able to mount an [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun]] in its troop-bay compartment for supporting ground teams and covering the departure of its passengers, an improvement from the previous [[M247 GPMG]], although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally. The D77H can also be equipped with [[ANVIL-II ASM]] Pods; the design of the pods has changed, and now seamlessly blends with the Pelican. The new ANVIL pods can fire up to 12 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>[[High Ground (Level)]] computers</ref>.
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}}


===Propulsion===
==Variants==
The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, 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 8 jet intakes, 3 on each side and 2 on top.
A gunship version of the D77H is in service; 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}} Another configuration of the D77H Pelican were used by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} crew during the Harvest campaign and Battle of the Etran Harborage.{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}}{{Ref/Reuse|wars}}


The wings mounted on a Pelican seem extremely small, too small to support the weight of drop ship and payload alone. It is speculated that it utilizes at least some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifting_body Lifting Body] principles, using its own hull create most of the lift necessary for flight. It may also be that the Pelican partially relies upon thrust vectoring, referred to as jet-borne flight as opposed to wing-borne flight which can be further reinforced with the fact that down-ward aiming jets can be seen on the bottom of the thruster mountings. It should be noted that small wings are very efficient for high-speed flight, as demonstrated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-104_Starfighter F-104 Starfighter]. It is also a benefit for operations in the upper atmosphere, especially re-entry, as was the case with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-15 X-15]. The D77H-TCI, like the D77, 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.
*'''[[D77C-NMPD Pelican]]''' – A variant of the D77H-TCI and the [[D77C Pelican]] itself with very few modifications made to the later over the former, and 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>
File:H3ODST-D77C-NMPD-PelicanDropship.png|D77C-NMPD Pelican
</gallery>


==Identified Pelicans==
==Identified Pelicans==
{{Pelican}}
*''[[Echo 051]]''
*''[[Kilo 023]]''
*''[[Oscar 5]]''
*''[[Oscar 6]]''
*''[[Oscar 8]]''
*''[[Oscar 9]]''
*''[[Victor 398]]''
 
==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]].{{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 Trove]],{{Ref/Game|Id=wars|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}}


==Trivia==
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}}
*A [[D77C-NMPD Pelican Dropship|police version of]] the Pelican appears in [[Halo 3: ODST]]. This version is colored black and white, and has the front turret replaced by optic surveillance gear.
 
*In the cockpit it has a screen which in Hocus' Pelican reads "connected to [[UNSCDF]] via local grid Pz87-3383." It also has the insignia of the UNSCDF in the upper left corner. This screen is also used as a method of communication in scripted sequences.
===Post-war===
*In ''Halo 3'', it is possible to "destroy" a Pelican by throwing a grenade into the cockpit. If so, then the Pelican will sink through the floor.
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
*When you are in theater mode and you go in the troop bay of a Pelican (when the door is closed), you can see that there is no light, unlike in the cinematic, where the red light is always lit. Then you will see that the rear door is highlighted as if it was lit from the inside. If you go into the cockpit (through the closed door), you can see a standard marine sitting in mid air.
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>
<gallery>
File:Concept police pelicans.png|Concept art of different color schemes of NMPD's Pelican dropships.
File:Homecoming_Pelican_Concept.png|D77H-TCI concept art for ''[[Halo Legends]]: [[Homecoming]]''.
File:The Ark Pelican.jpg|A Pelican, dropping off two ODSTs on Installation 00.
File:H2A Terminals Concept PelicanHangar.jpg|Concept art of a D77H-TCI in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''{{'}}s [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|terminals]].
File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction.
</gallery>
 
===Artwork===
<gallery>
File:HWG ProphecyPelican.png|A Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme encoutering a {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} 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>
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:H3 Pelican Anvil-II.jpg|A frontal view of the D77H-TCI, affixed with ANVIL-II pods.
File:HRS D77H TCI Pelican Bottom.jpg|A bottom view of the D77H-TCI.
File:Pelican bay.jpg|The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.
File:Pelican bay.jpg|The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.
File:1210810634 Gfs 63166 2 16.jpg|A Pelican seen from the front, with ANVIL-II pods attached.
File:1212438981 The Pit.jpg|Pelicans outside [[The Pit]].
File:Pelican-Abrams Comparison.jpg|A comparison of how big the troop bay actually is.
File:PolicePelican1.png|The NMPD-version of the D77H-TCI.
File:Ark2.JPG|The cockpit of the D77H-TCI.
File:Ark2.JPG|The cockpit of the D77H-TCI.
File:Pelican Cockpit.jpg|Another view of the cockpit.
File:H3 The Pit out of bounds.jpg|D77H-TCI dropship outside ''[[The Pit]]''.
File:The Ark Pelican.jpg|A D77H-TCI dropping off two [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] 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: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:Pelican on Harvest.jpg|Three Pelicans during the [[Harvest campaign]] in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW-D77.png|A D77H-TCI in ''Halo Wars''.
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]]''.
</gallery>
</gallery>
{{Clear}}
==List of appearances==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
**''[[Halo: Arms Race|Arms Race]]''
**''[[Halo: Combat|Combat]]''
**''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
**''[[Prototype]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Return]]'' {{C|Motion comic only}}
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' {{c|Possible appearence}}
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
*''[[Scanned]]'' {{c|Possible appearence}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''{{Ref/NoteReuse|internal}}
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
{{Col-end}}
==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
==Related Pages==
*[[D77-TC Pelican]]
*[[Albatross|Albatross Dropship]]
*[[Phantom|Phantom Dropship]]
*[[Spirit|Spirit Dropship]]


{{UNSC Ships}}
{{Pelican variants}}
{{UNSCDF Aircraft}}
{{Human Ships}}
[[Category:UNSC Vehicles]]

Revision as of 10:57, May 14, 2024

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] (Formal classification: Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry),[7] more commonly known as the Pelican, is a model of the traditional D77-TC Pelican dropship.[7]

Design

Layout/Hull

As a dominant Pelican model for many decades, the D77H-TCI Pelican features a versatile airframe, a power-efficient 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 extraordinary level of versality with regard to its arsenal, albeit parts with its forbearer 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]

Powerplant/Propulsion

The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior.[4] 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.[4] Eight 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.[4] These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation.[4] It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum.[4]

Crew and complement/Payload capacity

There are also differences in the bay of the craft: the so-called "blood tray".[12] 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

A gunship version of the D77H is in service; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.[13] Another configuration of the D77H Pelican were used by the UNSC Spirit of Fire crew during the Harvest campaign and Battle of the Etran Harborage.[14][15]

  • 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.[17][18][Note 1]

Multiple D77H-TCI Pelicans were in use over course of Harvest campaign and later Battle for Arcadia and Battle of Trove,[15] 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.[14]

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.[18][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

Artwork

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.

  • Three Pelicans during the Harvest campaign in Halo Wars.

    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 o p q r s 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: Ghosts of Onyx, page 203
  13. ^ Halo 3, multiplayer map High Ground
  14. ^ a b Halo Wars: Genesis
  15. ^ a b Halo Wars: Campaign gameplay
  16. ^ Halo Waypoint, NMPD Pelican: (defunct, archive here) (Retrieved on Mar 26, 2011) [archive]
  17. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
  18. ^ a b Halo: Fall of Reach: Covenant
  19. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach: Invasion
  20. ^ Halo: Uprising, issue 4
  21. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 12

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