Charon-class light frigate: Difference between revisions

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The Charon has a maximum crew and complement of 782.{{Ref/Reuse|FUD 1}} It can carry several [[Pelican]] dropships as well as an assortment of ground and air vehicles. These include [[M808 Scorpion]]s and its variants, [[AV-14 Hornet]]s, and various varieties of [[M12 Warthog]]s. 12 [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOIEV]] deployment bays line the aft-most portions of the ship's ventral surface, each capable of deploying an [[M8823 drop pod]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}}

The ''Charon'' boasts one of the largest hangar bays by volume of any frigate in the fleet,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p123}} with the lower hangar fitted with a large opening on its aft wall. Three elevators are installed in the floor of the bay, which can either retract to allow for the launch of its embarked Pelicans, or extended to deploy its fleet of Scorpions and Warthogs to the surface.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TheArk}} 22 lifeboats of unknown class are installed on the ship - three on the port and starboard sides of the [[bridge]], and 8 on the upper MAC boom.{{Ref/Reuse|H3Model}}

During an [[:File:H3 Script FirstDraft.pdf|early draft]] of the ''Halo 3'' script written by Rob Stokes, the role fulfilled by the ''Charon'' in the final game was given to the ''Stalwart''-class originally introduced in ''[[Halo 2]]''. In this early draft, [[Battle Group Victory]] was to consist of [[seven]] vessels, with a handful named as {{UNSCShip|Providence}}, {{UNSCShip|Madrid}}, {{UNSCShip|Ningbo}}, and {{UNSCShip|Ophir}}. The ''Providence'' was an early production name for what would become ''Forward Unto Dawn'' in the final game, and appears in a few pieces of early concept art. During the frigate's production, a concept produced by [[Isaac Hannaford]] depicts a ship by the name of {{UNSCShip|Andraste}} - notably, this design differs in several key areas from the final ''Charon'' design, and was later recreated near 1:1 in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' as the ''Paris''-class heavy frigate. This artwork would ultimately appear in ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'' and the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', well before ''Reach'' had finished development.