UNSC Forward Unto Dawn: Difference between revisions

It fired its [[MAC]] guns at the [[Forerunner]] [[Dreadnought]], containing [[Truth]], in attempts to stop him from activating the [[Portal]] to the [[Ark]]. This attempt failed, and it appeared the Dreadnought survived unscathed, escaping through the Portal to the Ark. <ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', level [[The Storm (Level)]]</ref>

The forward half of the vessel, including [[the Arbiter]], was able to transition to [[Earth]] and land in an unknown ocean (possibly the Indian Ocean given the Portal's location). The Arbiter was rescued successfully from this impact. The latter half of the vessel finally fell out of [[slipspace]], but in a currently unknown location. While jumping through the portal, the stern half of the ''Dawn'' was separated from the forward half by the firing of [[Installation 04 (II)|Alpha Halo]]. As a result, the ship's power failed, as can be seen by the failure of [[artificial gravity]]<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', level [[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]]</ref> Whether the vessel was left relatively close to the [[Ark]], or the back half of the frigate managed to fit into the portal and get thrown out at a random destination is unknown. The latter theory brings to question how Cortana knew that the firing "did a number on the Ark", while the first theory brings with it the question of how the Master Chief survived the Halo's firing sequence.  

[[Cortana]] dropped a distress beacon while the [[John-117|Master Chief]] sealed himself in one of the ''Dawn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s cryogenic chambers (these are designed to work independent of a ships power, they are able to be dumped into space still active upon a ships impending destruction). After an undetermined amount of time, the ''Dawn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s melted, mangled aft section was seen drifting towards an [[Legendary Planet|unknown planet]]<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', Final cut scene</ref>.

*If you look at the designations of the [[UNSC]] frigates firing on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] on the level [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]], they all say ''Forward Unto Dawn'' and the ships numbers are the same as well. This shows that Bungie only made 2 Frigate models, with the Aegis Fate model only being used for the multiplayer level "[[Sandtrap]]"

*In all 3 ''[[Halo]]'' games, something happens to the [[UNSC]] ship that takes you to the forerunner installation. In [[Halo:CE]] the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' crashes and is destroyed on Alpha Halo. In ''[[Halo 2]]'' ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' gets taken over by the [[Flood]] at Delta Halo and crashes into ''[[High Charity]]'' and most likely gets blown up during ''High Charity's'' destruction and in ''[[Halo 3]]'', the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' gets split in half by the portal closing after going to the Ark.

*In the final level of ''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]], before the ship is torn in half, there is no mention or sight of the crew, which had boarded the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' before [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Johnson]] positioned ''Forward Unto Dawn'', this is mentioned in the cutscene at the beginning of the level [[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]], [[Rtas 'Vadum]] can be heard saying "We are all aboard, [[Human]]s and [[Sangheili|Elites]]".

*If you were to play a modded [[Sandtrap|Sandtrap]] map with a second frigate on the name of it will be Forward Unto Dawn. This is because the BSP tag of the ''[[Aegis Fate]]'' is a modified ''Forward Unto Dawn'' tag, and when a second Frigate is spawned on Sandtrap, the tag's modifiers aren't used for it.

*It is small enough to fit in the hangar of the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''.

*In a Star Trek Armada II Ship pack including UNSC Frigates, the Forward Unto Dawn was released as a hero ship, along with the [[UNSC Gettysburg]]. Its special improvements are enlarged size and more hull strength.

*It is rare to a very high ranking officer as [[Terrence Hood|Lord Hood]] to have a such small vessel as the flagship of the [[Home Fleet]]. This is probably because many of the most powerful UNSC ships were destroyed during the first actions of the [[Second Battle of Earth]].

Image:Forward Unto Dawn.jpg|The ''Dawn'', perched on the Ark, or, Installation 00 .