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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*On the lower part of the bow there is a black " | *On the lower part of the bow there is a black "7" inside a yellow star with a yellow chevron under it, which shows the ship's assignment to the [[Seventh Fleet]]. This is one of [[Bungie]]'s myriad [[List of "seven" references in the Halo series|references to the number seven]]. | ||
*All three frigates in the level ''The Storm'', (one of them being ''Aegis Fate''), use the same textures as ''Forward Unto Dawn''. | *All three frigates in the level ''The Storm'', (one of them being ''Aegis Fate''), use the same textures as ''Forward Unto Dawn''. | ||
*Like the main vessels of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', ([[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|''Pillar of Autumn'']] and ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'', respectively), ''Forward Unto Dawn'' serves as the main vessel in ''Halo 3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign and is likewise destroyed near the end of the game. | *Like the main vessels of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', ([[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|''Pillar of Autumn'']] and ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'', respectively), ''Forward Unto Dawn'' serves as the main vessel in ''Halo 3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign and is likewise destroyed near the end of the game. | ||
*In the level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]'', player characters may be killed by the debris pushed outward by the frigate's approach. In this scene, the ''Dawn'' casts no shadow, despite the fact that it should darken a large area during and after landing. | *In the level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]'', player characters may be killed by the debris pushed outward by the frigate's approach. In this scene, the ''Dawn'' casts no shadow, despite the fact that it should darken a large area during and after landing. | ||
*In ''Halo 4'', ''Forward Unto Dawn'' looks considerably different from its appearance in ''Halo 3'' and ''Origins''. The bridge deck is shorter and wider, the "wings" are more rectangular and closer to the hull,<ref name="Avatar"/> and the ''Charon'' class' distinctively enlarged cargo bay is conspicuously absent.<ref>[[:File:FUD-Poster.jpg| | *In ''Halo 4'', ''Forward Unto Dawn'' looks considerably different from its appearance in ''Halo 3'' and ''Origins''. The bridge deck is shorter and wider, the "wings" are more rectangular and closer to the hull,<ref name="Avatar"/> and the ''Charon'' class' distinctively enlarged cargo bay is conspicuously absent.<ref>[[:File:FUD-Poster.jpg|'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''' poster]]</ref> More of the forward half, (perhaps as much as fifty meters), remains than in ''Halo 3''; the port and starboard hangar bays have been reduced to one on either side, lack doors, and are moved much farther back, remaining with the aft section.<ref name="Avatar"> ''Forward Unto Dawn'' Xbox LIVE avatar prop</ref> In the game's cover art, the vessel sports the post-war version of the [[:File:UNSC insignia (post-war).png|UNSC emblem]], despite being lost in space before the new emblem was adopted; however, the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' Xbox LIVE Avatar prop features the original UNSC emblem, suggesting that the latter will be used in the final version of the game.<ref name="Avatar"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||