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{{Disambig header|the class of lifeboats onboard {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}|other lifeboats named "Bumblebee"|Bumblebee}}
{{Ship Class Infobox
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|name=Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled
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|width=5.2 meters (17.2 feet)<ref name="library"/> (9.3 meters with air brakes deployed)<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 250''</ref>
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|height=4.0 meters (13.3 feet) (9.0 meters with air brakes deployed)
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|armament=
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|othersystems=
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|role=Evacuation of persons from disabled ships
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*Short-range personnel transfers{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}
*Ship hull surveys{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}
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The '''Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled''',<ref name="library">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]: Bumblebee''</ref> commonly known as the '''Bumblebee''',<ref>[[Halopedia:Bungie Weekly Update 04-13-01|'''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update of 04-13-01'']]</ref> is a type of escape pod for the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. It is a sixth-generation lifeboat, and features a pilot-operated guiding system similar to that of [[SKT-13 shuttlecraft|SKT-13]] and [[SKT-21 shuttlecraft|SKT-21]] shuttlecrafts.<ref name="library"/>
The '''SKT-9 Bumblebee''',{{Ref/Book|Id=Warfleet|HWF|Page=30}} formally known as the '''Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled''',{{Ref/Game|Id=library|HCEA|Library (feature)|Library|Detail=Bumblebee}} is a variant of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] lifeboat commonly known as the [[Bumblebee]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Generic|[[Bungie Weekly Update/04-13-01|''Bungie.net'', Bungie Weekly Update of 04-13-01]]}} It is a sixth-generation lifeboat, and features a pilot-operated guiding system similar to that of [[SKT-13 shuttlecraft|SKT-13]] and [[SKT-21 shuttlecraft|SKT-21]] shuttlecrafts.{{Ref/Reuse|library}}


Class-3 lifeboats are typically found on UNSC [[cruiser]]s,<ref name="library"/> which carry several sets of them, stationed at designated [[airlock]]s. Like [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[Phonetic Alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number. The Bumblebee can hold up to nine people (including the pilot) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ??''</ref>
==Overview==
===Design details===
The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a medium-endurance (Class 3) vehicle;{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} it is well armored, though [[Jacob Keyes]] considered that a [[12.7x40mm]] round may penetrate the relatively thin hull.{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf1|TF|Chapter=1}} They are typically found on UNSC [[cruiser]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|library}} which carry several sets of them, stationed at designated [[airlock]]s. Several SKT-9 Bumblebees were carried aboard [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} The docking ports for Bumblebees are comparable in size to the {{Pattern|Brhi Xur|Leech}} boarding craft used by the [[Covenant]], allowing the Covenant to use the airlocks to conduct [[Naval boarding|boarding]] actions on UNSC spacecraft.{{Ref/Reuse|poa}}


==Features==
Like [[Pelican]] and other [[dropship]]s, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[phonetic alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number.{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf2|TF|Chapter=2}} SKT-9 Bumblebees are equipped with beacons,{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} and possess limited visual and audio capture capabilities.{{Ref/Novel|TF|Detail=[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]}}
The Class-3 was designed to ferry up to nine people at a time. 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. Though they are noted as being one of the safer methods of UNSC ship evacuation,<ref name="library"/> the effectiveness of the safety features on the Bumblebee vary greatly, as can their reliability. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], some 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.


Bumblebees are heavily armored, and feature thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent.<ref name="library"/> They have little in the way of maneuverability, as they are not intended for extended atmospheric use; [[Jacob Keyes]] noted that a Bumblebee lifepod "flew like a rock".<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 55''</ref> Normally after a landing, the pod can never be used again, as the pods will most likely suffer a great amount of damage, including the air brakes breaking off before or during the impact.
The SKT-9 can hold up to nine people (including the pilot), and it has enough supplies to support 126-person-days of life support.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} It has one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep passengers from injury when crash-landing.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} Though they are noted as being one of the safer methods of UNSC ship evacuation,{{Ref/Reuse|library}} 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, if not all, aboard upon impact.{{Ref/Reuse|halo}}


The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried eighteen Bumblebees. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during the Battle of Installation 04 on [[2552#September|September 19, 2552]].<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''</ref>
SKT-9 Bumblebees employ thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent.{{Ref/Reuse|library}} Although it has a pilot control station,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=fictionfriday|Halo|1195356027878699008|Halo|Quote=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}} 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;{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} Jacob Keyes noted that a Bumblebee lifeboat "flew like a rock".{{Ref/Reuse|tf2}} Instead, the lifeboat using a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|fictionfriday}} Once it enters atmosphere, the Bumblebee makes a controlled crash landing with aerobraking panels and drogue chutes.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} 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.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}}


==Known Bumblebees==
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".{{Ref/Reuse|tf1}}
*[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 19]]
*[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]]
*[[Kilo Tango Victor 17]]


==Trivia==
==Known SKT-9 Bumblebees==
*The Bumblebee's front window is "breakable". If one uses explosives to propel a Warthog at the window at a high speed, the window will make a breaking sound but will still appear to be intact.
*''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 19]]''
*There is some animosity between Bumblebee pilots and [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] pilots.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 32''</ref>
*''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]]''
*When the [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s escape pod launches in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', it still has its rear hatch open. This has been rectified in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.
*''[[Kilo Tango Victor 17]]''
*In ''[[Halo: Custom Edition]]'', Bumblebees have been modded into maps. They have closed rear hatches until someone 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''.
 
==Operational History==
The {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|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 over Installation 04]] on [[2552#September|September 19, 2552]].{{Ref/Level|Id=halo|HCE|Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo}} At least one was destroyed by the Covenant when it was ejected from the vessel,{{Ref/Level|Id=poa|HCE|The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn}} while at least six [[Landing on Installation 04|made landfall]] on the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|tf2}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} 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.{{Ref/Level|HCE|The Maw}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf12|TF|Chapter=12}}
 
==Production notes==
*When the [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s lifeboat 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 [[Modding|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 'teen your legs & kiss your ass good bye!"''.{{Ref/Game|CE|[[:File:HCE Bumblebee interior texture.png|Bumblebee interior texture]]}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
===''Halo: Combat Evolved''===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:BumbleeLifeboat.png|Views of the Bumblebee without its air brakes and with air brakes deployed in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
File:BumbleeLifeboat.png|Views of the Bumblebee without its air brakes and with air brakes deployed.
File:HCE-BumblebeeLifeboat.png|The Bumblebee in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:Lp-cutaway1.jpg|SKT-9 Bumblebee cutaway.
File:Bumble bee life pod.gif|The Bumblebee design.
File:HCE_Bumblebee_interior_texture.png|The texture for the interior of the Bumblebee, with the Easter egg.
File:Lp-cutaway1.jpg|Bumblebee cutaway.
File:HCE-BumblebeeLifeboat-Views.png|Views of the Bumblebee.
File:HCE-BumblebeeLifeboat02.png|Alternate preview of the Bumblebee in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeMarines.png|Marines onboard a Bumblebee.
File:1207190798 Lp-airbrakes1.jpg|A Bumblebee deploying its air brakes and forward thrusters during atmospheric descent.
File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeAtmosphere.png|A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of [[Installation 04]].
File:Lifeboatcrash.JPG|A crashed Bumblebee, its reverse thrusters smoking from recent discharge. The lifeboat cut a sliding trench into the ground on impact.
File:HCE SKT-9 Bumblebee Air Brakes.jpg|A Bumblebee deploying its air brakes and forward thrusters during its descent.
File:Lp-pilot1.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeLFA43.png|A Bumblebee on the surface of Installation 04.
File:Bumblebee pilot - CEA.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.
File:HTMCC-HCE BumblebeeInterior.png|The interior of a Bumblebee.
File:AutumnDamagedCEA.png|Bumblebee [[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43]], ferrying the [[John-117|Master Chief]] escapes the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'' at the onset of the [[Battle of Installation 04]].
File:Lifeboatcrash.JPG|A crashed Bumblebee and the sliding trench it left on impact.
File:BumblebeeAnniversary.png|A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of [[Installation 04]].
File:Lp-pilot1.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot at the control station.
File:HCEA-dmitry-popov-bumblebee.png|Concept art of the craft in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.
</gallery>
===''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''===
<gallery>
File:HCEA-Bumblebee-EscapePod-Views.jpg|Concept art of the Bumblebee.
File:HCEA-dmitry-popov-bumblebee.png|Extracted concept art of the Bumblebee.
File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeEjecting.png|Ä Bumblebee ejecting from an airlock on {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.
File:AutumnDamagedCEA.png|Bumblebee ''[[Lima Foxtrot Alpha 43|LFA-43]]'' escapes the ''Autumn'' at the onset of the [[Battle of Installation 04]].
File:BumblebeeAnniversary.png|A Bumblebee entering the atmosphere of Installation 04.
File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeOrbit.png|A Bumblebee approaching the orbit of Installation 04.
File:1207190798 Lp-airbrakes1.jpg|A Bumblebee deploying its air brakes and forward thrusters during its descent.
File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeLFA43.png|A Bumblebee on the surface of Installation 04.
File:HTMCC-HCEA BumblebeeInterior.png|The interior of a Bumblebee.
File:Bumblebee pilot - CEA.jpg|A Bumblebee pilot at the control station.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Latest revision as of 09:00, January 25, 2024

This article is about the class of lifeboats onboard UNSC Pillar of Autumn. For other lifeboats named "Bumblebee", see Bumblebee.
SKT-9 Bumblebee
Bumblebee.png
Production information

Manufacturer:

Vosper Engineering[1]

Class:

Lifeboat shuttle[1]

Role:

Technical specifications

Length:

10.5 meters (34.5 ft)[1][2]

Width:

  • 5.2 meters (17.2 ft)[1][2]
  • 9.3 meters (30.5 ft) (with air brakes deployed)[3][4]

Height:

4.1 meters (13.3 ft)[1]

Mass:

12.7 metric tons (14 tons)[1]

Slipspace drive:

None

Crew:

Chronological and affiliation

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

 

The SKT-9 Bumblebee,[5] formally known as the Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled,[2] is a variant of the UNSC lifeboat commonly known as the Bumblebee.[1][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]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a medium-endurance (Class 3) vehicle;[1] it is well armored, though Jacob Keyes considered that a 12.7x40mm round may penetrate the relatively thin 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] The docking ports for Bumblebees are comparable in size to the Brhi Xur-pattern Leech boarding craft used by the Covenant, allowing the Covenant to use the airlocks to conduct boarding actions on UNSC spacecraft.[8]

Like Pelican and other dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the phonetic alphabet, followed by a two-digit number.[9] SKT-9 Bumblebees are equipped with beacons,[10] and possess limited visual and audio capture capabilities.[11]

The SKT-9 can hold up to nine people (including the pilot), and it has enough supplies to support 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 passengers 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, if not all, aboard upon impact.[10]

SKT-9 Bumblebees employ thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent.[2] Although it has a pilot control station,[1][12] 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".[9] Instead, the lifeboat using a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel.[1][12] 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]

Known SKT-9 Bumblebees[edit]

Operational History[edit]

The Halcyon-class light cruiser 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 over Installation 04 on September 19, 2552.[10] At least one was destroyed by the Covenant when it was ejected from the vessel,[8] while at least six made landfall on the ring.[9][10] 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]

Production notes[edit]

  • When the Master Chief's lifeboat 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 'teen your legs & kiss your ass good bye!".[15]

Gallery[edit]

Halo: Combat Evolved[edit]

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 153
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Library: Bumblebee
  3. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 250
  4. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 260
  5. ^ a b Halo: Warfleet, page 30
  6. ^ Bungie.net, Bungie Weekly Update of 04-13-01
  7. ^ a b Halo: The Flood, chapter 1
  8. ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
  9. ^ a b c Halo: The Flood, chapter 2
  10. ^ a b c d Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Halo
  11. ^ Halo: The Flood: Adjunct
  12. ^ 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"
  13. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Maw
  14. ^ Halo: The Flood, chapter 12
  15. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Bumblebee interior texture