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{{Title|''Gorgon''-class heavy destroyer}}
{{Title|''Able''-class heavy destroyer}}
{{Era|UNSC}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Ship Class Infobox
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|class identification = [[Hull classification symbol]]: '''DDG'''{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
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*[[CMA Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
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*[[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
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|class manufacturer  = [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
*One Magnetic Accelerator Cannon<ref name="P447">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 447''</ref>
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*[[Archer missile|Archer Missiles]]<ref name="P447"/>
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*[[AAA Helix gun|Helix point-defense system]]<ref name="P447"/>
|class in service    = [[2490]] - [[2552]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
|complement=[[D77-TC Pelican]] dropships (7)<ref name="P450">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 450''</ref>
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|length          = {{Convert|2126|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDigsite|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-digsite-dissection|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Digsite Dissection|D=28|M=07|Y=2023}}
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*[[Fusion drive|4x TANITH TKOFZ-2 Fusion Rockets]] {{C|primary}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
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*250 naval crew{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
*1 [[artificial intelligence]]{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
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'''2490 loadout:'''
*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] (optional){{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
*At least 8 [[Archer missile]] silos{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
*[[M810 Helix point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}


The '''''Gorgon''-class heavy destroyer''' was a warship classification in the [[UNSC Navy]]. It was the first vessel within the UNSC Navy to be equipped with a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], a weapon system that would later become the standard armament of most UNSC naval ships.<ref group="note">Although the name the ship's class is not mentioned, the UNSC ''Gorgon'' is stated to be the first of its class. Naval classifications take the name for the ship series after the name of the first ship, thus making ships built with the same design members of the ''Gorgon'' class.</ref>
'''2525 refit:'''{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|5D8F6 MAC]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
*6 [[Sentry autocannon|M66 Sentry autocannons]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
*20 [[Archer missile|M58 Archer missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
*4 [[Howler missile|M96 Howler missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
*8 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
|aircraft        =
*At least [[seven]] [[Pelican]] dropships{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
*None {{C|2525 refit}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
|air facilities  = 1 [[hangar]] mounted under the nose
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The '''''Able''-class heavy destroyer''' is a classification of [[UNSC destroyer|heavy destroyer]] in the service of the [[CMA Navy]] and [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
The [[UNSC Gorgon (destroyer)|namesake vessel]] of the the ''Gorgon'' class was commanded by then-[[Captain]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]]. It was used to engage the [[insurrectionist]] vessel ''[[Bellicose]]'' on three occasions.<ref name="P447"/> The warship was capable of firing only three MAC rounds before needing to resort to other armaments.<ref name="P451">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 451''</ref>
===Design details===
The ''Able'' was designed as a compromise between the various [[UNSC frigate|frigate]] and [[cruiser]] lines of humanity, intended to take advantage of new technologies and increased budgets to push naval architects in new directions.{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}} The ''Able''{{'}}s [[bridge]] is located on the dorsal surface of the ship, and is designed with a raised platform in the centre, housing a padded chair for the ship's captain to sit in. The bridge crew stations surround this platform. The ship is capable of supporting an on-board [[artificial intelligence]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
 
===Armaments===
In its original introduction, the ''Able''-class stocked eight or more Archer missile pods, alongside a complement of [[M810 Helix point defense gun|Helix]] point-defence guns for close-in defence. Perhaps the most notable feature on the ship is the introduction of the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]: while various classes of [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] had carried shipborne MACs since at least the 2470s,{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=127}} with [[cruiser]]s and [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]] employing them at least by the 2490s,{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=118}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=128}} these ships were the first heavy destroyers to begin employing the weapons. {{UNSCShip|Gorgon}} became the first heavy destroyer to mount a MAC system during the 2490s,{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}} with the [[CMA Navy]] counterpart {{Class|Hillsborough|heavy destroyer}}s later coming in [[2499]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=125}}
 
The MAC on the ''Gorgon'' had an extremely limited ammunition pool, when compared to later vessels. The vessel's MAC was capable of stocking only three MAC shells, though following three days and two battles without resupply, the ''Gorgon''{{'}}s cannon had been reduced to just one round.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
 
In [[2525]], the ''Able''-class destroyers were subject to an extensive armaments refit. This refit destroyer was used to fight in the [[Human-Covenant War]], and stocks six [[Sentry autocannon|M66 Sentry]] [[naval autocannon]]s, twenty [[Archer missile|M58 Archer missile]] pods, four [[Howler missile|M96 Howler]] missile pods, and replaced the Helix point-defence guns with eight [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s. By this time, the 5D8F6 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] was now standard.{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
 
==Ships of the line==
*{{UNSCShip|Able}} – The [[Wikipedia:Lead ship|lead ship]] of the class<ref>[[Stephen Loftus]] on the [[Talk:Autumn-class heavy cruiser|''Autumn'' class' talk page]]</ref>
*{{UNSCShip|Gorgon}} – The first heavy destroyer to be outfitted with a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}
 
==Operational history==
===Insurrection===
The ''Able''-class entered service in both the CMA and UNSC navies in [[2490]], though was never fielded in large numbers and ultimately only ever served as a footnote in the campaigns of the [[Insurrection]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}} Despite this, the class did see a particularly noteworthy use in the case of {{UNSCShip|Gorgon}} captained by [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Preston Cole]], which became the first heavy destroyer to be equipped with a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Cole took up captainship of the ''Gorgon'' in around 2499, after five years of captaining a [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] following the [[Callisto Incident|''Callisto'' Incident]] in [[2494]]. While commanding the vessel, Cole led a mostly-successful counterinsurgency campaign against the [[Insurrection]], with the notable exception of the ''[[Bellicose]]''–a stolen [[UNSC frigate]] which came into conflict with the ''Gorgon'' and was able to escape numerous times. By [[2503]], Cole was removed from command of the ''Gorgon'' due to the unveiling of his relationship with [[Lyrenne Castilla]]–an [[Insurrectionist]] leader and captain of the ''Bellicose'' who had used her relationship with the Captain to feed information to the rebellion, including details on the ''Gorgon''{{'}}s MAC. On [[2504#January|January 2, 2504]], [[Battle Group Tango]], comprised of four heavy destroyers, were believed to successfully hunt down and destroy the ''Bellicose''–albeit at the cost of heavy damage to two vessels of the [[battle group]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cole5}}


==Trivia==
===Human-Covenant War===
In [[List of references to religion in the Halo series|Greek mythology]], the Gorgons were a group of female beings with hair made of living snakes. Anyone who met their gaze was said to turn into stone.
Ships of the heavy destroyer class remained active well into the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The ''Gorgon'' was one of many vessels retained under the command of now-[[Vice Admiral]] Cole following his victory in the [[Harvest campaign]] in [[2531]]. For at least five years throughout the 2530s, the ''Gorgon'' accompanied Cole's fleet during the [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies]] successfully.{{Ref/Novel|HTFoR|Chapter=15}} Most vessels of the class were lost in the early years of the war, though a handful did survive in the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] until [[2552]], wherein they fought and were destroyed in the [[defense of Mars]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
 
==Production notes==
The ''Able''-class' visual appearance was designed by the fan mod ''[[Sins of the Prophets]]'' for inclusion in the mod's 2.0 update and canonised by [[343 Industries]] in a 2023 [[Canon Fodder]]. The model itself was modelled by [[:Category:Images by Jared Harris|Jared Harris]], with the concept done by Halopedia site administrator [[User:Tacitus|Tacitus]] and [[Canon Fodder]] render done by Halopedia admin [[User:BaconShelf|BaconShelf]]. The team worked alongside ''Halo'' franchise senior writer [[Kenneth Peters]] to visualise the ''Able''-class in full to visualise UNSC ''Gorgon''–a ship first depicted in the short story ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}
 
The canonisation of the ''Able'' represents the third time the mod team has had their work included in ''Halo''–beginning with an official collaboration to include several renders in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' (notably, the canonisation of the {{Pattern|Ester|armored frigate}} and {{Class|Point Blank|prowler}} designs) and the accidental incorporation of their model for an [[unidentified Covenant assault carrier class]] in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.
 
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Concept.png|Concept sketches of the ''Able''-class destroyer for ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 1.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 2.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 3.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 4.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 5.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 6.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 7.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 8.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 9.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
File:SoTP AbleDestroyer Screenshot 10.png|A screenshot of the ''Able''-class destroyer in ''Sins of the Prophets''.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{First mentioned}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Im}} {{C|Definitive Edition}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}}
==Note==
<references group="note"/>


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


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Latest revision as of 17:12, July 29, 2024

Able-class
A render of the Able-class heavy destroyer, modelled by Jared Harris and rendered by me.
Class attributes

Identification:

Hull classification symbol: DDG[1]

Operators:

Manufacturer:

SinoViet Heavy Machinery[1]

In service:

2490 - 2552[1]

General characteristics

Type:

Heavy destroyer[2]

Length:

648 meters (2,126 ft)[1]

Mass:

2.3 million tonnes[1]

Power plant:

Fusion reactor

Maneuver drive:

Slipspace drive:

Kawanishi Engineering SED-2450 (Series III CODEN)[1]

Crew:

Troops:

150 UNSC Marine Corps/CMA Marine Corps infantry[1]

Armaments:

2490 loadout:

2525 refit:[1]

Air wing:

Air facilities:

1 hangar mounted under the nose

 

The Able-class heavy destroyer is a classification of heavy destroyer in the service of the CMA Navy and UNSC Navy.[1]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

The Able was designed as a compromise between the various frigate and cruiser lines of humanity, intended to take advantage of new technologies and increased budgets to push naval architects in new directions.[1] The Able's bridge is located on the dorsal surface of the ship, and is designed with a raised platform in the centre, housing a padded chair for the ship's captain to sit in. The bridge crew stations surround this platform. The ship is capable of supporting an on-board artificial intelligence.[2]

Armaments[edit]

In its original introduction, the Able-class stocked eight or more Archer missile pods, alongside a complement of Helix point-defence guns for close-in defence. Perhaps the most notable feature on the ship is the introduction of the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon: while various classes of carrier had carried shipborne MACs since at least the 2470s,[3] with cruisers and corvettes employing them at least by the 2490s,[4][5] these ships were the first heavy destroyers to begin employing the weapons. UNSC Gorgon became the first heavy destroyer to mount a MAC system during the 2490s,[2] with the CMA Navy counterpart Hillsborough-class heavy destroyers later coming in 2499.[6]

The MAC on the Gorgon had an extremely limited ammunition pool, when compared to later vessels. The vessel's MAC was capable of stocking only three MAC shells, though following three days and two battles without resupply, the Gorgon's cannon had been reduced to just one round.[2]

In 2525, the Able-class destroyers were subject to an extensive armaments refit. This refit destroyer was used to fight in the Human-Covenant War, and stocks six M66 Sentry naval autocannons, twenty M58 Archer missile pods, four M96 Howler missile pods, and replaced the Helix point-defence guns with eight M870 Rampart point defense guns. By this time, the 5D8F6 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon was now standard.[1]

Ships of the line[edit]

Operational history[edit]

Insurrection[edit]

The Able-class entered service in both the CMA and UNSC navies in 2490, though was never fielded in large numbers and ultimately only ever served as a footnote in the campaigns of the Insurrection.[1] Despite this, the class did see a particularly noteworthy use in the case of UNSC Gorgon captained by Captain Preston Cole, which became the first heavy destroyer to be equipped with a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Cole took up captainship of the Gorgon in around 2499, after five years of captaining a corvette following the Callisto Incident in 2494. While commanding the vessel, Cole led a mostly-successful counterinsurgency campaign against the Insurrection, with the notable exception of the Bellicose–a stolen UNSC frigate which came into conflict with the Gorgon and was able to escape numerous times. By 2503, Cole was removed from command of the Gorgon due to the unveiling of his relationship with Lyrenne Castilla–an Insurrectionist leader and captain of the Bellicose who had used her relationship with the Captain to feed information to the rebellion, including details on the Gorgon's MAC. On January 2, 2504, Battle Group Tango, comprised of four heavy destroyers, were believed to successfully hunt down and destroy the Bellicose–albeit at the cost of heavy damage to two vessels of the battle group.[2]

Human-Covenant War[edit]

Ships of the heavy destroyer class remained active well into the Human-Covenant War. The Gorgon was one of many vessels retained under the command of now-Vice Admiral Cole following his victory in the Harvest campaign in 2531. For at least five years throughout the 2530s, the Gorgon accompanied Cole's fleet during the Massacre of the Outer Colonies successfully.[8] Most vessels of the class were lost in the early years of the war, though a handful did survive in the UNSC Home Fleet until 2552, wherein they fought and were destroyed in the defense of Mars.[1]

Production notes[edit]

The Able-class' visual appearance was designed by the fan mod Sins of the Prophets for inclusion in the mod's 2.0 update and canonised by 343 Industries in a 2023 Canon Fodder. The model itself was modelled by Jared Harris, with the concept done by Halopedia site administrator Tacitus and Canon Fodder render done by Halopedia admin BaconShelf. The team worked alongside Halo franchise senior writer Kenneth Peters to visualise the Able-class in full to visualise UNSC Gorgon–a ship first depicted in the short story The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole.[1]

The canonisation of the Able represents the third time the mod team has had their work included in Halo–beginning with an official collaboration to include several renders in the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition) (notably, the canonisation of the Ester-pattern armored frigate and Point Blank-class prowler designs) and the accidental incorporation of their model for an unidentified Covenant assault carrier class in Halo Infinite.

Gallery[edit]

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  • Concept sketches of the Able-class destroyer for Sins of the Prophets.

    Concept sketches of the Able-class destroyer for Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

  • A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

    A screenshot of the Able-class destroyer in Sins of the Prophets.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Digsite Dissection (Retrieved on Jul 28, 2023) [archive]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Halo: Evolutions - The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, section 5
  3. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 127
  4. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 118
  5. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 128
  6. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 125
  7. ^ Stephen Loftus on the Autumn class' talk page
  8. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 15

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Human ship classifications
Stealth craft
Heavy frigates Paris-class • Strident-class
Light frigates Anlace-class • Charon-class • Mulsanne-class • Stalwart-class
Heavy destroyers Able-class • Hillsborough-class
Light destroyers Diligence-class • Halberd-class • Unidentified
Heavy cruisers Autumn-class • Marathon-class • Valiant-class
Light cruisers Halcyon-class
Unclassified
By human faction: UEG (UNSC • CAA) • Insurrectionist
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