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Type-57 Dropship Troop Carrier
Production information
Manufacturer:	Achoem Weapons; Kolaar Manufactorum; Malurok Armory;
Role:	Dropship; Gunship; Support;
Technical specifications
Length:	31.5 metres (103 ft 4 in)
Width:	20.1 metres (65 ft 11 in)
Height:	10 metres (32 ft 10 in)
Engine(s):	Twin impulse drive system
Other system(s):	Gravity lift
Armament:	One heavy plasma cannon; Two Type-58 plasma cannons;
Complement:	Twenty passengers
Crew:	Two
Chronological and affiliation
First cataloged:	2557
Affiliation:	Covenant ; Swords of Sanghelios ; Jul 'Mdama's Covenant

Revision as of 13:59, May 14, 2022

This article is about the Phantom introduced in Halo 5: Guardians. For other Phantom models, see Phantom.

The Type-57 Dropship Troop Carrier (T-57 DTC),^[2] colloquially known as the Phantom by UNSC forces, is a dropship originally in service with the Covenant and later various remnant factions.^[4]^[1]

Specifications

Design details

Whereas most Phantom models produced under the Covenant's reign had to comply with San'Shyuum architectural strictures, the Type-57 Phantom sports a traditional Sangheili design. Its appearance is inspired by aquatic predators found on Sangheili colonies. The Phantom is one of several post-Covenant Sangheili-designed vehicles to bear this design philosophy, an aesthetic which the San'Shyuum found inelegant.^[1] The T-57 is easy to manufacture and maintain without access to high-tier fabrication facilities, at the sacrifice of exoatmospheric performance.^[2]

Operational history

While the Type-57 Phantom saw service as early as the Battle of Earth,^[4] it was not cataloged by the UNSC until 2557. The Type-57 DTC did not see widespread service until the aftermath of the end of the Human-Covenant War due to dwindling numbers of Type-44 and Type-52 Phantoms.^[2] Various factions—most notably Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and the Swords of Sanghelios—called upon allied colonies and renovated long-abandoned manufacturing facilities to produce the dropship, along with other war matériel.^[2] The Type-57 was used in multiple battles, including the Battle of Kamchatka and various engagements in the Blooding Years.^[1] By October 2558, T-57 Phantoms were often used in Warzone simulations aboard the UNSC Infinity.^[3]

Known Type-57 Phantoms

Diving Sun
Prophet's Wrath

Gallery

Concept art of the Type-57 Phantom for Halo 5: Guardians.
Model of the Phantom.
Alternate view of the Type-57 Phantom in Halo 5: Guardians.
Alternate view of the Type-57 Phantom in Halo 5: Guardians.
A T-57 Phantom.
A Type-57 Phantom on Escape from ARC.
A Swords of Sanghelios Type-57 Phantom during the civil war on Sanghelios.
One of many crashed Swords of Sanghelios Type-57 Phantoms and one Swords of Sanghelios Sangheili Storm.
A T-57 Phantom carrying two Type-54 Ghosts.
The main gun on the Phantom.
A T-57 blowing up.
A Type-57 Phantom in London during the Battle of Earth in Halo Infinite.

List of appearances

Halo 5: Guardians (First appearance)
Halo Infinite

Sources

[fodder-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Designs of the Times

[HW-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Halo Waypoint: Phantom

[H5G-3] Halo 5: Guardians

[S1Trailer-4] Halo Infinite Multiplayer Season 1 Cinematic Intro

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