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Support for heavier ships, transport, command vessel |
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478 metres (1568 ft 3 in) |
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155.2 metres (509 ft 2 in) |
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139.2 metres (456 ft 8 in) |
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Fusion reactor - 2 Primary/2 Secondary |
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60 centimeters titanium-A battleplate |
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Destroyed: |
2552, entire vessel was split in half, one piece returning to Earth, another drifting to Requiem along with John-117 and Cortana. |
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The UNSC Forward Unto Dawn (FFG-201) was a United Nations Space Command Charon-class light frigate.[1] The ship was affectionately known by her crew as "The Dawn".[2][3]
History
Battle of Earth
- Main article: Battle of Earth
The Forward Unto Dawn was part of the UNSC's Seventh Fleet, which was serving in the front lines of the Human-Covenant War when the Covenant invaded Earth. The fleet, along with several others, was recalled to reinforce the UNSC Home Fleet during the prolonged battle for Earth.[1]
The UNSC fleet suffered heavy casualties during the Covenant assault on Earth. By the time John-117 arrived from Installation 05 aboard the Prophet of Truth's Forerunner Dreadnought, Forward Unto Dawn was one of the few ships remaining to Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood who seemed to use this ship as his flagship. Hood agreed to commit Forward Unto Dawn and three other frigates against the grounded Dreadnought on the Portal once the Spartan destroyed the enemy's local air defenses.
The frigate squadron and accompanying Longsword fighters attacked the primary target at the conclusion of the Battle of Voi. Multiple MAC rounds and close-in fire from the fighters failed to make any impression on the Dreadnought. The Portal to the Ark was activated and the Covenant departed.[4]
Battle of Installation 00
- Main article: Battle of Installation 00
- "I'm giving the Brutes all I've got...but this is a heavy-weight fight! The Dawn's only got the tonnage to last a few rounds."
- — Miranda Keyes on The Ark.
The Flood arrived shortly after the opening of the slipspace portal; the parasite was pursued by a Covenant separatist fleet led by the assault carrier Shadow of Intent. The Flood threat forced the UNSC into an alliance with the Separatists. They hoped to find a solution to the Flood beyond the portal at the Ark.
The UNSC task force accompanying the separatists included the frigates Forward Unto Dawn and UNSC Aegis Fate. Commander Miranda Keyes commanded the UNSC component from Forward Unto Dawn.
Once at the Ark, the opposing Covenant fleets engaged one another. The UNSC frigates were ill-equipped to fight against such large opponents. Forward Unto Dawn deployed troops in five D77H-TCI Pelican dropships, including John-117, to secure a landing zone on the surface. Forward Unto Dawn landed near the Cartographer and directly offloaded additional heavy equipment. As the operation to activate the replacement for Installation 04 got underway, Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson brought Forward Unto Dawn close to the incomplete ring's Control Room, before disembarking and completing the journey in a Warthog.
Escape from Installation 00
- "Well...some of us made it."
- — Cortana, after escaping the second Installation 04.
The ship was deserted when John-117 and Thel 'Vadam boarded to escape the ring's impending activation. Thel 'Vadam headed for the bridge while the Spartan uploaded Cortana in the hanger to activate the engines.[5] The ship entered the slipspace portal, but the portal collapsed as the ring's pulse hit and the frigate was cut in half.
The forward section with Thel 'Vadam returned to Earth and crashed into the Indian Ocean; he was safely recovered from the wreck.[5]
The aft section with John-117 and Cortana emerged in parts unknown. The Spartan was left in a drifting wreck without artificial gravity. The AI dropped a distress beacon and John-117 entered a cryo-chamber to wait for recovery.[5] In 2556, Cortana compiled a history of the Forerunner and Humanity while aboard Forward Unto Dawn[6] The wreck eventually drifted near an unknown planet.[7]
The other half of the ship that landed on Earth was later auctioned off sometime after the end of the Human-Covenant war.[8]
Arrival at Requiem
On July 20th, 2557[9], four years and seven months after the armistice that ended the Human-Covenant War, Cortana, having been silent for years, noticed that the ship's intruder alarms had been activated and attempted to wake John-117 from cryo-sleep. After being awoken, John fought off the intruders, which turned out to be Sangheili and Unggoy. The Chief and Cortana soon realized that a Covenant fleet had surrounded the Forward Unto Dawn while multiple boarding craft docked with the heavily damaged frigate. Shortly after, John and Cortana crashed on the Forerunner Dyson sphere known as Requiem.[9]
Trivia
- 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 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.
- Like the main vessels of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, (Pillar of Autumn and In Amber Clad, respectively), Forward Unto Dawn serves as the main vessel in Halo 3's campaign and is likewise destroyed near the end of the game.
- In the 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,[10] and the Charon class' distinctively enlarged cargo bay is conspicuously absent.[11] 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.[10] In the game's cover art, the vessel sports the post-war version of the 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.[10]
Gallery
- H3-UNSCFUDSide.png
An in-game side view of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 3.
Another angled in-game side view of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 3.
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The Dawn arrives over Installation 00.
The Dawn, perched on Installation 00.
The Dawn deploys ground forces onto Installation 00.
The Forward Unto Dawn hovering over the new Installation 04B with the Ark in the skyline.
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The Dawn escapes.
Rear section of the Dawn after being split in two as seen at the end of Halo 3.
The Dawn (flanked by two frigates) fires its MAC cannon on the Forerunner Dreadnought in the Battle of Voi.
- Forward Unto Dawn Name.jpg
The Foward Unto Dawn's name plate.
The front section of Foward Unto Dawn enters Earth's atmosphere.
The aft half of the Forward Unto Dawn as seen in the Halo 4 announcement trailer.
The cryo bay of the Dawn.
The Forward Unto Dawn as it appears in Halo 4.
List of appearances
- Halo 3 (First appearance)
- Halo Legends
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (Mentioned only)
- Halo 4
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 74
- ^ Halo 3: Official Strategy Guide, page 109
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Ark
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Storm
- ^ a b c Halo 3, campaign level Halo
- ^ Halo Legends - Origins
- ^ Halo 3, final cut scene
- ^ Halo: First Strike (2010), bonus content
- ^ a b Game Informer: May 2012
- ^ a b c Forward Unto Dawn Xbox LIVE avatar prop
- ^ Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn poster
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