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Stalwart-class light frigate

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Stalwart-class light frigate
Render of UNSC In Amber Clad for Halo 2: Anniversary. As noted on the below blog, this image is not an official Blur-authorised render, but instead a custom render by the artist using the model he developed for Blur Studio.
Production information

Manufacturer:

SinoViet Heavy Machinery[1]

Class:

Frigate[1]

Role:

Technical specifications

Length:

478 meters (1,570 ft)[4]

Width:

152 meters (499 ft)[4]

Height:

112 meters (367 ft)[4]

Mass:

0.93 million metric tons[1]

Engine(s):

2 OKB Karman 56K fusion drives[1]

Slipspace drive:

Starwerx FTL-290C (CODEN Series IV)[1]

Hull:

60 centimeters of titanium-A armor[5]

Armament:

Complement:

Crew:

250 sailors[1]

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Human-Covenant War[3]

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy[3]

 

The Stalwart-class light frigate is an escort ship type in service with the UNSC Navy. Manufactured by SinoViet Heavy Machinery, these frigates are designated with the hull code FFG.[1] The Stalwart class are used primarily in fleet escort duties, providing screens for larger capital ships.[3] Designed with planetary defense in mind, Stalwart frigates have proven successful due to their superb balance between fleet support and troop transportation.[2]

Specifications

Hull and propulsion

The Stalwart-class light frigate is one of the smaller classes of frigate in service with the UNSC Navy, at 478 meters in length with a mass of 0.93 million metric tons.[1] Stalwart-class frigates are protected by a sixty centimeter-thick hull of titanium-A armor.[5] These warships are equipped with an active phased sensor array built into the ship's hull. The bridge of the Stalwart frigate has its own life support that will function even if the rest of the ship is crippled.[1] Extremely mobile,[3] the Stalwart class is outfitted with two OKB Karman 56K fusion drives for sublight travel. The Stalwart is equipped with a Starwerx FTL-290C, a slipspace drive featuring a Series IV CODEN field generator.[1]

Crew and complement

A Stalwart-class light frigate is crewed by 250 sailors. In addition, these frigates also carry a complement of two hundred Marines and sixty-four Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. However, the frigate only carries twenty-four Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicles. The ODSTs that are deployed from the frigate via an SOEIV drop pod are launched from the ship by a magazine-fed coilgun accelerator.[1]

While Stalwart frigates lack the larger hangar bays seen on the Charon-class light frigate,[6] the class is outfitted with six hangar modules, each capable of launching or recovering only a single dropship at a time. These frigates typically carry six D77-TC Pelicans as well as their associated support equipment,[1] with some Stalwarts also carrying D96-TCE Albatrosses.[7] The class also carries twelve M12 Warthogs and six M808 Scorpion tanks.[1]

Armaments

Well-armed for a frigate,[3] the Stalwart-class light frigate is equipped with a single 56A2D4 Mark II light Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, serving as the primary armament of the class. The upper boom of the frigate contains the fire control systems and pulsed power storage for the MAC, which is fitted in the lower boom.[1][4] A rapid-fire variant of the frigate's MAC system is installed on Epoch-class heavy carriers.[8]

For secondary armaments,[4] Stalwart frigates are fitted with sixteen anti-ship M58 Archer missile pods, as well as seventy-six long-range anti-fighter M340A4 Streak missile pods.[1] These frigates are armed with a point defense gun network mounted along the hull for tertiary armaments,[4] consisting of six M870 Rampart point defense guns and fifty-two M710 Bulwark point defense guns.[1]

Operational history

Designed by distinguished naval engineer David Pulver and Doctor Eugene Taylor,[1] the Stalwart-class light frigate was one of the most prominent classes of frigate in service with the UNSC Navy during the Human-Covenant War.[3] In service as early as 2531, several Stalwart frigates were a part of Admiral Preston Cole's Third Fleet towards the end of the Harvest campaign.[9]

On February 9, 2547, sixteen Stalwart-class light frigates finished their final assembly together at SinoViet Naval Yard AS-9 over Reach, the youngest of which was UNSC In Amber Clad. After two years of service, all fifteen of In Amber Clad's sister ships were destroyed fighting lost battles during the Siege of Paris IV, the attack on Iota, and the Second Fall of Arcadia. Receiving partial repairs and replenishment at Tribute, In Amber Clad was assigned to Lieutenant Commander Miranda Keyes on April 7, 2550,[1] with the frigate being reassigned to the Sol system's Home Fleet.[10]

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Behind the scenes

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During the development of Halo: Reach, the UNSC frigates featured in the game were known as the Stalwart class.[11] Halo: The Essential Visual Guide reveals that the type featured in Halo: Reach is the Paris-class heavy frigate, while the Stalwart class' name was repurposed for the frigates that appear in Halo 2.

Gallery

  • The Stalwart-class frigate In Amber Clad in Halo 2.

    The Stalwart-class frigate In Amber Clad in Halo 2.

  • The In Amber Clad accelerating in-atmosphere.

    The In Amber Clad accelerating in-atmosphere.

  • In Amber Clad Diagram.gif

    Diagram schematics of the Stalwart class.

  • HW-Genesis-SpiritOfFire.jpg

    A Stalwart-class frigate with the UNSC Spirit of Fire in Halo Wars: Genesis.

  • Render of In Amber Clad for Halo 2: Anniversary.

    Render of In Amber Clad for Halo 2: Anniversary.

  • A render of the Stalwart class' bridge.

    A render of the Stalwart class' bridge.

  • A render of In Amber Clad in space.

    A render of In Amber Clad in space.

  • In Amber Clad over New Mombasa.

    In Amber Clad over New Mombasa.

  • The profile of a Stalwart-class frigate, dwarfed by a CAS-class assault carrier.

    The profile of a Stalwart-class frigate, dwarfed by a CAS-class assault carrier.

  • The bridge of a Stalwart-class frigate.

    The bridge of a Stalwart-class frigate.

  • Various consoles at the helm of a Stalwart's bridge.

    Various consoles at the helm of a Stalwart's bridge.

  • One of two HEV bays of a Stalwart-class frigate.

    One of two HEV bays of a Stalwart-class frigate.

  • The Stalwart-class frigate In Amber Clad in Halo 2: Anniversary.

    The Stalwart-class frigate In Amber Clad in Halo 2: Anniversary.

  • A Stalwart deploys its complement of HEVs piloted by Orbital Drop Shock Troopers onto Installation 05.

    A Stalwart deploys its complement of HEVs piloted by Orbital Drop Shock Troopers onto Installation 05.

  • HM-UNSCFrigates.png

    A Stalwart-class frigate with a Paris-class heavy frigate in Halo Mythos.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Halo: Warfleet, p. 36-37
  2. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint: UNSC Frigate
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, p. 76
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Halo Waypoint: UNSC In Amber Clad
  5. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia, p. 259 (2011)
  6. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, p. 74
  7. ^ Halo Waypoint: Delta Halo
  8. ^ Halo: Warfleet, p. 40
  9. ^ Halo Wars: Genesis
  10. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, p. 97
  11. ^ Matt Turner — UNSC Frigate

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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
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