Mikpramu-pattern Phantom
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Type-57 Dropship Troop Carrier | |
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Length: |
31.5 metres (103 ft 4 in)[2] |
Width: |
20.1 metres (65 ft 11 in)[2] |
Height: |
10 metres (32 ft 10 in)[2] |
Engine(s): |
Twin impulse drive system[2] |
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Complement: |
Twenty passengers[2] |
Crew: |
Two[2] |
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The Type-57 Dropship Troop Carrier (T-57 DTC),[2] colloquially known as the Phantom by UNSC forces, is a dropship in service with various Covenant remnant factions.[1]
Specifications
Design details
Whereas 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 new 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
First observed by the UNSC in 2557, the Type-57 DTC was put into service in 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
Gallery
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.
A Type-57 Phantom in London.
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List of appearances
- Halo 5: Guardians (First appearance)
- Halo Infinite
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