UNSC Promise of Dawn

UNSC Promise of Dawn
Production information
Manufacturer:	SinoViet Heavy Machinery
Class:	Paris-class heavy frigate
Specifications
Length:	535.05 meters (1,755.4 ft)
Width:	198.68 meters (651.85 ft)
Height:	162.08 meters (531.77 ft)
Powerplant:	Deuterium fusion core (2)
Engine:	Fusion drives (2);
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Hull:	60 centimetres (24 in) Titanium-A armor
Armament:	1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon; Shiva-class nuclear missiles; Archer missile pods; Point Defense System;
Service information
Destroyed:	Late 2553
Participated battles:	Human-Covenant War Fall of Reach;
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

"...The Promise of Dawn, a frigate which also went missing after the events at Reach last year."

— An ONI Officer briefs Linda-058 on her next mission.^[3]

UNSC Promise of Dawn was a Paris-class heavy frigate commissioned before the end of the Human-Covenant War.^[3]

Service history

The Promise was involved in the events surrounding the fall of Reach in an unknown capacity.^[3] It was the vessel chosen for the safekeeping of the nascent Smart AI Gabriela, the only known AI containing the entirety of Human history.^[4] The vessel was believed lost after the events at Reach, a belief which held for approximately a year before the Office of Naval Intelligence received a distress call from one of the survivors on Sephune III,^[3] as they had been trapped on the planet for a year while Dr. Chen Bax worked to free Gabriela's matrix from the ship without informing the majority of his surviving followers.^[2] The frigate had made a hard landing on the surface of the planet, and had become trapped in ice and snow, the vessel itself being protected externally mines,^[5] as well as at least two turrets located near the access panel for Gabriela's matrix.^[2]

The vessel was destroyed when Chen detonated its self-destruct via remote. This created an avalanche which took out a large portion of a Covenant^[4] force intent on killing the humans, saving the survivors by allowing them time to escape.^[2]

Gallery

The Promise trapped in ice.^[5]
The destruction of the Promise.^[2]

List of appearances

Halo: Lone Wolf (First appearance)

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c Halo: Reach, 3D game data
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #4
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #1
^ ^a ^b Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #2
^ ^a ^b Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #3

[ReachGameData-1] Halo: Reach, 3D game data

[HLW4-2] Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #4

[HLW1-3] Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #1

[HLW2-4] Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #2

[HLW3-5] Halo: Lone Wolf, Issue #3

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