UNSC Promise of Dawn

Promise of Dawn
Ship history
Name:	Promise of Dawn
Class:	Paris-class heavy frigate
Operator:	UNSC Navy
Manufacturer:	SinoViet Heavy Machinery
Fate:	Crash-landed on Sephune III after escaping the Fall of Reach; self-destructed by Chen Bax in late 2553
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Length:	535 meters (1,755 ft)
Width:	199 meters (652 ft)
Mass:	1.3 million tonnes
Power plant:	Fusion reactor
Maneuver drive:	Fusion drive (2 primary, 6 secondary)
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Complement:	D77-TC Pelican dropships; GA-TL1 Longswords;
Hull:	60cm Titanium-A armor
Armaments:	1 light 65P8V1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon; 3 M2475 Shiva nuclear missile silos; 26 M58 Archer missile pods; 12 M870 Rampart point defense guns; 12 M2950 Harpoon nuclear missile silos;
Air facilities:	One primary hangar bay located in the lower mast of the ship

"...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.^[1]

UNSC Promise of Dawn was a Paris-class heavy frigate commissioned before the end of the Human-Covenant War.^[1]

Service history

The Promise was involved in the events surrounding the fall of Reach in an unknown capacity.^[1] It was the vessel chosen for the safekeeping of the nascent Smart AI Gabriela, the only known AI containing the entirety of Human history.^[12] 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,^[1] 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.^[3] 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 by mines,^[13] as well as at least two M8 Wolf Spider autoturrets located near the access panel for Gabriela's matrix.^[3]

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^[12] force intent on killing the humans, saving the survivors by allowing them time to escape.^[3]

Gallery

The Promise trapped in ice.^[13]
The destruction of the Promise.^[3]

List of appearances

Halo: Lone Wolf (First appearance)

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 1
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 120
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 4
^ ^a ^b ^c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 76
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 162
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 80
^ Halo Waypoint, UNSC Frigate (Retrieved on May 13, 2021) [archive]
^ ^a ^b Halo: First Strike, chapter 22
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 12
^ Halo: Fleet Battles: Paris-class heavy frigate stats
^ ^a ^b Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 2
^ ^a ^b Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 3

[HLW1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 1

[Enc22-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 120

[HLW4-3] Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 4

[EVG-4] Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 76

[EVGSavannah-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 162

[EVGGrafton-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 80

[universe-7] Halo Waypoint, UNSC Frigate (Retrieved on May 13, 2021) [archive]

[FS22-8] Halo: First Strike, chapter 22

[HRLNoS-9] Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace

[Reach12-10] Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 12

[HFB-11] Halo: Fleet Battles: Paris-class heavy frigate stats

[HLW2-12] Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 2

[HLW3-13] Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 3

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