UNSC Chioglossa

UNSC Chioglossa
Production information
Class:	Charon-class light frigate
Specifications
Length:	478 metres (1568 ft 3 in)
Width:	155.2 metres (509 ft 2 in)
Height:	139.2 metres (456 ft 8 in)
Engine:	Fusion reactors - Two primary/Two secondary
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Hull:	60 centimeters Titanium-A battleplate
Armament:	One Magnetic Accelerator Cannon; Fifty Archer Missile pods; Thirty missiles per pod Four twin-linked 50mm point defense gun turrets; Three Shiva-class nuclear missiles;
Service information
Destroyed:	October 20, 2552
Participated battles:	Battle of Earth
Fleet:	UNSC Seventh Fleet
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

This Charon-class light frigate (hull classification symbol FFG-127) was a vessel in the United Nations Space Command Seventh Fleet. It engaged the Fleet of Sacred Consecration during the Battle of Earth on October 20, 2552, but was destroyed during the battle when it was cut in half by Covenant weapons. Upon seeing the destroyed ship in Earth's low orbit during his drop into New Mombasa, Lance Corporal Kojo Agu "took back" a sarcastic remark his squad mate Private First Class Michael Crespo had previously made about the UNSC Navy's response to the Covenant threat.^[1]

List of appearances

The code "HU_MIL_SHIP" is painted on the ship's hull. This is not the vessel's actual name but a placeholder graphic indicating HUman MILitary SHIP. It is structured much like the directory system of the game's files (ex. human/military/).
FFG-127 is part of the Seventh Fleet due to the "7" star emblem adorning its ventral prow. This was established with the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn entry in the Halo: The Essential Visual Guide.

The destroyed frigate in Halo 3: ODST, FFG-127, is a reuse of the destroyed Forward Unto Dawn model from the end of Halo 3 and in the same cutscene, the tiny UNSC In Amber Clad that follows Regret's carrier into Slipspace is a reuse of the intact Forward Unto Dawn model, but with In Amber Clad livery. It's far too small to discern, so In Amber Clad is still officially a Stalwart-class frigate and not a Charon-class.