F-99 Wombat
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Template:Ship Class Infobox The F-99 Wombat, colloquially known as the "drone fighter", is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle used by the UNSC Defense Force.[1]
Operational history
During the Battle of Mombasa in October 2552, numerous F-99 UCAVs were deployed in reconnaissance elements numbering two to three aircraft to the city of New Mombasa, presumably from aircraft carriers just off the coast.[2] They provided air support for embattled Marines across the city, particularly the Uplift Nature Reserve. The collective optical feeds provided by the individual F-99s could also be accessed by ground forces in the form of the "bee-net".[3] One of these drones crashed into a statue in front of the Reserve and its ejected optics package was later found by a lone ODST.[4][5]
Behind the scenes
The F-99 Wombat was originally going to be featured in Halo 3.[6] Though they were omitted from the final game, they were redesigned and featured in Halo 3: ODST. Drones of a different model, which are based directly on concept art, appear in the background of the multiplayer map Longshore.[7] However, given the depiction of the craft in Longshore as distant background details, it is possible that these are simply meant to be low-detail renderings of the F99.
Trivia
- Unlike the majority of UNSC air vehicles (which bear the names of birds or other flying animals), the Wombat bears the name of an arboreal marsupial native to Australia.
Gallery
- Drone - Concept Art01.jpg
Scenery concept of the F99.
- Drone - Concept Art02.jpg
Concept art of the drone.
- Concept drone.png
Concept art of the drone's optics package.
- F-99Wombat.PNG
Concept art of the Wombat The Art of Halo 3.
List of appearances
- Halo 3: ODST (First appearance)
- Halo: Reach Template:Indirect mention
Sources
- ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 72
- ^ Halo 3, multiplayer map Longshore
- ^ Halo 3: ODST, campaign level Tayari Plaza
- ^ Halo 3: ODST, campaign level Mombasa Streets
- ^ Halo 3: ODST, campaign level Uplift Reserve
- ^ The Art of Halo 3, page 39
- ^ files.bungie.org: H3_Longshore05.jpg