Nuro'k Xur-pattern Spirit

Type-57 Spirit
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Production information
Manufacturer:	Merchants of Qikost
Role:	Dropship, gunship, scout
Technical specifications
Length:	33 meters (108 ft)
Width:	18.1 meters (59.4 ft)
Height:	11.6 meters (38.1 ft)
Mass:	67.9 metric tons (66.8 LT; 74.8 ST)
Maximum speed:	1,099 kilometres per hour (683 mph)
Slipspace drive:	Not equipped
Other system(s):	Tow field
Armament:	One heavy plasma cannon
Complement:	Thirty passengers
Crew:	One pilot
Chronological and affiliation
Era:	Post-Covenant War conflicts
Affiliation:	Swords of Sanghelios; Jul 'Mdama's Covenant;

This article is about the model introduced in Halo 5: Guardians. For the model introduced in Halo: Combat Evolved, see Type-25 Spirit.

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The Type-57 Troop Carrier, more commonly known as the Spirit, is a infantry and logistical dropship and utility craft manufactured by the Merchants of Qikost.^[1]

Design details

The Type-57 Spirit incorporates a number of design evolutions iterated upon by the Merchants of Qikost, including a more streamlined profile, upgraded armor, improved in-atmosphere maneuverability, and faster troop-deployment. It's rumored that the Sangheili artisans responsible for the Type-57 Spirit accomplished the upgrades with the aid of a secretly-sequestered Huragok.^[1]

Operational history

The Type-57 TC was put into service in the aftermath of the end of the Human-Covenant War as an improvement over the older Type-25 Spirit.^[1] Jul 'Mdama's Covenant made extensive use of T-57 Spirits during the battles of Kamchatka, Genesis, Nuusra, and Sunaion. Around the same time T-57 Spirits were often used in Warzone simulations aboard the UNSC Infinity.^[2]