D75-TC Pelican
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D75 |
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D75/g:
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Three crew members[1] |
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Up to 20 passengers[1] |
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The Dropship 75-Troop Carrier, colloquially known as the Pelican, is a shuttlecraft utilised by the United Nations Space Command to transport troops and supplies. Capable to space-to-ground flight and vice versa, it was often used to ferry troops from starships to planetside battlefields, but could also be outfitted as a gunship or for reconnaissance missions.[1]
Operational history
The D75 model of Pelican had entered service some time before 2526.[1]
Two D75 Pelicans were carried by the Razor-class prowler UNSC Night Watch in June 2526, during its mission to Netherop. At the command of Lieutenant Commander Amalea Petrov, one of these Pelicans, a D75/r outfitted for reconnaissance, was launched with a three-person crew immediately upon the Night Watch's arrival, to ascertain the strength of the Covenant naval presence, and determine whether a dropship would be able to make landfall at all. It was shot down by a previously-undetected Covenant stealth vessel shortly before entering the planet's tropopause. Following its destruction, Petrov resolved to insert Blue Force with the Night Watch itself rather than risk loading them aboard the prowler's second Pelican. Instead, she launched the remaining Pelican - this time a D75/s[2] also outfitted as a D75/g gunship[Note 1] - as a decoy to draw fire away from the prowler during its descent. John-117 surmised that, given it only had its three-person crew on-board, Petrov did not expect it to survive insertion.[1]
Variants
At least three variants of the D75 Pelican exist. It appears that D75 Pelicans can be outfitted to fulfil the required specifications of multiple variants at once, as one Pelican was known to be both a D75/g and D75/s simultaneously.[1][2][Note 2]
D75/r Pelican
- Main article: D75/r Pelican
A D75 Pelican nicknamed the “slash-r” outfitted with a special scouting package, used for reconnaissance missions.[1]
D75/g Pelican
- Main article: D75/g Pelican
A D75 Pelican variant nicknamed the "slash-g", which is furnished as a gunship. It is equipped with a ground support package including two wing-mounted miniguns and two belly-mounted cannon turrets.[1]
D75/s Pelican
- Main article: D75/s Pelican
A variant of D75 Pelican that was on-board the Night Watch during its mission to Netherop in June 2526.[2]
List of appearances
- Halo: Oblivion (First appearance)
Notes
- ^ Halo: Oblivion refers to the second Pelican launched by the Night Watch as a D75/g in chapter 6, but later calls it a D75/s in chapter 7. As a result, this article assumes it was both a D75/g and D75/s simultaneously.
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