Han

Han
Production information
Class:	Diplomatic shuttle
Specifications
Engine:	Fusion drive
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Crew:	Up to 40 personnel
Service information
Noteworthy crewmembers:	Lieutenant, Junior Grade Jacob Keyes; Dr. Catherine Halsey;
Affiliation:	UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence

This article is about the starship. For the Sangheili, see Han 'Chavamee.

Han was a slipspace capable diplomatic shuttle.

Specifications

It was equipped with 40 cryo-chambers, suggesting a possible crew of up to 40 personnel, and the AI Toran. Though the ship was designed for passenger comfort and had showers and a rotating midsection providing gravity, this left less room for the crew. In addition, the bridge was extremely small and lacked any form of artificial gravity. It had no combat capabilities or defensive measures.

Catherine Halsey disliked the shuttle, noting that it was fit only for Lilliputian ambassadors.^[2]

Service history

Around July 21, 2517 to help Dr. Catherine Halsey study each of the Spartan-II-candidate children in Sector 4, ONI provided the diplomatic shuttle, the Han, to Dr. Catherine Halsey with a dedicated AI "Toran", and Lieutenant Jacob Keyes to act as an attaché.^[2]

On August 17, 2517 Jacob Keyes and Catherine Halsey entered the Eridanus system to study John-117 at Eridanus II. Due to its lack of defenses, there was a very real danger of pirate attacks on the Han when it entered the system.^[1]

Trivia

Han was likely named after the Chinese Han Dynasty.

Gallery

The Han traveling through Slipspace.
Keyes wakes in the Han's cryo chamber.
Keyes joins Halsey on the bridge of the Han.
Halsey and Keyes sit at the Han's controls.
Han as drawn by Catherine Halsey
The bridge of the Han as drawn by Catherine Halsey.
Keyes exiting a cryo chamber on-board the Han in Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series.
The Han arrives at Eridanus II.