UNSC Navy

Template:Ratings Template:Infobox Military Unit The UNSC Navy is the branch of the United Nations Space Command Defense Force responsible for naval operations in space. Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, orbital bombardment, the deployment of atmospheric and space fighters, and the delivery of UNSC Marines into combat.

Background

The UNSC Navy was created in the wake of the Interplanetary War of the 2160's - precisely during the Argyre Planitia Campaign of 2163, as a result of the UN's need to oversee and monitor Marine deployments from space, thus forming the United Nations Space Command. The UNSC Navy is a direct descendant of the UN Navy.

The UNSC has a great fleet force, along with many Longsword fighters, though many valuable assets of the UNSC Navy were destroyed during the Battle of Reach and a good majority of ships were lost when Truth occupied Earth; the only combat capable warships seen were the three UNSC Frigates. UNSC ship production is handled by the Reyes-McLees Martian Shipyards (but that might not be true because of the Covenant presence in the Sol System), and numerous other shipyards.

UNSC Navy personnel are given training in self-defense. All crewmen are trained to use the M6C Pistol.

Technology

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The UNSC Frigate, the most common of UNSC Navy ships.

The primary offensive armament of UNSC spacecraft is the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (MAC). These are high velocity coil guns that are used to accelerate projectiles ranging in mass from 600 metric tons in the case of smaller warships, and 3,000 tons in the case of Super MAC platforms. These projectiles are composed of Titanium-A, depleted Uranium, and/or Tungsten with a ferrous (iron) core. In Super MAC platforms, they are accelerated to over 40% of the speed of light by twenty-three linear accelerator coils. Ship-based MACs have a lower velocity.

The UNSC Frigate Gettysburg is quoted as firing a 600 ton shell at 30 kilometers per second. Before Reach fell, the Pillar of Autumn was equipped with a modified MAC that could fire three lighter projectiles instead of just one heavier projectile. It was originally intended to allow the Pillar of Autumn a better chance of disabling a Covenant ship, which was a feature required for a mission that was later scrubbed following the Battle of Reach.

UNSC warships are equipped with Archer Missile pods for ship-to-ship engagements, which prove themselves most effective against unshielded targets. A common tactic among groups of UNSC ships is to hammer the target's shields with MAC weapons and then pummel it with Archer missiles. UNSC ships also carry "Shiva" nuclear warheads. In addition, the UNSC mounts 50mm MLA CIWS for defense against enemy fighters and boarding craft, controlled by shipboard AIs.

UNSC warships also carry significant Marine detachments for security, boarding actions, and planetary assault, and carry all the armor and firearms that could be needed by ground forces. It is implied that a significant portion of the interior of UNSC warships are devoted to this purpose, as there are barracks that hold these supplies.

Ships of the UNSC navy also carry a number of C-709 Longsword Interceptors. These are armed with 110mm Gatling Cannons and ASGM-10 Missiles, a heavy payload of bombs and even a single Shiva Nuclear Warhead. Alternatively they can be radio controlled and used to carry a Shiva nuclear warhead that will be detonated by the starship, effectively destroying both the Longsword and its selected target.

Despite all of this firepower; however, UNSC warships can seldom defeat Covenant ships even with a numerical advantage. It typically takes multiple hits from a ship-based MAC weapon to disable a Covenant ship's shields, although larger, ODP-based "Super MACs" can fire a round that literally shatters Covenant capital ships. Archer Missiles must be used in tremendous amounts to breach Covenant shield systems. Even with their shields down, Covenant ships have been noted to withstand direct hits from normal MAC rounds. This advantage in firepower and shielding gives the Covenant an effective 1:3 ratio and better against UNSC ships.

Navy Ranks

See Also: UNSC Navy uniforms Template:UNSC Officer Ranks Template:UNSC Enlisted Ranks

Identified UNSC Vessels and Stations

Vessels

Carriers UNSC All Under Heaven UNSC Atlas UNSC Magellan UNSC Musashi - Destroyed UNSC Stalingrad - Destroyed UNSC Trafalgar - Supercarrier, Destroyed

Cruisers UNSC Basra - Destroyed UNSC Dawn Under Heaven - Halcyon-class, Unknown UNSC Hannibal - Destroyed UNSC Leviathan - Marathon-class- Unknown, presumably in active service UNSC Pillar of Autumn - Halcyon-class, Destroyed

Destroyers UNSC Armageddon's Edge - Unknown UNSC Brasidas - Destroyed UNSC Do You Feel Lucky? - Destroyed UNSC Iroquois - Unknown, probably destroyed UNSC Glasgow Kiss - Destroyed UNSC Heracles - Destroyed UNSC Herodotus - Destroyed UNSC Iwo Jima - Destroyed UNSC Lancelot - Destroyed UNSC Minotaur - Destroyed UNSC Pioneer - Unknown UNSC Resolute - Unknown UNSC Tharsis - Destroyed

Frigates UNSC Agincourt - Destroyed UNSC Adriatic - Active UNSC Aegis Fate - Active UNSC Alliance - Destroyed UNSC Andraste - Unknown, possibly destroyed or on the Ark UNSC Arabia - Destroyed UNSC Commonwealth - Unknown UNSC Euphrates - Unknown, possibly destroyed UNSC Fair Weather - Destroyed UNSC Forward Unto Dawn - Destroyed, rear section lost in space UNSC Gettysburg - Unknown, possibly undergoing repairs or decommissioned UNSC Gorgon UNSC In Amber Clad - Destroyed, or at least consumed by the Flood when they overtook High Charity UNSC Meriwether Lewis - Unknown UNSC Midsummer Night - Active UNSC Paris - Unknown, probably Destroyed UNSC Ready or Not - unknown, presumably in active service UNSC Redoubtable - Unknown, probably Destroyed UNSC Tannenberg - Unknown UNSC Vostok - Destroyed

Prowlers UNSC Apocalypso - Destroyed UNSC Applebee UNSC Athens UNSC Circumference - Destroyed UNSC Dusk - Unknown UNSC Lark UNSC Point of No Return UNSC Razor's Edge

Corvettes UNSC Chalons UNSC Coral Sea- Unknown UNSC Pony Express UNSC Two for Flinching UNSC Bunker Hill UNSC Bum Rush

Colony Ships

• UNSC Spirit of Fire - Modified Phoenix-class Colony Ship

• UNSC Skidbladnir - Phoenix-class Colony Ship, scrapped

• UNSC Odyssey - Colony Ship

Other Ships

• UNSC Argo - Scout Ship, Destroyed

• UNSC Walk of Shame - ONI sloop

• UNSC Onan - Cargo Freighter

• UNSC Point of No Return - Stealth Destroyer, UNSC wartime command center

• UNSC Witch Bucket

• Beatrice - Chiroptera-class, Decommissioned, later destroyed

• Coda - Shuttle Pod, Destroyed

• Han - Diplomatic Shuttle

• Hermes II - Unknown

Stations

Orbital Defense Platforms Cairo Station - Heavily damaged Athens Station - Destroyed Malta Station - Destroyed Nassau Station (Fell through temporal anomaly, orbiting Earth in 2004)

Mobile Stations UNSC Cradle - Refit/Repair Facility, Destroyed Station Delphi - Shipyard, Decommissioned UNSC Hopeful - Hospital Ship

Remote Scanning Outposts Fermion - Destroyed Democritus - Unknown Archimedes - Active Tripoli - Unknown

Medical Stations ONI Medical Facility M25L Recovery Station

UNSC Navy Personnel

See Characters for a list of UNSC naval personnel.

Trivia

• Many UNSC Navy traditions currently in use were also UN Navy traditions. Preceding the UN Navy, they were various Earth Navy traditions.

• This seems to have been a palpable reference to the United States Navy, save that the ships were used in sea-only combat whilst the UNSC Navy serves in space-only combat.

• Naval NCOs are sometimes referred to as "swabbies", as a sign of their lower rank compared to officers and their inefficiency in combat. The only exception to this are the Spartans. The term "swabbie" can be a joke or a sign of disrespect.