UNSC Pioneer

UNSC Pioneer
Production information
Class:	UNSC destroyer
Specifications
Powerplant:	Deuterium Fusion Tanks
Slipspace drive:	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Hull:	2 metres (6 ft 7 in) of Titanium-A battleplate
Armament:	Two Magnetic Accelerator Cannons; Shiva-class nuclear missiles (3); Oversized Archer Missile pods (26);
Complement:	D77-TC Pelicans[verification needed]
Service information
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

The UNSC Pioneer is a UNSC destroyer.^[2]

In 2525, the Pioneer was the staging ship from which the Spartan-IIs conducted an operation against the Eridanus Rebels to capture Colonel Robert Watts in the Eridanus system. It was also responsible for picking up the Spartans whenever necessary. ^[3]

Trivia

As depicted in the comic, it appears to be of the same class as the UNSC The Heart of Midlothian

^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139 ("What those critics forgot is that a UNSC Destroyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 oversized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads.")
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 75
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 76-77