Command shuttle
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- "We have survivors to transport to the command shuttle."
- — Cortana during the events of Installation 04.[1]
The command shuttle was a type of vessel in use by the United Nations Space Command.[1][2]
Design details[edit]
The command shuttle can accommodate up to twenty personnel and features a single-occupant flight deck located at the bow. The flight deck houses the main viewscreen and flight control panel, including the vehicle's control stick. It is completely open to the main passenger cabin, which terminates in a set of double doors at the stern. The cabin interior features ten seats lining each side, with every seat equipped with heavy safety straps, harness handles, head restraints, and an emergency oxygen mask in the event of hull depressurization. A hatch integrated into the cabin floor provides access to a lower storage compartment stocked with weapons such as the MA5B assault rifle and ammunition belts.[2] Additionally, the shuttle carries extra ordnance and survival gear, including ammo boxes, grenade packs, dried field rations,[3] equipment belts, jackets,[4] and fuel bricks.[5]
Although it is likely designed for the purpose of transporting senior officers from ship to ground, the command shuttle also doubles as a lifeboat for emergency evacuations.[2]
Ships of the line[edit]
Production notes[edit]
The command shuttle is mentioned passingly in Halo: Combat Evolved, but it is not mentioned in the game's novelization, Halo: The Flood. Instead, Alpha Base serves as the UNSC's command center. As such, the command shuttle referred to by Cortana was presumably the specialised SKT-9 Bumblebee craft used by the command crew of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn to escape the Pillar of Autumn and coordinate the UNSC forces on Installation 04, prior to the bridge crew's capture by Covenant forces.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First mentioned)
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Parasite's Wake (First appearance)
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