UNSC Forward Unto Dawn

"Forward Unto Dawn" redirects here. For the web series and the poem, see Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and Forward Unto Dawn (poem).

UNSC Forward Unto Dawn
Ship history
	Unified Earth Government
Name:	Forward Unto Dawn
Class:	Charon-class light frigate
Operator:	UNSC Navy
Manufacturer:	SinoViet Heavy Machinery
Fate:	Split in half during the Battle of Installation 00 December 11, 2552 (forward half crashed in Indian Ocean) July 21, 2557 (aft half crashed on Requiem)
Captain(s):	FADM Terrence Hood (November 17, 2552) CDR Miranda Keyes (Post-November 17, 2552)
General characteristics Type: Frigate Length: 489.71 meters (1,606.65 ft) Width: 155.58 meters (510.42 ft) Height: 139.20 meters (456.68 ft) Mass: 0.65 million metric tons Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR Slipspace drive: Series IV CODEN/SFTE Complement: 782 UNSC Marines Orbital Drop Shock Troopers 3+ M808C Scorpions M12 Warthogs AV-14 Hornets 7+ D77H-TCI Pelicans M8823 drop pods Hull: 60 centimeters titanium-A battleplate Armaments: 1 Mark II, Light Coil – 83B6R3/MAC 50 M58 Archer missile pods 4 M870 Rampart 50mm point defense guns 3 M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system silos

The UNSC Forward Unto Dawn (hull classification symbol: FFG-201, UNSC REG: UNSC_REG // 77263.000_A), was a Charon-class light frigate in the UNSC Navy. Affectionately known by her crew as "The Dawn", the ship's name is taken from a poem about humanity's interstellar expansion. With a maximum complement of 782, the Dawn participated in the final battles of the Human-Covenant War.

Service history

Human-Covenant War

Battle for Earth

Main article: Battle of Voi

As of November 2552, Forward Unto Dawn was part of the UNSC's Seventh Fleet, which was part of the Home Fleet after September 5, 2552.