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. The Dawn was recalled to reinforce the Home Fleet during the Battle for Earth against the Covenant, now led by the Jiralhanae after turning against the Sangheili when the Great Schism began. The UNSC suffered very heavy casualties from the Prophet of Truth's massive Covenant combined fleet when it arrived in the later stages of the Battle for Earth. By the time Spartan John-117 arrived from Installation 05 aboard the Prophet of Truth's Forerunner Dreadnought, Forward Unto Dawn was one of the few ships remaining under Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood's command. Due to the lack of larger and more powerful vessels, Hood used the Dawn as his flagship during the Battle of Voi. He agreed to commit Forward Unto Dawn and at least six other frigates of the Battle Group Victory against the grounded Dreadnought, which had begun interfacing with the Forerunner structure the Covenant had unearthed between the cities of Mombasa and Voi. After the Spartan destroyed the Covenant's local anti-air defenses, the frigates and several C712 Longswords assaulted the Dreadnought.

Despite firing n