Type-57 Phantom

Type-57 Dropship Troop Carrier
Production information
Manufacturer:	Achoem Weapons; Kolaar Manufactorum; Malurok Armory;
Model:	Type-57
Technical specifications
Length:	103.5 feet (31.5 m)
Width:	66 feet (20 m)
Height:	32.8 feet (10.0 m)
Engine(s):	Twin impulse drive system
Other system(s):	Gravity lift
Armament:	One heavy plasma cannon; Two Type-58 plasma cannons;
Crew:	Two
Complement:	Twenty passengers
Usage
Role(s):	Dropship, gunship, support
Affiliation:	Swords of Sanghelios; Jul 'Mdama's Covenant;

This article is about the Phantom introduced in Halo 5: Guardians. For other Phantom models, see Phantom.

The Type-57 Dropship Troop Carrier (T-57 DTC),^[2] colloquially known as the Phantom by UNSC forces, is a dropship in service with various Covenant remnant factions.^[1]

Specifications[edit]

Design details[edit]

Whereas Phantom models produced under the Covenant's reign had to comply with San'Shyuum architectural strictures, the Type-57 Phantom sports a traditional Sangheili design. Its appearance is inspired by aquatic predators found on Sangheili colonies. The new Phantom is one of several post-Covenant Sangheili-designed vehicles to bear this design philosophy, an aesthetic which the San'Shyuum found inelegant.^[1] The T-57 is easy to manufacture and maintain without access to high-tier fabrication facilities, at the sacrifice of exoatmospheric performance.^[2]

Operational history[edit]

The Type-57 DTC was put into service in the aftermath of the end of the Human-Covenant War due to dwindling numbers of Type-44 and Type-52 Phantoms.^[2] Various factions—most notably Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and the Swords of Sanghelios—called upon allied colonies and renovated long-abandoned manufacturing facilities to produce the dropship, along with other war matériel. The Type-57 was used in multiple battles, including the Battle of Kamchatka and various engagements in the Blooding Years.^[1] By October, 2558 T-57 Phantoms were often used in Warzone simulations aboard the UNSC Infinity.^[3]

Known Type-57 Phantoms[edit]

Diving Sun
Prophet's Wrath

Gallery[edit]

Concept art of the Type-57 Phantom for Halo 5: Guardians.
Model of the Phantom.
Alternate view of the Type-57 Phantom in Halo 5: Guardians.
Alternate view of the Type-57 Phantom in Halo 5: Guardians.
A T-57 Phantom.
A Type-57 Phantom on Escape from ARC.
A Swords of Sanghelios Type-57 Phantom during the civil war on Sanghelios.
One of many crashed Swords of Sanghelios Type-57 Phantoms and one Swords of Sanghelios Sangheili Storm.
A T-57 Phantom carrying two Type-54 Ghosts.
The main gun on the Phantom.
A T-57 blowing up.