Editing UNSC Midsummer Night

|class={{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}}{{Ref/Note|In ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' (page 163 of the Definitive Edition or 139 of the original edition), it is stated that [[Jacob Keyes|Keyes]]' new ship, the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[UNSC Iroquois|Iroquois]]'', was 7 meters longer than the frigates ''Midsummer Night'' and the ''[[UNSC Meriwether Lewis|Meriwether Lewis]]''. ''[[Halo 2]]'' established the length of a UNSC frigate to be 478 meters; this was the later-named ''Stalwart'' class. Later, when a UNSC destroyer was first depicted in visual media with ''[[UNSC The Heart of Midlothian|The Heart of Midlothian]]'', it was established that the ship was 485 meters in length; an addition of 7m to the length of the ''Stalwart'' class. In ''Halo: The Cole Protocol'' (page 35), the ''Midsummer Night'' is revealed to be a light frigate. ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' established that the ''Stalwart'' and ''Charon'' classes would be considered light frigates, while the [[Paris-class heavy frigate|''Paris'' class]] would remain a heavy; a conscious decision to establish the ''Stalwart'' as the class the ''Midsummer Night'' and ''Meriwether Lewis'' belong to. Furthermore, since ''Stalwart'' is both a light frigate and the only frigate class to be 478 meters in length, the ''Midsummer Night'' and ''Meriwether Lewis'' must be part of this class.}}

|hull={{Convert|60|cm|ft}} of [[Titanium-A armor]]

|armament=*1 [[MAC]]<ref name="CP4">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', Chapter 4</ref>

*At least 2 [[point-defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|CP4}}

*3 [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s{{Ref/Reuse|CP26}}

|complement=*[[UNSC Marine]]s<ref name="CP2">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', Chapter 2</ref>

|lastsight=2535: [[Falaknuma]], [[18 Scorpii system]]

|battles=*[[Battle of the Rubble]]

|fleet=

|namedcrew=

|captains=*[[Dmitri Zheng|Commander Dmitri Zheng]]

{{Quote|multi=yes|Dmitri Zheng|Jean Mawikizi|q1=She's a light frigate. With a few tricks up her sleeve.|q2=Night is a long-range stealth ship. Like a [[prowler]], but she packs more of a punch.|[[Dmitri Zheng]] and [[Jean Mawikizi]] describing the ship<ref name="CPC">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 35''</ref>}}

The '''UNSC ''Midsummer Night''''' ([[Hull classification symbol|FFG-209]]{{Ref/Reuse|CP2}}) was a {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol'''</ref>

==Service history==

In [[2535]], the ''Midsummer Night'' was equipped with stealth systems by [[ONI]] while stationed on [[Chi Rho]] in the [[Ectanus 45]] system. The frigate was assigned to help enforce the [[Cole Protocol]] on civilian ships, led by [[Dmitri Zheng|Commander Dmitri Zheng]]. [[Jacob Keyes|Lieutenant Jacob Keyes]] was also transferred to the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|CP2}} The ''Midsummer Night'' traveled to the edges of the Ectanus 45 system, shadowing a civilian [[freighter]], ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'', that had slowly edged its way past the system's elliptic plane. To ensure that the freighter's navigation data had been deleted, Keyes led a boarding team of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s into ''Finnegan's Wake''.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 47''</ref>

Later, the Rubble's [[AI]], [[Juliana]], helped free the crew of the ''Midsummer Night''. After discovering the [[Unggoy]] army [[Reth]] had created on one of Hesiod's moons, [[Metisette]], was preparing to attack the Rubble, Keyes prepared to launch [[Battle of Metisette|a counter-attack]] to destroy the Covenant forces. Keyes retook control of the repaired ''Midsummer Night'' and used the frigate to attack Metisette. Meanwhile Kig-Yar and Rubble ships battled over the Rubble's mass drivers and Keyes kept the ''Midsummer Night'' away from ''[[Infinite Spoils]]'', Reth's [[flagship]] that was capable of overwhelming the frigate in seconds.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 310''</ref> As it closed down on the moon, the ''Midsummer Night'' performed a high-speed [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIV]] deployment to deliver ODSTs and [[Spartan-II|Spartan]] [[Gray Team]] down to [[the Redoubt]] on the surface of Metisette. The ''Midsummer Night'' came under fire from Kig-Yar [[Covenant Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|anti-aircraft guns]], and slowed down, to allow the pods to drop, before speeding off out the atmosphere again.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 312''</ref> After the Spartans and ODSTs destroyed the Kig-Yar targets, ''Midsummer Night'' launched five [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropships]] to pick up the survivors. After all personnel were aboard the frigate, the Redoubt's sensors were destroyed by the frigate's last Shiva.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 327''</ref>

;Before the Raid on ''Finnegan's Wake'':

*[[Jason Burt|Second Lieutenant Jason Burt]] — ''Communications officer''

*[[Akio Watanabe|Major Akio Watanabe]] — ''Office of Naval Intelligence liaison, killed in action of [[Charybdis IX]]''

==Notes==

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