Victor 933
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- "This is Dropship Victor 93-(static)-Pillar of Autumn. If any-(Static)-need assistance. We are under attack by some new kind of hostile that isn't Covenant. Captain Keyes has been captured by hostiles. We're dug in at a large structure in a swampy area, where we can hold out. Please-(static)- I will set this message to repeat at one minute intervals. Dropship Victor 933, clear!"
- — An unidentified crew member of Victor 933 broadcasting to the Pelican.[1]
Victor 933 was a United Nations Space Command Pelican dropship attached to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in 2552.[1][2]
Operational history[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Installation 04
On September 20, 2552, Victor 933 ferried UNSC marines (likely second squad) to a swamp region on the ring.[1] Led by Captain Jacob Keyes, the UNSC forces were tasked with locating and recovering a cache of Covenant weapons inside a facility.[3] A second Pelican, Victor 086, deployed Fireteam Charlie to the swamp.[1] At some point during the mission, Victor 933 crash-landed in the swamp. While there were bodies at the crash site, some surviving crew members apparently escaped the wreckage and the unknown hostiles that had downed the dropship. They found refuge at a nearby structure, where they broadcast an automated distress signal to other UNSC forces reporting that Captain Keyes had been captured.[Note 2] However, the transmission failed to reach the broader UNSC presence on the ring. Over 12 hours after the last transmission from the captain's dropship, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 was deployed to the swamp from Echo 419 and found the wreckage of Victor 933.[1] Upon investigating the crash, the Spartan concluded that the Pelican had been ambushed during takeoff. The Chief then moved deeper into the swamp, where he would eventually encounter the Flood inside a containment facility.[4]
Production notes[edit]
- In earlier builds of Halo: Combat Evolved, Victor 933 is positioned deeper into the ground, with the troop bay half buried by the mud; its hull is also printed with the designation "79" instead of "V933". Additionally, the emergency transmission by Victor 933 emits significantly less static, allowing for most of the transmission's dialogue to be heard in full.[5]
- On the level The Silent Cartographer in Halo: Combat Evolved, Victor 933 doubles as the crashed Bravo 022. This is due to the same Pelican model being reused.
- In Halo: Combat Evolved (and faithfully recreated in Halo: Campaign Evolved), there are no bodies in the crash site. In Halo: The Flood, the Master Chief finds dead naval personnel in the crash site.
- As with all Pelicans depicted in Halo: Combat Evolved and its adaptations, Victor 933 is depicted as a D77 Pelican in Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo: Campaign Evolved, while in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, it reuses the Halo: Reach D77H Pelican model.
- On the map Valhalla in Halo 3, the Pelican Victor 398 crash position is exactly the same as Victor 933.
Gallery[edit]
Victor 933's crash site in Halo: Combat Evolved.
Victor 933's crash site in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Concept art for Victor 933'S crash site in Halo: Campaign Evolved.
A Pelican, likely Victor 933, behind Johnson and Victor 086 in Halo: Campaign Evolved.
Victor 933's crash site in Halo: Campaign Evolved.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo: Campaign Evolved
Notes[edit]
- ^ The exact class of the Pelican varies due to Halo: Reach and Halo Infinite assets being reused for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and Halo: Campaign Evolved, respectively. See here.
- ^ In the cutscene for 343 Guilty Spark, Victor 933 can already be seen crashed when Fireteam Charlie disembarks from their Pelican. This is a technical limitation of Halo: Combat Evolved, as cutscenes render in real-time on the level geometry, where the crashed Pelican is a static environmental asset. Narratively, the transmission broadcast from the downed Pelican reports Keyes' capture. If the Pelican was shot down before Charlie's arrival, its survivors would have had to reunite with Keyes' team inside the facility to learn of his capture as events unfolded. However, since Fireteam Charlie does not acknowledge the crashed dropship, it is highly likely that Victor 933 was actually shot down later, after Keyes was captured. Because the timeline of events is left largely ambiguous across the game and its adaptations, this article treats the exact sequence as ambiguous as well.
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level 343 Guilty Spark
- ^ Halo: Campaign Evolved, campaign level 343 Guilty Spark
- ^ Halo: The Flood, chapter 6
- ^ Halo: The Flood, chapter 8
- ^ YouTube - The Vengeful 'Vadam, Full Analysis of the Halo CE Beta (1749): Campaign and Multiplayer (Retrieved on Nov 27, 2020)
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