Talk:Halcyon-class light cruiser

Engine
I believe that in either Fall of rech or the flood the engines were described, that is the type of engines. I believe that this information should be in this article. I would do it myself but someone sto;le my books. --  O_M_R_I_F_E_R_E  TundefinedC 19:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

1/3 tonnage
If by tonnage you mean size in 1/3 then that is wrong. Halcyon class warships are almost the same size with marathon class cruisers being only 100 meters longer.Halo3 03:08, 13 January 2007 (UTC)--Halo3

THe Halcyon class cruiser is 1 km long.--  O_M_R_I_F_E_R_E  TundefinedC 03:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Tonnage means exactly what it says: how nmany tons it weight. it has nothing to do with size, just weight. -SpecOps306

It would actually have quite a bit to do with size. Since we know that Halcyon-class cruisers are quite dense for their size due to their large amounts of structural bracing, it is likely that the ship would have to be quite a bit smaller than the current Marathon-class cruisers by a factor greater than 1/3. If they were of the same overall density, then there would be no point in pointing out the superior durability of the Halcyon-class as it would be the same as the Marathon-class, which would make the Halcyon even more underpowered than before. It is likely that the authors meant volume instead of tonnage, which would be slightly more in keeping with the designated size of the Marathon-class compared to the Halcyon-class. However, since both are irregularly shaped objects it is difficult to determine their exact volume. The Halcyon-class is listed as being 1.17km long, and the Marathon is 1.5km long. The one092001 06:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Length
It has to be longer than 1170 meters. In the level the Maw you have to travel several Kilometers to to get to the first pick up site. then its onther kilometer to the long sword bay. htat means the ship is atleast 3+ kiliometers.

i think this topic was already put up on the "list of inconsistacies in halo" page. --Captain Jacob Rathens 03:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

But where do we get the 1170 meters from anyway?

The books, and the conflict is in the games though. In the books it says about a kilometer long, but in the games Master Chief has to drive down a service corridor that runs the length of the ship, which is way longer. It is already on the list of inconsistancies in Halo page so there isn't much reason to keep up the discussion. --Captain Jacob Rathens 20:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thrusters
on page 41 of the flood keyes fires bow thrusters. i couldnt seem to fit it in the article.-- MCPO Spartan  1138  15:09, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Royal Sovereign
ok so i just watched a youtube video featuring a large space battle to be in Halo 3, one shot showed the name of a Halcyon called the Royal Sovereign,, this with the fact theat Colonel Ackerson is the be in Halo 3 and that the video looked bungie not fan made, though fan posted i beleive this to be a legitimate cruiser of the line and will soon add to lsit of Halcyon cruiser unless anyone objects. -Ergna-

A link would be awfully lovely of you ^-^ otherwise it gets deleted as unfounded spam/fanon lol --Ajax 013 21:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Scratch that, i found it, and that is fan made, i can assure you. Someone must of spent a while playing with halo 2 modding to make that...--Ajax 013 21:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Refitted ships
I could easily be wrong, but I don't believe any of the texts ever mentioned more than one of the Halcyon ships being refitted in the manner that Pillar of Autumn was. That is to say, the Autumn was refitted specifically for the Spartans' mission, and nothing ever mentioned any other ships being refitted the same way, while this article seems to imply that their were several which were. I'd like somebody to confirm or deny this before I make any changes.

--Legend 01:02, 31 October 2007 (UTC)