D77C Pelican

The D77C Pelican (Formal classification: Dropship 77 Civilian), more commonly known as the Pelican, is a paramilitary dropship widely employed by several human civilian law enforcement agencies.

Overview
The D77C Pelican is a paramilitary variant of the D77-TC Pelican employed by police forces in major urban areas. These chassis have most of their integrated weapon systems forgone, employ a surfeit of instrumentation to effect whatever their designated function might be. In most cases, these do include clusters of optical and sensory surveillance systems, such as sensors and scanning equipment, for the tracking and seizing of fugitives as well as addressing large-scale emergencies, or simply the capacity to safety and quickly transport personnel and equipment across large distances, as was for the Liang-Dortmund D79-TC Pelican used on Meridian. For situations such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, riots or other strategic integrations which would require a heavily armored vehicle for airborne transportation, nothing comes close in utility to a Pelican.

The D80 Condor is the original version of the later Condor series of dropships, built on the D77C Pelican body.

Variants
There were a growing number of civilian variants of the Pelican utilized by authorized corporations and local government agencies, including the New Mombasa Police Department.
 * D77C-NMPD Pelican — The New Mombasa Police Department employed their own specialized version of the D77C dropship and bears similarities to the UNSC's D77H-TCI Pelican dropship based on very few modifications have been made to the D77C over the existing D77H model, beyond the superficial color scheme and minor chassis alterations. This variant was painted in white and black, with the front-mounted M370 autocannon replaced with a searchlight and other equipment.

List of appearances

 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Halo: New Blood
 * Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo