ZAV-48 Frostraven

"Someone need cryo support?"

- A Frostraven pilot.

The ZAV-48 Frostraven is a theoretical aircraft design created by the Smart AI Serina.

Design details
The ZAV-48 is a conjectural design built upon the airframe of the versatile EV-44 Nightingale helicopter, leveraging the Nightingale's design platform's ability for operations-specific variations. Unlike the EV-44, the Frostraven incorporates four

The design was created by Serina, the artificial intelligence for, during the vessel's years drifting through space following the destruction of the shield world Trove. During the voyage, Serina continued research into vacuum energy cryotechnology originally started by Ellen Anders and produced a number of speculative designs leveraging the use of this hypothetical technology. Such examples include the Frostraven and others such as the cryotroopers, cryo mine, M88 "Cryo" Bison variant, and so forth.

Despite Serina's eventual end-of-life termination, she left her notes aboard Spirit of Fire to inform future potential research - something that was later picked up for review and integration by Isabel during the Second Ark Conflict in 2559. Ultimately, Anders has yet to show an interest in the Frostraven project or its sister designs, instead choosing to focus her own research on the potential of Forerunner systems.

Halo Wars 2
Frosthaven Upgrade: Heavy Cryo Projector The Frostraven is a unit unique to Serina. In order to unlock Frostravens, the player must spend a leader point on the passive leader power simply dubbed "Frostraven", Frostravens will then be available for purchasing at the player's firebase. The Frostraven's only upgrade improves its Cryo Projector to freeze enemies faster. The Frostraven's ability fires a Seismic Missile which instantly kills frozen units. Frostravens perform poorly against infantry, vehicles, aircraft, and structures, as it is a support unit. In Blitz, the Frostraven costs 70 energy, and the Seismic Missile is replaced with a Shockwave Missile which deals damage, freezes enemies, and also shatters frozen enemies.
 * Info: Support Unit, Freezes enemies, Deals very little damage, Can fire a Seismic Missile
 * Tier: 1
 * Cost:, ,
 * Info: Weapon Upgrade, Improves the Cryo Projector, chilling enemies faster
 * Tier: 2
 * Cost: ,

Trivia
As an aircraft that utilizes cryo technology to freeze enemies and shatter them to pieces, Frostraven's role is similar to the Allied Cryocopter from Red Alert 3.

List of appearances

 * Halo Wars 2