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|length= {{Convert|490|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 76''</ref><ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12'']</ref><ref name="changes" group="note">Despite maintaining a [[:File:Infinity_fud_scale.jpg| similar profile]], ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s incarnation of the ''Charon'' class is quite different from its appearance in ''Halo 3'' and other previous media. The ship appears far larger, though it is still canonically 490 meters long. The number of engines has been reduced; rather than having two primaries on the main hull and two secondaries on the "wings", there are only two primary engines. The port and starboard hangar bays have been reduced from five small bays on either side to one much larger bay on either side; they are moved much farther back. The enlarged cargo bay, a defining feature of the ''Charon'' class, is conspicuously absent or moved inside the hull. The point defense guns have been redesigned and moved to different areas on the hull.</ref> | |length= {{Convert|490|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 76''</ref><ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12'']</ref><ref name="changes" group="note">Despite maintaining a [[:File:Infinity_fud_scale.jpg| similar profile]], ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s incarnation of the ''Charon'' class is quite different from its appearance in ''Halo 3'' and other previous media. The ship appears far larger, though it is still canonically 490 meters long. The number of engines has been reduced; rather than having two primaries on the main hull and two secondaries on the "wings", there are only two primary engines. The port and starboard hangar bays have been reduced from five small bays on either side to one much larger bay on either side; they are moved much farther back. The enlarged cargo bay, a defining feature of the ''Charon'' class, is conspicuously absent or moved inside the hull. The point defense guns have been redesigned and moved to different areas on the hull.</ref> | ||
|width= {{Convert|156|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential"/><ref name="changes" group="note"/> | |width= {{Convert|156|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="essential"/><ref name="changes" group="note"/> | ||
|height={{Convert|139.2|m| | |height={{Convert|139.2|m|ft|sp=us}} {{Citation needed}} | ||
|engine= [[Deuterium fusion reactor|Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR]]<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/><ref name="changes" group="note"/> | |engine= [[Deuterium fusion reactor|Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR]]<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/><ref name="changes" group="note"/> | ||
|slipspace drive= [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Series IV CODEN/SFTE]]<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/> | |slipspace drive= [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Series IV CODEN/SFTE]]<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/> | ||
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|affiliation= [[UNSC Navy]] | |affiliation= [[UNSC Navy]] | ||
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The '''''Charon''-class light frigate''' is a type of [[Frigate|escort ship]] in service with the [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="essential"/> Ships of this class are used primarily in fleet escort duties and planetary defense.<ref name="essential"/> The class is | The '''''Charon''-class light frigate''' is a type of [[Frigate|escort ship]] in service with the [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="essential"/> Ships of this class are used primarily in fleet escort duties and planetary defense.<ref name="essential"/> The class is named after either [[Wikipedia:Charon (mythology)|Charon]], a minor god who ferried the souls of the dead to the underworld in Greek mythology, or after a [[Wikipedia:Charon (moon)|natural satellite]] of [[Pluto]]. | ||
==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||