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'''Charlie 217''' was a [[Pelican]] dropship attached to the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'' up to and including the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. When the ''Autumn'' crashed on [[Installation 04]], Charlie 217 was thought to be destroyed, and was listed as missing in action. In reality, it had actually managed to survive intact, although it was separated from the rest of the [[UNSC]] personnel at [[Alpha Base]].

It was quickly captured by the [[Covenant]], who subsequently killed everyone on board except the pilot, [[Lieutenant]] [[Rick Hale]]. Later, [[Zuka 'Zamamee]] and a team of 30 SpecOps [[Elites]] used the captured Pelican as a means to infiltrate Alpha Base to hunt for the [[Master Chief]].<ref> [[Halo: The Flood]] page 208</ref>

Before Hale completed landing, 'Zamamee killed him and landed it himself. He and the thirty Elites, cloaked in Active Camofluage, attacked the crew in the base. <ref> [[Halo: The Flood]] page 210</ref>Charlie 217 was destroyed soon after it landed by UNSC personnel. Fuel was sprayed on the landing pad and lit, destroying the Pelican and many of the Elites in the resulting explosion. <ref>[[Halo: The Flood]] page 213</ref>

The wreckage of Charlie 217 was used by [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] the next day as a trap for Covenant forces. The Covenant that responded fell into the Marine ambush, a fitting end to the life of the dropship, despite the intervention of the [[Flood]] that followed. <ref> [[Halo: The Flood]] page 245</ref>

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