UNSC Forward Unto Dawn: Difference between revisions

|length= {{Convert|490|m|ftin|sp=us}}<ref name="guide"/><ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/>

|engine= [[Deuterium fusion reactor|Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR]]<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/><ref name="changes">[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn#Halo 4 redesign|See production notes.]]</ref>

|slipspace drive= [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Series IV CODEN/SFTE]]<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/>

|armament=*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Mark II, Light Coil – 83B6R3/MAC]] (1)<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/>

*50 [[M58 Archer missile]] pods<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/>

*4 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun|M870 Rampart 50mm point defense gun]]s<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''] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20140730210813/https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-101012- Archive.org])</ref><ref name="changes"/>

*3 [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system]] silos<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12"/>

|complement=*Total: 782<ref name="FUDP1"/>

**[[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]]<ref name="H3TheArk"/>

***[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]<ref name="H3TheArk"/>

**At least 3 [[M808C Scorpion]]s<ref name="H3TheArk"/>

**[[M12 Warthog]]s<ref name="H3TheArk"/>

**At least 7 [[D77H-TCI Pelican]]s<ref name="H3TheArk"/>

'''UNSC ''Forward Unto Dawn''''' ([[Hull classification symbol|FFG-201]]), (UNSC REG: UNSC_REG // 77263.000_A), was a {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} in the [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="guide"/> Affectionately known by her crew as "The ''Dawn''",<ref name="H3TheArk">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3: Official Strategy Guide]]''', ''page 109''</ref> the ship's name is taken from [[Forward Unto Dawn (poem)|a poem]] about humanity's interstellar expansion. With a maximum complement of 782,<ref name="FUDP1">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 1''</ref> the ''Dawn'' participated in the final battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]].

In November [[2552]], ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was part of the [[Battle Group Victory]] of the UNSC's [[Seventh Fleet]]. The ''Dawn'' was recalled to reinforce the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] during the [[Battle for Earth]].<ref name="guide"/> The UNSC suffered heavy casualties during the Covenant's assault. By the time [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] arrived from [[Installation 05]] aboard the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was one of the few ships remaining under [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]'s command. Due to the lack of larger, more powerful vessels, Hood used the ''Dawn'' as his flagship during the Battle of Voi. He agreed to commit ''Forward Unto Dawn'' and six other frigates against the grounded Dreadnought, which had begun interfacing with the [[Forerunner]] [[The Portal|structure]] the [[Covenant]] had unearthed between the cities of [[Mombasa]] and [[Voi]]. After the Spartan destroyed the Covenant's local anti-air defenses, the frigates and several [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s assaulted the Dreadnought.

Ultimately, Johnson was betrayed and killed by Guilty Spark, who was in turn destroyed by the Spartan.  The ring was activated, and John and the Arbiter raced to the now-deserted ''Dawn''. After crashing Johnson's Warthog into the ship's oversized cargo bay, 'Vadam headed for the bridge while the Spartan uploaded [[Cortana]] into the ship's mainframe to activate the engines.<ref name="Halo"/> The ship entered the slipspace portal, which collapsed as the ring's energy pulse hit. ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was cut in half as a result.

The forward section, containing the Arbiter, returned to [[Earth]] and crashed into the Indian Ocean, and he was rescued from the wreckage by a UNSC recovery team.<ref name="Halo"/> Data retrieved from the forward section's internal systems exhibited the Master Chief's interactions with several [[Z-9930 Information Vector Console|terminals]] on Installation 00. For humanity, this data shed light on the Forerunners' final days before the Halo Array's activation. ONI scientists discerned the terminal data was incomplete, but understood the significance the [[Librarian]], [[Ur-Didact]] and [[IsoDidact]] played in the Array's activation.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 161''</ref>

The aft section emerged in unknown space, John and Cortana having survived the Halo's pulse. The Spartan and AI were left in a drifting hulk without working propulsion. After Cortana dropped a [[emergency locator beacon|distress beacon]], John entered a [[cryo chamber]] to wait for recovery.<ref name="Halo"/> During the years that followed, Cortana remained active and alert while the Spartan slept in cryo. In [[2556]], the AI compiled a history of the [[Forerunner]]s and humanity and shared it with the still-unconscious Spartan.<ref>'''Halo Legends''' - ''Origins''</ref> She later took the opportunity to overhaul and upgrade John's [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI MJOLNIR armor]], making modifications to its layout using [[nanotechnology|nanomachines]] while also rewriting its firmware.<ref name="Dawn">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Dawn]]''</ref>

On [[2557|July 20, 2557]],<ref name="Game Informer May 2012">'''Game Informer''': ''May 2012''</ref> precisely four years, seven months, and ten days after the Battle of Installation 00, Cortana noticed that the ship's intruder alarms had been activated and awakened John-117 from [[Cryonics|cryosleep]]. After being revived, John fought off the intruders, who turned out to be [[Sangheili]], [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]]. The Chief and Cortana soon realized that a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant fleet]] had surrounded the ''Forward Unto Dawn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s remains while a group of [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] unloaded more boarders onto the heavily damaged frigate. During the fight through the ship, the Master Chief managed to launch one of the ship's [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system|''Hyperion'' nuclear missiles]] and destroy a nearby {{Class|CRS|light cruiser}} which was approaching to destroy the ship's remains with its ventral [[energy projector]] but did not bother to raise its shields. Shortly afterwards, the ''Dawn's'' remains were caught in the [[gravity well]] of the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] of [[Requiem]] and was drawn inside. Though John attempted to escape using one of the ''Dawn's'' escape pods, he was sucked into space before he could board one.<ref name="Dawn"/> The remnants of the ''Dawn'' did not survive atmospheric entry and the ship was torn to pieces, scattered over a kilometers-wide swath on the surface, along with the attacking Covenant vessels.<ref name="Requiem">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref>

Fortunately, dozens of weapons and a handful of [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|M12 Warthog LRVs]] survived the crash, enabling John and Cortana to scout the surface of the shield world. Having discovered Cortana's distress beacon, the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} was deployed to recover the ''Dawn's'' survivors.<ref name="Requiem"/> ''Infinity's'' crew, still following the beacon, attempted to find the ''Dawn's'' crash site inside the installation. However, the ship's locator signal was being faked by the [[Forerunner]] supreme commander known as the [[Ur-Didact]], who attempted to draw the ''Infinity'' inside Requiem to enact his plan of vengeance upon humanity.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Forerunner (level)|Forerunner]]''</ref> The wreckage was presumably destroyed along with Requiem itself in [[2558|February 2558]].<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', [[S1/Exodus|S1E10 - ''Exodus'']]</ref>