UNSC Gorgon: Difference between revisions
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(The Definitive Edition of The Fall of Reach confirms that Lovell served aboard the destroyer UNSC Gorgon.) |
(The class is never named in the story and it isn't specified whether the Gorgon was the first of its class; only the first to receive a MAC.) |
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|name=UNSC ''Gorgon'' | |name=UNSC ''Gorgon'' | ||
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|class= | |class=[[UNSC heavy destroyer|Heavy destroyer]] | ||
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|engine=[[Fusion drive]]s | |||
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|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
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|armament=*Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (three rounds)<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 447''</ref> | |armament=*Magnetic Accelerator Cannon (three rounds)<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 447''</ref> | ||
*[[Archer | *[[Archer missile]] pods (8+)<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 450''</ref> | ||
*[[AAA Helix gun]]s | *[[AAA Helix gun]]s | ||
|complement=Seven [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropships | |complement=Seven [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropships | ||
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The '''UNSC ''Gorgon''''' | The '''UNSC ''Gorgon''''' was a [[UNSC heavy destroyer|heavy destroyer]] that served during the early years of the [[Insurrection]] and later the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was the first vessel of its class to be armed with a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], which held only three rounds.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 451''</ref> The ''Gorgon'' was commanded by then-[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Preston Cole]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{First mentioned}} | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{First mentioned}} {{C|Definitive Edition}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | ||
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
