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{{Individual ship infobox
|name=Charlie 217
|image=
|class=[[Pelican]]
|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armories]]
|modifier=
|sysmods=
|length=30.5 meters (100 ft)
|width=23.3 meters (76 ft)
|height=10 meters (33 ft)
|max accel=
|max speed space=
|max speed air=
|engine=Two main engines housed in middle section of ship, ten maneuvering thrusters housed in four vector pylons.
|slipspace drive=
|slipspace speed=
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|shield gen=
|hull=
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=
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|countermeasures=
|armament=* One chin-mounted auto-cannon in either 40 or 70mm caliber[5]
* Two ANVIL-II ASM Pods (eight missiles each) (optional)
* 1 AIE-486H HMG or M247 GPMG (optional)
|complement=
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|commission=
|firstsight=September [[2552]]
|destroyed=September [[2552]]
|retired=
|lastsight=
|battles=*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[Battle of Installation 04]]
|affiliation=[[UNSC]]
|fleet=
|taskforce=
|owners=
|namedcrew=
|captains=*[[Lieutenant]] [[Rick Hale]]
}}


'''Charlie 217''' was a [[Pelican]] dropship attached to the {{UNSCship|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 MIA (''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 (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].
'''Charlie 217''' was a [[Pelican]] dropship attached to the {{UNSCship|Pillar of Autumn}} up to and including the [[Battle of Installation 04]].  
 
==Operational History==
===Battle of Installation 04===
{{Main|Battle of Installation 04}}
When the ''Autumn'' crashed on [[Installation 04]], Charlie 217 was thought to be destroyed, and was listed as MIA (''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 (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].


==History==
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 [[Sangheili]] used the captured Pelican as a means to infiltrate Alpha Base to hunt for [[John-117]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 208</ref>
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 [[Sangheili]] used the captured Pelican as a means to infiltrate Alpha Base to hunt for [[John-117]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 208</ref>


Before Hale completed landing, 'Zamamee killed him and landed it himself. He and the thirty Sangheili, cloaked in Active Camouflage, 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 Sangheili in the resulting explosion.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 213</ref>
Before Hale could complete the landing, 'Zamamee killed him and landed it himself. He and the thirty Sangheili, cloaked in Active Camouflage, 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 Sangheili 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>
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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