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Bravo 001

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Bravo 001
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Production information

Manufacturer:

Misriah Armories

Class:

Pelican

Role:

Transport

Specifications

Length:

30.5 metres (100 ft)

Width:

23.3 metres (76 ft)

Height:

10 metres (33 ft)

Engine:

Two main engines housed in middle section of ship, ten maneuvering thrusters housed in four vector pylons.

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)
Service information

Destroyed:

August 2552

Participated battles:

Known commanders:

Affiliation:

UNSC

 

Bravo 001[1] was a UNSC D77-TC Pelican attached to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in August 2552.

Operational History

Fall of Reach

Main article: Fall of Reach

Bravo 001 was attached to the Template:UNSCship and flown by Flight Officer Mitchell. It was assigned to transport the SPARTAN-IIs of Red Team down to the surface of Reach during the Covenant attack and its aft section was stripped down to accommodate the twenty-seven SPARTANs. It was escorted by a group of Longswords led by Knife 26. On her way down to the Aszod ship breaking yards, nicknamed the "boneyard", Bravo 001 became lost and was aided by a radio operative with the callsign "Golden Arrow". Golden Arrow advised her to land around the nearby woodland, hoping for support against the Covenant - unaware as to the nature of her cargo.[2]

Bravo 001 then came under attack by two formations of Seraph fighters. Its cockpit decompressed and then exploded resulting in its destruction, killing the pilot, Mitchell, but Joshua-029 managed to slow the ship enough for the Spartans to jump out of it, though with heavy casualties (four Spartans were killed in the initial jump, including Malcolm-059), before Bravo 001 crashed into a mountain on Reach and was destroyed.[3]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 5
  2. ^ Halo: Reach, Breakpoint radio conversation
  3. ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 5-12