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<center>''Were you looking for the [[D77-TC Pelican]], introduced in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]? For the Pelican introduced in Halo 4, see [[D79-TC Pelican]].''</center>
{{Disambig header|the Pelican introduced in ''[[Halo 3]]''|other uses|Pelican}}
{{Ship Class Infobox
{{Ship class infobox
|name = D77H-TCI Pelican
|name = Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry
|image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]]
|image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]]
|model = D77H-TCI Pelican (Heavy/Infantry variant)
|class = [[D77-TC Pelican]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|class = Dropship/gunship
|manufacturer = [[Misriah Armory]]{{Ref/Film|Id=lf|Film=Halo: Landfall|Story=[[Halo: Arms Race|Arms Race]]}}
|manufacturer = Misriah Armories<ref>''Halo: Arms Race''</ref>
|length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|Enc09|Page=252}}
|modifier =
|width = {{Convert|23.4|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
|sysmods =
|height =  
|length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC">'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''''', ''page 252''</ref>
*Troop Bay: 6.19 Meters (20.3 feet)
|width = Wingspan - {{Convert|23.4|m|ft}}<ref name="ENC"/>
*Troop Bay: 4.64 Meters (15.22 feet)
|height = 10.0 meters (35.9 feet) (10.5 meters with landing gear)
*Troop Bay: 3.23 Meters (10.6 feet)
|mass =
|mass =
|max speed space =
|max speed air =
|engine =
|engine =
*Two main engines housed in middle section of ship
*8 [[Fusion drive|hybrid fusion drives]] {{C|4 primary, 4 secondary}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
*Ten maneuvering thrusters housed in four vector pylons
*8 maneuvering thrusters {{c|housed in 4 vector pylons}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|slipspace drive = None
|poweroutput =
|shield gen = Heat and radiation shielding to protect occupants
|sensor =
|target =
|navigation =
|avionics =
|countermeasures =
|armament =
|armament =
*One chin-mounted weapon (optional)
*3 chin-mounted weapons{{Ref/Game|H4|Part=Scanned}}{{Ref/Film|Id=home|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Homecoming}} {{c|optional}}
**Rotary machine gun<ref name="Halo 2">''[[Halo 2]]''</ref>
*2 [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} {{c|6 missiles per pod}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
**[[M638 Autocannon|M638 20mm autocannon]]<ref name="Halo: Reach">''Halo: Reach''</ref>
*1 rear-mounted [[AIE-486H machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
**40mm chain gun<ref name="The Flood">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 39''</ref>
|complement =*1 medium or heavy vehicle{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
**[[70mm chain gun]]<ref name="The Flood"></ref>
*2 light vehicles{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} {{c|internally and externally}}
*Two [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile]] pods <small>(Six missiles per pod)</small>
*4–6 [[ordnance pod]]s{{Citation needed}}
*One rear-mounted AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun
|crew = *2+ crews{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|complement =*One [[M808 Scorpion]] ''or''
*1 [[artificial intelligence]]{{Ref/Level|Id=cortana|H3|[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]}} {{c|optional}}
*One [[M12 Warthog]] ''or''
*Four to six [[resupply canister]]s
;''and''
*One or two [[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle]]s<small>(internally and externally)</small>
|crew = *One [[pilot]]
*One co-pilot
*One crew chief
|skeleton = One pilot with an [[Artificial intelligence|AI construct]]
|passengers = Ten seats in internal troop bay amidships, plus an additional five people sitting: (These numbers are doubled in case the ship carries a [[troop deployment pod]].)
|capacity = 70 tons on hoist (Anything over 35 tons slows speed considerably)
|othersystems =
|othersystems =
|role = Dropship, [[wikipedia:Air Assault|air assault]]/[[wikipedia:Close Air Support|close air support]]
|role = [[Dropship]], [[wikipedia:Air Assault|air assault]]/[[wikipedia:Close Air Support|close air support]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|commission =  
|era = *[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Film|Id=origins|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Origins}}
|firstsight =  
*[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Game|Id=halo3|H3|Detail=Gameplay and in-game 3D model data}}
|era = [[Human-Covenant War]]<br>[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Game|Id=hsa|Halo: Spartan Assault}}
|affiliation = United Nations Space Command
**[[Created conflict]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}}
|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
}}
}}
The '''D77H-TCI Pelican''', formally known as the '''Dropship 77 Heavy-Troop Carrier/Infantry''' and more commonly known as the '''Pelican''', is a newer model of the [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship. It appeared to have largely supplanted the original D77-TC model in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], at least in the [[Battle of Earth|Earth]] theater of operations, by [[2552#November|late 2552]].<ref>'''Halo 3'''</ref>
The '''D77H-TCI Pelican'''{{Ref/Site|Id=HW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/pelican|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Pelican|D=21|M=04|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}  (Formal classification: '''Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry'''),{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P149|Enc22|Page=149}} more commonly known as the '''Pelican''', is a model of the traditional [[D77-TC Pelican]] [[dropship]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}


==Specifications==
==Design==
===Design details===
===Layout/Hull===
The D77H-TCI Pelican is the primary tactical support aircraft of the UNSC. Like the previous model, the D77H-TCI Pelican serves a multi-role purpose. The dropship is fully capable of atmospheric flight and can land almost anywhere without difficulty. It is also capable of limited spaceflight, making it the prime troop transport of the UNSC.
As a dominant [[Pelican]] model for many decades, the D77H-TCI Pelican features a versatile airframe, a power-efficient thruster configuration, and dense ablative armor for quick-transfer deployments deep into foe-occupied area.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} Like the previous standard [[D77-TC Pelican|D77 model]] used during the [[Human-Covenant War]], it features an extraordinary level of versality with regard to its arsenal, albeit parts with its forbearer in a variety of ways with several interior and exterior design differences.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} This includes most notably vertically staggered cockpit seats in tandem, with the co-pilot seated behind and above the pilot, instead of both crew sitting next to each other, and the controls and instrument panels are rearranged and upgraded.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|HW}} A small [[holotank]] is installed in the cockpit, allowing a [[Smart AI|"smart"]] [[artificial intelligence|AI]] to project its holographic [[avatar]] to the craft's pilots.{{Ref/Reuse|cortana}}
 
There are several interior and exterior design differences between the D77-TC and D77H-TCI models. Most notably difference is in the cockpit area. Instead of the pilot and co-pilot sitting next to each other, the co-pilot is seated behind and above the pilot, and the controls and instrument panels are rearranged and upgraded. A small [[holotank]] is installed in the cockpit, allowing an artificial intelligence to project its holographic [[avatar]] to the craft's pilots.
 
===Payload capacity===
There are also differences in the bay of the craft: the so-called "blood tray".<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 203''</ref> Although the D77H-TCI Pelican carries the same number of passengers as its predecessor, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two [[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|M274 Mongoose ULATVs]] internally, in addition to ten passengers. Like the original models, the D77H-TCI's tail-mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying an [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|M12 Warthog FAV]], an [[M808 Main Battle Tank|M808 Scorpion MBT]], or several [[resupply canister]]s.


===Armament===
===Armament===
The D77H-TCI Pelican, like its predecessor, can be armed with a 40mm or [[70mm chain gun]], an [[M638 Autocannon|M638 20mm autocannon]], a rotary machine gun, or a pair of twin-linked rotary cannons. The Pelican is also able to mount a machine gun - typically an [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun]] - in its troop bay for supporting ground teams and covering the departure of its passengers, although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally. The D77H can also be equipped with [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile]] pods; rather than being externally mounted to the wings, these pods are integrated seamlessly into the fuselage. The ANVIL pods can fire up to twelve missiles at once, six from each pod. A gunship version of the D77H is in service as well; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.<ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer level ''[[High Ground]]''</ref>
The D77H-TCI Pelican's standard armament has two [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods—which are integrated seamlessly into the fuselage rather than being externally mounted to the wings—and a rear-bay-mounted [[machine gun]]–typically an [[AIE-486H machine gun]]–in its troop bay for providing sufficient suppresive fire for supporting ground teams and loading or offloading personnel in contested sites, and covering the departure of its passengers, although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} The ANVIL pods can fire up to twelve missiles at once, six from each pod.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} It may also features a trio of nose-mounted chainguns.{{Ref/Reuse|home}}


===Propulsion===
===Powerplant/Propulsion===
The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior. The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability. Four ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation. It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum. The D77H-TCI, like the D77-TC, although fully capable of orbital insertion, is too small to be equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], and thus is incapable of Slipspace travel.
The main [[Fusion drive|engines]] are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} Eight ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}


===Deployment history===
===Crew and complement/Payload capacity===
This model was used from 2552 to 2553, only to be supplanted around 2557 by the [[D79-TC Pelican|D79-TC Pelican]].{{Citation needed}}
There are also differences in the bay of the craft: the so-called "blood tray".{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Page=203}} Although the D77H-TCI Pelican carries the same number of passengers as its predecessor, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two [[M274 Mongoose]] internally, in addition to ten passengers.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} Like the original models, the D77H-TCI's tail-mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying an [[M12 Warthog]], an [[M808 Scorpion]], or several [[resupply canister]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}


==Variants==
==Variants==
===Law enforcement variant===
A gunship version of the D77H is in service; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.{{Ref/Map|H3|High Ground}} Another configuration of the D77H Pelican were used by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} crew during the Harvest campaign and Battle of the Etran Harborage.{{Ref/Reuse|genesis}}{{Ref/Reuse|wars}}
{{Main|D77C-NMPD Pelican}}
 
The ''D77C-NMPD'' is a variant of the D77H-TCI that was utilized by the [[New Mombasa Police Department]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], on [[Earth]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/nmpd-pelican/a08fd318-4bef-4c32-9741-6d15b5f1180d?filter=all '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''D77C-NMPD Pelican'']</ref> It was differentiated from its military counterpart by a black and white color scheme, with the word "POLICE" replacing the traditional "MARINES" on the external hull, and a noted lack of armament. Under the craft's chin, where a machine gun turret or autocannon would normally be installed, were various interchangeable sensors used by the police for aerial surveillance and crowd control. An AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun was typically mounted in the personnel bay of the D77C-NMPD, similarly to the D77 and D77H models.
*'''[[D77C-NMPD Pelican]]''' – A variant of the D77H-TCI and the [[D77C Pelican]] itself with very few modifications made to the later over the former, and was utilized by the [[New Mombasa Police Department]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Site|Id=nmpd|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/gallery/nmpd-pelican/a08fd318-4bef-4c32-9741-6d15b5f1180d|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=NMPD Pelican|D=26|M=03|Y=2011|Detail=(defunct, archive [[Archive:Halo Waypoint/2009 to 2014/Universe/Vehicles#NMPD Pelican|here]])}}
<gallery>
File:H3ODST-D77C-NMPD-PelicanDropship.png|D77C-NMPD Pelican
</gallery>


==Identified Pelicans==
==Identified Pelicans==
*[[Echo 51]]
*''[[Echo 051]]''
*[[Kilo 023]]
*''[[Kilo 023]]''
*[[Oscar 5]]
*''[[Oscar 5]]''
*[[Oscar 6]]
*''[[Oscar 6]]''
*[[Oscar 8]]
*''[[Oscar 8]]''
*[[Oscar 9]]
*''[[Oscar 9]]''
*[[Victor 398]]
*''[[Victor 398]]''
 
==Service history==
===Human-Covenant War===
The D77H-TCI Pelican was introduced at least during the [[Insurrection]] and numerous, along with the original [[D77-TC Pelican]], were as well deployed during the battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|origins}} During the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] company used a D77H-TCI Pelican to make a boarding action against the [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} ''[[Unrelenting]]'' by flying out of the Pelican with thruster packs to board the nearby enemy vessel.{{Ref/Film|Id=as|Film=[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|covenant}}{{Ref/Note|Id=internal|Text=Though the D77H-TCI Pelican was used for external design of the Pelican carrying the Spartan-IIs, its internal design, however, seem to be indentical to that of a [[D79-TC Pelican]].}}
 
Multiple D77H-TCI Pelicans were in use over course of [[Harvest campaign]] and later [[Battle for Arcadia]] and [[Battle of Trove]],{{Ref/Game|Id=wars|HW|Detail=[[Campaign]] gameplay}} including one such Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme that was used by the [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]] and the [[Fire Team Lima]] to board the heavily damaged {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}} to purge its NAV database and recover the survivors of the {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}.{{Ref/Comic|Id=genesis|Comic=Halo Wars: Genesis}}
 
In the [[2552|final year]] of the Great War, the D77H-TCI Pelicans may have been used during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] and the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=covenant|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]}}{{Ref/Comic|Comic=Halo: Fall of Reach|Detail=[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]}}{{Ref/Note|The internal design from the standard D77-TC Pelican was used for all Pelicans in all ''Halo: Fall of Reach'' comics although their external designs in those comics was based on those from ''Halo 3''.}} An extensive number of D77H-TCI Pelicans was prominently deployed during the [[Battle for Earth]],{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} including during the final [[Space warfare|space battle]] against [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|loyalist armada]] led by ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HUI4|Comic=Halo: Uprising|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|4]]}} They were again deployed extensively by the [[Battle Group Victory]] supported by the [[Sangheili]] [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] during the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the final battle of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
 
===Post-war===
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In the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, many D77H-TCI Pelicans remains in service even when they were supplanted by the [[D79-TC Pelican]]. Numerous D77H-TCI Pelicans were used against a [[Merg Vol's Covenant|splintered Covenant group]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2554]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=hsa}} A number of D77H-TCI Pelicans were assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, the flagship of [[UNSC Navy]], and were deployed by the [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] notably during the [[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]] and [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc|HE|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 12|12]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|SOR}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160px">
===Concept art===
<gallery>
File:Homecoming_Pelican_Concept.png|D77H-TCI concept art for ''[[Halo Legends]]: [[Homecoming]]''.
File:H2A Terminals Concept PelicanHangar.jpg|Concept art of a D77H-TCI in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''{{'}}s [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|terminals]].
</gallery>
 
===Artwork===
<gallery>
File:HWG ProphecyPelican.png|A Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme encoutering a {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''.
File:HWG-SoftSeal-Pelican.png|A partial cross-section of a Pelican with its "soft seal" cover extended.
</gallery>
 
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
File:Halo3-PelicanDropship.png|A detail fore view of the D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship's cockpit.
File:Halo3-PelicanDropship.png|A detail fore view of the D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship's cockpit.
File:Pelican-Abrams Comparison.jpg|A demonstration of the troop bay's size.
File:Pelicans5e_copy.jpg|A comparison of the D77H-TCI and the D77-TC models from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|Several D77H-TCI along with [[C712 Longsword]]s during the [[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]].
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in ''Halo: Landfall''.
File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in ''Halo: Landfall''.
File:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|The D77H-TCI in ''Halo 3''.
File:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|The D77H-TCI in ''Halo 3''.
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File:PelicanCrash-large.jpg|A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.
File:PelicanCrash-large.jpg|A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.
File:PelicanOnCortana.jpg|A D77H-TCI crashed on ''[[High Charity]]''.
File:PelicanOnCortana.jpg|A D77H-TCI crashed on ''[[High Charity]]''.
File:Pelicans5e_copy.jpg|A comparison of the D77H-TCI and the D77-TC.
File:Hornet war.jpg|A squadron of [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornets]] and [[AV-22 Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawks]] protect a number of Pelican dropships from a [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Protos Scarab]] in an early build of ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|Several D77H-TCI along with [[Longswords]] during the [[mission to Ven III]].
File:Pelican on Harvest.jpg|Three Pelicans during the [[Harvest campaign]] in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW-D77.png|A D77H-TCI in ''Halo Wars''.
File:Origins insurrectionbattle.jpg|A massive fleet of multiple D77Hs and [[AV-14 Hornet]]s bombards an [[insurrectionist]] position in ''[[Origins]]''.
File:H4-Scanned-PelicanDropships.jpg|A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over [[Eridanus II]] in ''[[Scanned]]''.
</gallery>
</gallery>
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{{Clear}}
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
**''[[Halo: Arms Race]]''
**''[[Halo: Arms Race|Arms Race]]''
**''[[Halo: Combat]]''
**''[[Halo: Combat|Combat]]''
**''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''
**''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''<ref group="note">Though the ''Halo: Reach'' manual identifies the Pelican in the game as the D77-TC model, all Pelicans seen in-game have the same internal design as the D77H-TCI, notably including the tandem seating configuration. This is most easily seen in the level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''.</ref>
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
**''[[Prototype]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Return]]'' {{C|Motion comic only}}
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' {{c|Possible appearence}}
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
*''[[Scanned]]'' {{c|Possible appearence}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''{{Ref/NoteReuse|internal}}
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
*''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
{{Col-end}}


==Note==
==Notes==
<references group="note"/>
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


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{{Pelican variants}}
{{Human Ships}}
{{Human Ships}}

Latest revision as of 04:27, April 21, 2024

This article is about the Pelican introduced in Halo 3. For other uses, see Pelican.
Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry
H3 - D77H-TCI.png
Production information

Manufacturer:

Misriah Armory[1]

Class:

D77-TC Pelican[2]

Role:

Dropship, air assault/close air support[2]

Technical specifications

Length:

30.5 meters (100 ft)[3]

Width:

23.4 meters (77 ft)[3]

Engine(s):

Armament:

Complement:

Crew:

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Affiliation:

United Nations Space Command[3]

 

The D77H-TCI Pelican[2][7] (Formal classification: Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry),[7] more commonly known as the Pelican, is a model of the traditional D77-TC Pelican dropship.[7]

Design[edit]

Layout/Hull[edit]

As a dominant Pelican model for many decades, the D77H-TCI Pelican features a versatile airframe, a power-efficient thruster configuration, and dense ablative armor for quick-transfer deployments deep into foe-occupied area.[7] Like the previous standard D77 model used during the Human-Covenant War, it features an extraordinary level of versality with regard to its arsenal, albeit parts with its forbearer in a variety of ways with several interior and exterior design differences.[7] This includes most notably vertically staggered cockpit seats in tandem, with the co-pilot seated behind and above the pilot, instead of both crew sitting next to each other, and the controls and instrument panels are rearranged and upgraded.[7][2] A small holotank is installed in the cockpit, allowing a "smart" AI to project its holographic avatar to the craft's pilots.[8]

Armament[edit]

The D77H-TCI Pelican's standard armament has two Anvil-II air-to-surface missile pods—which are integrated seamlessly into the fuselage rather than being externally mounted to the wings—and a rear-bay-mounted machine gun–typically an AIE-486H machine gun–in its troop bay for providing sufficient suppresive fire for supporting ground teams and loading or offloading personnel in contested sites, and covering the departure of its passengers, although this prevents it from carrying a vehicle internally.[7][4] The ANVIL pods can fire up to twelve missiles at once, six from each pod.[4] It may also features a trio of nose-mounted chainguns.[6]

Powerplant/Propulsion[edit]

The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, with one situated on each wing and two at the rear and posterior.[4] The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering the direction of thrust, referred to as vectoring in aviation; this improves the Pelican's low altitude maneuverability.[4] Eight ventral thrusters are identified by markings and a rendered thrust effect, one on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the drop ship to land and take off vertically.[4] These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation.[4] It has eight jet intakes, three on each side and two on top, though intakes are obviously not able to function in a vaccuum.[4]

Crew and complement/Payload capacity[edit]

There are also differences in the bay of the craft: the so-called "blood tray".[12] Although the D77H-TCI Pelican carries the same number of passengers as its predecessor, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two M274 Mongoose internally, in addition to ten passengers.[4] Like the original models, the D77H-TCI's tail-mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying an M12 Warthog, an M808 Scorpion, or several resupply canisters.[4]

Variants[edit]

A gunship version of the D77H is in service; this heavily armed version is equipped with more chainguns, missiles, and a large cannon mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship.[13] Another configuration of the D77H Pelican were used by the UNSC Spirit of Fire crew during the Harvest campaign and Battle of the Etran Harborage.[14][15]

  • D77C-NMPD Pelican

    D77C-NMPD Pelican

Identified Pelicans[edit]

Service history[edit]

Human-Covenant War[edit]

The D77H-TCI Pelican was introduced at least during the Insurrection and numerous, along with the original D77-TC Pelican, were as well deployed during the battles of the Human-Covenant War.[9] During the Battle of Chi Ceti, the SPARTAN-II company used a D77H-TCI Pelican to make a boarding action against the Covenant Zanar-pattern light cruiser Unrelenting by flying out of the Pelican with thruster packs to board the nearby enemy vessel.[17][18][Note 1]

Multiple D77H-TCI Pelicans were in use over course of Harvest campaign and later Battle for Arcadia and Battle of Trove,[15] including one such Pelican with a woodland camouflage scheme that was used by the Sergeant John Forge and the Fire Team Lima to board the heavily damaged UNSC Prophecy to purge its NAV database and recover the survivors of the Marathon-class heavy cruiser.[14]

In the final year of the Great War, the D77H-TCI Pelicans may have been used during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV and the Fall of Reach.[18][19][Note 2] An extensive number of D77H-TCI Pelicans was prominently deployed during the Battle for Earth,[4] including during the final space battle against Prophet of Truth's loyalist armada led by Anodyne Spirit.[20] They were again deployed extensively by the Battle Group Victory supported by the Sangheili separatist Fleet of Retribution during the Battle of Installation 00, the final battle of the war.[4]

Post-war[edit]

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In the aftermath of the Human-Covenant War, many D77H-TCI Pelicans remains in service even when they were supplanted by the D79-TC Pelican. Numerous D77H-TCI Pelicans were used against a splintered Covenant group during the Battle of Draetheus V in 2554.[10] A number of D77H-TCI Pelicans were assigned to the UNSC Infinity, the flagship of UNSC Navy, and were deployed by the supercarrier notably during the Operation: WHISTLE STOP and WOLFE.[21][11]

Gallery[edit]

Concept art[edit]

Artwork[edit]

Renders[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

  • D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in Halo: Landfall.

    D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in Halo: Landfall.

  • The D77H-TCI in Halo 3.

    The D77H-TCI in Halo 3.

  • A frontal view of the D77H-TCI, affixed with ANVIL-II pods.

    A frontal view of the D77H-TCI, affixed with ANVIL-II pods.

  • A bottom view of the D77H-TCI.

    A bottom view of the D77H-TCI.

  • The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.

    The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.

  • The cockpit of the D77H-TCI.

    The cockpit of the D77H-TCI.

  • Another view of the cockpit.

    Another view of the cockpit.

  • D77H-TCI dropship outside The Pit.

    D77H-TCI dropship outside The Pit.

  • A D77H-TCI dropping off two ODSTs on Installation 00.

    A D77H-TCI dropping off two ODSTs on Installation 00.

  • A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.

    A crashed D77H-TCI on Installation 00.

  • A D77H-TCI crashed on High Charity.

    A D77H-TCI crashed on High Charity.

  • A squadron of Hornets and Sparrowhawks protect a number of Pelican dropships from a Protos Scarab in an early build of Halo Wars.

    A squadron of Hornets and Sparrowhawks protect a number of Pelican dropships from a Protos Scarab in an early build of Halo Wars.

  • Three Pelicans during the Harvest campaign in Halo Wars.

    Three Pelicans during the Harvest campaign in Halo Wars.

  • A D77H-TCI in Halo Wars.

    A D77H-TCI in Halo Wars.

  • A massive fleet of multiple D77Hs and AV-14 Hornets bombards an insurrectionist position in Origins.

    A massive fleet of multiple D77Hs and AV-14 Hornets bombards an insurrectionist position in Origins.

  • A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over Eridanus II in Scanned.

    A pair of Pelicans, possibly D77H-TCIs, over Eridanus II in Scanned.

List of appearances[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Though the D77H-TCI Pelican was used for external design of the Pelican carrying the Spartan-IIs, its internal design, however, seem to be indentical to that of a D79-TC Pelican.
  2. ^ The internal design from the standard D77-TC Pelican was used for all Pelicans in all Halo: Fall of Reach comics although their external designs in those comics was based on those from Halo 3.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Landfall - Arms Race
  2. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Pelican (Retrieved on Apr 21, 2021) [archive]
  3. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 252
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Halo 3: Gameplay and in-game 3D model data
  5. ^ Halo 4: Scanned
  6. ^ a b Halo Legends - Homecoming
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 149
  8. ^ a b Halo 3, campaign level Cortana
  9. ^ a b Halo Legends - Origins
  10. ^ a b Halo: Spartan Assault
  11. ^ a b Halo: Shadows of Reach
  12. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 203
  13. ^ Halo 3, multiplayer map High Ground
  14. ^ a b Halo Wars: Genesis
  15. ^ a b Halo Wars: Campaign gameplay
  16. ^ Halo Waypoint, NMPD Pelican: (defunct, archive here) (Retrieved on Mar 26, 2011) [archive]
  17. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
  18. ^ a b Halo: Fall of Reach: Covenant
  19. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach: Invasion
  20. ^ Halo: Uprising, issue 4
  21. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 12

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