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{{Disambig header|the Pelican introduced in ''[[Halo 3]]''|other uses|Pelican}}
|name=D77H-TCI Pelican
{{Ship class infobox
|image=[[Image:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|310px]]
|name = Dropship 77 - Heavy - Troop Carrier/Infantry
|model=D77-TC Pelican (Heavy Infantry variant)
|image = [[File:H3 - D77H-TCI.png|300px]]
|class=Dropship
|class = [[D77-TC Pelican]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armories]]<ref>[[Halo: Arms Race]]</ref>
|manufacturer = [[Misriah Armory]]{{Ref/Film|Id=lf|Film=Halo: Landfall|Story=[[Halo: Arms Race|Arms Race]]}}
|modifier=
|length = {{Convert|30.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|Enc09|Page=252}}
|sysmods=
|width = {{Convert|23.4|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
|length=30.5 meters (100.3 feet)
|height =  
|width=23.4 meters (76.8 feet)
|mass =
|height=10.0 meters (35.9 feet) (10.9 meters with landing gear)
|engine =
|mass=19.8 tonnes
*8 [[Fusion drive|hybrid fusion drives]] {{C|4 primary, 4 secondary}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|max accel=0.85 Kps (reaches maximum speed in about 3 seconds)
*8 maneuvering thrusters {{c|housed in 4 vector pylons}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|max speed space=100,000 pounds thrust
|armament =
|max speed air=300 Kph
*3 chin-mounted weapons{{Ref/Game|H4|Part=Scanned}}{{Ref/Film|Id=home|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Homecoming}} {{c|optional}}
|engine=
*2 [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}} {{c|6 missiles per pod}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|slipspace drive=
*1 rear-mounted [[AIE-486H machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P149}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|slipspace speed=
|complement =*1 medium or heavy vehicle{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|poweroutput=
*2 light vehicles{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}} {{c|internally and externally}}
|power=
*4–6 [[ordnance pod]]s{{Citation needed}}
|shield gen=
|crew = *2+ crews{{Ref/Reuse|halo3}}
|hull=Aluminium/ceremic carbide/titanium A armour.
*1 [[artificial intelligence]]{{Ref/Level|Id=cortana|H3|[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]}} {{c|optional}}
|sensor=
|othersystems =
|target=
|role = [[Dropship]], [[wikipedia:Air Assault|air assault]]/[[wikipedia:Close Air Support|close air support]]{{Ref/Reuse|HW}}
|navigation=*Radar
|era = *[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Film|Id=origins|Film=Halo Legends|Story=Origins}}
*Motion trackers<ref>[[343 Guilty Spark (Level)]]</ref>|avionics=
*[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Game|Id=halo3|H3|Detail=Gameplay and in-game 3D model data}}
|countermeasures=
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Game|Id=hsa|Halo: Spartan Assault}}
|armament=*Missile pods
**[[Created conflict]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR|Novel=Halo: Shadows of Reach}}
*AIM-486H Heavy Machine Gun
|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command]]{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}
|complement=*1 [[Scorpion Tank]] ''or''
*1 [[Warthog]] ''or''
*4 [[Resupply Canister Type-C Capsule]]s''and''
*2 [[Mongoose]] (internally)
|crew=*1 [[Pilot]]
*1 co-[[Pilot]]
*1 crew chief
|skeleton=1 pilot with a "smart" AI
|passengers=10 seats in internal bay amidship.
|capacity=70 tonnes on hoist. (anything over 35 tonnes slows speed considerably)
|consumables=1 week air, food and water
|othersystems=
|role=[http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/air_assault Air Assault]/[http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Air_Support Close Air Support]
|commission=2552/2553
|firstsight=Halo 3
|battles=*Battle of Earth
**Battle of Crows Nest
**Battle of Voi
*Battle of Installation 00
|affiliation=UNSC
}}
}}
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}}


The '''D77H-TCI Pelican''' is a newer model of the venerable [[D77-TC Pelican ]], recently introduced into service within the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] in late 2552 and early 2553 (the Halo 3 era). It differs from the D77-TC in many respects, but is also improved in several ways. It still operates as a flexible dropship/gunship VTOL.
==Design==
===Layout/Hull===
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}}


==Background==
===Armament===
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}}


The D77H-TCI is a fleet wide upgrade to the UNSC's squadrons of Pelican Dropships, incorporating many differences from its older counterparts. First seen deployed in November, 2552 <ref>Halo: Ghosts of Onyx</ref><ref>Missing Person Poster</ref>, the newer model assisted in the recovery effort to rescue [[Spartan-117]] from the jungle region in [[Kenya]]<ref>[[Sierra 117 (Level)]]</ref>, and evacuated wounded [[Marines]] from Crows Nest base as it suffered [[Covenant]] assault<ref>[[Crow's Nest (Level)]]</ref>. Others would airlift Marines and equipment to reinforce the [[UNSC]]'s attempts to retake Voi, coordinating with Hornet air forces.<ref>[[The Storm (Level)]]</ref>
===Powerplant/Propulsion===
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}}


Later, D77H-TCI Pelicans would take part in the joint [[Elite]]-Human assault on the Covenant at [[Installation 00]], inserting [[Spartan-117]] and a team of [[ODST]]'s to secure a landing zone for the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} and pick them up again as they discovered the location of the [[Prophet of Truth]] and his forces<ref>[[The Ark (Level)]]</ref>. A joint force of Pelicans and Elite [[Phantoms]] would deliver Spartan-117, the [[Arbiter (character)|Arbiter]] and Sergeant Major A. J. Johnson to deactivate three shield generators protecting the [[Prophet]]'s location, with several being taken down by [[Type-52 Anti Aircraft Artillery]] Wraiths and by Banshees, fighting their way to allow the Arbiter and Spartan-117 to assault the third generator. A D77H-TCI was used by [[Commander Miranda Keyes]] failed attempt to rescue Sergeant Johnson from Truth and his Brute forces, and was used by the Sergeant to escape from a [[Flood]] assault.<ref>[[The Covenant (Level)]]</ref>
===Crew and complement/Payload capacity===
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}}


A D77H-TCI Pelican was crashed into High Charity by Spartan-117 and the Arbiter, which in turn crashed onto [[Installation 00]]. It was used by Spartan-117 and the Arbiter to rescue the UNSC [[AI]] [[Cortana]], and then to crash near [[Installation 04 (II)]]'s Control Room.<ref>[[Cortana (Level)]]</ref>
==Variants==
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}}


== Payload Capacity ==
*'''[[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>


Though an upgrade, the D77H-TCI variant of the Pelican carries the number of passengers as its predecessor. However, its troop-bay is more flexible, able to carry up to two [[M274 Mongoose ULATV|Mongoose's]] internally, in addition to its passengers.
==Identified Pelicans==
*''[[Echo 051]]''
*''[[Kilo 023]]''
*''[[Oscar 5]]''
*''[[Oscar 6]]''
*''[[Oscar 8]]''
*''[[Oscar 9]]''
*''[[Victor 398]]''


The D77H-TCI Pelican's cockpit also differs from its predecessor, using a tandem seating rather than a side-by-side configuration used by the D77-TC. It is presumed that the pilot furthest toward the front operates the craft's flight systems, with the co-pilot seated behind him operating the other systems. A small holo-tank has been installed also, allowing an artificial intelligence to project its holographic form to the craft's pilots.<ref>Halo 3</ref>
==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]].}}


Its tail mounted magnetic clamps are capable of carrying a [[M12 Warthog LRV]], [[Gauss Warthog|M12G1 Warthog LAAG]] or [[M831 TT Warthog]], an [[M808B Scorpion MBT]], or four [[Resupply Canister Type-C Capsule|Type C Resupply Capsules]] rather than six [[Resupply Canister Type-B Capsule|Type B Resupply Capsules]], to to the battlefield, able to detach its payload without landing. It is unknown if a variant exists with the [[D77-TC Pelican]]'s troop-bay extension.
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}}


== Armament ==
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}}


The D77H-TCI Pelican lacks the nose-mounted chingun of its predecessor, though it is able to mount an AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun in its troop-bay compartment for supporting ground teams and covering the ingress/egress of its passengers, an improvement from the previous [[M247 GPMG]]. Its wings can carry a missile-pod for engaging air or ground hostile units, which has proven effective against enemy [[Phantom]] Dropships and Covenant infantry, able to fire more missiles and faster than the older [[ANVIL-II ASM]] Pods. The D77H-TCI can also be equipped with a much larger cannon, mounted at the ventral-fore of the dropship<ref>[[High Ground (Level)]] computers</ref>. other than this, the D77H-TCI carries relatively few weapons.
===Post-war===
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
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}}


== Propulsion ==
==Gallery==
===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>


The main engines are mounted in pairs in four nacelles, one on each wing and two at the rear. The nacelles can articulate independently, thus altering (ie, Vectoring) the direction of thrust and improving the D77H-TCI Pelican's low altitude maneuverability. Six ventral thrusters, two on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the dropship to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation. It is unknown what fuel they use, or whether they use jet propulsion or another unspecified type of propulsion. The D77H-TCI Pelican is too small to have a slipspace matrix mounted inside.
===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>


The wings mounted on a Pelican seem extremely small, too small to support the weight of dropship and payload alone. It is speculated that it incorporates at least some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifting_body Lifting Body] principles, its own hull providing most of the lift neccessary.
=== Renders ===
 
<gallery>
== Identified Pelicans ==
File:Halo3-PelicanDropship.png|A detail fore view of the D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship's cockpit.
*[[Echo 51]]
File:Pelicans5e_copy.jpg|A comparison of the D77H-TCI and the D77-TC models from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''.
*[[Kilo 23]]
File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|Several D77H-TCI along with [[C712 Longsword]]s during the [[Operation: WHISTLE STOP]].
*[[Victor 398]]
</gallery>
*[[Oscar 5]]
*[[Oscar 6]]
*[[Oscar 8]]
*[[Oscar 9]]
 
== Images ==


===Screenshots===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:K30 1.jpg|A Pelican, moments before exploding after it is hit by plasma.
File:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction in ''Halo: Landfall''.
Image:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship
File:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|The D77H-TCI in ''Halo 3''.
Image:Pelican.png|Inside the cockpit of a Pelican.
File:H3 Pelican Anvil-II.jpg|A frontal view of the D77H-TCI, affixed with ANVIL-II pods.
Image:D77H-TCI Pelican Dropship.jpg|A pelican flying over the [[Portal]]
File:HRS D77H TCI Pelican Bottom.jpg|A bottom view of the D77H-TCI.
Image:Chief, Johnson, and ODST Pilot in Pelican.jpg|A D77H-TCI performing an orbital insertion into Installation 00
File:Pelican bay.jpg|The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.
Image:Landfall Pelicans.jpg|D77H-TCI Pelicans under construction.
File:Ark2.JPG|The cockpit of the D77H-TCI.
Image:Pelican bay.jpg|The rear seats of a D77H-TCI Pelican.
File:Pelican Cockpit.jpg|Another view of the cockpit.
File:H3 The Pit out of bounds.jpg|D77H-TCI dropship outside ''[[The Pit]]''.
File:The Ark Pelican.jpg|A D77H-TCI dropping off two [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] 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: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: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>
{{Clear}}


==Trivia==
==List of appearances==
*The D77H-TCI Pelican is confirmed as a useable unit in [[Halo Wars]].
{{Col-begin}}
 
{{Col-2}}
== See Also ==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
 
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
*[[D77-TC Pelican]]
**''[[Halo: Arms Race|Arms Race]]''
*[[Albatross|Albatross Dropship]]
**''[[Halo: Combat|Combat]]''
*[[Phantom|Phantom Dropship]]
**''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''
*[[Spirit|Spirit Dropship]]
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
 
*''[[Halo 3]]''
== Sources ==
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''
<references/>
*''[[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: The Thursday War]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[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: Shadows of Reach]]''
{{Col-end}}


{{UNSC Vehicles}}
==Notes==
{{UNSC Ships}}
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:UNSC Vehicles]]
{{Pelican variants}}
{{Human Ships}}

Latest revision as of 11:57, May 14, 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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