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'''Echo 051''' was a [[UNSC]] [[Pelican]] dropship in service in early [[2552]], during the final battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was the wingman for pelican [[Kilo 023]]. | '''Echo 051''' was a [[UNSC]] [[Pelican]] dropship in service in early [[2552]], during the final battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It was the wingman for pelican [[Kilo 023]]. | ||
That year, the Pelican was used during the [[Second Battle of Earth]], and the [[Second Battle of New Mombasa]]. There, Echo 051 and | That year, the Pelican was used during the [[Second Battle of Earth]], and the [[Second Battle of New Mombasa]]. There, Echo 051 and another unknown Pelican were sent to retrieve the [[Master Chief]] and the [[Arbiter]] as well as [[Sergeant Major]] [[Johnson]] and a [[platoon]] of [[Marines]]. Unfortunately, the two Pelicans were ambushed by [[Covenant]] [[Banshees]] and [[Phantoms]] held by the [[Brutes]]. Echo 051 was able to maneuver away from the fire, even though it took a direct hit on its front right engine as it was loading soldiers, spinning out of control and crashing upside down near a cliff where its survivors, including Sergeant Johnson, were captured by the Brutes. Its unknown wingman spun in the same direction but crashed in the river, sinking to the bottom. | ||
[[Kilo 023]] was later sent to retrieve the survivors of the crash of Echo 051, Master Chief, and the Arbiter. <ref>[[Halo 3]], level [[Arrival]]</ref>. | |||
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Revision as of 00:34, October 22, 2007
Echo 051 was a UNSC Pelican dropship in service in early 2552, during the final battles of the Human-Covenant War. It was the wingman for pelican Kilo 023.
That year, the Pelican was used during the Second Battle of Earth, and the Second Battle of New Mombasa. There, Echo 051 and another unknown Pelican were sent to retrieve the Master Chief and the Arbiter as well as Sergeant Major Johnson and a platoon of Marines. Unfortunately, the two Pelicans were ambushed by Covenant Banshees and Phantoms held by the Brutes. Echo 051 was able to maneuver away from the fire, even though it took a direct hit on its front right engine as it was loading soldiers, spinning out of control and crashing upside down near a cliff where its survivors, including Sergeant Johnson, were captured by the Brutes. Its unknown wingman spun in the same direction but crashed in the river, sinking to the bottom.
Kilo 023 was later sent to retrieve the survivors of the crash of Echo 051, Master Chief, and the Arbiter. [1].
