Stalwart-class light frigate: Difference between revisions

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|class=[[Frigate]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*[[Fleet]] escort and support<ref name="universe frigate"/><ref name="evg76"/>

*Troop transportation<ref name="universe frigate"/>

|width={{Convert|152|m|ft|sp=us|sigfig=3}}<ref name="universe iac"/>

|height={{Convert|112|m|ft|sp=us|sigfig=3}}<ref name="universe iac"/>

|mass=0.93 million metric tons<ref name="Warfleet"/>

|engine=2 [[Fusion drive|OKB Karman 56K fusion drives]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>

|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Starwerx FTL-290C]] {{C|[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#CODEN series|CODEN Series IV]]}}<ref name="Warfleet"/>

|hull=60 centimeters of [[titanium-A armor]]<ref name="enc">''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', p. 259 (2011)</ref>

|armament=*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|56A2D4 Mark II light MAC]]<ref name="Warfleet"/><ref name="universe iac"/>

*16 [[Archer missile#M58 Archer|M58 Archer missile]] pods<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*76 [[M340A4 Streak missile]] pods<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*6 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*52 [[M710 Bulwark point defense gun]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>

|complement=*200 [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*64 [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*6 [[D77-TC Pelican]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*12 [[M12 Warthog]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*6 [[M808 Scorpion]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>

*24 [[SOEIV]] drop pods<ref name="Warfleet"/>

|crew=250 sailors<ref name="Warfleet"/>

|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]<ref name="evg76"/>

|introduced=

|affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]]<ref name="evg76"/>

The '''''Stalwart''-class light frigate''' is an [[Frigate|escort ship]] type in service with the [[UNSC Navy]]. Manufactured by [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]], these frigates are designated with the [[Hull classification symbol|hull code]] '''FFG'''.<ref name="Warfleet"/> The ''Stalwart'' class are used primarily in [[fleet]] escort duties, providing screens for larger [[capital ship]]s.<ref name="evg76"/> Designed with planetary defense in mind, ''Stalwart'' frigates have proven successful due to their superb balance between fleet support and troop transportation.<ref name="universe frigate"/>

==Specifications==

The ''Stalwart''-class light frigate is one of the smaller classes of [[frigate]] in service with the [[UNSC Navy]], at 478 meters in length with a mass of 0.93 million metric tons.<ref name="Warfleet"/> ''Stalwart''-class frigates are protected by a sixty centimeter-thick hull of [[titanium-A armor]].<ref name="enc"/> These [[warship]]s are equipped with an active phased sensor array built into the ship's hull. The [[bridge]] of the ''Stalwart'' frigate has its own life support that will function even if the rest of the ship is crippled.<ref name="Warfleet"/> Extremely mobile,<ref name="evg76"/> the ''Stalwart'' class is outfitted with two [[Fusion drive|OKB Karman 56K fusion drives]] for sublight travel. The ''Stalwart'' is equipped with a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Starwerx FTL-290C]], a slipspace drive featuring a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#CODEN series|Series IV CODEN]] field generator.<ref name="Warfleet"/>

However, the frigate only carries twenty-four [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]]s. The ODSTs that are deployed from the frigate via an SOEIV drop pod are launched from the ship by a magazine-fed coilgun accelerator.<ref name="Warfleet"/>

While ''Stalwart'' frigates lack the larger [[hangar bay]]s seen on the {{Class|Charon|light frigate}},<ref>''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', p. 74</ref> the class is outfitted with six hangar modules, each capable of launching or recovering only a single [[dropship]] at a time. These frigates typically carry six [[D77-TC Pelican]]s as well as their associated support equipment,<ref name="Warfleet"/> with some ''Stalwart''s also carrying [[D96-TCE Albatross]]es.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/delta-halo '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Delta Halo'']</ref> The class also carries twelve [[M12 Warthog]]s and six [[M808 Scorpion]] tanks.<ref name="Warfleet"/>

Well-armed for a frigate,<ref name="evg76"/> the ''Stalwart''-class light frigate is equipped with a single [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|56A2D4 Mark II light Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], serving as the primary armament of the class. The upper boom of the frigate contains the fire control systems and pulsed power storage for the MAC, which is fitted in the lower boom.<ref name="Warfleet"/><ref name="universe iac"/> A rapid-fire variant of the frigate's MAC system is installed on {{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}s.<ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 40</ref>

For secondary armaments,<ref name="universe iac"/> ''Stalwart'' frigates are fitted with sixteen anti-ship [[Archer missile#M58 Archer|M58 Archer missile]] pods, as well as seventy-six long-range anti-fighter [[M340A4 Streak missile]] pods.<ref name="Warfleet"/> These frigates are armed with a [[point defense gun]] network mounted along the hull for tertiary armaments,<ref name="universe iac"/> consisting of six [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s and fifty-two [[M710 Bulwark point defense gun]]s.<ref name="Warfleet"/>

Designed by distinguished naval engineer [[David Pulver]] and Doctor [[Eugene Taylor]],<ref name="Warfleet"/> the ''Stalwart''-class light frigate was one of the most prominent classes of [[frigate]] in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="evg76"/> In service as early as [[2531]], several ''Stalwart'' frigates were a part of [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]'s [[Third Fleet]] towards the end of the [[Harvest campaign]].<ref>''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''</ref>

On [[2547#February|February 9, 2547]], sixteen ''Stalwart''-class light frigates finished their final assembly together at SinoViet [[Naval Yard AS-9]] over [[Reach]], the youngest of which was {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. After two years of service, all fifteen of ''In Amber Clad'''s sister ships were destroyed fighting lost battles during the [[Siege of Paris IV]], the attack on [[Iota]], and the [[Fall of Arcadia]]. Receiving partial repairs and replenishment at [[Tribute]], ''In Amber Clad'' was assigned to [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] on [[2550#April|April 7, 2550]],<ref name="Warfleet"/> with the frigate being reassigned to the [[Sol system]]'s [[Home Fleet]].<ref name="evg98">''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', p. 97</ref>

The ''In Amber Clad'' was in dock with ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' above [[Earth]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]] when the Covenant [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] found and assaulted the planet. Commander Keyes immediately assembled her crew for battle, intending to assist the rest of the fleet. During the opening actions of the engagement, Fleet Admiral [[Joseph Harper]] led the [[Fifth Fleet]], which included a force of sixty-seven ''Stalwart''-class vessels in defending Earth. Presumably many of these frigates were destroyed over the course of the battle before eventually succeeding in disabling the shields of the [[CAS-class assault carrier]] ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'', prompting Keyes to renew her assault on ''In Amber Clad''. However, [[Spartan-II program|Spartan-II supersoldier]] [[John-117]] intervened and destroyed the carrier before this could happen, and the Master Chief regrouped with ''In Amber Clad'' to reinforce UNSC forces defending against the Covenant in [[New Mombasa]]. The ''In Amber Clad'' sent its Marines and ODSTs to aid the Chief in reaching the second carrier ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', from which the [[Prophet of Regret]] was leading the ground action. After routing the Covenant ground forces, the ''In Amber Clad'' pursued the ''Solemn Penance'' into slipspace, leading to the discovery of [[Installation 05]] on [[2552#November|November 2, 2552]].  

The ''In Amber Clad'' again deployed her ground forces led by the Master Chief to track down and kill the Prophet of Regret before he attempted to activate Halo, triggering the [[Battle of Installation 05]]. Through the course of the campaign, the ''In Amber Clad'' continued to harass Covenant operations on the ringworld's surface, leading to the Prophet's eventual assassination by the Master Chief. With the outbreak of the [[Flood]], ''In Amber Clad'' was captured and its surviving crew assimilated, the vessel itself forced to perform a slipspace jump inside the Covenant holy city ''[[High Charity]]'' to unleash the growing horde upon its inhabitants. ''In Amber Clad'' was rendered inoperable following this action as the survivors battled against both the Covenant and the Flood.  

''Stalwart''-class frigates continued to serve in the UNSC Navy after the War's end.  

 

File:H2A In Amber Clad intercept.png|The profile of a ''Stalwart''-class frigate, dwarfed by a [[CAS-class assault carrier]].

File:H2A - Im Amber Clad consoles.jpg|Various consoles at the helm of a ''Stalwart'''s bridge.  

File:HM SpaceBattle ColourAdjusted Small.jpg|A ''Stalwart''-class frigate with a {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} in ''[[Halo Mythos]].

**''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminals]]''

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