UNSC Atlas: Difference between revisions

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Individual ship infobox

|image=[[File:Shrug.png|300px]]

|class={{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF100}}

|length={{Convert|2563|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="canon fodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-in-the-loop '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: In the Loop'']</ref>

|engine=[[Fusion drive]]

|hull=[[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A battle plate]]

|armament=*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|56A2F9 light MAC]]<ref name="warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 40-41</ref>

*12 [[M66 Sentry autocannon]]s{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}

*20 [[M4020 Bident missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}

*70 [[Archer missiles#M58 Archer|M58 Archer missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}

*12 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}

*20 [[M810 Helix point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}

|complement=*800 [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}

'''UNSC ''Atlas''''' was an {{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}<ref name="CF100">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sweet-centennial '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder #100: Sweet Centennial'']</ref> in service with the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] prior to the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2525]].  

==Service history==

On April 2525, the vessel went on patrol in the [[Lambda Serpentis system]]. Unknown to most of the crew, [[Spartan-II]]s were onboard the ''Atlas'' to recover from their [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentations]] in the microgravity conditions and bury their dead.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 60''</ref>

Common throughout most ships in the fleet, the ''Atlas'' had a detachment of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] from the [[105th Shock Troops Division|105th division]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 65''</ref> A situation was orchestrated aboard the ship to test a Spartan against then Second Lieutenant [[Antonio Silva]]'s marines.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', Chapter 5, ''page 134'' (2003 paperback); ''page 149'' (2010 paperback)</ref> One morning, in the ship's gymnasium, an argument between a young [[John-117]] and four marines was caused by John accidentally almost crushing a Helljumper's foot with weights. It left two of the [[ODST]]s dead and the other two severely wounded. It damaged the relationship and triggered off the intense rivalry between Spartans and the Helljumpers for nearly three decades.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 67-68''</ref>

*The ship is named after the titan [[Wikipedia:Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] in [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]], who held the sky on his back as punishment for rebelling against the gods.

*''Atlas''<nowiki>'</nowiki> appearance changes between the comic and animated adaptations of ''The Fall of Reach''. The original design vaguely resembles the {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}}. In contrast, the version seen in the animated series resembles the ''Epoch''-class heavy carrier, albeit with several elements rearranged (such as the thrusters being inverted) or absent (such as the bridge section). According to [[343 Industries]] writer [[Jeff Easterling]], the ship is canonically an ''Epoch''-class carrier, with her divergent appearances in visual media due to artistic license.{{Ref/Reuse|CF100}}

File:FoR_UNSC_Atlas.png|The UNSC ''Atlas'' in ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''.

File:Atlas-funeral.jpg|The Spartan-IIs attend a memorial service for their fallen comrades onboard the ''Atlas''.

===''Halo: The Fall of Reach - Animated Series''===

File:HTFoR AS - Atlas.jpg|Concept art of the UNSC ''Atlas'' in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''.

File:TFoR AS AtlasHallway.png|Concept art of a hallway on UNSC ''Atlas''.

File:TFoR-as-Atlas.jpg|The ''Atlas'' in the [[Lambda Serpentis system]].

*''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' {{C|Flashback; interior only}}

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