Cascadia
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Ship history
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Name:

Cascadia

Class:

Paris-class heavy frigate[1]

Namesake:

Cascade mountain range

Operator:

UNSC Navy[1]

Manufacturer:

SinoViet Heavy Machinery[2]

Status:

Active as of 2556[1]

Captain(s):

French[1]

General characteristics

Type:

Frigate[2][3]

Length:

535 meters (1,755 ft)[2][3][4][5][6]

Width:

199 meters (652 ft)[3][4][5]

Mass:

1.3 million tonnes[2]

Power plant:

Fusion reactor[7]

Maneuver drive:

Fusion drive (2 primary, 6 secondary)

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine[8]

Complement:

Hull:

60cm[7] Titanium-A armor[4][5]

Armaments:

Air facilities:

One primary hangar bay located in the lower mast of the ship[4]

 

UNSC Cascadia is a Paris-class heavy frigate[1] in service with the UNSC Navy following the Human-Covenant War.[11] In 2556, Cascadia was commanded by Captain French.[1]

Service historyEdit

Cascadia was among the first ships to respond to the glassing of Cleyell by a faction of the former Covenant in 2556 to support search and rescue operations. Her complement at the time included Marines from the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and a detachment of the Army's 412th Engineer Command.[11]

Cascadia deployed a D79-TC Pelican—with Sergeant Holly Tanaka, two ODSTs, and two other Marines aboard—tasked with rescuing survivors on the planet's surface. After engaging hostile Kig-Yar scavengers on Cleyell's surface, a handful of survivors was discovered by Tanaka and the ODSTs. With the Kig-Yar defeated, the civilians were successfully extracted aboard the Pelican and transported to Cascadia for safety.[1]

TriviaEdit

The ship's name references the Cascade Range, a 1,100 km-long mountain range in the Pacific Northwest of United Republic of North America.

GalleryEdit

List of appearancesEdit

SourcesEdit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Escalation, issue 18
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 120
  3. ^ a b c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 76
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 162
  5. ^ a b c d e f Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 80
  6. ^ Halo Waypoint, UNSC Frigate (Retrieved on May 13, 2021) [archive]
  7. ^ a b Halo: First Strike, chapter 22
  8. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace
  9. ^ a b c d Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 12
  10. ^ Halo: Fleet Battles: Paris-class heavy frigate stats
  11. ^ a b Halo: Escalation, issue 17