UNSC Forward Unto Dawn: Difference between revisions

*[[M870 Rampart point defense gun|M870 Rampart 50mm point defense gun]]s (4x triple-linked)<ref name="Bulletin 10.10.12">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12'']</ref><ref name="changes" group="note">Despite maintaining a [[:File:Infinity_fud_scale.jpg|generally similar profile]], ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s incarnation of ''Forward Unto Dawn'' is noticeably different from its appearance in ''Halo 3''. The ship is appears much larger, with more of the forward half remaining intact, though the ship is still canonically 490 meters long. The number of engines has been reduced; rather than having two primaries on the main hull and two secondaries on the "wings", there are only two primary engines. The port and starboard hangar bays have been reduced from five small bays on either side to one much larger bay on either side; they are moved much farther back, remaining with the aft section. The enlarged cargo bay, a defining feature of the ''Charon'' class, is conspicuously absent or is at least moved inside the hull; either way, this creates an inconsistency with the final cutscene of the level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''. The point defense guns have been retconned into two separate models, increased in number, and moved to different areas on the hull. The ship's cryo tubes have also been remodeled and the cryo bay has been rearranged. From a production standpoint, the ship was enlarged to create a more dynamic and exciting playspace; the original model would have been very small and cramped, limiting the [[Dawn (level)|first level's]] gameplay potential. The more superficial changes, such as those made to the cryo tubes and the point defense guns, are intended to reflect ''Halo 4'''s more functional art style.</ref>