UNSC Forward Unto Dawn

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UNSC Forward Unto Dawn
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Production information
Class:	UNSC Frigate
Specifications
Length:	478 Meters
Width:	151.8 Meters
Height:	112.2 Meters
Slipspace drive:	Yes
Hull:	60 centimeters Titanium-A battleplate
Armament:	MAC Gun (1) Archer Missile Pods 30 Missiles/Pod 2x50mm point defense gun (4) Nuclear missiles (3)
Service information
Last sighted:	Second half last seen drifting towards an unidentified object in space.
Destroyed:	2553, entire vessel was split in half
Participated battles:	Second Battle of Earth, Battle of the Ark
Noteworthy crewmembers:	Arbiter Cortana SPARTAN-117 Miranda Keyes AJ Johnson Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker
Known commanders:	Commander Miranda Keyes
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

The Forward Unto Dawn, Hull Classification Symbol FFG-201, often referred to as the Dawn, was a United Nations Space Command Frigate.

History

Second Battle of Earth

One of the three ships firing its MAC Gun

During the Second Battle of Earth, the Dawn was part of a formation of three UNSC frigates over the African Savannah of the Home Fleet. Combined with several squadrons of Longsword Fighters, they assaulted Truth's position. It fired its Magnetic Accelerator Cannon at the Forerunner Dreadnaught containing the Prophet of Truth in attempts to stop him from activating the Portal to the Ark. This attempt failed, and it appeared the Dreadnaught survived unscathed..

Battle of Installation 00

The Forward Unto Dawn went through the slipspace portal along with several Covenant Separatist vessels including the Shadow of Intent. It dropped five Pelicans for a landing on the Ark. Later, the Master Chief and a few Marines destroyed a group of Anti-Air Wraiths opening up a landing site for the Forward Unto Dawn. The Dawn was later docked near the control room of Installation 04 (II), the replacement Halo, and was used in the escape of Master Chief and the Arbiter..

Forward Unto Dawn flying over the new Halo with the Ark in the skyline

The Dawn, perched on Installation 00.

The Arbiter took to the bridge, accelerating in a vertical climb away from the installation as it destroyed itself while the Chief clung to the floor panels in the still-open hangar bay. Spartan-117 was nearly crushed by a Scorpion tank that was falling out of the Dawn''s hangar.

Main article: Battle of the Ark

However, with Cortana praying for him to hang on (recently inserted into the Forward Unto Dawn's computer systems), he was able to survive the acceleration forces until the Arbiter piloted the Dawn into the portal, which collapsed into itself when the Dawn was halfway through it.

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Escape of the Forward Unto Dawn

Current Status

The forward half of the vessel, including the Arbiter, was able to transition to Earth and land in the ocean. The Arbiter was rescued, although it is unknown if anyone else in that half survived. The latter half of the vessel fell out of Slipspace somewhere between the Ark and Earth. Cortana dropped a distress beacon while SPARTAN-117 sealed himself in one of the Dawn's cryogenic chambers. After an undetermined amount of time, the Dawn's back end was seen drifting towards an unidentified planet, upon which the game promptly concludes. This cutscene is only witnessed upon completion of the campaign on legendary difficulty, after the credits.

Trivia

• It was first seen during the Halo 3 Trailer during E3 2007.