UNSC Providence

Providence
	Concept art depicting UNSC Providence in battle.
Ship history
Name:	Providence
Class:	Charon-class light frigate
Identification:	FFG-334
Operator:	UNSC Navy
Manufacturer:	SinoViet Heavy Machinery
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Length:	490 meters (1,607 ft)
Width:	160 meters (510 ft)
Height:	139 meters (457 ft)
Mass:	0.65 million tonnes
Maneuver drive:	Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR
Slipspace drive:	Series IV CODEN/SFTE
Crew:	782 (includes troop complement and sailors)
Complement:	At least 2 D96-TCE Albatrosses; At least 7 D77H-TCI Pelicans; Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicles; M12 Warthogs; At least 3 M808C Scorpions; AV-14 Hornets; ;
Troops:	UNSC Marines and Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
Hull:	Titanium-A armor
Armaments:	1 Mark II, Light Coil – 83B6R3/MAC; 50 M58 Archer missile pods; 4 M870 Rampart 50mm point defense guns; 3 M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system silos;
Air facilities:	1 primary hangar bay in the lower mast; Drop pod launch bays;

UNSC Providence is a fleet escort ship serving in the UNSC Navy, of the Charon-classification.^[1]^[2]

Production notes

Main article: Cut Halo 3 vehicles#Frigates

The Providence is a frigate classification featured in several pieces of concept artwork produced during the development of Halo 3. It is one of two such ships heavily featured alongside UNSC Andraste, and appears to have been an in-production stand-in for what would become the Charon-class light frigate UNSC Forward Unto Dawn in the final game. Two pieces of art featuring the Providence in combat are featured in the Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition) and its 2011 reprint. The first depicts the ship alongside another, unnamed Charon-class, in naval combat with three Ket-pattern battlecruisers over a planet while the second shows the ship in a similar combat scenario but hit by enemy weaponry and on fire.^[1]^[2]

The Providence's feature in the encyclopedias, alongside its hull classification symbol having no other canon usage, indicates it may have some element of canonicity - though it has yet to be depicted in any Halo media outside of these features.

Gallery

Concept artwork used in the Halo Encyclopedia depicting the Providence struck by hostile fire.

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 262-263, 302-303
^ ^a ^b ^c Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 274-275, 314-315
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 123
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 186-187
^ ^a ^b ^c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 74, 76
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Halo Waypoint, The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12 (Retrieved on Jul 30, 2014) [archive]
^ Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn: 0:36
^ Halo 3, multiplayer map Sandtrap
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Halo 3, campaign level The Ark

[Enc09-1] Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 262-263, 302-303

[Enc11-2] Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 274-275, 314-315

[Enc22p123-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 123

[H4EVG-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 186-187

[EVG-5] Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 74, 76

[Bulletin_10.10.12-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Halo Waypoint, The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12 (Retrieved on Jul 30, 2014) [archive]

[FUD_1-7] Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn: 0:36

[H3Sandtrap-8] Halo 3, multiplayer map Sandtrap

[H3TheArk-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Halo 3, campaign level The Ark

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