UNSC Starship

UNSC Starships were Human Starships operated by the United Nations Space Command. The UNSC operated these starships through several different branches.
==History==
===Insurrection===
The time of the Insurrection saw a number of class additions and developments to the UNSC's fleet. In 2493, the entered service. Though serious cost problems over five years cast doubt in the class' future.Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Bulkhead Banter At some point in the Insurrection, a new carrier, the , was built to help with ground operations.Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Armory Amore One of the last known class additions during the Insurrection was the . In 2510, the class first entered service.Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets - Page 60
===Human-Covenant war===
====CAA and CMA Absorption====
In 2525, the UNSC would strip away the CMA's naval resources and give them to NAVCOM.Halo Wars - Collectible: Halo Wars Timeline Events As well, the UNSC would begin to take over the Colonial Administration Authority in the midst of the Human-Covenant war. With these additions, the UNSC received several different types of ships. This included the CAA's Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide - Page 208Halo 4 - Map: Adrift and the from the CMA.Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Clarity & Grace Both of which would be brought back to service or continued service such as with the and the .
====Fall of Reach====
With 152 ships present at the battle,Halo: The Fall of Reach - Pages 295-297 a large number of these ships were destroyed. This included many capital ships such as the , the flagship of the Epsilon Eridani Fleet and pride of the Navy.Halo: First Strike - Page 168
====Earth and the End of the War====
Starting September 5, 2552 all remaining UNSC starships and their fleets were consolidated under a single command grouping under the UNSC Home Fleet.Halo Legendary Crate - Bonus Item: Naval Records Archives By the end of the war, the plethora of UNSC starships had been reduced to only a few hundred.
===Post-war===
Following the Human-Covenant war, the surviving UNSC starships were brought back to Sol to be repaired, refitted and counted.Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo - Page 132
A variety of starship classes and several ship improvements that were created during the war finally became commonplace. The , the and the were all added to the fleet. All three have shielding,Spartan Ops - Episode 1: DepartureHalo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - En Voyage an unprecedented addition to UNSC ships.
As part of ongoing offenses, UNSC Strident-class frigates and s were being deployed to the Outer Colonies to route out Covenant remnant occupiers.Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo - Pages 38 & 39
====The Reclamation====
At the beginning of the Reclamation, many UNSC starships were disabled by Guardians under the control of the Created.Halo 5: Guardians - Level: Guardians Some ships, were likely ripped out of Slipstream Space with the activation of the Guardians, like the .Halo: Tales from Slipspace - Undefeated
==Organization==
===Management===
In the UNSC, ships can also be operated by different departments and branches. Warships like the were operated by the UNSC Navy.Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo - Pages 36 & 37 Smaller craft were often operated by other branches or were overlapped with another branch. The F-41 Exoatmospheric Multirole Strike Fighter, for example, was operated by the UNSC Air Force.Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide - Page 114 The UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping also operated a number of Freighters.
===Tactical Groupings===
UNSC ships were organized into fleets and further down into Battlegroups. Alternatively, ships could be organized into Flotillas.
===Identification===
There were a few known ways of identifying UNSC ships. There was the Hull classification symbol, which gives each ship a letter classification and a number. There was the ship emblem, which was a unique image that was special to each ship. 
Some warships also used the UNSC REG system, which was also a special serial number.Halo 4 - Level: Dawn There was also the UNc system, which had an unknown meaning.Halo 2: Anniversary - Level: Cairo Station 
The UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping operated its own identification codes for freighters that were primarily used in COM transmissions.Halo: Contact Harvest - Page 34
===Leadership===
The leader of a UNSC starship, like other human starships, is referred to as a Captain regardless of actual rank.Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo - Pages 90-92 Common ranks of this position include Commander (ex: Miranda Keyes, Richard Lash) and Captain (ex: Jacob Keyes, James Cutter).
==Design==
A number of corporations helped construct UNSC ships. Some of these manufacturers include Sinoviet Heavy Machinery, Aerofabrique SA and TanSec AB.
Design guidelines for ships emphasize that the command crew should have visibility of the surrounding exterior area of the ship. This is usually achieved through windows on the bridge.
UNSC ships have an internal deck naming structure. On most ships, the Hangar deck is considered Zero Deck. Decks below that are "belowdeck" and are numbered in descending order starting at First Deck. Everything above the hangar deck is a "level", starting at Level One and going in an ascending order.
===AI===
UNSC Starships were often given a Ship Director, an AI who could manage much of the ship's tasks with the Captain's authority. Generally, these AI were "Smart".Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo - Pages 90-92
===Armament===
====MACs====
MACs are massive coil guns that are used to accelerate projectiles ranging in mass from 600 tons to 3,000 tons, at extremely high velocities. These projectiles are composed of Titanium-A, depleted Uranium, and/or Tungsten with a ferrous (iron) core. They also super heat the metal slugs to make it easier for them to penetrate a target. Super MAC platforms accelerate MAC rounds to over "point four-tenths" the speed of lightHalo: The Fall of Reach - Page 283 (12,000 kilometers per second) with twenty-three linear accelerator coils, while ship-based MACs have a lower velocity. Super MAC platforms can also reload a round in 5 seconds, whereas the smaller capital ships will need several minutes.
The UNSC frigate is quoted as firing a 600-ton round at 30 kilometers per second. Before Reach fell, was equipped with a modified MAC that could quickly fire three lighter projectiles in succession instead of just one heavier projectile. It was originally intended to allow Pillar of Autumn a better chance of disabling a Covenant ship, which was a feature required for a mission that was later scrubbed following the Fall of Reach.
UNSC Infinity has miniature MAC guns along its hull, to compliment its built in, larger MAC guns.
====Missile Batteries====
UNSC ships generally carry an array of missile batteries. Most UNSC ships carry Archer Missiles in one of many pods. These include the M58 Archer Missile Delivery System and the M42 Archer Missile Delivery System. These were complemented with Fusion rockets.
A common tactic among UNSC ships was to disable the target's shields with MAC rounds and then pummel it with Archer missiles.
====Point Defense Batteries====
Point defense batteries were common on UNSC warships. Some of these batteries include the M910 Rampart, the M870 Rampart, the M710 Bulwark, and the Mark 57 Arena.
====Nuclear Weapons====
UNSC warships usually contain nuclear weapons of some sort. Generally they were the .Halo: The Fall of Reach - Page 147 Though, in the post-war era, UNSC ships generally use the M4093 Hyperion Nuclear Delivery System.
==Types==
===Starfighters===
The UNSC operates several types of starfighters. The most common being the GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor. The YSS-1000 Sabre was a secretive starfighter that was mostly used in the Inner colonies. The F-41 Broadsword XMSF was a mainline starfighter that lacked the technology of the Sabre.
===Dropships===
The most common dropships in the UNSC were the Pelicans. This included the D77-TC Pelican, D78-TC Pelican and the D79H-TC Pelican. Heavier dropships were also used such as the D81-LRT Condor, the D82-EST Darter, and the D96-TCE Albatross. The largest of which was the D20 Heron. The UNSC also had dropship escape pods, the Class-3 Bumblebee.
===Colony Starships===
The UNSC also operated a colony ship class, the .
===Support Starships===
Several types of support ships that were used include the stealthy Prowler and its subtypes. Other stealth ship classes existed including the . There was also the incredibly small UNSC sloop. To assist in fleet actions, there was the UNSC Shield-Generator Ship. Another type of ship that was used by the UNSC included the . Following the UNSC's take over of the CAA, the helped build materiel for UNSC forces.
===Light Warships===
The UNSC also operated several types of lighter warships including the UNSC frigate, the UNSC corvette, and the UNSC destroyer. One large stealthy class of light warship is the Stealth Cruiser.
===Heavy Capital Warships===
The UNSC had a few different types of Heavy warships including the UNSC cruiser and the UNSC carrier. The largest carrier class, the , was also the largest ship class in the UNSC's history. The was unique as it was a Battleship, an uncommon type in UNSC ships.
===Other===
ONI's Reverse Engineering and Prototyping - Xenotechnology have recovered, refit and begun testing on multiple Covenant Starships.Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction - Page 23
==List of UNSC Starships==
The following is a list of the starships that belong to and are used by the United Nations Space Command.
<tabber>
Carriers=
====Carriers====
Class 	Ship Name	Status
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Not Completed
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Unknown
Phoenix-class carrier	 	Active but officially listed as lost with all hands.
 	 	Active
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown
|-|
Cruisers=
====Cruisers====
Class 	Ship Name	Status
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Unknown, presumed destroyed
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Unknown, presumed Destroyed
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Crashed on Eiro.
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Active
 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
 	 	Active
 	 	Active
 	 	Unknown, presumed destroyed/AWOL
 	 	Unknown
Heavy Cruiser	 	Destroyed
Heavy Cruiser	 	Unknown
Heavy Cruiser	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
|-|
Destroyers=
====Destroyers====
Class 	Ship Name 	Status
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown, presumed active
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown, presumed destroyed
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Heavily damaged
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
Unknown	UNSC Agincourt	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Unknown, presumed active
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Heavily damaged
Unknown	 	Unknown, presumed destroyed
Unknown	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Unknown, presumed destroyed
Unknown	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Moderately damaged
Unknown	UNSC Tharsis 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Moderately damaged
Unknown	 	
|-|
Frigates=
====Frigates====
Class 	Ship Name 	Status
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Active
 	 	Captured by Insurrectionists, renamed Bellicose.
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Destroyed
 	Unnamed frigate	Unknown
 	 	Decommissioned, in process of being scrapped during Fall of Reach.
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Destroyed
 	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Presumed destroyed
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Probably Destroyed
Unknown	 	Heavily Damaged
Unknown	 	Likely destroyed
Unknown	 	Likely destroyed
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Destroyed
Unknown	 	Presumed Active
Unknown	 	Presumed Destroyed
Unknown	 	Unknown
Unknown	 	Presumed Destroyed
Unknown	 	Decommissioned
|-|
Prowlers=
====Prowlers====
Class 	Ship Name 	Status
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Active
 	 	Unknown, likely active
 	 	Active
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown, likely active
 	ONI Acrisius	Abandoned on Meridian. Likely destroyed or inoperable.
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
Stealth Cruiser 	 	Active
Unidentified prowler class	 	Destroyed
Unidentified prowler class	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Missing
Unknown 	 	Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	
|-|
Corvettes=
====Corvettes====
Class 	Ship Name	Status
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Fast-attack Corvette	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Scrapped
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown, presumed Active
Unknown 	 	Active
|-|
Colony=
====Colony Ships====
Class	Ship Name	Status
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Scrapped in colonization of Harvest
|-|
Transportation=
====Cargo and Transportation Ships====
Class 	Ship Name	Status
Ammunition Ship 	 	Crashed on what became Partition
Ammunition Ship 	 	Attacked in 2553. Unknown status after
Cargo ship 	 	Destroyed
Cargo Freighter 	 	Unknown
Cargo Freighter 	Mona Lisa	Converted to a prison transport, Destroyed
Diplomatic Shuttle 	Han 	Unknown
UNSC passenger schooner	 	Boarded and destroyed
UNSC passenger schooner	 	Unknown
|-|
Other=
====Other Ships====
Class 	Ship Name 	Status
 	Beatrice 	Decommissioned, later destroyed
 	 	Unknown
 	 	Unknown
Auxiliary Vessel 	 	Active
Auxiliary Vessel 	 	Active
Exploration 	 	Unknown, likely settled on Gannick 22
ONI Prospecting Vessel	Long Time Coming	Destroyed
ONI Sloop 	 	Unknown, presumed active
Patrol Ship 	 	Destroyed
Surveying Shuttle 	 	Active
Science Vessel 	 	Destroyed
Stealth Ship 	 	Unknown
Shuttle Pod 	Coda 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown, Ship Director defected to Created.
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	UNSC Agincourt 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Heavily damaged
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Active
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown. Ship Director defected to Created.
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	ONI PRO-49776 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown. Ship Director defected to Created.
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	UNSC Tharsis 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Unknown. Ship Director defected to Created.
Unknown 	 	Unknown
Unknown 	 	Destroyed
Unknown 	 	Active
Unknown 	 	Unknown
|-|
Non-Canon=
*
|-|
</tabber>
==Gallery==
===Concept art===
Halo 4 G79H-TC MA Shutdown.png|G79H-TC/MA Pelican-class gunship
===Overview===
Reach 9455894 Medium.jpg|GA-TL1 Longsword-class interceptor
HaloReach - Space Battle.jpg|YSS-1000 Sabre-class star fighter
640px-Broadsword Engines.png|F-41 Broadsword-class XMSF
Halo Reach Pelican New Alexandria.jpg|D77-TC Pelican-class dropship
Halo 4 D79H-TC Spartan Ops Episode Ten.jpg|D79H-TC Pelican-class dropship
SCN02 AlphaBaseOnlinel.jpg|D20 Heron super-heavy dropship
Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Bumblebee.jpg|Class-3 Bumblebee-class EHL/C
UNSC Red Horse.png|ONI light prowler
Aladdin.png|ONI Sahara-class heavy prowler
Aegis Fate FFG 307.jpg|UNSC Charon-class light frigate
Halo 4 Castle Map Pack Oban 2.jpg|UNSC Strident-class heavy frigate
The Heart of Midlothian 2.png|UNSC destroyer
PoA Reach.jpg|UNSC Halcyon-class light cruiser
375848-unsc ship marathon.jpg|UNSC Marathon-class heavy cruiser
FoR UNSC Atlas.png|UNSC Atlas
SPIRIT OF FIRE 01.jpg|UNSC Phoenix-class colony ship
Halo 4 CFM 88 Adrift 1.jpg|CAA Springhill-class mining ship
==Sources==
Category:Human Spacecraft Classifications
Category:UNSC Vehicles