UNSC Pioneer

The Pioneer (DD-440) was a UNSC Navy Halberd-class destroyer.
== Service history ==
=== Operation: TALON ===
In 2525, the Pioneer acted as the staging ship from which Operation: TALON, the Spartan-IIs' mission to capture Colonel Robert Watts, leader of the Eridanus Rebels, was launched. The ship remained on-station for several hours before the Spartans returned to the ship with Watts in a crate aboard a comandeered D75 Osprey dropship.
=== Battle of Eridanus II ===
In 2530, the Pioneer participated in the Battle of Eridanus II, crash-landing in Elysium city after being shot down.