D77-HAA/I Pelican

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D77-Heavy Anti Armor/Infantry Pelican Production information Manufacturer Robert McKee's Shipyards Product line Pelican dropship Class Assault/ Dropship Technical specifications Length 46.0 meters Width 27.5 meters Height/depth 15.5 meters Mass 48 tonnes Maximum acceleration 0.85 Kps (reaches maximum speed in about 3 seconds) (1,950 mph) Maximum speed (Space) 100,000 pounds thrust Maximum speed (atmosphere) 300 Kph (186 mph) Engine unit(s) 2 thermonuclear main engines housed in middle section of ship, 10 maneuvering thrusters housed in 4 vector pylons Slipspace Drive N/A (Too small) Shielding Heat and radiation shielding to protect the occupants. Hull One and a half feet of Aluminium/ceramic carbide/titanium A armor. Sensor systems Radar Countermeasures ECM, Flares, Chaff Armament 1 110mm rotary chain gun under the cockpit 2 70mm rotary chain guns on each side of the cockpit 1 rear AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun turret 2 ANVIL-II missile pods under wings, containing 16 HE missiles. 25 flare tubes (5 per side), fired off when under threat or to signal another unit 6 chaff pods, for distracting enemy computers In extreme cases, the D77-HAA/I Pelican can carry 3 Archer Missiles (1 under each wing, and 1 missle in the back) Complement 1 Scorpion MBT or 1 Warthog LRV or 6 Weapon capsules or 2 Mongooses or 4 MAC Slugs or 1 Super MAC Slug 8 BR-55 SAPs with 40 36-round Magazines should crew and/or troops need them. 6 M7/Caseless Sub-machine Gun with 35 60-round Magazines should crew and/or troops need them. 2 M-19 'Jackhammer' missile launchers and 16 rounds of HE/AP missiles should crew and/or troops need them. 16 Colt M1911 .45 pistols with 30 8-round Magazines should crew and/or troops need them. 8 MA5Cs with 40 32-round Magazines should crew and/or troops need them. 4 M90 Mk II with 134 shells should crew and/or troops need them. 2 SRS99D-S2 AM with 16 4-round Magazines should crew and/or troops need them. 2 Spartan lasers with 2 reloads should crew and/or troops need them. Crew 1 Pilot, 1 co-pilot, 1 crew-chief, 2 gunnery crew (One keeping forward guns working, one manning rear gun), 4-6 passengers(Instead of 10-12 troops, due to massive size of guns) Minimum crew 1 pilot, plus a smart AI Passengers 4-6 troops Cargo capacity 1 Warthog, or 1 Tank, or 6 weapon pods, or 20 tons of other cargo Consumables 1 Weeks air and food, 10 200-round Magazines for rear gun, 2250 HE/AP Incendiary rounds for 110mm rotary chain gun and 2500 HE/AP Incendiary rounds for each of the 70mm rotary chain guns Usage Year introduced 2550 Era(s) UNSC/Covenant war Affiliation UNSC

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Combat usage 3 Rebel use 4 Special Operations 5 Design flaws 6 After the war

[edit] Overview

A gunship variant of the Pelican. One 110mm Rotary chain-gun and two 70mm Rotary chain-gun can cause extreme-amounts damage to almost any object. It also comes equipped with a heavy machine gun in the rear. Note that it is slower, has more powerful engines, has less troop capacity, and has thicker armor. This variant is designed to shoot things, not bring in troops, or tanks to do it. It, however, can hold a Warthog or a tank in the back if necessary, along with a few troops to operate them. This version of the Pelican has a Limited Anti-Air capability, meaning it can get in a scrap with nothing bigger than a couple of Seraphs and come out on top. However, the Pelican's flaw is that it was initially designed to carry troops and not heavy guns. It can kill a couple of Wraiths almost instantaneously of opening fire with the main guns.

[edit] Combat usage

Used for kicking Covenant and Rebel ass on the ground, this model of Pelican is minimally combat effective in zero-gee combat, although there have been cases of 3 Archer missiles (1 on each wing, one in troop compartment) being slung on HAA/I model Pelicans. The D77-HAA/I Pelican is often used to land troops in high-risk areas and to provide Close Air Support when ever needed and/or requested.

[edit] Rebel use

Over the years, the UNSC has 'lost' HAA/I model Pelicans, due to Rebel thieving and used to carry Archer missiles, capable of destroying the most powerful UNSC ships with ease. Though the counter-electronic packages on UNSC ships are more then capable of spoofing the Archer missiles guidance packages.

[edit] Special Operations

The HAA/I Gunship is designed to take a hell of a beating and keep flying. There have even been cases where a Pelican had both of its wings blown off, and it managed to make it back to its ship. It is also extremely versatile. It can even hold a single Archer missile, though it has loses most of its maneuverability and if hit bad enough, will explode. The HAA/I is a popular choice among Commandos and Special Operations troops. Special Ops crews often run their ship to the point of being forced to be written off.

[edit] Design flaws

The D-77-HAA/I Pelican is, quite simply, too damned slow to really be effective in a space battle. Due tho that slow speed, that takes a while to escape a planets gravitational pull. Also, it has double the normal armor on the sides and the back, but it is still extremely vulnerable from Covenant Plasma weapons. The Heavy Guns ammo is stored in a special container that keep them safe though fire and explosions, but plasma could burn right through the container like a white hot knife through butter. Needless to say, all UNSC vehicles were like that during the Human-Covenant war, though.

[edit] After the war

After the war, they were used to put help put down Innies, and to search space for UNSC Survivors from the war. Ten years after the war ended, the D77-HAA/I Pelican started to be gradually removed from the UNSC arsenal, only to be replace by better and more Powerful Pelicans.