#Halcyon class light cruiser mac#

Most of the ship's complement was evacuated prior to the its touchdown via dropships, lifepods and HEVs, which included the Autumn's standard crew, a contingent of Marines, and one of the only known remaining Spartan-IIs. After another engagement with the Covenant, the Pillar of Autumn's commanding officer, Captain Jacob Keyes, ordered the damaged ship onto the surface of the ring in a somewhat-controlled crash landing. This led the Autumn and crew to a star system containing a derelict ringworld of alien origin. Although they were required to plot a random non-colony-vectored course out of the system, according to the Cole Protocol, the ship's mission AI, Cortana, programmed a stellar vector based on a set of coordinates found on an alien artifact. When Reach's defeat was inevitable, the Pillar of Autumn activated its Slipspace drive to flee the system to avoid capture. The Autumn was in the system and saw her fair share of combat against the Covenant. That mission was suspended when the Covenant found and attacked Reach, the UNSC's primary naval base of operations and shipyards. It was refitted for a newer mission in 2552 to try to put an end to the Covenant war by capturing a member of the Covenant leadership and forcing a cease to hostilities. Later in its operational life, the Autumn did see some action in the combat theatre near Zeta Doradus (Onyx) in 2550. Only her sister ship Dawn Under Heaven had almost as remarkable a history. Of the 50 Halcyon-class cruisers constructed, one of the most noteworthy was the SCS Pillar of Autumn. Due to some experimental architecture in eleven ships of the class, these cruisers could hold their own in a firefight when many larger ships would have been too badly damaged to continue fighting. The smallest human warship to receive the designation of cruiser, these still-enormous vessels exceeded a kilometer in overall length. The Halcyon-class cruiser was a mainstay of the UNSC fleet for about half a century. SCS Pillar of Autumn History of the ClassДЄ UNSC cruiser was the most powerful warship ever created by humanity. MAC: Boosted Capacitance (3-shots/charge) The Autumn-class heavy cruiser is based on the Halcyon's unique hull design.Commanding Officer (2552): Captain Jacob Keyes.It branches off into the heavy cruiser, frigate, destroyer, and carrier tree. This is the only light cruiser in the UNSC Tree.The UNSC Pillar of Autumn from Halo Combat Evolved was a Halcyon-class ship.The Covenant called this ship the 'Human Attack Ship Class-II.'.

#Halcyon class light cruiser mac#

Its MAC allows it to take on enemy ships at range, its missiles give chip damage at any engagement range, and its strong close defense complement makes it hardened against enemy carriers.

This ship is good at almost everything and bad at almost nothing.

At the same time, two of its Autocannon are placed on its flanks, so they will more or less be relegated to AA duty only. This allows it to do well in most engagements regardless of range, and even make a pass at some Tier IIIs.

8x M42 Archers, 5x UNSC Medium Guns, 5x UNSC Autocannon, and 1x Light MAC make up its offensive armament.It also sports a decent number of missiles and a somewhat terrifying level of PD for its tier. The Halcyon is a good all around ship, with a fair amount of health and firepower for its weight class.It was one of the more numerous Cruisers in the UNSC's inventory, and would later achieve fame in the Pillar of Autumn. The Halcyon-class Light Cruiser (hal-see-uhn) is a Tier II UNSC Light Cruiser from Halo franchise.