The armor of a Charon-class frigate is poor compared to is larger cousins or counterparts such as the Destroyer. Dropships provide other evacuation methods. This allows 96 personnel to escape at a time via escape pods. The Charon-class frigate has 32 escape pods, and each can carry 3 men. Overall, the personnel of a frigate can reach the low thousands. Frigates also carry detachments of marines and pilots, and of course Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. The bridge alone requires 30 members, and of course the rest of the ship still needs a deck and technical crew. It is possible the UNSC used captured Covenant made antigravity mechanism, but unlikely.Ī frigate's crew is not necessarily very big, but they can still carry standard personnel. Also, they possess the ability to simply hover over land. It is assumed the frigates have high maneuverability in all dimensions, the assumption being supported by the forward maneuvering thrusters. There are four exhausts on frigates, two large, and two small. The engines use the energy from this to create thrust out of the exhausts on the frigates. The frigates use thermonuclear fusion reactors that use deuterium for fuel. The Charon-class frigates are light frigates, at 490 metres (1,607 ft) long. However, usually they are only powerful in numbers. Sometimes it is a ground assault support ship and troop transport, while still having fleet support capabilities. They are typically used en masse, but are still rather weak, compared to most Covenant warships. The Charon-class frigate is meant mainly for fleet and/or planetary defense, such as Earth's home fleet. The Forward Unto Dawn would be severed in half trying to escape the Ark. The UNSC Forward Unto Dawn and the UNSC Aegis Fate would eventually fight on the Ark. Battle of Installation 00 Main article: Battle of Installation 00 The UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, the UNSC Aegis Fate, and a third unknown ship would bombard the Artifact before it activated. The UNSC Chioglossa was one of the ships that would perish, battling the Covenant in orbit. Battle of Earth Main article: Battle of Earth The UNSC Aegis Fate would participate in the Fall of Reach. Fall of Reach Main article: Fall of Reach Battle of Algolis Īn Unnamed frigate would evacuate personnel and civilians from Algolis. The CMA Arabia and the CMA Vostok would be apart of the CMA team that would investigate Harvest. Class History Human-Covenant war Main article: Human-Covenant war First Battle of Harvest Main article: First Battle of Harvest

Charon class light frigate