UNSC Commonwealth Production information Class Stalwart-class light frigate[note 1] Manufacturer UNSC Technical specifications Length 478 meters (1,568 ft 3 in) Width 151.9 meters (498 ft 4 in) Height/depth 112.2 meters (368 ft 1 in) Engine unit(s) Main drives (2) Auxiliary drives (2) Tertiary drives (2) Slipspace Drive Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Hull 60 centimeters (2 ft 0 in) Titanium-A armor Navigation system Shipboard-A.I. or NAVCOM Armament MAC (1) 26 Archer Missile pods of 30 missiles Shiva-class Nuclear Warheads (3) Fusion rockets (2)[1] Complement At least one fighter and one dropship squadron Passengers Catherine Elizabeth Halsey SPARTAN-II John-117 Kelly-087 Samuel-034 30 others Usage Role(s) Warship Earliest sighting 2525 Retired Before or during 2552 Latest sighting 2552 at a Sinoviet ship breaking facility, planet Reach Present for battles/events Battle of Chi Ceti Affiliation UNSC Navy Known crewmembers Commonwealth Weapons Officer Known commander(s) Captain Wallace

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The UNSC Commonwealth was a United Nations Space Command Stalwart-class light frigate. In 2525, its commanding officer was Captain Wallace.^[2]

HistoryEdit

Operational HistoryEdit

In 2525, the Commonwealth ferried the SPARTAN-II's along with Dr. Halsey to the Damascus Testing Facility on the planet Chi Ceti IV.^[2] There, during the Battle of Chi Ceti, the Commonwealth successfully engaged the Covenant Light Cruiser Unrelenting.^[2] With the assistance of the Spartan-II's boarding party, and their new MJOLNIR Mark IV Armor, the Commonwealth was able to destroy the light cruiser.^[3] The Commonwealth, however, was severely damaged in their first engagement against the Covenant Navy.^[4]

Despite the damage incurred, the Commonwealth was able to return to Reach for repairs and then presumably returned to service against the Covenant's advances among the Outer Colonies.^[5]

Damage Sustained at Chi Ceti IVEdit

The ship took heavy damage during the Battle of Chi Ceti. The damage was:

• Communications and navigation dishes destroyed.
• Armor in sections 3-7 down to four centimeters from 60 cm.
• Hull breach in section three.
• Ship AI memory core overloaded.
• Leak in the port fuel tank.
• Fire in sections one through twenty. (Atmosphere vented, fire extinguished.)
• Port armor destroyed.
• Decks two through seven in section one melted away. Decks two through five in sections three, four and five out of contact.
• Deck thirteen destroyed.
• Hull structure came close to "buckling" (integrity about to fail) and the MAC system was taken offline.
• Reactor only able to output ten percent of rated output.

Decommissioning and scrappingEdit

Some time after the Chi Ceti incident, the Commonwealth was decommissioned by the UNSC and landed on a deserted wasteland to be scrapped.

When the Epsilon Eridani system was attacked, the Commonwealth became a battlefield venue between the ground forces of the UNSC and the Covenant.^[6]

At the time of the attack, the Commonwealth was well into being scrapped. Already, its entire port-side launch deck was removed, along with its port engines. Its bridge had been taken out, and holes were made on its underbelly to allow staircases to be fitted in for the technicians assigned to take it apart.

TriviaEdit

• The UNSC Commonwealth serves as part of a vista in Halo: Reach's multiplayer map, Boneyard.
• The Commonwealth is named after the term "commonwealth," which is a country that a stranger nation claims as a territory or protectorate, such as the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Faulklan Islands.
• The Commonwealth could also be named after "The Commonwealth of Nation" which is a group of Former British colonies and dominions.
• The crew of the Commonwealth were ordered to wear respirator packs when Captain Wallace vented atmosphere in the ship to cut off a fire caused by plasma.

GalleryEdit

The Commonwealth at the Sinoviet ship breaking facility on Reach.

The Commonwealth during the Battle of Chi Ceti.

The scrapped Commonwealth, from the front

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NotesEdit

1. ↑ The depiction of the Commonwealth in the comic series Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant is very similar to the UNSC In Amber Clad, which is the only other Stalwart-class light frigate that has actually been shown visually in the Halo series

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Halo Encyclopedia, page 248
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 103-105
3. ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 130
4. ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 110-111
5. ↑ Halo Encyclopedia, page 258
6. ↑ Gametrailers: Gametrailers TV with Geoff Keighley, 06:39