Halo 5 UNSC Frigate Triton: Test Render #2

**Now featuring in the 'Halo: Tales from Slipspace' graphic novel story 'Undefeated' as the cargo vessel USNC Nereid.**


Hi all, this is the second render of my new Frigate from Halo. I have gone back to the more familiar layout of the Paris class frigate, with it's 'forked' forward hull in between two lateral launch bays. This is unlike the latest canon frigates which are much more blocky, and essentially compose of a single, thick rectangular hull.

The specs are as follows:

Dimensions:

• Length: 945 meters
• Width: 305 meters
• Depth: 223 meters

Armament:

• Mark V, heavy coil - 99B6G6/MAC [2]
• M49 Archer missile delivery system [2]
• M870 Rampart 50mm point-defense network [1]
• M4098 Hyperion nuclear delivery system (6x) [1]

Engine unit(s):

• XR2 Borlin Fields: S81/X-DFR

Slipspace Drive:

• Mark XI Macedon/Z-PROTOTYPE #82372HDS

Shielding:

• Advanced energy shielding

Hull:

• Titanium-A3 armor battle-plate with ablative armor coating

Sensor systems:

• Radar
• Spectroscopes
• LIDAR

Launched in 2559, the UNSC Triton was the first prototype of a new line of frigates. Using the latest integrated Forerunner and Covenant technology, the Triton was the most powerful UNSC frigate ever built at that time.


Notably, these vessels were equipped with ablative armor and energy shields - a significant development over prior UNSC vessels which had to rely on only their Titanium-A battleplating for protection. A single vessel of this type was easily able to engage and defeat a Covenant Corvette.

Other vessels later launched included:
UNSC Eleventh Hour
UNSC Devil's Own
UNSC Spark Of Defiance
UNSC Foehammer
UNSC Stolen Thunder
UNSC Futamura
UNSC Bad Wolf
UNSC Great Escape

Modeled in Sketchup: 3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model…
Rendered in Kerkythea