


The class also carries twelve M12 Warthogs and six M808 Scorpion tanks.

These frigates typically carry six D77-TC Pelicans as well as their associated support equipment, with some Stalwarts also carrying D96-TCE Albatrosses. While Stalwart frigates lack the larger hangar bays seen on the Charon-class light frigate, the class is outfitted with six hangar modules, each capable of launching or recovering only a single dropship at a time. The ODSTs that are deployed from the frigate via an SOEIV drop pod are launched from the ship by a magazine-fed coilgun accelerator. However, the frigate only carries twenty-four Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicles. In addition, these frigates also carry a complement of two hundred Marines and sixty-four Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. The Stalwart is equipped with a Starwerx FTL-290C, a slipspace drive featuring a Series IV CODEN field generator.Ī Stalwart-class light frigate is crewed by 250 sailors. Extremely mobile, the Stalwart class is outfitted with two OKB Karman 56K fusion drives for sublight travel. The bridge of the Stalwart frigate has its own life support that will function even if the rest of the ship is crippled. These warships are equipped with an active phased sensor array built into the ship's hull.

Stalwart-class frigates are protected by a sixty centimeter-thick hull of titanium-A armor. The Stalwart-class light frigate is one of the smaller classes of frigate in service with the UNSC Navy, at 478 meters in length with a mass of 0.93 million metric tons. The Frigate remained to support UNSC forces with supplies and reinforcements throughout the campaign. A Stalwart-class Light Frigate named Endless Horizon entered Lumoria after escaping the Battle of Reach via a random Slipspace jump.
