Corvettes of the UNSC || Halo Ship Breakdown(s)

[@Isteak80]

The UNSC Two for Flinching is the most bonkers name I have ever heard from a canon warship in a "serious" sci fi universe, and it is amazing.

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

Halo had the most amazing naming conventions for ships.

[@flf3r11]

I honestly love unsc ship names, two for flinching is a good one, UNSC a wink and a grin also goes kinda hard

[@anguswaterhouse9255]

UNSC “say my name” UNSC “all under heaven” UNSC “BUMRUSH” My personal top free. And a special mention to the ODST operation at the start of halo 3 ODST canonically being “operation BUMRUSH”

[@flf3r11]

@anguswaterhouse9255 UNCS Path Of Good Intentions not breaking the top 3?

[@serinahighcomasi2248]

Don’t forget their spiritual grandparent, ship names from The Culture by Iain M Banks. All the “Gravitas” names, _Mistake Not_ and all the rest.

[@CT-Kix-lh5mu]

Nothing sums up the spirit of man than aliens getting clapped by a ship named “Two for Flinching”

[@BaconShelf]

Thank you for the shoutout on the Scholte-class model - she was an absolute blast to bring to life in 3D for the first time!

[@inquisitorgarza312]

Even though the UNSC used more frigates and cruisers during the war there was probably hundreds of corvettes to either be scout ships or engage in fire support in massive naval engagements.

[@robertharris6092]

Would a corvette have any use outside of fighter defense? No way even 50 would be a signifigant threat to a covenant cruisers shields. Considering most UNSC cruisers MACs couldnt even take down their shields in a single hit.

[@Eatmydbzballs]

​@robertharris6092 Fire-Ships, they were filled with nukes/reactor safties(think smaller PoA Halo CE explosion) turned off and flung toward enemy formations.

[@MrChickennugget360]

personally i think that 343 needs to do a pre-Reach trilogy of games set in the nearly 20 years before the fall of Reach. one interesting thing to develop in the Human-Covenant War over the years. from reading about the history there was quite a lot of time when little or no fighting was taking place. I like the idea that the UNSC used small disposable ships like Frigates and Corvettes to both patrol out of the way systems- both the mislead the Covenant as well as lead them in the wrong direction away from Human worlds. I would include this concept into the over all Cole Protocall- sending small picket patrol ships into out of the way systems with the intent of making it seem like major UNSC assets were nearby

[@PeachDragon_]

​@@robertharris6092a missile is a missile regardless of whether a Corvette or a cruiser fires it. 50 corvettes are thousands of missiles. In hard sci fi it takes a lot to justify anything bigger than a Corvette exactly for this reason. You get the same firepower spread through multiple far cheaper and more maneuverable ships which means you get even more firepower and more ships with the excess funds, you can build them way faster, they're replaceable and expendable, they give you way more strategic flexibility because they're more ships that can be in more places and cover more ground, they're harder to deal with because the enemy has to target each Corvette rather than whittle down a larger flagship, if a Corvette goes down the fleet is barely scratched and the other corvettes are unscathed, if a battleship goes down that's 60 to 70% of your firepower gone, and any hit to a larger flagship will hinder it's capabilities overtime. Corvettes are also far better for stuff like the covenant war where UNSC ships get oneshotted regardless of mass and a battleship is just a bigger target. Corvettes not only make sense, They're the only ship that makes sense most of the time.

[@DrXanatos]

Absolutely agree with the Gladius. Such a beautiful design that clearly states that it's a corvette.

[@The_Viscount]

It's hard to visualize just how big even these small ships are. The American Zumwalt class destroyers come in at a length of 190m and displace 16,000 tons. That's bigger than many cruisers that fought in World War II. Despite being one of the largest destroyers built IRL, she's still smaller than a Gladius. Love your ship breakdowns friend. Thank you for these.

[@robertharris6092]

Space ships need to be large to be cost effective.

[@Fordmister]

@@robertharris6092 Plus you have to consider the crew, Most sailors only really spend about half of their time at sea when on deployment with a warship, I could imagine if you were forward deployed on a UNSC corvette the entire time the ship is at space the crew is going to be aboard. hell even when the ship does have to dock to repair and rearm that's no grantee of any time planet side or even off the vessel as autonomous orbital docks are fairly commonplace in Halo. Combine that crew comfort requirement with both the space needed for life support systems, Gravity systems, the power systems for the coal and (if it has one) MAC guns as well as more extensive stores of just about everything as resupplying a warship on deployment is just that much harder in space its easy to see why UNSC vessels get so damn big

[@wysoft]

3:32 as someone who cut his teeth working on ships that way beyond their prime... damn that hits deep lol

[@WolfeSaber]

There was a Legends lore about a Corvette class, forgot the name, where ita MAC was overcharged so much it can shoot its 600 ton rounds at 37% the speed of light. It would produce eight times the damage output of the ODPs with their cannons shooting 3,000 ton slugs at 4% the speed of light. Okay, did some research. I may have misremembered some numbers. The round was only 300 tons while going 37% the speed of light. It was called the Mark 7/L in Halo Fandom. However the Mark 3/L shoots the 600 to slug past half the speed of light. They are in the page called the Heavy weaponry of the United Nations Space Command.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

Corvettes don't fire 600 ton Frigate rounds

[@WolfeSaber]

@@spikedpsycho2383 Well, some ship did, and I remember it was in the light type.

[@colbypierro1353]

🧢

[@tuckerfromwotblitz3649]

He did say it was legends lore

[@eligedzelman5127]

That sounds like absolute bs. To provide such a proformance requires an enormouse amount of barrel length, power generation, heat disposal ect, that it would never fit on a corvette sized ship. Even accounting for sci fi bs. And if such a ship existed, why would the unsc build anything but it ?

[@sookendestroy1]

You may get somewhat of a post war Corvette atleast in SotP, one of my pet projects i hope makes it in is a post war missile corvette. The thing is basically a bed of missiles between two dual MAC/Coilgun batteries.

[@robertharris6092]

What would be the point of that? Archers barely scratch covinant ships.

[@sookendestroy1]

@@robertharris6092 who said anything about Archers? The UNSC has new missiles post war, ammentites such as shield piercing MAC and coilgun rounds. When the rest of the fleet is biased towards MACs, lasers and Electronic Warfare for countering covenant capitals, corvettes like this while being rarer can focus down smaller targets. Plus use certain tactics to bring down shields and UNSC missiles are very effective once it breaks.

[@ValmirVanVonvolkvan]

Great video! Love seeing these cool deep dives into the UNSC fleet in all its capacity! Keep it up!

[@teamdoghouse82880]

I am always a fan of longer format videos. I put them on at work to listen to while I'm doing my job, and then I put them on at night to fall asleep to. Along with my air conditioner. Even in the middle of winter. Because I am weird.

[@gammacompanymark]

I also sleep best in freezing cold rooms, it makes the blankets the most comfortable

[@matthewwyatt2044]

I love the longer videos. Something I can have playing in the background while mindlessly playing Minecraft or Big Team Battle in Infinite

[@fadelsukoco3092]

Preston Cole: Commits the war crime of feigning surrender Anakin Skywalker: "Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well!"

[@LeadingMole058]

I love the design of the missile corvette, it makes sense for it starting life as a frigate but later being downgraded to a corvette because it looks like a tiny frigate to me.

[@MrPanzer234]

I like these ships but there is only one who holds my heart. The UNSC Paris Class Heavy-Frigate (my beloved). Yes I play halo reach, how did you know?

[@brynertodd]

Yeah, if I could have a sci fi ship or make a story focusing on one, it would be something like these. I'd have to look up the Normandy again but my overall favorite would be the CBS-74 Ptolemaios 2 from Gundam 00. It's a transport carrier instead of a corvette but its size is similar, crew too just about. Its not as armed I think but it still does well with its GN drives and other abilities, not counting the Gundams inside it. That said I do really like the look of the Lancer class

[@JudePrestage-de1ks]

13:38 the specific Ket pattern Battle Cruiser he is refering to is the Pious Inquisiter, and appears in the Books "The Thursday War" and "Mortal Dictata"

[@deforesttappan6478]

I don't care as long as I get to know more about Halo ships!!!

[@MrTangent-8]

And heres a mako class corvette Me: apparently the Rocinante can time travel do different dimensions

[@sookendestroy1]

Now this is pog We put a Seax-class (Our fanon take of a reach design) next to a thermopylae (our take on another UNSC supercarrier) and a punic, the corvettes are absolute shiplets next to them lol. Could probably hold them entirely in their hangars. They're just little guys

[@starsilverinfinity]

Im pretty sure the Punic can carry some Frigates even

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Rocinante its a frigate, corvette class, yes its weird, the patrol destroyer, know i think that fits the corvette role

[@jordanhewins5446]

I love love love your halo lore videos Mark, keep 'em coming!

[@PeachDragon_]

Bro is unstoppable

[@TacticalPond123]

I agree, the Gladius is an awesome ship that would make a great hero ship.

[@Neon-zq5of]

I love these in depth ship lore videos, you definitely have a new sub here.

[@wibbles719]

0:20 Forerunner Fretnought

[@some_guy9347]

@GammaCompanyMark the Operation Trebuchet mod for ArmA 3 includes a “Drake-class corvette”. While not technically part of the Halo canon the mod has gotten attention from 343 in the past… so maybe it’s like semi-canon or something? It’s an interesting little shop that kind of looks like a shrunken Paris-frigate, lengthwise.

[@S0RGEx]

Hey, sharks are just cute misunderstood sea doggos :(

[@milocabral7428]

I love that he used the Roci as the stand in corvette model

[@Tomy117_FR]

Star Citizen player and proud Polaris ship owner, am i the only one thinking of giving it a UNSC Corvette name when this feature will be a thing ? Really cool video we keep seeing the most biggest and meanest ships in every new Halo games but everyone keep forgetting of this useful underdogs :3

[@45580677]

Happy Thanksgiving

[@adventwolfbane]

The Lancer, Scholte, and Gladius would be best to rebuild with late/post-war technology. The speed, range, and accuracy of the late war CODEN V or possibly newer CODEN VI slip space drives would allow for a better-coordinated task force. The new fusion reactors and titanium-A armor would make them more survivable and would allow for better energy levels for ship systems. Advanced sensors, tracking systems, and engine/maneuverability improvements. New MAC systems, Autocannons, and any advancements made to the Archer and Howler missiles would give a higher punch to be closer to frigate firepower. Even a weaker version of the shield paneling system like the one on the Autum class would make them tanky enough to be worth fielding in a fleet battle.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

The Gladius reminds me of the Gazonti cruiser from Star Wars. Nothing further to comment about this, just a cool coincidence or inspiration.

[@maxficarra8024]

The was also that corvette which joined the Prowler Dusk and two frigates to locate In Amber Clad

[@lasarith2]

2:14 just a note: it be better if you went L/W/H/M/A ( length width height Mass Armour)

[@nkosig4995]

dont forget that one small weird prowler from the comics for the later vehicle

[@saintcelestine3521]

0:14 / 17:29 Good Good "In The Emperor Palpatine Voice"

[@halocraft314]

Mark: I'd love to see more non-UNSC human ships Me: _Presents my Halo Fanfic/AU mostly set in an independent "human" system, with its own ships made using Covenant and Forerunner tech_

[@Salamander_01496]

12:45 Rocinante

[@AngusDurrington]

When you do it, the right way, it triggers the muscle tissue better

[@jakejones7978]

I love halo ships there so iconic

[@aliboy357]

I'd note that the Mako would be pronounced "May-ko" given that it uses the sharks name and, eh, the Gladius would be "Glay-dius". The Scholt just drives me mad. It's a soft sound "sholt" not "skolt", it's a more German name than the majority English names used for most UNSC classes.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Nice video. Shows off some beautiful-looking ships in an energetic video laced with fun. Although you have detail in it too, some videos like this are full of so many geekishly meaningless numbers that it takes away from the utility and beauty. There are some great franchises out there that have their own design language. It's not just enough to have a nice ship design, you need to have something to compare it to within a certain context.

[@BjorsN]

I would take a look at Halo: Starside intercept aswell, its a mod for homeworld 2 that unfortunately never got released but has great artwork with some really cool corvette/frigate designs.

[@Reaper-wh9di]

Corvettes! Hooray for the small bois! Can you please do Prowlers next? Keep up the great work!

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

Yay! Elite Dangerous is mentioned. Though maybe you should’ve shown the Federal Corvette instead.

[@icarus_falling]

I see the roci outline there! Cheeky

[@NCC-72545A]

The Gladius is a beauty. Also, anyone can answer this question. Which of these two names sounds better for the UNSC? #1. The Spire of Carthage. Or #2. The Ghost of Agolis Also, I don't know if I am the first to create these names. But if I am the only ones who can actually use them in the Halo universe is those who own the Halo copyright.

[@near1999]

The ghost of agolis

[@NCC-72545A]

@@near1999 Thank you for your input.

[@near1999]

@@NCC-72545A no problem my Man I love that names and I love halo so you can talk to me at any time about Halo

[@NCC-72545A]

@near1999 ok, do you before pre- or post- Covenant War UNSC ships?

[@near1999]

@@NCC-72545A pre

[@adventwolfbane]

Hey if you want to try a game mod that is fun. Try the UNSC Starsector mod. Just look for the expended version made by StargazerRJL in the thread as it is the more expanded version. Can't wait till you go over the civilian transport ships from Halo.

[@S0l0117]

Fortress Class/forerunner ships when 👀 The forerunner trilogy makes them sound insane especially when one shakes a 30,000km halo ring to pieces with its gravity weapons

[@mso82]

Wait a minute... the silhouette of the Mako-Class looks like a certain Corvette-class frigate named for a Loyal Horse... Nice! Now that I've watched more, I see you use the Roci a few times in place of unknown ships.

[@fastoldman16]

Great video! Sins of the Prophets question: I'm a new player (downloaded 2 weeks ago) and Gladius class corvettes are only in-game as neutral pirates....you can't build them. Is there a version/way in which the player can build them?

[@sookendestroy1]

It's been a while since I've taken a look at the last build but I'm pretty sure you can build them as long as you dont pick Hood as your leader. Next release that's still the plan but there are a bunch of corvettes now including most of the ones from this video.

[@fastoldman16]

@sookendestroy1 thanks for the reply! Maybe I did the install wrong, or just haven't looked close enough yet, but I had no idea you could even pick leaders!

[@sookendestroy1]

@@fastoldman16 oh you may be referring to the stellaris mod, in the latest sins version if you go into the research you can pick between Hood, Cole and Stanforth who each have their own ships

[@DewyoftheDamned]

I’m trying to write a halo fanfic that has a space battle, and I’m having trouble with it. Would you consider sins of the prophets a good source for some simulations? A little context: post halo 3, pre halo 4, small unsc expeditionary fleet; 1 carrier, 4 frigates. 2 swords of sangheilios ships, 4 covenant splinter ships.

[@josesanchezrodriguez1783]

SoTP has some oddities in regards to certain weapons, MACs do much less damage than they should and so is the case for plasma torpedoes. I think your best bet is to check out the spacebattles in The Fall of Reach and Ghosts of Onyx novels aswell as some of the new lore and try to reconcile the differences

[@KurtT-051]

15:34 That's what they want you to think.

[@arjandosanj6131]

Do you think you can cover attack craft, stuff from the booster frames, to longswords to condors please?

[@arizona-hunter6684]

Can you add timestamps into your videos? Just so if we want to see one specific bit or ship we don’t have to rely on the comments. Good videos, you’ve introduced me to quite a bit of Halo lore.

[@ryanblacksmith8562]

I don’t think the book ever said, but what kind of Corvette do we think was coordinating Johnson’s team at the beginning of “Contact Harvest”? I always assumed it was a Galdius

[@gammacompanymark]

That was a stealth Sloop, so neither a Corvette nor a Prowler. Pretty interesting thing.

[@ryanblacksmith8562]

@@gammacompanymark oh that’s interesting, is that just an author error then? The book describes it as the UNSC corvette Bum Rush

[@sookendestroy1]

@@ryanblacksmith8562 most Prowlers are considered corvettes, so it's technically a stealth corvette

[@ghostlyswat12]

If we ever get a halo wars 3 it has to be like Star Wars empire at war would be perfect

[@Bash069]

My guy Gamma company Mark did NOT just mistake S-051 KURT for a COAT. (luv the content btw im suprised it took so long for someone to breakdown unsc suips)

[@gammacompanymark]

Yeah for whatever reason I misread his name lmao. Thanks for enjoying the content

[@gammacompanymark]

You wouldn't happen to be Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson would you, because that would be wild

[@Tricky117]

I would break each ship up into its own 'short' as well

[@spencerjones841]

For being so long UNSC corvettes sure are light and apparently lacking in internal volume somehow. Like when I think IRL battleship or carrier long I don't think small or light

[@BigPapaSemechki]

What would the port stanley be considered?

[@maeshg1969]

"Halo ships are huge and overpowered" .. Halo Humans ships Are just really giant guns with propulsion and living quarter slapped into them ... which actually makes a whole lot of sense .. which is why they are the best x)

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Do you have more of these coming

[@dustinbastian7410]

What class was the port Stanley from the kilo 5 trilogy?

[@gammacompanymark]

Sahara-Class Prowler

[@dustinbastian7410]

Huh. Just reading the book, and it was labeled as a corvette

[@sookendestroy1]

@@dustinbastian7410 many prowlers are considered stealth corvettes

[@Dirt1061]

Here's to dumping rods!

[@inuboy867]

When are you going to post a Sins of the Prophet playthroughs?

[@gammacompanymark]

Never ever

[@HakoVadim6855]

-It’s not a warcrime if you’ve won. Preston Cole, maybe.

[@Beamish_alt]

yessss love these videos

[@AngusDurrington]

🎉 good job, better form

[@graydi66y]

May-koh Not mach-oh Have a thumb anyway. I dig this shit.

[@sammattevans]

When prowlers of unsc breakdown?

[@stuew6]

Next Prowler ships

[@ryan_1099]

I want a Gladius in irl life

[@Saltasaur]

Space boat!

[@Gillychristopherson]

Talk about covenant heavy cruiser

[@Red_Sea_]

Question, how many times did Mark mispronounce Mako? Answer, Yes.

[@gammacompanymark]

Words are made by humans so as a human IT IS MY RIGHT to pronounce it however I want!!

[@Red_Sea_]

;-; it can't be that hard to pronounce lol

[@techypriest7523]

You forgot the Seax ; ~;

[@sookendestroy1]

We made the Seax up, it's based on a concept art but it's not canon

[@zombiebonegaming]

I support longer form content.

[@maplerlulo995]

those are not Archer Pods, those are escape pods

[@weirdflex1673]

Can I get vampire lore?

[@TheaverageSpartan4]

Cool

[@djcanimations5111]

hold on- are you writing a book? a trilogy??

[@gammacompanymark]

An Octilogy actually, but its not Halo related, I was just saying that if they WANTED another author for Halo books... you know.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

Strident likely has its armanent thats easy to install and produce. Also M870 like a mark variant upgrade

[@sneakereffect9346]

Gun Jesus 😂

[@heygang3864]

How are you pronouncing mako like that like wtf like its may co

[@silvialanfredi7388]

I prefer Mako

[@kirby7294]

Ooh, I'm early...

[@ethanlackey8048]

I love you

[@waltermaster5]

hi :)

[@GoNo117]

First one to comment yipeeee!

[@liquighost7988]

Sharks are not monsters thats rude

[@pearsegallagher9832]

algorithm comment

[@scott-gaming.8834]

🤨

[@Archmagos_Faber]

you pronounced Venezia and mako incorrectly, yeah i know its not important but it irritates me.

[@sookendestroy1]

You could say it Mako you mad

[@Archmagos_Faber]

ahaha okay now i am happy again@@sookendestroy1

[@Foxx607]

I was liking the video till the whole one off child abuse BS. This community that get on it high horse and condoned process of shaping a super solider into a well discipline solider please take a good seat in the bad. But good ship breakdown.