D96-TCE Albatross (Earth-5875)

The D96 Troop Carrier, Equipment Dropship, better known as the Albatross is a dropship used for heavy lift within the UNSC, manufactured by Armat Battlefield Systems, transporting vehicles, troops and equipments through long distances.

Operational history
The Albatross has been issued for the UNSC as one of its main support dropships for decades. In 2517, during the training process of the SPARTAN-II candidates, an Albatross dispatched seventy-five children to the Military Wilderness Training Preserve, in the Highland Mountains, on Reach. The same Albatross was later commandeered by the children to return to the Reach Naval Officers Academy, while being autopiloted by the Auton synthetic Déjà.

Notable Albatrosses

 * 03
 * Typhoon