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<center>''You may also be looking for the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|Prowler]].''</center> | <center>''You may also be looking for the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|Prowler]].''</center> | ||
{{Ship | {{Ship Class Infobox | ||
|name=UNSC Prowler | |||
|image=[[File:UNSC Red Horse.png|250px]] | |image=[[File:UNSC Red Horse.png|250px]] | ||
|manufacturer= | |||
|manufacturer | |||
|class=Prowler | |class=Prowler | ||
|role=Stealth infiltration and exfiltration, electronic intelligence, mine laying | |||
|length={{Convert|162|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 248''</ref> | |length={{Convert|162|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 248''</ref> | ||
|width= | |width= | ||
|height= | |height= | ||
|engine= | |||
|engine= | |||
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
|hull=Resistant to several [[Pulse Laser|pulse laser]] bursts<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page ??''</ref> | |hull=Resistant to several [[Pulse Laser|pulse laser]] bursts<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
|sensor=[[X-ELF Radar System]] | |sensor=[[X-ELF Radar System]] | ||
| | |armament= | ||
| | ;Minimal | ||
| | *[[Pulse Laser]]s (2+) | ||
| | *[[HORNET Mine]]s (14) | ||
*[[Shiva-class Nuclear Missile]]s<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]''', ''[[The Mona Lisa]]'', ''page ??''</ref> | |||
|complement-title=Counter-measures | |||
|complement=*Ablative baffles | |||
*Counter-electronic systems | *Counter-electronic systems | ||
*Matte black ablative stealth coating | *Matte black ablative stealth coating | ||
*Texture buffers | *Texture buffers | ||
*[[Stealth Ablative Coating]] | *[[Stealth Ablative Coating]] | ||
| | |misc-title=Crew | ||
|misc=90 crewmen<ref name="crew">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 186''</ref> | |||
| | |||
|era= [[Human-Covenant War]] | |era= [[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]], [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Prowler Corps]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]], [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Prowler Corps]] | ||
Revision as of 11:39, November 27, 2010
Template:Ship Class Infobox The UNSC Prowler is a stealth corvette classification within the United Nations Space Command.[1] They are used exclusively by the Office of Naval Intelligence and are crewed by select ONI personnel.[2]
Role
In a similar role to its namesake, it is used to gather electronic intelligence, and its primary role is to stay hidden while safely gathering such intelligence, not to charge into battle, as that would invariably be an irreversibly fatal tactic due to its light weapons and armour. Because of its tactical value and potential to change the outcome of any given combat situation, every UNSC battlegroup had at least one Prowler assigned to its ranks.[3]
The Prowler's only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is the discreet laying minefields of stealthed nuclear HORNET Mines in orbital regions. Enemy ships that unknowingly enter these minefields can be destroyed by a single Prowler, allowing the remainder of the UNSC forces to move in and finish off the survivors with MAC strikes and Archer missiles. This stratagem allowed Battle Group Stalingrad to wage a short but devastating battle against the Covenant at Onyx, destroying significantly more ships than their own number, an extremely rare outcome among UNSC-Covenant engagements.
Stealth systems
- Ablative baffles
- Counter-electronic systems
- Stealth ablative coating
- Texture buffers
Known Prowlers
Trivia
- SPARTAN Gray Team was able to pilot a Prowler, meaning a prowler could be piloted by a crew of only three people.
- The UNSC Wink of an Eye possessed active camouflage systems, which were not common among UNSC or Covenant starships. The technology was most likely experimental, since the camouflage could not keep up with the constantly changing atmosphere of the gas giant Viperidae.
List of appearances
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 281
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 162
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 329
