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{{Title|UNSC ''Point of No Return''}} | {{Title|UNSC ''Point of No Return''}} | ||
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|country = [[Unified Earth Government]] | |||
|country flag = {{Icon|UEG}} | |||
|name = ''Point of No Return'' | |||
|class = {{Class|Point Blank|prowler}}{{Ref/Generic|See [[#Production notes]]}} | |||
|namesake = [[Wikipedia:Point of no return|Point of no return]] | |||
|identification = | |||
|operator = [[UNSC Navy]]{{Ref/Reuse|Page 43}} | |||
|manufacturer = [[Watershed Division]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
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|status = In active service as of [[2552#December|December 31, 2552]]{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} | |||
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|type = [[Prowler]] | |||
|length = {{Convert|1591|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=128}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=252}} | |||
|width = | |||
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|mass = 1.1 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
|power = [[Fusion reactor]] | |||
|maneuver drive = Baffled [[fusion drive]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO2|GoO|Chapter=2}} | |||
|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
| | |crew = | ||
|complement = At least 24 [[S-14 Baselard]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS19|HSS|Chapter=19}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS20}} | |||
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|hull = | |hull = | ||
| | *[[Titanium-A armor|Titanum A battleplate]] | ||
| | *[[Stealth ablative coating]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO3|GoO|Chapter=3}} | ||
| | |shielding = | ||
* | |sensors = | ||
* | |ew = Communications-jamming{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS7|HSS|Chapter=7}} | ||
* | |armaments = | ||
| | *1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|20F9B9 MAC]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
| | *5 [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|M947 Shiva nuclear missile]] delivery system{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
*80 [[Archer missile#M42 Archer|M42 Archer missile]] pods{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}} | |||
| | *4 [[M66 Sentry autocannon]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
*20 [[M910 Rampart point defense network]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
|aircraft = | |||
|air facilities = Multiple [[hangar bay]]s including | |||
*Command hangar{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}} | |||
*Drop hangar{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS7|HSS|Chapter=7}} | |||
*Aft fighter hangar{{Ref/Reuse|HSS19}} | |||
*Various maintenance hangars{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS17|HSS|Chapter=17}} | |||
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The '''UNSC ''Point of No Return''''' is a {{Class|Point Blank|prowler}} in the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. It is one of the most advanced and secret ships ever built by the UNSC. | |||
The '''UNSC ''Point of No Return''''' is a | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The ''Point of No Return'' is the wartime command and control platform for ONI Section Three. The existence of the vessel is highly classified: officially, the ship does not even exist. Very few have actually seen the ship, only a handful have ever been aboard, and fewer than twenty officers have access to its most sensitive areas.<ref name="Page 43">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> The ship is crewed by people from all military branches of the UNSC and multiple [[artificial intelligence]]s maintained solely by ONI. | The ''Point of No Return'' is the wartime command and control platform for ONI Section Three. The existence of the vessel is highly classified: officially, the ship does not even exist. Very few have actually seen the ship, only a handful have ever been aboard, and fewer than twenty officers have access to its most sensitive areas.<ref name="Page 43">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> The ship is crewed by people from all military branches of the UNSC and multiple [[artificial intelligence]]s maintained solely by ONI. | ||
== | ==Service history== | ||
In [[2531]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] met on ''Point of No Return'' with [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret | In [[2531]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] met on ''Point of No Return'' with [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron G. Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] to discuss the [[SPARTAN-II program]]. They decided to grant Ackerson permission to begin the SPARTAN-III project.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 43-49''</ref> Later, the ship retrieved [[Kurt-051]] after he had been "killed" in action in the [[Groombridge 34 System]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 57''</ref> During that operation to shut down a malfunctioning slipspace drive, Kurt noticed that the ship's holding cage was the size of a destroyer, though it had the angles found on [[UNSC prowler|prowlers]]. He noted that the concept of a large stealth ship was seemingly oxymoronic, as the larger a ship is, the more exponentially-difficult it is for the ship to maintain stealth. | ||
In [[2537]], Admirals Rich and Parangosky met with Spartan-051 and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] again to inform him that the [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] of [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] had been killed and to begin training the SPARTAN-III [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 79''</ref> | In [[2537]], Admirals Rich and Parangosky met with Spartan-051 and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] again to inform him that the [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] of [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] had been killed and to begin training the SPARTAN-III [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 79''</ref> | ||
The ship survived the [[Human-Covenant War]]. On [[2552#December|December | The ship survived the [[Human-Covenant War]]. On [[2552#December|December 31, 2552]], [[Codename: SURGEON]] filed a report to [[Codename: USUAL SUSPECTS]] entitled "[[Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J.]]" The report was filed from UNSC ''Point of No Return'' in synchronous orbit on the far side of [[Luna]]. This was the last reported action of the ship and its current whereabouts remain unknown.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''page 487''</ref> | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
Technically considered a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]], the ''Point of No Return'' is the largest ever built, easily the size of a [[UNSC destroyer]]. Constructed in parts and then assembled in deep space, the ship is completely radar invisible thanks to [[stealth ablative coating]], and when her engines run below 30 percent she is as dark as interstellar space. It also contains a room called "[[Odin's Eye]]", a chamber surrounded by a [[Faraday cage]] that blocks all electronic signals.{{Ref/Reuse|Page 43}} | Technically considered a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]], the ''Point of No Return'' is the largest ever built, easily the size of a [[UNSC destroyer]]. Constructed in parts and then assembled in deep space, the ship is completely radar invisible thanks to [[stealth ablative coating]], and when her engines run below 30 percent she is as dark as interstellar space. It also contains a room called "[[Odin's Eye]]", a chamber surrounded by a [[Faraday cage]] that blocks all electronic signals.{{Ref/Reuse|Page 43}} | ||
==Production notes== | |||
While not explicitly confirmed, it is extremely heavily implied that the ''Point of No Return'' is a {{Class|Point Blank|prowler}}, as introduced in ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''. In ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', the ''Point of No Return'' is stated to be "easily the size of a UNSC destroyer", while the ''Point Blank''-class measurements provided in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]'' notably explicitly provide the exact same length as the {{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}. This is a notable change; the ''Point Blank'' was first designed for the [[Sins of the Prophets]] fan mod, in which it is notably larger. This active change away from the source material to a specific number on par with the ''Halberd'' almost certainly corresponds with aligning the ''Point Blank'' with ''Ghosts of Onyx''{{'}}s statement about the ship's size. The ''Halo Encyclopedia'' also went out of its way to mention the "stealth cruiser" nomenclature as being a nickname applied to the ''Point Blank''-class, rather than a sweeping broad sub-categorisation of UNSC spacecraft - somewhat reinforcing that there are presumably not a series of stealth cruiser classifications in the navy. | |||
Additionally, ''Silent Storm'' also introduced the concept of Prowler naming schemes; [[Ghost Flight]] Prowlers all have names with ''Ghost'' in their title - ''[[UNSC Ghost Song|Ghost Song]]'', ''[[UNSC Ghost Star|Ghost Star]]'', ''[[UNSC Ghost Wind|Ghost Wind]]'' and so forth for the other themed flights featured in the book. Similarly, the ''Point Blank''-class ship introduced in ''Silent Storm'' alongside the {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}} share the "''Point''" nomenclature seemingly inherent to this stealth cruiser classification. As such, this article treats the ''Point of No Return'' as a ''Point Blank''-class prowler. | |||
Finally, ''Silent Storm'' author [[Troy Denning]] has also noted that he considered the ''Vanishing Point'' part of the same design as ''Point of No Return'', though ultimately the final decision fell to [[343 Industries]]. Given the information presented in the ''Halo Encyclopedia'', it would seem that they have continued this interpretation.{{Ref/Twitter|TDenningauthor|1037460400130928643|Troy Denning|Quote=is the Point of No Return meant to be the same design as the Vanishing Point?<br>Yes, but I'm not the official authority. 343 could identify them as different classes at a later point, if necessary for a story/game purpose. That possibility remains open.|D=16|M=04|Y=2022}} | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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