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{{Era|HCW}}
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{{Title|UNSC ''Wink of an Eye''}}
{{Title|UNSC ''Wink of an Eye''}}
 
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Individual ship infobox
{{Individual ship infobox
|name=UNSC ''Wink of an Eye''
|name=UNSC ''Wink of an Eye''
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|navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
|navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
|avionics=
|avionics=
|complement-title=
|complement
|complement=*Ablative baffles
|countermeasures=*Ablative baffles
*Counterelectronic systems
*Counterelectronic systems
*[[Stealth ablative coating]]
*[[Stealth ablative coating]]
*[[Active Camouflage|Texture bufferers]]
*[[Texture buffer]]s
|armament=Minimal
|armament=
[[HORNET mine]]s (14)
[[Pulse laser]] (Possibly)
|crew=90 crewmen<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 186''</ref>
|crew=90 crewmen<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 186''</ref>
|skeleton=
|skeleton=
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|capacity=
|capacity=
|consumables=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|role=Infiltration/reconnaissance
|role=Infiltration/Recon
|commission=
|commission=
|firstsight=[[2543]]
|firstsight=[[2543]]
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|captains=
|captains=
}}
}}
The {{UNSCShip|Wink of an Eye}} was a [[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]] in the [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="evo">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 477''</ref>  
 
The '''UNSC ''Wink of an Eye''''' was a [[UNSC Prowler|prowler]] in the [[UNSC Navy]].<ref name="evo">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 477''</ref>  


==Background==
==Background==
UNSC ''Wink of an Eye'' was assigned to [[UNSC Battle Group India]]. The ship took part in the [[Battle of Psi Serpentis]], better known as [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Admiral Cole's]] [[Admiral Cole's Last Stand|Last Stand]]. The prowler was in the [[Psi Serpentis System]] for [[seven]] days prior to the battle, scouting and waiting for the rest of the fleet to arrive. At the outset of the battle the vessel then transitioned into [[Slipspace]] to drop [[Slipspace guidance beacon|guidance beacons]] in order for the rest of the fleet to perform an unprecedented in-system slipspace jump.<ref name="evo"/>
The UNSC ''Wink of an Eye'' was assigned to [[UNSC Battle Group India]]. The ship took part in the [[Battle of Psi Serpentis]], better known as [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Admiral Cole's]] [[Admiral Cole's Last Stand|Last Stand]]. The prowler was in the [[Psi Serpentis System]] for [[seven]] days prior to the battle, scouting and waiting for the rest of the fleet to arrive. At the outset of the battle the vessel then transitioned into [[slipspace]] to drop [[Slipspace guidance beacon|guidance beacons]] in order for the rest of the fleet to perform an unprecedented in-system slipspace jump.{{Ref/Reuse|evo}}
 
==Trivia==
The vessel's name references the idiom "in the wink of an eye," meaning "instantaneously" or "extremely quickly."


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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