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| {{Title|''Black Cat''-class subprowler}} | | {{Era|HCW}} |
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| |name = ''Black Cat''-class | | {{Ship Class Infobox |
| |image = | | |name=''Black Cat''-class subprowler |
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| {{Infobox/Ships/Class | | |class=Prowler |
| |hide-class = | | |role=Infiltration |
| |class identification = | | |length=Over {{Convert|50|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 248''</ref> |
| |class operator = [[UNSC Navy]] | | |width= |
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| |class built = | | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
| |class in service = Around [[2545]]{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} | | |hull= |
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| | |era= [[Human-Covenant War]] |
| | |affiliation=*[[United Nations Space Command]] |
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| | The '''''Black Cat''-class subprowler''' is a classification of small exfiltration ships used by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. These vessels replaced the {{Class|Calypso|Exfiltration Craft}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 86''</ref> |
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| |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO|GoO|Chapter=Prologue}}
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| |troops = Around 38 personnel{{Ref/NoteReuse|Troops}}
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| The '''''Black Cat''-class subprowler''' is a classification of small [[Prowler#Subprowlers|exfiltration ships]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} | |
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| ==Overview== | | ==Description== |
| ===Design details===
| | Designated as "sub-prowlers," they have extremely limited capabilities and are used mostly as exfiltration craft to escape combat situations with stealth and ease. The Black Cat subprowlers have [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Slipspace capacitor]] of limited use; the capacitor has enough charge for about four hours. Once the capacitor exceeded this duration, the vessel would not be able to enter slipspace. |
| Designated as "subprowlers," they have extremely limited capabilities and are used mostly as exfiltration craft to escape combat situations with stealth and ease. The ''Black Cat''-class subprowlers have [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace capacitor]] of limited use; the capacitor has enough charge for about four hours. Once the capacitor exceeded this duration, the vessel would not be able to enter slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} | |
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| ''Black Cats'' are routinely used on high-risk operations so that [[UNSC Special Forces]] can retreat quickly and easily, as well as reconnaissance, and troop infiltration and exfiltration missions.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} Each subprowler can hold approximately thirty-eight [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III supersoldiers]].{{Ref/Note|Id=Troops|1=300 Spartans / 8 subprowlers = 37.5 (or 38) Spartans per subprowler}}
| | Black Cats are routinely used on high-risk ops so that UNSC Special Forces can retreat quickly and easily. Each sub-prowler can hold approximately 38 [[SPARTAN-III]]s. |
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| ==Operational history== | | ==Operational history== |
| ''Black Cat''-class subprowlers were in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] in the early 26th century.{{Ref/Site|Id=acrisius|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/oni-acrisius|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=ONI Acrisius|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}} Eight such craft were inserted for the Spartan-IIIs during [[Operation: TORPEDO]] in [[2545]], but only one was used as only two Spartans, [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]], survived the engagement.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} After the [[Human-Covenant War]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] designed the {{Class|Winter|prowler}} with the ''Black Cat''-class subprowler's form and functionality in mind.{{Ref/Reuse|acrisius}}
| | Eight such craft were inserted for the SPARTAN-IIIs during [[Operation: TORPEDO]], but only one was used because only two SPARTANs survived the engagement. |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| | | *This may have been inspired by WW2's PBY Black Cat Catalinas, which flew missions destroying enemy ships or rescuing survivors of convoys which had been attacked by Japanese forces. |
| The class may be named after the PBY Catalina flying boat squadrons reffered to as the Black Cats, during the Second World War. Painted completely dark, Black Cats were tasked with striking targets taking advantage of the cover of night, akin to the stealth role of the Black Cat Subprowler.{{Ref/Site|Id=blackcat|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831082522/https://sofrep.com/news/black-cats-rule-the-night/|Site=SOFREP|Page=BLACK CATS RULE THE NIGHT|D=22|M=07|Y=2024}}
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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