Editing Chiroptera-class subprowler

{{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}}
{{Era|UNSC|HCW}}
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*Ablative baffles
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]], [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]
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The '''''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel''' was a classification of small stealth ships used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in service in the early 2500s.<ref name="fs254">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 254''</ref>

==Background==
These ships were roughly 50 meters long with oddly-angled black stealth surfaces and carried advanced counter-intrusion software. Notably, the class used the smallest operational [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace engines]] ever produced by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. They are described as having prominent wings that give it a decidedly bat-like appearance.{{Ref/Reuse|fs254}}

However, without a standard central controlling [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], the sensitive components tended to become unreliable. The resulting breakdowns resulted in the entire class being decommissioned around [[2512]]. Vital components were removed, and the slipspace drive was locked down.{{Ref/Reuse|fs254}}

At least one vessel of this class, belonging to [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], was in the hands of the [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus rebels]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 275''</ref> This ship, the ''Beatrice'', would later be stolen by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and used to transport herself and [[Kelly-087]] via Slipspace jump to [[Onyx]], where it was shot down by the [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''Chapter 18''</ref>

The ''Chiroptera'' classification was probably the antecedent to the modern [[UNSC prowler]], though it probably served more as a multi-role vessel, being much smaller than a prowler.

==Ships of the line==
*''[[Beatrice]]''

==Trivia==
*In biology, ''Chiroptera'' is the name of the taxonomic order that bats belong to. This refers to how the ''Chiroptera''-class look like bats.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

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-The '''''Chiroptera''-class subprowler''',{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} sometimes referred to as the '''''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel''',{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} was a [[subprowler]] employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in service in the 25th century and early 26th century.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}
+The '''''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel''' was a classification of small stealth ships used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in service in the early 2500s.<ref name="fs254">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 254''</ref>
-==Overview==
+==Background==
-===Design details===
+These ships were roughly 50 meters long with oddly-angled black stealth surfaces and carried advanced counter-intrusion software. Notably, the class used the smallest operational [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace engines]] ever produced by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. They are described as having prominent wings that give it a decidedly bat-like appearance.{{Ref/Reuse|fs254}}
-These ships were roughly 50 meters long with oddly-angled black stealth surfaces and carried advanced counter-intrusion software. Notably, the class used the smallest operational [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace engines]] ever produced by the UNSC. They are described as having prominent wings that give it a decidedly bat-like appearance.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
-However, without a standard central controlling [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], the sensitive components tended to become unreliable. The resulting breakdowns resulted in the entire class being decommissioned around [[2512]]. Vital components were removed, and the slipspace drive was locked down.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
+However, without a standard central controlling [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], the sensitive components tended to become unreliable. The resulting breakdowns resulted in the entire class being decommissioned around [[2512]]. Vital components were removed, and the slipspace drive was locked down.{{Ref/Reuse|fs254}}
+At least one vessel of this class, belonging to [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], was in the hands of the [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus rebels]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 275''</ref> This ship, the ''Beatrice'', would later be stolen by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and used to transport herself and [[Kelly-087]] via Slipspace jump to [[Onyx]], where it was shot down by the [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''Chapter 18''</ref>
+The ''Chiroptera'' classification was probably the antecedent to the modern [[UNSC prowler]], though it probably served more as a multi-role vessel, being much smaller than a prowler.
 ==Ships of the line==
 *''[[Beatrice]]''
-==History==
-===Development history===
-At the time of its introduction in the 25th century, the ''Chiroptera'' represented the pinnacle in stealth ship architecture, testing then-novel design features that would later go on to inform [[prowler]] design principles for decades to come.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The class was formally retired in 2512,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} with remaining specimens locked down by ONI censors.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}
-===Operational history===
-By [[2552]], at least one vessel of this class, belonging to [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], was in the hands of the [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus rebels]].{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS29|FS|Chapter=29}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS30|FS|Chapter=30}} This ship, the ''[[Beatrice]]'', would later be stolen by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and used to transport herself and [[Kelly-087]] via Slipspace jump to [[Onyx]], where it was shot down by the [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=18}}
 ==Trivia==
-In biology, ''Chiroptera'' is the name of the taxonomic order that bats belong to. This refers to how the ''Chiroptera''-class look like bats.
+*In biology, ''Chiroptera'' is the name of the taxonomic order that bats belong to. This refers to how the ''Chiroptera''-class look like bats.
 ==List of appearances==