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| {{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}}
| | The '''''Chiroptera''-class Stealth Vessel''' was a classification of small starship used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. ''Chiroptera''-class Prowlers were used by the [[UNSC]] in the early 2500s, but in 2512, all vessels of this class were decomissioned and sold for scrap. They were decomissioned because they broke down constantly and had far to many sensitive components without a central controlling [[AI]]. They did, however, have the smallest operational [[slipspace]] engines ever produced. ''Chiroptera''-class vessels were roughly fifty meters long with oddly angled black stealth surfaces. They also carried advanced counterintrusion software. |
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| |name = ''Chiroptera''-class
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| |class operator = [[UNSC Navy]]
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| |class in service = 25th century{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}-[[2512]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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| |type = [[Subprowler]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS28|FS|Chapter=28}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=249}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=259}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=129}}
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| |length = {{Convert|50|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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| |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}
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| *Advanced counter-intrusion software{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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| *Ablative baffles
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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}}
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| ==Overview==
| | In 2552, [[Governor Jacob Jiles]] of the [[Eridanus Rebels]] came into posession of one of these, the ''[[Beatrice]]'', and he used it as his personal ship, as well as "flagship" of his improvised fleet. [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] stole the rebel leader's stealth vessel, and then utilized its miniature [[Slipspace drive]] to jump to [[Onyx]]. |
| ===Design details===
| | ==Ships of the Line== |
| 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}}
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| 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}}
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| ==Ships of the line== | |
| *''[[Beatrice]]'' | | *''[[Beatrice]]'' |
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| ==History==
| | [[Category: UNSC]] |
| ===Development history===
| | [[Category:Starship Classifications]] |
| 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}}
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| ===Operational history===
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| 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}}
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| ==Trivia==
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| In biology, ''Chiroptera'' is the name of the taxonomic order that bats belong to. This refers to how the ''Chiroptera''-class look like bats.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Human Ships}}
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| [[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | |
