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| {{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}}
| | The '''''Chiropetra''-class Stealth Vessel''' was a classification of small starship used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] and were in service in the early 2500's. These ships were roughly 50-meters long with oddly angled black stealth surfaces and carried advanced counterintrusion software. Notably, the class used the smallest operational [[slipspace]] engines ever produced by the UNSC. |
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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==
| | However, without a standard central controlling [[AI]], the sensitive components tended to become unreliable. The resulting breakdowns resulted in the entire class being decommissioned in [[2512]] |
| ===Design details===
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| 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}}
| | The ''Chiropetra'' classification was probably the antecedent to the modern [[UNSC Prowler|United Nations Space Command Prowler]]. |
| | | ==Ships of the Line== |
| ==Ships of the line== | |
| *''[[Beatrice]]'' | | *''[[Beatrice]]'' |
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| ==History==
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| ===Development history===
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| 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== | | ==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.
| | *''Chiropetra'' is the name of a biological genus that refers to bat-like animals |
| | | {{UNSC Ships}} |
| ==List of appearances==
| | [[Category: UNSC]] |
| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
| | [[Category:Starship Classifications]] |
| *''[[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]] | |
