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| {{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}} | | {{Era|FS|GOO}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{ratings}} |
| {{Infobox/Ships | | {{Ship |
| |name = ''Chiroptera''-class | | |image= |
| |image = | | |name=''Chiroptera''-class Stealth Vessel |
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| |hide-class = | | |class=Chiroptera |
| |class identification = | | |length=50 meters |
| |class operator = [[UNSC Navy]] | | |width= |
| |class manufacturer = | | |height= |
| |class architect = | | |mass= |
| |class built = | | |max accel= |
| |class in service = 25th century{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}-[[2512]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} | | |max speed space= |
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| | |max speed air= |
| |hide-characteristics= | | |engine= |
| |nocollapse = yes | | |slipspace drive= [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
| |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}} | | |slipspace speed=2.1 light years per day |
| |length = {{Convert|50|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} | | |poweroutput= |
| |width = | | |power= |
| |height = | | |shield gen=None |
| |mass = | | |hull= |
| |power = | | |sensor= |
| |maneuver drive = | | |target= |
| |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}} | | |navigation=[[NAVCOM]] |
| |crew = <!--Describes crew counts only-->
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| | |countermeasures=*Advanced counter-electronics package |
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| *Advanced counter-intrusion software{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} | |
| *Ablative baffles | | *Ablative baffles |
| |armaments = | | |armament= |
| |aircraft = | | |complement= |
| |air facilities = | | |crew= |
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| | |firstuse=Early 2500's |
| | |role=Infiltration |
| | |era= known era is [[Human-Covenant War]] |
| | |affiliation=*[[United Nations Space Command]] |
| | *[[ONI]] |
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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 starships used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in service in the early 2500's. 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 [[Slipspace]] engines ever produced by the [[UNSC]]. |
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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]]. Vital components were supposedly removed, and the [[Slipspace]] drive was locked down. |
| ===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}}
| | At least one vessel of this class, belonging to one Governor [[Jiles]], was in the hands of the [[Eridanus rebels]]. This ship would later be stolen by [[Dr. Halsey]] and used to transport herself and [[Kelly-087]] to [[Onyx]], where it was shot down by the [[Onyx Sentinels]]. |
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| ==Ships of the line== | | The ''Chiroptera'' classification was probably the antecedent to the modern [[UNSC Prowler|United Nations Space Command Prowler]]. |
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| | ==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. | | *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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| [[Category:UNSC ship classes]] | | [[Category:Starship Classifications]] |
