Editing Point Blank-class prowler

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{{Title|''Point Blank''-class prowler}}

*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|20F9B9 MAC]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

*5 [[Shiva-class nuclear missile|M947 Shiva nuclear missile]] delivery system{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

*4 [[M66 Sentry autocannon]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

*20 [[M910 Rampart point defense network]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

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The '''''Point Blank''-class prowler''', often referred to as the '''''Point Blank''-class stealth cruiser''', is a classification of [[prowler]] stealth ships employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[Prowler Corps]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}}

==Overview==

===Design details===

===Layout===

The ''Point Blank''-class stealth cruiser has a large mission preparation hold, used by the ship's infantry complement to conduct training exercises. If needed, the hold's [[artificial gravity]] can be deactivated to allow for zero gravity combat scenarios, including those with floating obstacles to provide cover. The vessel features various [[hangar bay]]s meant to perform different duties. This includes a "drop hangar" large enough to comfortably hold eight hundred [[ODST]]s, twelve [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]]s, and a handful of other naval personnel.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}} There is also a "command hangar" where various ceremonies can be held, including funeral services where the dead are jettisoned into space while onlookers are protected by a retractable [[AlON pressure barrier]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}} Toward the vessel's aft is a "fighter hangar," from which a compliment of [[space fighter]]s can be launched. On at least one of this hangar's bulkheads is a large tactical map that can be used to display fleet and fighter movements.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS19}} The ''Point Blank''-class stealth cruiser also sports multiple small maintenance hangars where hardware can be worked on and repaired.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS17|HSS|Chapter=17}} Finally, the vessel has at least one observation bubble high up on the vessel's stern. From here, spacecraft such as [[S-14 Baselard]]s can be remotely piloted.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS20}}

==Ships of the line==

*{{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}} - wartime command-and-control platform for [[ONI Section Three]].{{Ref/Note|While not explicitly confirmed to be this class of ship, see the ''Point of No Return''{{'}}s [[UNSC Point of No Return#Production notes|production notes]] section for an overview of why this ship is almost certainly a ''Point Blank'', and why this page utilizes information from both ships.}}

*{{UNSCShip|Relentless Watch}} - A stealth cruiser in naval service some time around the early 2500s.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p102|Enc22|Page=102|Detail=''Relentless Watch'' is referred to as a stealth cruiser in Bonita Stone's bio.}}

In [[2531]], the ''Point of No Return'' served as the nexus from which the [[SPARTAN-III program]] was first conceived and approved.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO3}} This specimen would survive the [[Human-Covenant War]], and was the site from which [[Codename: SURGEON]] filed the report "[[Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J.]]" in December [[2552]].{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}}

==Production notes==

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File:SoTP PointBlank Concept.jpg|D4rkst0rm99's concept art of the ''Point Blank'', originally created for ''Sins of the Prophets''.

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==List of appearances==

*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}

**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''

*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''

==Notes==