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{{Disambig header|stealth ships used by the [[United Nations Space Command]]|the ground vehicle used by the [[Jiralhanae]] and the [[Covenant]]|Qavardu Workshop Prowler}} | {{Disambig header|stealth ships used by the [[United Nations Space Command]]|the ground vehicle used by the [[Jiralhanae]] and the [[Covenant]]|Qavardu Workshop Prowler}} | ||
[[File:The Red Horse 01.png|350px|thumb|The prowler {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}.]] | [[File:The Red Horse 01.png|350px|thumb|The UNSC prowler {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}.]] | ||
'''Prowlers''', sometimes nicknamed '''"bats"''' by [[UNSC]] personnel,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}} are a specialized form of stealth-capable [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] within the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=128-129}}{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=263}} Prowlers are used by the UNSC Navy for stealth [[wikipedia:Infiltration tactics|infiltration]]/[[wikipedia:Extraction (military)|exfiltration]], electronic intelligence gathering, and [[wikipedia:Minelayer|minelaying]] operations. Prowlers are exclusively operated by [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] personnel serving under the [[UNSC Prowler Corps|Prowler Corps]].{{Ref/Novel|FoR|Chapter=18}}{{Ref/Reuse|WF46}} Most prowlers are designated with the [[hull classification symbol]] '''PRO''', followed by a numeric designation.{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|HM|Page=140}} | '''Prowlers''', sometimes nicknamed '''"bats"''' by [[UNSC]] personnel,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}} are a specialized form of stealth-capable [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] within the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=128-129}}{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=263}} Prowlers are used by the UNSC Navy for stealth [[wikipedia:Infiltration tactics|infiltration]]/[[wikipedia:Extraction (military)|exfiltration]], electronic intelligence gathering, and [[wikipedia:Minelayer|minelaying]] operations. Prowlers are exclusively operated by [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] personnel serving under the [[UNSC Prowler Corps|Prowler Corps]].{{Ref/Novel|FoR|Chapter=18}}{{Ref/Reuse|WF46}} Most prowlers are designated with the [[hull classification symbol]] '''PRO''', followed by a numeric designation.{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|HM|Page=140}} | ||
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Many of the aforementioned standard features were first tested on the {{Class|Chiroptera|subprowler}}s in the 25th century, and would later go on to become standard features in successive ONI designs.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} However, Prowler designs deployed prior to the [[Human-Covenant War]] did not employ particularly effective [[active camouflage]] systems, and instead relied on the aforementioned passive methods to remain undetected. Future enhancements during the war and the successive reverse-engineering of [[Covenant]] and limited integration of [[Forerunner]] technology such as [[baffler]]s did allow for more active technologies to become standard by the late-war era and as of [[2558]], all prowlers employed some form of active hull camouflage technology.{{Ref/Reuse|HUProwler}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG|H4EVG|Page=190}} | Many of the aforementioned standard features were first tested on the {{Class|Chiroptera|subprowler}}s in the 25th century, and would later go on to become standard features in successive ONI designs.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} However, Prowler designs deployed prior to the [[Human-Covenant War]] did not employ particularly effective [[active camouflage]] systems, and instead relied on the aforementioned passive methods to remain undetected. Future enhancements during the war and the successive reverse-engineering of [[Covenant]] and limited integration of [[Forerunner]] technology such as [[baffler]]s did allow for more active technologies to become standard by the late-war era and as of [[2558]], all prowlers employed some form of active hull camouflage technology.{{Ref/Reuse|HUProwler}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG|H4EVG|Page=190}} | ||
[[File:ONIPRO 01.png|thumb|250px|[[PRO-49776]] | [[File:ONIPRO 01.png|thumb|250px|[[PRO-49776]] exists its active camouflage field.]] | ||
These more active forms of hull stealth technology encompass a variety of methods; a common form of programmable optical hull camouflage is the [[texture buffer]], which serves to line the ship with the aforementioned photoreactive coating and allow the surface to take on similar colouration as objects behind it such as [[planet]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO32|GoO|Chapter=32}}{{Ref/Reuse|WF46}} However, even these texture buffer systems were crude in comparison to Covenant active camouflage, operating on a seemingly similar principle as the [[SPI armor]]'s [[photoreactive panel]]s. For example, the {{UNSCShip|Wink of an Eye}}'s stealth coating was fairly unstable, making the ship waver to and from visibility uncontrollably especially when exposed to rapidly changing backgrounds, such as the clouds of a gas giant.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Cole|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} One of the later camouflage systems employed on the {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}} involves a generated field of camouflage which surrounds the ship.{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Story=The Package (animated short)}}{{Ref/SpOps|Id=SpOps|Catherine}} These advances allowed prowlers to keep ahead of similar advancements in Covenant sensor technology.{{Ref/Site|Id=HUProwler|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/oni-prowler|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=ONI Prowler|D=19|M=01|Y=2021}} | These more active forms of hull stealth technology encompass a variety of methods; a common form of programmable optical hull camouflage is the [[texture buffer]], which serves to line the ship with the aforementioned photoreactive coating and allow the surface to take on similar colouration as objects behind it such as [[planet]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO32|GoO|Chapter=32}}{{Ref/Reuse|WF46}} However, even these texture buffer systems were crude in comparison to Covenant active camouflage, operating on a seemingly similar principle as the [[SPI armor]]'s [[photoreactive panel]]s. For example, the {{UNSCShip|Wink of an Eye}}'s stealth coating was fairly unstable, making the ship waver to and from visibility uncontrollably especially when exposed to rapidly changing backgrounds, such as the clouds of a gas giant.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Cole|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} One of the later camouflage systems employed on the {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}} involves a generated field of camouflage which surrounds the ship.{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Story=The Package (animated short)}}{{Ref/SpOps|Id=SpOps|Catherine}} These advances allowed prowlers to keep ahead of similar advancements in Covenant sensor technology.{{Ref/Site|Id=HUProwler|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/oni-prowler|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=ONI Prowler|D=19|M=01|Y=2021}} | ||