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|name=''Chiroptera''-class | |name=''Chiroptera''-class subprowler | ||
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|role=Infiltration | |role=Infiltration | ||
|length=Over {{Convert|50|m|ft}} | |length=Over {{Convert|50|m|ft}}{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=249}} | ||
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]], [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]], [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] | ||
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The '''''Chiroptera''-class | The '''''Chiroptera''-class subprowler''' 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/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=128}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS28|FS|Chapter=28}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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 [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. They are described as having prominent wings that give it a decidedly bat-like appearance.{{Ref/Reuse| | ===Design details=== | ||
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 [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. They are described as having prominent wings that give it a decidedly bat-like appearance.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}} | |||
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| | 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}} | ||
At least one vessel of this class, belonging to [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], was in the hands of the [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus rebels]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 275''</ref> 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. | ===Development history=== | ||
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 around 2512, with remaining specimens locked down by ONI censors.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}} | |||
==Operational history== | |||
At least one vessel of this class, belonging to [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], was in the hands of the [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus rebels]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 275''</ref> 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}} | |||
==Ships of the line== | ==Ships of the line== | ||