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{{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}} | {{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}} | ||
{{ | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
{{ | {{Infobox/Ships | ||
|name=''Chiroptera''-class | |name = ''Chiroptera''-class | ||
|image= | |image = | ||
|manufacturer= | |caption = | ||
|class= | |modules = | ||
| | {{Infobox/Ships/Class | ||
|length= | |hide-class = | ||
|width= | |class identification = | ||
|height= | |class operator = [[UNSC Navy]] | ||
| | |class manufacturer = | ||
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |class architect = | ||
|hull= | |class built = | ||
| | |class in service = 25th century{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}-[[2512]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} | ||
| | }} | ||
| | |hide-characteristics= | ||
|nocollapse = yes | |||
|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}} | |||
|length = {{Convert|50|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} | |||
|width = | |||
|height = | |||
|mass = | |||
|power = | |||
|maneuver drive = | |||
|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}} | |||
|crew = <!--Describes crew counts only--> | |||
|complement = | |||
|troops = | |||
|hull = | |||
|shielding = | |||
|sensors = | |||
|ew = | |||
*Advanced counter-intrusion software{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} | |||
*Ablative baffles | *Ablative baffles | ||
| | |armaments = | ||
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|air facilities = | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel''' was a | 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}} | ||
==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 | ===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 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}} | |||
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}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} | ||
==Ships of the line== | |||
*''[[Beatrice]]'' | |||
The | ==History== | ||
===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 in 2512,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} with remaining specimens locked down by ONI censors.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}} | |||
== | ===Operational history=== | ||
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}} | |||
==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. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||