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{{Era|FS|GOO}}
{{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}}
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|length={{Convert|50|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', page 249</ref>
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|class in service    = 25th century{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}-[[2512]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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|slipspace drive= [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
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|slipspace speed=2.1 light years per day
|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}}
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*Advanced counter-intrusion software{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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|firstuse=Early 2500's
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|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
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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 warships used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] in service in the early 2500's.  
==Overview==
===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}}


==Background==
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}}
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]]. They are referred to as having prominent wings that create a decidedly bat-like appearance.
 
==Ships of the line==
*''[[Beatrice]]''


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.
==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}}


At least one vessel of this class, one belonging to Governor [[Jiles]], was in the hands of the Eridanus rebels.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 275</ref> This ship, the ''Beatrice'', would later be stolen by [[Dr. Halsey]] and used to transport herself and [[Kelly-087]] via Slipspace jump to [[Onyx]], where it was shot down by the [[Onyx Sentinels]].
===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}}


The ''Chiroptera'' classification was probably the antecedent to the modern [[UNSC Prowler]], though it probably served more as a multirole vessel, being much smaller than a Prowler.
==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.


==Ships of the Line==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Beatrice]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''


==Trivia==
==Sources==
*In biology, ''Chiroptera'' is the name of the taxonomic order that bats belong to. This refers to how the ''Chiroptera''-class look like bats.
{{Ref/Sources}}


==References==
{{Human Ships}}
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{{UNSC Ships}}
[[Category:UNSC ship classes]]
[[Category:UNSC]]
[[Category:Starship Classifications]]
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