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|mass = 1.1 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |mass = 1.1 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
|power = [[Fusion reactor]] | |power = [[Fusion reactor]] | ||
|maneuver drive = | |maneuver drive = Baffled [[fusion drive]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO2|GoO|Chapter=2}} | ||
|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
|crew = | |crew = | ||
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Stealth cruisers are the largest [[prowler]]s built, running at the length of a {{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO2}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}} Typical stealth ship design logic prefers that ships built as small as possible as to minimize the ship's radar cross-section and the surface area needed to be coated in [[stealth ablative coating]], making the ''Point Blank''-class something of an aberration{{Ref/Reuse|GOO3}}—being almost double the size of the next-largest prowler in UNSC service, the {{Class|Sahara|prowler}}. | Stealth cruisers are the largest [[prowler]]s built, running at the length of a {{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO2}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}} Typical stealth ship design logic prefers that ships built as small as possible as to minimize the ship's radar cross-section and the surface area needed to be coated in [[stealth ablative coating]], making the ''Point Blank''-class something of an aberration{{Ref/Reuse|GOO3}}—being almost double the size of the next-largest prowler in UNSC service, the {{Class|Sahara|prowler}}. | ||
While running, ''Point Blank''-class vessels enjoy the benefits of being completely invisible to [[radar]]. | While running, ''Point Blank''-class vessels enjoy the benefits of being completely invisible to [[radar]]. The vessels' fusion drives are baffled, which results in the ships appearing as dark as interstellar space when they run at below 30% power.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO2}} | ||
===Layout=== | ===Layout=== | ||
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==Ships of the line== | ==Ships of the line== | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Hidden Point}} - A stealth cruiser in naval service in 2559.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Outchapt21|Halo: Outcasts|Chapter=21}} | *{{UNSCShip|Hidden Point}} - A stealth cruiser in naval service in 2559, destroyed during the [[Battle of Netherop (2559)|Battle of Netherop]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Outchapt21|Halo: Outcasts|Chapter=21}} | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Point Blank}} – The [[Wikipedia:Lead ship|lead ship]] of the class.<ref>[[Stephen Loftus]] on the [[Talk:Autumn-class heavy cruiser|''Autumn'' class' talk page]]</ref> | *{{UNSCShip|Point Blank}} – The [[Wikipedia:Lead ship|lead ship]] of the class.<ref>[[Stephen Loftus]] on the [[Talk:Autumn-class heavy cruiser|''Autumn'' class' talk page]]</ref> | ||
*{{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|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.}} | ||
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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}} | 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}} | ||
In [[2559]], the {{UNSCShip|Hidden Point}} acted as the UNSC command ship during the [[Netherop | In [[2559]], the {{UNSCShip|Hidden Point}} acted as the UNSC command ship during the [[Battle of Netherop (2559)|Battle of Netherop]]. Although it was destroyed by [[Tam 'Lakosee]] with the [[Divine Hand]], the ship's 10 Condor dropships managed to escape and extract the UNSC and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] survivors of the conflict.{{Ref/Novel|Out}}{{Citation needed}} | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||