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{{Title|''Black Cat''-class subprowler}} | {{Title|''Black Cat''-class subprowler}} | ||
{{Era|HCW}} | {{Era|UNSC|HCW}} | ||
{{Ship | {{Ship class infobox | ||
|name=''Black Cat''-class subprowler | |name=''Black Cat''-class subprowler | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer= | ||
|class=[[ | |class=[[Prowler#Subprowlers|Subprowler]]<ref name="enc248">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 248''; ''page 258'' (2011)</ref> | ||
|role=Troop exfiltration, reconnaissance<ref name="enc248"/> | |||
|length=Over {{Convert|50|m|ft}}<ref name="enc248"/> | |||
|width= | |width= | ||
|height= | |height= | ||
|mass= | |||
|power= | |||
|engine= | |engine= | ||
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]<ref name="goo27">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 27''</ref> | ||
|navigation= | |||
|hull= | |hull= | ||
|armament= | |armament= | ||
|complement= | |complement= | ||
|era= | |crew= | ||
|passengers= | |||
|affiliation=[[ | |othersystems= | ||
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |||
|introduced= | |||
|affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''''Black Cat''-class subprowler''' is a classification of small exfiltration ships used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref>''' | |||
The '''''Black Cat''-class subprowler''' is a classification of small [[Prowler#Subprowlers|exfiltration ships]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 86''</ref> | |||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
Designated as "subprowlers," they have extremely limited capabilities and are used mostly as exfiltration craft to escape combat situations with stealth and ease. The Black Cat subprowlers have [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine| | Designated as "subprowlers," they have extremely limited capabilities and are used mostly as exfiltration craft to escape combat situations with stealth and ease. The ''Black Cat''-class subprowlers have [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace capacitor]] of limited use; the capacitor has enough charge for about four hours. Once the capacitor exceeded this duration, the vessel would not be able to enter slipspace.<ref name="goo27"/> | ||
Black Cats are routinely used on high-risk | ''Black Cats'' are routinely used on high-risk operations so that [[UNSC Special Forces]] can retreat quickly and easily, as well as reconnaissance, and troop infiltration and exfiltration missions.<ref name="enc248"/> Each subprowler can hold approximately thirty-eight [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III supersoldiers]].<ref group="note">300 Spartans / 8 subprowlers = 37.5 (or 38) Spartans per subprowler</ref> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
Eight such craft were inserted for the | ''Black Cat''-class subprowlers were in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] in the early 26th century.<ref name="acrisius">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/oni-acrisius '''Halo Waypoint''': ''ONI Acrisius'']</ref> Eight such craft were inserted for the Spartan-IIIs during [[Operation: TORPEDO]] in [[2545]], but only one was used as only two Spartans, [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]], survived the engagement.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 15''</ref> After the [[Human-Covenant War]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] designed the {{Class|Winter|prowler}} with the ''Black Cat''-class subprowler's form and functionality in mind.<ref name="acrisius"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | ||
== | ==Notes== | ||
<references group="note"/> | <references group="note"/> | ||