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| {{Title|''Black Cat''-class subprowler}} | | {{title|''Black Cat''-class Subprowler}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|GOO}} |
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| |name = ''Black Cat''-class | | {{references}} |
| |image = | | {{Ship |
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| |modules = | | |name=''Black Cat''-class Subprowler |
| {{Infobox/Ships/Class | | |manufacturer=[[UNSCDF]] |
| |hide-class = | | |line=Black Cat [[prowler]] |
| |class identification = | | |model=[[UNSC Prowler]] |
| |class operator = [[UNSC Navy]] | | |class=Black Cat-class Subprowler |
| |class manufacturer = | | |length=possibly over {{Convert|50|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', page 248</ref> |
| |class architect = | | |width= |
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| |class in service = Around [[2545]]{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} | | |mass= |
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| | |engine= |
| | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
| | |slipspace speed=2.1 light years per day |
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| | |shield gen=None |
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| | |navigation=NAVCOM |
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| | |countermeasures=stealth (infiltration) |
| | |armament=none or minimal |
| | |complement=none |
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| | |capacity=38 Spartan III's |
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| | |firstuse=2545 |
| | |role=Infiltration |
| | |era= [[Human-Covenant War]] |
| | |affiliation=*[[United Nations Space Command]] |
| | *[[ONI]] |
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| | '''''Black Cat''-class Subprowlers''' are a classification of small exfiltration ships within the [[UNSC]]. Designated as "sub-prowlers," they have extremely limited capabilities and are used mostly as exfiltration craft to escape combat situations with stealth and ease. The ships have [[Slipspace]] capacitors but only enough charge to use them for about four hours. Black Cats are routinely used on high-risk ops so that UNSC Special Forces can retreat quickly and easily. Each sub-prowler can hold approximately 38 [[SPARTAN-III]]s. |
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| |type = [[Subprowler]]{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=248}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=258}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=129}}
| | It appears that they replaced the {{Class|Calypso|Exfiltration Craft}}.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 86</ref> |
| |length = Over {{Convert|50|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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| |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO|GoO|Chapter=Prologue}}
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| |troops = Around 38 personnel{{Ref/NoteReuse|Troops}}
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| The '''''Black Cat''-class subprowler''' is a classification of small [[Prowler#Subprowlers|exfiltration ships]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Design details===
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| 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/Reuse|GoO}}
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| ''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/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} Each subprowler can hold approximately thirty-eight [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III supersoldiers]].{{Ref/Note|Id=Troops|1=300 Spartans / 8 subprowlers = 37.5 (or 38) Spartans per subprowler}} | | ==Trivia== |
| | *This may have been inspired by WW2's PBY Black Cat Catalinas, which flew missions destroying enemy ships or rescuing survivors of convoys which had been attacked by Japanese forces. |
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| ==Operational history==
| | *Eight such craft were inserted for the [[Spartan-III]]s during [[Operation: TORPEDO]], but only one was used because only two Spartans survived the engagement. |
| ''Black Cat''-class subprowlers were in service with the [[UNSC Navy]] in the early 26th century.{{Ref/Site|Id=acrisius|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/oni-acrisius|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=ONI Acrisius|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}} 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/Reuse|GoO}} 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/Reuse|acrisius}}
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| ==List of appearances==
| | *The ship can only hold a charge for a limited amount of time, meaning that if a mission is not completed in time, ground forces would be trapped in hostile territory. |
| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | |
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| ==Notes==
| | *The ''Black Cat'' classification is believed to be smaller than the standard [[UNSC Prowler]]. |
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