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{{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}}
{{Era|FS|GOO}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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|name           = ''Chiroptera''-class
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|class=Chiroptera
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|length=50 meters
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|class in service    = 25th century{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}-[[2512]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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|nocollapse      = yes
|slipspace drive= [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
|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}}
|slipspace speed=2.1 light years per day
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|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}
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*Advanced counter-intrusion software{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
*Ablative baffles
*Ablative baffles
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|firstuse=Early 2500's
|role=Infiltration
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|affiliation=*[[United Nations Space Command]]
*[[ONI]]
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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}}


==Overview==
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. 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]].
===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|FS28}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
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.  


==Ships of the line==
At least one vessel of this class, belonging to one Governor [[Jiles]], was in the hands of the Eridanus rebels. This ship would later be stolen by [[Dr. Halsey]] and used to transport herself and [[Kelly-087]], who was badly wounded and in critical condition, to [[Onyx]], where it was shot down by the [[Onyx Sentinels]].
*''[[Beatrice]]''


==History==
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.  
===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===
==Ships of the Line==
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}}
*''[[Beatrice]]''


==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.
*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==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''


==Sources==
*The ''Chiroptera''-class ships have the smallest know slipspace drives
{{Ref/Sources}}


{{Human Ships}}
{{UNSC Ships}}


[[Category:UNSC ship classes]]
[[Category:UNSC]]
[[Category:Starship Classifications]]

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