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UNSC Hidden Point

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Hidden Point
Ship history
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Name:

Hidden Point

Class:

Point Blank-class prowler[1]

Operator:

UNSC Navy[1]

Manufacturer:

Watershed Division[2]

General characteristics

Type:

Prowler

Length:

485 meters (1,591 ft)[2][3]

Mass:

1.1 million tonnes[2]

Power plant:

Fusion reactor

Maneuver drive:

Baffled fusion drives[4]

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Troops:

800 Orbital Drop Shock Troopers[1]

Hull:

Electronic warfare:

Communications-jamming[6]

Armaments:

Air wing:

Air facilities:

Multiple hangar bays including

  • Command hangar[10]
  • Drop hangar[6]
  • Aft fighter hangar[8]
  • Various maintenance hangars[11]
 

UNSC Hidden Point was a Point Blank-class prowler, or "stealth cruiser", formerly in the service of the UNSC Navy.[1] It served in the Prowler Corps until its destruction in the battle on Netherop in 2559.

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

Main article: Point Blank-class prowler

Crew and complement[edit]

During its deployment to Netherop, Hidden Point carried with it an air wing of ten Condor dropships used for long-range special forces deployments.[9] It also carried a battalion of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.[1]

Service history[edit]

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UNSC Hidden Point was deployed to Netherop in 2559 as part of a larger mission conducted to the planet. It was destroyed during the ensuing battle on the planet by Tam 'Lakosee, following his activation of the Divine Hand.[9]

Production notes[edit]

During the writing of Halo: Outcasts, an early consideration was for the stealth cruiser in the story to be a reuse of UNSC Vanishing Point from Troy Denning's previous novel Halo: Silent Storm. However, this suggestion was rejected by the editors at 343 Industries and the ship renamed to UNSC Stoppage Time; Denning didn't like this revised name - leading to a second rename to Hidden Point for the final print. For the final release of the novel, a reference to the Stoppage Time name remains in Chapter 21, due to an oversight on the part of the editors.[12]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Halo: Outcasts, chapter 8
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 128
  3. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 252
  4. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 2
  5. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 3
  6. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 7
  7. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 20
  8. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 19
  9. ^ a b c Halo: Outcasts, chapter 21
  10. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 16
  11. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 17
  12. ^ Twitter, Troy Dennning (@TDenningauthor): "Probably. At one point, Hidden Point had been renamed Stoppage Time after the editors didn't like the idea of reusing Vanishing Point (from Silent Storm). But I didn't like Stoppage Time as a ship name, and suggested using Hidden Point instead. Sorry we missed that correction!" (Retrieved on Aug 15, 2023) [archive]
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