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<center>''You may also be looking for the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|Prowler]] by a similar name.''</center> | <center>''You may also be looking for the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|Prowler]] by a similar name.''</center> | ||
{{Ship | {{Ship | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
|name=UNSC Prowler | |name=UNSC Prowler | ||
|manufacturer=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |manufacturer=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
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|hull=Resistant to several [[pulse laser]] bursts<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref> | |hull=Resistant to several [[pulse laser]] bursts<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref> | ||
|sensor=[[X-ELF Radar System]] | |sensor=[[X-ELF Radar System]] | ||
|target= | |target= | ||
|navigation=[[AI]] or navcom | |navigation=[[AI]] or navcom | ||
|avionics= | |avionics= | ||
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*[[Pulse Laser]]s (2+) | *[[Pulse Laser]]s (2+) | ||
*[[HORNET mine]]s (14) | *[[HORNET mine]]s (14) | ||
*[[Shiva-class Nuclear Missile]]s<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]], short story ''The Mons Lisa''</ref> | |||
|complement=none | |complement=none | ||
|crew=90 crewmen<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 186</ref> | |crew=90 crewmen<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 186</ref> | ||
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|role=Stealth infiltration and exfiltration, electronic intelligence | |role=Stealth infiltration and exfiltration, electronic intelligence | ||
|era= [[Human-Covenant War]] | |era= [[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|affiliation=[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] ([[UNSC]]) | |affiliation=[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Prowler Corps]] ([[UNSC]]) | ||
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The '''UNSC Prowler''' is a stealth [[Corvette]] classification within the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] pg. 281</ref> They were used exclusively by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], and were often crewed by select ONI crews.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 162</ref> | The '''UNSC Prowler''' is a stealth [[Corvette]] classification within the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] pg. 281</ref> They were used exclusively by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], and were often crewed by select ONI crews.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 162</ref> | ||
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*There is a [[Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|Brute land vehicle]] with the same name. | *There is a [[Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|Brute land vehicle]] with the same name. | ||
*Spartan [[Gray Team]] could pilot a prowler, meaning a prowler could be piloted by a crew of only three people. | *Spartan [[Gray Team]] could pilot a prowler, meaning a prowler could be piloted by a crew of only three people. | ||
*Beside the Prowler, another type of [[Unnamed Stealth Spacecraft|UNSC stealth ship]] exists. Not classified as a Prowler, this vessel appears to | *Beside the Prowler, another type of [[Unnamed Stealth Spacecraft|UNSC stealth ship]] exists. Not classified as a Prowler, this vessel appears to be significantly larger and possess more advanced stealth "claoking" systems.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=955272 '''Frankie''': "It's not a Prowler..."]</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 17:37, January 13, 2010
Template:Ship The UNSC Prowler is a stealth Corvette classification within the United Nations Space Command.[1] They were used exclusively by the Office of Naval Intelligence, and were often crewed by select ONI crews.[2]
This is most probably the UNSC equivalent of the Covenant Stealth Corvette.
Role
In a similar role to its namesake, it is used to gather electronic intelligence, and its primary role is to stay hidden while safely gathering such intelligence, not to charge into battle, as that would invariably be an irreversibly fatal tactic. Because of its tactical value and potential to change the outcome of any given combat situation, every UNSC battlegroup has at least one Prowler assigned to its ranks[3].
The Prowler's only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying minefields of stealthed nuclear HORNET mines in orbital regions. Enemy ships that unknowingly enter these minefields can be destroyed by a single Prowler, allowing the remainder of the UNSC forces to move in and finish off the survivors with MAC strikes and Archer missiles. This stratagem allowed Battle Group Stalingrad to wage a short but devastating battle against the Covenant at Onyx, destroying significantly more ships than their own number, an extremely rare outcome among UNSC-Covenant engagements.
Stealth Systems
- Ablative baffles
- Counter-electronic systems
- Stealth Ablative Coating
- Texture buffers
Known ships
- UNSC Apocalypso
- UNSC Applebee
- UNSC Circumference - destroyed
- UNSC Dusk
- UNSC Lark
- UNSC Point of No Return (Stealth Cruiser)
- UNSC Razor's Edge
- UNSC Tokyo Rules
- UNSC Red Horse
- UNSC Wink of an Eye
Trivia
- There is a Brute land vehicle with the same name.
- Spartan Gray Team could pilot a prowler, meaning a prowler could be piloted by a crew of only three people.
- Beside the Prowler, another type of UNSC stealth ship exists. Not classified as a Prowler, this vessel appears to be significantly larger and possess more advanced stealth "claoking" systems.[4]
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach pg. 281
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 162
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 329
- ^ Frankie: "It's not a Prowler..."
