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[[File:The Red Horse 01.png|350px|thumb|The prowler {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}.]] | [[File:The Red Horse 01.png|350px|thumb|The prowler {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}.]] | ||
'''Prowlers''', sometimes nicknamed '''"bats"''' by [[UNSC]] personnel,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}} are a specialized form of stealth-capable [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] within the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=128-129}}{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=263}} Prowlers are used by the UNSC Navy for stealth [[wikipedia:Infiltration tactics|infiltration]]/[[wikipedia:Extraction (military)|exfiltration]], electronic intelligence gathering, and [[wikipedia:Minelayer|minelaying]] operations. Prowlers are exclusively operated by [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] personnel serving under the [[UNSC Prowler Corps|Prowler Corps]].{{Ref/Novel|FoR|Chapter=18}}{{Ref/Reuse|WF46}} Most prowlers are designated with the [[hull classification symbol]] '''PRO''', followed by a numeric designation.{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|HM|Page=140}} | '''Prowlers''', sometimes nicknamed '''"bats"''' by [[UNSC]] personnel,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}} are a specialized form of stealth-capable [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] within the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=128-129}}{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=263}} Prowlers are used by the UNSC Navy for stealth [[wikipedia:Infiltration tactics|infiltration]]/[[wikipedia:Extraction (military)|exfiltration]], electronic intelligence gathering, and [[wikipedia:Minelayer|minelaying]] operations. Prowlers are exclusively operated by [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] personnel serving under the [[UNSC Prowler Corps|Prowler Corps]].{{Ref/Novel|FoR|Chapter=18}}{{Ref/Reuse|WF46}} Most prowlers are designated with the [[hull classification symbol]] '''PRO''', followed by a numeric designation.{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|HM|Page=140}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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The prowler's primary role is to stay hidden while safely gathering battlefield intelligence, avoiding direct combat due to its light weapons and armor. Because of their tactical value and potential to change the outcome of any given combat situation, every UNSC [[battle group]] has at least one prowler assigned to its ranks.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO35|GoO|Chapter=35}} The prowler's standing orders to observe and record, even in the face of UNSC defeat, mean that the ships are explicitly ordered to ignore [[lifepod]]s and rescue beacons.{{Ref/Book|Id=WF46|HWF|Page=46-47}} | The prowler's primary role is to stay hidden while safely gathering battlefield intelligence, avoiding direct combat due to its light weapons and armor. Because of their tactical value and potential to change the outcome of any given combat situation, every UNSC [[battle group]] has at least one prowler assigned to its ranks.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO35|GoO|Chapter=35}} The prowler's standing orders to observe and record, even in the face of UNSC defeat, mean that the ships are explicitly ordered to ignore [[lifepod]]s and rescue beacons.{{Ref/Book|Id=WF46|HWF|Page=46-47}} | ||
The prowler's only combat role, besides active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying cloaked fields of [[M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System|Hornet]] and [[CBU-R98 Moray mine rack|Moray]] nuclear mines in orbital regions.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}} They may also be used to drop [[ | The prowler's only combat role, besides active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying cloaked fields of [[M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System|Hornet]] and [[CBU-R98 Moray mine rack|Moray]] nuclear mines in orbital regions.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}} They may also be used to drop [[Slipspace guidance beacon]]s in advance of a large UNSC fleet movement, allowing a given fleet to execute in-system jumps with much more precision than they may otherwise be able to.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole}} In addition, these covert roles mean that the ships are also well-suited to ferrying ONI strike teams and cargos of [[nuclear weapon]]s behind enemy lines, to covertly plant in heavily-defended staging areas and invasion beachheads. Unfortunately, these missions were nevertheless typically one-way.{{Ref/Reuse|WF46}} Other prowler roles include transportation for high-level commanders and prisoners.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|SpOps}} | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== |