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Sahara-class heavy prowler

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Sahara-class
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Class attributes

Identification:

Hull classification symbol: PRO[1]

Operators:

UNSC Navy

Manufacturer:

Watershed Division

In service:

2520-present[2]

General characteristics

Type:

Heavy prowler[3][2][1]

Length:

281 meters (922 ft)[3][2][1]

Width:

155 meters (509 ft)[3]

Height:

62 meters (203 ft)[3]

Mass:

71,000 metric tons (70,000 LT; 78,000 ST)[2]

Maneuver drive:

Baffled fusion drives[1]

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Hull:

Stealth ablative coating[3]

Sensors:

  • Tail-mounted parallel passive phased scanners[1]
  • Dorsal active sensor array[3]

Armaments:

Air wing:

or

or

or

Air facilities:

Ventral drop hangar/docking bay[3][4]

 

The Sahara-class heavy prowler is a class of stealth vessel in service in the UNSC Navy.[1][2][3]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

The Sahara is one of the most common and well-known prowlers in UNSC service, and stands among the ranks as one of the largest and most heavily-armed.[2] They have a length of 281 meters (922 ft), a beam of 155 meters (509 ft), and a height of 62 meters (203 ft),[3] coming in at an overall mass of 71,000 metric tons (70,000 LT; 78,000 ST).[2] This places it as larger and more massive than the navy's Gladius-class heavy corvette and Scholte-class missile corvettes, though smaller than the Lancer-class fast-attack corvette and Point Blank-class prowler.

The class contains a modularly-configurable[1] command bridge on the fore of the vessel,[3] with at least one vessel of the class—UNSC Port Stanley—using a configured lambda-pattern bridge equipped with specific mission intelligence analysis stations.[1]

Like most prowlers, the Sahara-class is equipped with stealth systems that mask the ship from both visual and sensor detection. These systems include hyperferrite signature-disruption panels, coated with multi-layer ablative optical camouflaging.[1][3] Alongside these, Sahara-class vessels such as the Port Stanley boast baffled fusion drives. The Port Stanley is also known to incorporate several enhancements originating from reverse-engineered Forerunner technology.[1] It is unclear if these Forerunner upgrades have become standard with the entire Sahara-class of vessels, however.

The ship has a ventral launch bay fitted with hook systems used to deploy EVA maneuvering vehicles.[1]

Sensors[