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UNSC Prowler Corps

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UNSC Prowler Corps

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

Branch:

Office of Naval Intelligence

Role:

Intelligence, stealth infiltration and exfiltration

Engagements:

Onyx Conflict

Commanders:

 

The Prowler Corps (sometimes referred to as the ONI Prowler Corps[1] or UNSC Prowler Corps[2]) is a clandestine division of the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) responsible for the operation of advanced prowler stealth warships.[3][4] During the Human-Covenant War they were based out of a number of colony worlds including Falaknuma.[1]

Although currently unclear, it is likely that the Prowler Corps operate within ONI Section One, the military intelligence-gathering arm for ONI and the UNSC as a whole.

History[edit]

The Prowler Corps was active during the Insurrection, to an unknown extent. They were responsible for rescuing Akio Watanabe from insurrectionist captivity and torture during the conflict, cementing his loyalty to the Prowler Corps and broader UNSC for years afterward.[5] During the later years of the Insurrection, the corps was infiltrated by an insurrectionist spy Hector Nyeto, who was able to rise to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and gain control of Ghost Flight. Over the next few years or decades he slowly filled the prowlers under his command with loyal insurrectionist spies.[6] In late 2525, the prowler UNSC Athens participated in Operation: TALON, the first deployment of SPARTAN-IIs.[7]

At the outset of hostilities with the Covenant in 2525, the Prowler Corps were commissioned for use against the new enemy. In early 2526 they worked with Blue Team in an attempted capture of the frigate Radiant Arrow.[8] Later they conducted Operation: SILENT STORM, a massive operation involving Task Force Yama and over a dozen prowlers with the goal of delving deep behind enemy lines and wreaking havoc on the Covenant's supply lines.[9] The operation was ultimately successful, though in the process Nyeto's deception of the UNSC was revealed and resulted in the destruction of many of the prowlers and personnel involved. During and after SILENT STORM the Prowler Corps continued to work closely with the Spartans for deployments against the Covenant, leading them to unwittingly fall for a trap laid by the now-disgraced ex-fleetmaster of the Covenant Nizat 'Kvarosee. 'Kvarosee, blaming ONI for his downfall in SILENT STORM, attempted to redeem his honour by baiting them with the opportunity to salvage a Covenant frigate, Steadfast Strike.[10] The Prowler Corps took the bait and deployed UNSC Night Watch to Netherop, where the ship was shot down by Nizat's forces and its crew ultimately marooned on the world after a bout of intense fighting.

In 2531 the prowler Last Gleaming was used to rapidly transfer Professor Ellen Anders to UNSC Spirit of Fire on the front lines of the Harvest campaign.[11] That same year, prowlers began operating as part of the long-running Operation: HYPODERMIC, a massive effort on the part of dozens of prowlers to collect intelligence on the Covenant.

By 2535 the ONI discovered that modified Covenant weaponry was appearing in the hands of civilians and insurgents through the human colonies. To end the distribution of the weapons, the Prowler Corps worked with another section of ONI to find the origins of the weapons.[5]

Several months before the Cole Protocol was put into effect, the Prowler Corps put together several missions to sneak behind enemy lines and remove any existing human navigation data that could lead to Earth or other human colonies.[12] The Prowler Corps would deploy units to locations where they thought the navigation data could still exist. In 2535, Spartan-II Gray Team was sent to the Rubble in the 23 Librae system to ensure no data was still existing.[13]

Overview[edit]

Personnel[edit]

Selection and training for the Prowler Corps is extremely selective. According to John-117, all prowler captains he had worked with had two consistent traits: extreme competency and exceptional sneakiness.[10] Commanding officers are in turn given final approval for all personnel transfers of the ships under their command, and flight commanders in turn allowed to manually approve personnel transfers for all ships of the flight.[6] Personnel have an upper mandatory retirement age (seemingly-earlier than the rest of the Navy), though later in the war with the Covenant this was sometimes overlooked by captains unable to allow skilled officers to leave service.[2]

The high-risk nature of the prowlers' covert role means they operate as a distinct unit to the rest of the Navy. According to prowler Commander Amalea Petrov, prowlers "don't do coordination" with the other services of the UNSC, and may sometimes be required to allow the destruction of allied forces in order to avoid compromising their position.[10] Prowler task force commanders wear working uniforms emblazoned with star-shaped camouflage patterns, which help signify that a given operation is under Prowler Corps control as opposed to the regular Navy.[14]

Organisation[edit]

The Prowler Corps organises its forces into task forces, which are assembled from naval squadrons and their constituent flights. In the case of Task Force Yama during Operation: SILENT STORM, the task force breakdown was as follows:

Known Prowler Corps personnel[edit]

UNSC Red Horse[edit]

UNSC Apocalypso[edit]

UNSC Ghost Song[edit]

UNSC Starry Night[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: The Cole Protocol, chapter 70
  2. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 35
  3. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 129
  4. ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, chapter 2
  5. ^ a b Halo: The Cole Protocol, chapter 10
  6. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 25
  7. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 10
  8. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 1
  9. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 5
  10. ^ a b c Halo: Oblivion, chapter 4
  11. ^ Halo Wars: Genesis
  12. ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, chapter 8
  13. ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, page 71
  14. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 11

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Office of Naval Intelligence
Leadership
Organisation
Sections Zero • One • Two • Three • Four
Major units Prowler Corps • Signal Corps • Department of Colonial Security
Research and prototyping groups Beta-3 • Beta-5 • Zeta-2 • Materials Group • REAP-X • Tip of the Shadow • Xeno-Materials Exploitation Group • Watershed Division
Military and security forces ONI Security (Papa-10) • Delta-6 Division • Military units
Personnel
History, culture and traditions
Assets and equipment
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