Point Blank-class prowler

Point Blank-class
Class attributes
Operators:	UNSC Navy
Manufacturer:	Watershed Division
In service:	2510-present
General characteristics Type: Prowler Length: 485 meters (1,591 ft) Mass: 1.1 million tonnes Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: Baffled fusion drives Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Complement: At least 24 S-14 Baselards Hull: Titanum A battleplate Stealth ablative coating Electronic warfare: Communications-jamming Armaments: 1 20F9B9 MAC 5 M947 Shiva nuclear missile delivery system 80 M42 Archer missile pods 4 M66 Sentry autocannon turrets 20 M910 Rampart point defense network turrets Air facilities: Multiple hangar bays including Command hangar Drop hangar Aft fighter hangar Various maintenance hangars

The Point Blank-class prowler, often referred to as the Point Blank-class stealth cruiser, is a classification of prowler stealth ships employed by the Office of Naval Intelligence's Prowler Corps.

Overview

Design details

Stealth cruisers are the largest prowlers built, running at the length of a Halberd-class light destroyer. Typical stealth ship design logic prefers that ships built as small as possible as to minimize the ship's radar cross-section and the surface area needed to be coated in stealth ablative coating, making the Point Blank-class something of an aberration—being almost double the size of the next-largest prowler in UNSC service, the Sahara-class prowler.

While running, Point Blank-class vessels enjoy the benefits of being completely invisible to radar. The vessels' fusion drives are baffled, which results in the ships appearing as dark as interstellar space when they run at below 30% power.

Layout

The Point Blank's interiors are as mysterious as the exterior, with stainless-steel walls brushed to a white reflective shield, as was most of the ship's insides. The floors oddly enough weren't the same white color as the walls, being described as metal grates. It also contained a conference room that acted as a Faraday cage, completely sealed off from the rest of the ship, known as "The Cage" or "Odin's Eye." In this conference room, meetings of extremely classified nature could be conducted in absolute secrecy.

The Point Blank-class stealth cruiser has a large mission preparation hold, used by the ship's infantry complement to conduct training exercises. If needed, the hold's artificial gravity can be deactivated to allow for zero gravity combat scenarios, including those with floating obstacles to provide cover. The vessel features various hangar bays meant to perform different duties. This includes a "drop hangar" large enough to comfortably hold eight hundred ODSTs, twelve Spartan-IIs, and a handful of other naval personnel. There is also a "command hangar" where various ceremonies can be held, including funeral services where the dead are jettisoned into space while onlookers are protected by a retractable AlON pressure barrier. Toward the vessel's aft is a "fighter hangar," from which a compliment of space fighters can be launched. On at least one of this hangar's bulkheads is a large tactical map that can be used to display fleet and fighter movements. The Point Blank-class stealth cruiser also sports multiple small maintenance hangars where hardware can be worked on and repaired. Finally, the vessel has a