Chiroptera-class subprowler: Difference between revisions

{{Title|''Chiroptera''-class stealth vessel}}

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Infobox/Ships

|name           = ''Chiroptera''-class

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|class operator      = [[UNSC Navy]]

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|class in service    = 25th century{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}-[[2512]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}

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|type            = [[Subprowler]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS28|FS|Chapter=28}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=249}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=259}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=129}}

|length          = {{Convert|50|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}

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|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}

|crew            = <!--Describes crew counts only-->

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*Advanced counter-intrusion software{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}

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These ships were roughly 50 meters long with oddly-angled black stealth surfaces and carried advanced counter-intrusion software. Notably, the class used the smallest operational [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace engines]] ever produced by the UNSC. They are described as having prominent wings that give it a decidedly bat-like appearance.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}

However, without a standard central controlling [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], the sensitive components tended to become unreliable. The resulting breakdowns resulted in the entire class being decommissioned around [[2512]]. Vital components were removed, and the slipspace drive was locked down.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}

==Ships of the line==

*''[[Beatrice]]''

At the time of its introduction in the 25th century, the ''Chiroptera'' represented the pinnacle in stealth ship architecture, testing then-novel design features that would later go on to inform [[prowler]] design principles for decades to come.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The class was formally retired in 2512,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} with remaining specimens locked down by ONI censors.{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}

By [[2552]], at least one vessel of this class, belonging to [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], was in the hands of the [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus rebels]].{{Ref/Reuse|FS28}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS29|FS|Chapter=29}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS30|FS|Chapter=30}} This ship, the ''[[Beatrice]]'', would later be stolen by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and used to transport herself and [[Kelly-087]] via Slipspace jump to [[Onyx]], where it was shot down by the [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=18}}

==Trivia==

In biology, ''Chiroptera'' is the name of the taxonomic order that bats belong to. This refers to how the ''Chiroptera''-class look like bats.

==List of appearances==

*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}

*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''

{{Ref/Sources}}

 

[[Category:UNSC ship classes]]