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|status = In active service as of [[2552#December|December 31, 2552]]{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} | |status = In active service as of [[2552#December|December 31, 2552]]{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} | ||
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|mass = 1.1 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |mass = 1.1 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
|power = [[Fusion reactor]] | |power = [[Fusion reactor]] | ||
|maneuver drive = | |maneuver drive = Baffled [[fusion drive]]s{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO2|GoO|Chapter=2}} | ||
|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
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*4 [[M66 Sentry autocannon]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | *4 [[M66 Sentry autocannon]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
*20 [[M910 Rampart point defense network]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | *20 [[M910 Rampart point defense network]] turrets{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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|air facilities = Multiple [[hangar bay]]s including | |air facilities = Multiple [[hangar bay]]s including | ||
*Command hangar{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}} | *Command hangar{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}} | ||
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The ''Point of No Return'' is the wartime command and control platform for ONI Section Three. The existence of the vessel is highly classified: officially, the ship does not even exist. Very few have actually seen the ship, only a handful have ever been aboard, and fewer than twenty officers have access to its most sensitive areas.<ref name="Page 43">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> The ship is crewed by people from all military branches of the UNSC and multiple [[artificial intelligence]]s maintained solely by ONI. | The ''Point of No Return'' is the wartime command and control platform for ONI Section Three. The existence of the vessel is highly classified: officially, the ship does not even exist. Very few have actually seen the ship, only a handful have ever been aboard, and fewer than twenty officers have access to its most sensitive areas.<ref name="Page 43">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> The ship is crewed by people from all military branches of the UNSC and multiple [[artificial intelligence]]s maintained solely by ONI. | ||
== | ==Service history== | ||
In [[2531]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] met on ''Point of No Return'' with [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret | In [[2531]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] met on ''Point of No Return'' with [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron G. Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] to discuss the [[SPARTAN-II program]]. They decided to grant Ackerson permission to begin the SPARTAN-III project.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 43-49''</ref> Later, the ship retrieved [[Kurt-051]] after he had been "killed" in action in the [[Groombridge 34 System]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 57''</ref> During that operation to shut down a malfunctioning slipspace drive, Kurt noticed that the ship's holding cage was the size of a destroyer, though it had the angles found on [[UNSC prowler|prowlers]]. He noted that the concept of a large stealth ship was seemingly oxymoronic, as the larger a ship is, the more exponentially-difficult it is for the ship to maintain stealth. | ||
In [[2537]], Admirals Rich and Parangosky met with Spartan-051 and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] again to inform him that the [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] of [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] had been killed and to begin training the SPARTAN-III [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 79''</ref> | In [[2537]], Admirals Rich and Parangosky met with Spartan-051 and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] again to inform him that the [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] of [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] had been killed and to begin training the SPARTAN-III [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 79''</ref> | ||
The ship survived the [[Human-Covenant War]]. On [[2552#December|December | The ship survived the [[Human-Covenant War]]. On [[2552#December|December 31, 2552]], [[Codename: SURGEON]] filed a report to [[Codename: USUAL SUSPECTS]] entitled "[[Historical/Psychological Analysis of Cole, Preston J.]]" The report was filed from UNSC ''Point of No Return'' in synchronous orbit on the far side of [[Luna]]. This was the last reported action of the ship and its current whereabouts remain unknown.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''page 487''</ref> | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||