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The Prowler's only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying minefields of stealthed nuclear [[HORNET mine]]s in orbital regions. Enemy ships that unknowingly enter these minefields can be destroyed by a single Prowler, allowing the remaining of the UNSC forces to move in and finish off the survivors with [[MAC]] strikes and [[Archer missiles]]. This stratagem allowed [[Battle Group Stalingrad]] to wage a short but devastating battle against the [[Covenant]] at [[Onyx]], destroying significantly more ships than their own number, an extremely rare outcome among [[UNSC]]-[[Covenant]] engagements. | The Prowler's only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying minefields of stealthed nuclear [[HORNET mine]]s in orbital regions. Enemy ships that unknowingly enter these minefields can be destroyed by a single Prowler, allowing the remaining of the UNSC forces to move in and finish off the survivors with [[MAC]] strikes and [[Archer missiles]]. This stratagem allowed [[Battle Group Stalingrad]] to wage a short but devastating battle against the [[Covenant]] at [[Onyx]], destroying significantly more ships than their own number, an extremely rare outcome among [[UNSC]]-[[Covenant]] engagements. | ||
However, Prowlers are also equipped with "minimal weapons systems," which include two or more [[pulse laser]]s. It is unknown whether these lasers were retrofitted after contact with the Covenant and reverse-engineering their technology, or whether they were developed using pre-Covenant technologies by [[UNSC]] scientists. | However, Prowlers are also equipped with "minimal weapons systems," which include two or more [[pulse laser]]s. It is unknown whether these lasers were retrofitted after contact with the Covenant and reverse-engineering their technology, or whether they were developed using pre-Covenant technologies by [[UNSC]] scientists, although the later seems more likely, seeing as Earth had had access to Pulse Laser technology since 1960. | ||
UNSC Prowlers are based upon [[Wikipedia:Submarine|Submarines]]. Submarines are naval craft capable of operating for an extended period of time underwater and are built with an emphasis on stealth. | UNSC Prowlers are based upon [[Wikipedia:Submarine|Submarines]]. Submarines are naval craft capable of operating for an extended period of time underwater and are built with an emphasis on stealth. | ||
==Stealth Systems== | ==Stealth Systems== | ||