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{{Ship | {{Ship Class Infobox | ||
|name=Stealth Cruiser | |||
|image= | |image= | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer= | ||
|class=''[[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]]''-subclass | |class=''[[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]]''-subclass | ||
|role=Command and control | |||
|length={{Convert|485|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 252''</ref> | |length={{Convert|485|m|ft}}<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 252''</ref> | ||
|width= | |width= | ||
|height= | |height= | ||
|engine= | |engine= | ||
|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
|hull=Resistant to several pulse laser bursts | |hull=Resistant to several pulse laser bursts | ||
| | |armament= | ||
| | |complement-title=Counter-measures | ||
| | |complement=*Ablative baffles | ||
*Ablative baffles | |||
*Counterelectronic | *Counterelectronic | ||
| | |misc-title=System modifier | ||
|misc= | |||
*Matte black ablative stealth coating | *Matte black ablative stealth coating | ||
*Texture buffers | *Texture buffers | ||
*Radar-Invisible | *Radar-Invisible | ||
*Insulating layers | *Insulating layers | ||
*Counterelectronics | *Counterelectronics | ||
|era=*[[Human-Covenant War]] | |era=*[[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
**[[Covenant Civil War|Great Schism]] | **[[Covenant Civil War|Great Schism]] | ||
|affiliation=*[[UNSC]] | |affiliation=*[[UNSC]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Stealth Cruiser''' was a starship classification in the [[UNSC]] fleet. | The '''Stealth Cruiser''' was a starship classification in the [[UNSC]] fleet. | ||
==Design | ==Design and development== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The UNSC ''Point of No Return'' was constructed in parts and then assembled in deep space. It was completely radar-invisible and when the baffled engines ran below 30%, the craft was dark as interstellar space. This ship was the wartime field command and control platform for the [[UNSC]] [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Naval Intelligence]] units, specifically [[Section_3#Section_III|ONI Section-3]]. Very few people have ever seen the ship and even less have actually been aboard this vessel.<ref name="GoO"/> | The UNSC ''Point of No Return'' was constructed in parts and then assembled in deep space. It was completely radar-invisible and when the baffled engines ran below 30%, the craft was dark as interstellar space. This ship was the wartime field command and control platform for the [[UNSC]] [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Naval Intelligence]] units, specifically [[Section_3#Section_III|ONI Section-3]]. Very few people have ever seen the ship and even less have actually been aboard this vessel.<ref name="GoO"/> | ||
Revision as of 11:44, November 27, 2010
Template:Ratings Template:Ship Class Infobox The Stealth Cruiser was a starship classification in the UNSC fleet.
Design and development
Design details
The UNSC Point of No Return was constructed in parts and then assembled in deep space. It was completely radar-invisible and when the baffled engines ran below 30%, the craft was dark as interstellar space. This ship was the wartime field command and control platform for the UNSC Naval Intelligence units, specifically ONI Section-3. Very few people have ever seen the ship and even less have actually been aboard this vessel.[1]
Structure
The inside of the ship was just as mysterious, 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[2]; where meetings of an extremely classified nature could be conducted in absolute secrecy.
Development history
Stealth Cruisers are the largest Prowler-class vessels built, the length of a UNSC Destroyer. There has been only one known ship of the class in active service, the UNSC Point of No Return, due primarily to the sheer expense of manufacturing and maintaining the stealth ablative coating that rendered it invisible from radar, other sensors, and limited visual camouflage.[1]
However, while the Point of No Return was in service, Kurt-051 along with two of his fellow Spartan-II's saw the construction cradle that was being used to construct a second stealth cruiser at Station Delphi.[3]
List of appearances
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 42-49
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 52
