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The '''UNSC Prowler''' was a starship classification within the [[United Nations Space Command]]. They were used exclusively by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], and were often crewed by select ONI crews. | The '''UNSC Prowler''' was a starship classification within the [[United Nations Space Command]]. They were used exclusively by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], and were often crewed by select ONI crews. | ||
This is most probably the UNSC equivalent of the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant Stealth Corvette|Stealth Corvette]]. | |||
==Role== | ==Role== | ||
As per its namesake, it is used to gather electronic intelligence, and its primary role is to stay hidden while safely gathering such ELINT, not to charge into battle, as that would invariably be an irreversibly fatal tactic. Its only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying minefields of stealthed plutonium [[HORNET mine]]s. When enemy warships enter these deadly minefields, they will most often be destroyed. This strategem allowed [[Battle Group Stalingrad|Battle Group ''Stalingrad'']] to survive longer at the [[Battle of Onyx]]. | As per its namesake, it is used to gather electronic intelligence, and its primary role is to stay hidden while safely gathering such ELINT, not to charge into battle, as that would invariably be an irreversibly fatal tactic. Its only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying minefields of stealthed plutonium [[HORNET mine]]s. When enemy warships enter these deadly minefields, they will most often be destroyed. This strategem allowed [[Battle Group Stalingrad|Battle Group ''Stalingrad'']] to survive longer at the [[Battle of Onyx]]. | ||