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|name = UNSC ''Point of No Return'' | |name = UNSC ''Point of No Return'' | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|class = | |class = Stealth cruiser | ||
|length = 485 meters {{Verify}} | |length = 485 meters {{Verify}} | ||
|slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
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*Counterelectronic systems | *Counterelectronic systems | ||
*[[Stealth ablative coating]] | *[[Stealth ablative coating]] | ||
*[[Texture buffer]]s<ref name="Page 43">''' | *[[Texture buffer]]s<ref name="Page 43">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> | ||
|passengers = 20 | |passengers = 20 officers | ||
|othersystems = | |othersystems = | ||
*Radar Invisible | *Radar Invisible | ||
*Insulating layers | *Insulating layers | ||
*Counterelectronics | *Counterelectronics | ||
|role = | |role = ONI field command | ||
|firstsight = [[2531]] | |firstsight = [[2531]] | ||
|lastsight = [[2552]] | |lastsight = [[2552]] | ||
|affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]], | |affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]], ONI | ||
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The '''UNSC ''Point of No Return''''' is | The '''UNSC ''Point of No Return''''' is a [[UNSC stealth cruiser|stealth cruiser]] in the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. It is one of the most advanced and secret ships ever built by the UNSC. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The ''Point of No Return'' is the wartime command and control platform for ONI Section Two. 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 less than twenty officers have access to its most sensitive areas.<ref name="Page 43"/> The ship is crewed by people from all military branches of the UNSC and multiple [[ | The ''Point of No Return'' is the wartime command and control platform for ONI Section Two. 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 less than twenty officers have access to its most sensitive areas.<ref name="Page 43"/> The ship is crewed by people from all military branches of the UNSC and multiple [[artificial intelligence]]s maintained solely by ONI. | ||
==Operational History== | ==Operational History== | ||
In [[2531]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] met | In [[2531]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] met on ''Point of No Return'' with [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret O. 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 had the angles found on [[UNSC Prowler|prowlers]]. He said it was an oxymoron: a large stealth ship. | ||
In [[2537]], Admirals Rich and Parangosky met with Spartan-051 and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] again to inform him that the | 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 December 31st, | The ship survived the [[Human-Covenant War]]. On [[2552#December|December 31st, 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> | ||
==Complement== | ==Complement== | ||
Technically considered a Prowler, the ''Point of No Return'' is the largest ever built, easily the size of a [[UNSC | Technically considered a Prowler, the ''Point of No Return'' is the largest ever built, easily the size of a [[UNSC destroyer]]. Constructed in parts and then assembled in deep space, the ship is completely radar invisible thanks to [[Stealth Ablative Coating]], and when her engines run below 30 percent she is as dark as interstellar space. It also contains a room called "[[Odin's Eye]]", a chamber surrounded by a [[Faraday Cage]] that blocks all electronic signals.<ref name="Page 43"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | ||
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' | **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
