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===Countermeasures=== | ===Countermeasures=== | ||
The ''Razor''-class prowler had a refractive coating on its hull to obscure it from enemy sensors.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS1}} Although difficult to detect, human sensors have a 30% increased chance to detect the prowler when it is located roughly 100,000 kilometers away.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS25}} | The ''Razor''-class prowler had a refractive coating on its hull to obscure it from enemy sensors.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS1}} Although difficult to detect, human sensors have a 30% increased chance to detect the prowler when it is located roughly 100,000 kilometers away.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS25}} [[Sangheili First Blade officer|First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] of the [[Silent Shadow]] observed that the stealth capabilities of the ''Razor''-class prowler were superior to the [[active camouflage]] of the [[intrusion corvette]]s in [[Bloodstar Flotilla|his own flotilla]]. Even when backlit by a planet and visible to the naked eye, the prowlers remained invisible to any of the sensors employed by the [[Covenant]] corvettes. {{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS12|HSS|Chapter=12}} | ||
==Operational History== | ==Operational History== | ||
In [[2526]], a number of ''Razor''-class prowlers were assigned to [[Task Force Yama]], and participated in [[Operation: SILENT STORM]]. At least one unit, [[Ghost Flight]] commanded by [[ | In [[2526]], a number of ''Razor''-class prowlers were assigned to [[Task Force Yama]], and participated in [[Operation: SILENT STORM]]. At least one unit, [[Ghost Flight]] commanded by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Hector Nyeto]], was composed exclusively of these ships, and three of the prowlers defected to the [[United Rebel Front]] during the attack on [[Zhoist]]. Later, the {{UNSCShip|Night Watch}} attempted to drop off [[Blue Team]] and a platoon of [[UNSC Marine]]s during [[Operation: OBLIVION]], although it was shot down and destroyed by its crew. | ||
The three prowlers stolen by Nyeto later passed onto his son, [[Ross Nyeto|Ross]], who used them to smuggle arms across the [[Isbanola sector]]. | The three prowlers stolen by Nyeto later passed onto his son, [[Ross Nyeto|Ross]], who used them to smuggle arms across the [[Isbanola sector]]. | ||