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"Subprowler" is an informal designation for stealth-capable smallcraft – often deployed by larger prowlers – that are used to infiltrate and exfiltrate personnel and cargo from planetary surfaces in a role not dissimilar to [[dropship]]s. Though designed with low-observable technologies, subprowlers also feature a series of [[electronic countermeasures]] and decoy capabilities that increase their survivability in the dangerous period when entering and exiting atmospheres, or when operating near advanced aerospace defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|HUProwler}} These can work by altering the subprowler's profile to resemble more common cargo shuttles and transports on sensor networks.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | "Subprowler" is an informal designation for stealth-capable smallcraft – often deployed by larger prowlers – that are used to infiltrate and exfiltrate personnel and cargo from planetary surfaces in a role not dissimilar to [[dropship]]s. Though designed with low-observable technologies, subprowlers also feature a series of [[electronic countermeasures]] and decoy capabilities that increase their survivability in the dangerous period when entering and exiting atmospheres, or when operating near advanced aerospace defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|HUProwler}} These can work by altering the subprowler's profile to resemble more common cargo shuttles and transports on sensor networks.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
The [[Pelican]] dropships ''[[Tart-Cart]]'' and ''[[Bogof]]'' were modified in many respects to suit the role of subprowlers. The [[D102 Owl]] dropship was created in part to fulfill a niche between full subprowlers and more common dropships like the Pelican - a stealth-capable insertion shuttle that can be more widely employed across the [[UNSC Armed Forces]] without needing as much specialised maintenance.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=150}} | Subprowlers are generally not fitted with [[slipspace drive]]s, though this is not a hard-and-fast rule; ''Chiroptera''-class subprowlers were a notable exception to this rule, and operated compact - relative to the era - FTL drives. However, they were an exception to the typical rule, and often faced maintenance and mission expectations and threat profiles far different to what their successors would encounter.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFEE|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-encyclopedia-extravaganza|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Encyclopedia Extravaganza|D=01|M=06|Y=2022}} | ||
The [[Pelican]] dropships ''[[Tart-Cart]]'' and ''[[Bogof]]'' were modified in many respects to suit the role of subprowlers - though the role of stealth dropships are nonetheless removed from that of a subrowler.{{Ref/Reuse|CFEE}} The [[D102 Owl]] dropship was created in part to fulfill a niche between full subprowlers and more common dropships like the Pelican - a stealth-capable insertion shuttle that can be more widely employed across the [[UNSC Armed Forces]] without needing as much specialised maintenance.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=150}} | |||
*{{Class|Black Cat|subprowler}} | *{{Class|Black Cat|subprowler}} | ||
*{{Class|Chiroptera|subprowler}} - Early 25th century-era testbed for many of the stealth technologies that would later become standard across prowlers as a whole. | *{{Class|Chiroptera|subprowler}} - Early 25th century-era testbed for many of the stealth technologies that would later become standard across prowlers as a whole. | ||
*[[U81 Condor]] - [[Condor]] variant | *[[U81 Condor]] - [[Condor]] variant occasionally classed as a subprowler due to its covert mission focus, despite lacking the specialised stealth technology characteristic of true subprowlers. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||