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==Role== | ==Role== | ||
In a similar role to [[Wikipedia:EA-6B Prowler|its namesake]], it is used to gather electronic intelligence, and its primary role is to stay hidden while safely gathering such intelligence, not to charge into battle, as that would invariably be an irreversibly fatal tactic. Because of its tactical value and potential to change the outcome of any given combat situation, every UNSC Battlegroup has at least one Prowler assigned to its ranks<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 329</ref>. | |||
The Prowler's only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying minefields of stealthed nuclear [[HORNET mine]]s in orbital regions. Enemy ships that unknowingly enter these minefields can be destroyed by a single Prowler, allowing the remainder of the UNSC forces to move in and finish off the survivors with [[MAC]] strikes and [[Archer missiles]]. This stratagem allowed [[Battle Group Stalingrad]] to wage a short but devastating battle against the [[Covenant]] at [[Onyx]], destroying significantly more ships than their own number, an extremely rare outcome among [[UNSC]]-[[Covenant]] engagements. | The Prowler's only combat role, beside active combat monitoring and recording, is discreetly laying minefields of stealthed nuclear [[HORNET mine]]s in orbital regions. Enemy ships that unknowingly enter these minefields can be destroyed by a single Prowler, allowing the remainder of the UNSC forces to move in and finish off the survivors with [[MAC]] strikes and [[Archer missiles]]. This stratagem allowed [[Battle Group Stalingrad]] to wage a short but devastating battle against the [[Covenant]] at [[Onyx]], destroying significantly more ships than their own number, an extremely rare outcome among [[UNSC]]-[[Covenant]] engagements. | ||
However, Prowlers are also equipped with "minimal weapons systems," which include two or more [[pulse laser]]s. It is unknown whether these lasers were retrofitted after contact with the Covenant and reverse-engineering their technology, or | However, Prowlers are also equipped with "minimal weapons systems," which include two or more [[pulse laser]]s. It is unknown whether these lasers were retrofitted after contact with the Covenant and reverse-engineering their technology, or developed independantly by the UNSC, though the former is more likely. | ||
UNSC Prowlers | UNSC Prowlers share much in common with [[Wikipedia:Submarine|Submarines]]. Submarines are naval craft capable of operating for an extended period of time underwater and are built with an emphasis on stealth. | ||
==Stealth Systems== | ==Stealth Systems== | ||