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{{Individual ship infobox

|name           = UNSC ''Point of No Return''

|image          =

|class          = [[Stealth Cruiser]]/[[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]]

|length          = 485 meters {{Verify}}

|shield gen      = None

|hull            = Resistance to several [[Pulse Laser]] bursts

|complement      =

*Counterelectronic Systems

*Matte Black ablative stealth coating

*Texture Buffers<ref name="Page 43">[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 43</ref>

|passengers      = 20 [[UNSC]] officers

|othersystems    =

*Insulating layers

*Counterelectronics

|role            = [[ONI]] Field Command

|firstsight      = [[2531]]

|lastsight      = [[2552]]

|affiliation    = [[UNSC Navy]], [[ONI]]

The '''UNSC ''Point of No Return''''' is one of the most advanced and secret ships ever built by the [[UNSC]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], classified as a [[Stealth Cruiser]].

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 [[AI]]s maintained solely by ONI.

==Operational History==

In [[2531]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] met here with [[Captain]] [[Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret O. Parangosky]] to discuss the [[Spartan-II]] project. They decided to grant Ackerson permission to begin the [[Spartan-III]] project.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] pages 43-49</ref> It was the ship that later picked up [[Spartan-051]] after he had been "killed" in action in the [[Groombridge 34 System]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 57</ref> During that same operation to shut down a malfunctioning Slipspace Drive, [[Kurt-051|Spartan-051: Kurt]] noticed that a holding cage for a ship was the size of a destroyer, though had the angles found on 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 first 300 Spartan-IIIs of Alpha Company had been killed and to go ahead and begin training Beta Company of the Spartan-III project.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 79</ref>

On December 31st, [[2552]], [[Codename: SURGEON]] filed a report to [[Codename: USUAL SUSPECTS]] entitled "Historical/Psychological Analysis of [[Preston Cole|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>

Technically considered a Prowler, the ''Point of No Return'' is the largest one 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"/>

== Trivia ==

*The ship has a room entitled ''[[The Cage]]'' that only 20 officers in the galaxy have access to.

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