UNSC Point of No Return
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Resistance to several Pulse Laser bursts |
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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, although it is more of a Prowler.
Background
The Point of No Return is the wartime command and control platform for ONI Section Two. She 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.[1] The ship is crewed by people from all military branches of the UNSC and multiple AIs 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.[2] It was the ship that later picked up Spartan-051 after he had been "killed" in action in the Groombridge 34 System.[3] During that same operation to shut down a malfunctioning Slipspace Drive, 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.[4]
On 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.[5]
Complement
Though technically a UNSC-classified Prowler, the Point of No Return was the largest one ever built, easily the size of a UNSC Destroyer. Constructed in parts and then assembled in deep space, the ship was completely radar invisible thanks to Stealth Ablative Coating, and when her baffled engines ran below 30 percent she was as dark as interstellar space. Also, it contained a room called "Odin's Eye", a chamber surrounded by a Faraday Cage and completely impervious to any signals.[1]
Trivia
- The ship has a room entitled the The Cage that only 20 officers in the galaxy have access to.
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 43
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx pages 43-49
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 57
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 79
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 487
