Chiroptera-class stealth vessel Production information Class Chiroptera Technical specifications Length 50 metres (160 ft)[1] Slipspace Drive Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Shielding None Navigation system NAVCOM Countermeasures Advanced counter-electronics package Ablative baffles Usage Year introduced Early 2500's Role(s) Infiltration Era(s) Human-Covenant war Affiliation United Nations Space Command ONI

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The Chiroptera-class stealth vessel was a classification of small starship used by the Office of Naval Intelligence of the United Nations Space Command in service in the early 2500s.

Contents 1 Background 2 Ships of the Line 3 Trivia 4 List of appearances 5 Sources

BackgroundEdit

These ships were roughly 50-meters long with oddly-angled black stealth surfaces and carried advanced counter-intrusion software. Notably, the class used the smallest operational Slipspace engines ever produced by the UNSC. They are referred to as having prominent wings that create a decidedly bat-like appearance.

However, without a standard central controlling AI, the sensitive components tended to become unreliable. The resulting breakdowns resulted in the entire class being decommissioned in 2512. Vital components were supposedly removed, and the Slipspace drive was locked down.

At least one vessel of this class, one belonging to Governor Jiles, was in the hands of the Eridanus rebels.^[2] This ship, the Beatrice, would later be stolen by Dr. Halsey and used to transport herself and Kelly-087 via Slipspace jump to Onyx, where it was shot down by the Onyx Sentinels.

The Chiroptera classification was probably the antecedent to the modern UNSC prowler, though it probably served more as a multirole vessel, being much smaller than a Prowler.

Ships of the LineEdit

• Beatrice

TriviaEdit

• In biology, Chiroptera is the name of the taxonomic order that bats belong to. This refers to how the Chiroptera-class look like bats.

List of appearancesEdit

• Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Halo Encyclopedia, page 249
2. ↑ Halo: First Strike, page 275

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