During the War of Vengeance, and the Battle of Unmoving Virtue in particular, the Kusanagi's would prove one of the most capable warship designs to enter service in the UNSC Navy, proving themselves in a dozen combat theatres. The development of the Tarnhelm metamaterial in particular meant that much larger ships could be retrofitted with stealth capabilities, allowing the Office of Naval Intelligence to field a much wider array of stealth craft for different missions. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine (2549/2553 Updated Models) "These things are bloody righteous; they can lay in wait for weeks on end, just waiting for their prey.." A side-profile of the Kusanagi-Class Stealth FrigateWhile technically still a part of the Navy, the Office of Naval Intelligence's Prowler Corps usually operates its ships entirely separately, responding and answering to its own chain of command.
In combat, they can engage in electronic warfare operations, jamming Covenant targeting systems and sensors, guiding UNSC missiles to their targets, and providing an up-to-the-minute picture of the battlefield for the Fleet. This has been a cause of considerable enmity within the Navy - while the effectiveness of ONI prowlers is undeniable, the problem is that that ONI is often reluctant to commit such rare and valuable ships to combat operations for fear of losing any of them.
FLEETCOM was having none of that, however - the Kusanagi's were attached to dedicated long-range reconnaissance battlegroups, serving the role that the Navy had always envisaged for a stealth warship, allowing regular Prowlers to conduct more conventional intelligence gathering operations. Nevertheless, there are some operations where a stealth ship is simply a neccessity.
Stealth cruisers are the largest Prowler-class vessels built, the length of a UNSC Destroyer. This is not an unreasonable worry - the cost of constructing and maintaining a Prowler is tremendous, and a considerable amount of ONI's budget is put aside for the task.
The Frigate mounts the same technology as the Minerva-, Obsidian- and Cerberus-class Prowlers but with differs in how it is used. Of course, operations in orbital positions or in gas clouds is another matter." Technically, it was The advances made late on the war, and afterward, rendered this size limitation a moot point. After the war, ONI attempted to incorporate the ships into their Prowler Corps. There exists some enmity between Kusanagi captains and Prowler captains - the former believe that ONI is trying to hoard stealth technology to itself, while the latter believe that the regular Navy is misusing expensive and classified stealth assets.
Two designs were proposed - XSCS-552, what would eventually become the prototype for the Hektor-class stealth cruisers, and XFF-441, the prototype for the Kusanagi-class stealth frigate. By 2552, seven Kusanagi-class ships had entered service, with another seventeen hulls laid down, outstripping the bulkier Hektor-class ships. The stealth ships had originally been transferred to that sector because of Jackal piracy on UNSC Merchant Marine ships, intended as invisible escorts and deterrents against the privateers.
Unidentified UNSC stealth ship Production information Role: Stealth and recon (most likely) Specifications Service information Affiliation: UNSC. Both were approved, and production of them was swift.
It is the successor to the Shadow-class Frigate and bears some similarities to a normal Frigate, with a highly modified airframe that's been lengthened and modified to accept the new stealth systems and make room for its stealth abilities its stealth technology. Without them, ONI's is blind - and without them, the Navy would be denied crucial capabilities.
You might see some sparks from our MAC rounds, but we've already moved on by then. Before the end of the Human-Covenant War, these operations were often hampered by ONI's unwillingness to commit - the Admiralty had learned from these experiences - under Vice Admiral Jeremy Harkon, the Navy embarked upon Project: SHADOW FURY, intent on developing stealth ships for the regular service. Instead, they found themselves supporting the ground forces on the planet as the Blood Covenant landed troops and armoured support on the planet. ONI operates prowlers through the UNSC Prowler Corps. ONI "Impressive.
Prowlers would still serve as the primary stealth ship of the Prowler Corps, but the Kusanagi-Class Stealth Frigate was developed to make use of UNSC stealth in situations that Prowlers were less useful - covert troop insertions, battlefield electronic warfare, and orbital support. During the War of Vengeance, the Kusanagi's were part of the defence forces orbiting Futhark , participating in the battle to defend the human colony against a Blood Covenant strike group. Hyperion-class Drone Ship | Hellfire-class Drone Ship Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The Ronin-class Stealth Frigate is a UNSC Heimdall-class Frigate modified for stealth operations. Prowlers fill a vitally important niche within the UNSC Navy - they are able to covertly gather a wide range of intelligence types on enemy fleet movements, communications, and locations, and interpret and provide that intelligence to FLEETCOM for analysis. The UNSC prowler was a stealth corvette classification within the UNSC. Prowlers allow the UNSC to keep their eye on targets otherwise unassailable, such as high-value Covenant shipyards and worlds, provide intelligence on enemy fleet or troop movements, and otherwise serve as ONI's eyes in the field. In combat, they can engage in electronic warfare operations, jamming Covenant targeting systems and sensors, guiding UNSC missiles to their targets, and providing an up-to-the-minute picture of the battlefield for the Fleet. Losing even one in battle is costly - not just in terms of resources, but also in terms of lives and capabilities. The only limitation is their size - previously, stealth features were only truly feasible on ships approximately corvette-size. Looks like they were designing a new stealth-class vessel."