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[[File:Gamma Station.jpg|thumb|250px|Gamma Station during the Covenant invasion of Reach.]] | [[File:Gamma Station.jpg|thumb|250px|Gamma Station during the Covenant invasion of Reach.]] | ||
{{Quote|Gamma Station Control, reading multiple pings below the | {{Quote|Gamma Station Control, reading multiple pings below the orbital defense grid!|[[Fermion|Fermion RSO]]}} | ||
'''Gamma Station''', also known as '''Reach Station Gamma''' or '''Orbital Station Gamma''', was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[space station]] located in orbit around the planet [[Reach]]. It was essentially ring-shaped, three kilometers in diameter, with docking bays and communications dishes covering its surface. It was run by a Dockmaster [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] named [[Doppler]]. The station also possessed a [[tram]] [[Tram station|system]], at least one [[YSS-1000 Sabre|Sabre]] repair bay and extensive [[communications deck|communications facilities]].<ref name="reach">'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''Condemned''</ref> | '''Gamma Station''', also known as '''Reach Station Gamma''' or '''Orbital Station Gamma''', was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[space station]] located in orbit around the planet [[Reach]]. It was essentially ring-shaped, three kilometers in diameter, with docking bays and communications dishes covering its surface. It was run by a Dockmaster [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] named [[Doppler]]. The station also possessed a [[tram]] [[Tram station|system]], at least one [[YSS-1000 Sabre|Sabre]] repair bay and extensive [[communications deck|communications facilities]].<ref name="reach">'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''Condemned''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Prior to the [[ | Prior to the [[Covenant]] attack, Gamma Station provided long range communications for UNSC fleets and a vital lifeline between Reach and [[Earth]].<ref name="reach"/> | ||
On [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], Gamma Station received a transmission from [[ | On [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], Gamma Station received a transmission from [[remote scanning outpost]] [[Fermion]] reporting an unconfirmed in-system [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]] rupture - the arrival of a [[Fleet of Particular Justice|Covenant invasion force]]. | ||
During the [[Fall of Reach]], three [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II's]], [[John-117]], [[Linda-058]], and [[James-005]] commandeered a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] to Reach Station Gamma. An [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[UNSC prowler| | During the [[Fall of Reach]], three [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II's]], [[John-117]], [[Linda-058]], and [[James-005]] commandeered a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] to Reach Station Gamma. An [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[UNSC prowler|prowler]], the ''[[UNSC Circumference|Circumference]]'', docked in the station having failed to delete its NAV database. [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] intrusion software had detected the unsecured database and three [[Covenant frigate]]s were sent to secure the data. Those frigates were destroyed by [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] rounds from the planet's [[orbital defense platform|orbital guns]], as well as firepower from the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, but not before they dispatched [[Sangheili Ranger|Elite]] and [[Kig-yar Ranger|Jackal]] rangers to secure the data.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 308''</ref> Eventually, John-117 was able to destroy the database but Linda-058 was killed (clinically) and James-005 was lost in the vacuum of space after his [[thruster pack]] suffered a malfunction from Covenant weapons-fire. Several [[UNSC Marine Corps|marines]] were on-board the station: [[Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]], [[Private]]s [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]], [[Bisenti]], and [[O'Brien (Reach)|O'Brien]]. They were evacuated along with the Spartans. | ||
During the battle, the station was severely damaged, with the station ring finally breaking into multiple pieces. However, a few fortified sections remained intact and fully pressurized. Near the end of the battle, a skirmish between a [[UNSC frigate]] and [[Covenant corvette]] took place within the vicinity of the station. | During the battle, the station was severely damaged, with the station ring finally breaking into multiple pieces. However, a few fortified sections remained intact and fully pressurized. Near the end of the battle, a skirmish between a [[UNSC frigate]] and [[Covenant corvette]] took place within the vicinity of the station.<ref name="reach"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The [[multiplayer]] map ''[[Condemned]]'' is set aboard this station. | The ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[multiplayer]] map ''[[Condemned]]'' is set aboard this station. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||