UNSC Armed Forces
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The United Nations Space Command Defense Force (abbreviated UNSCDF) is the defensive military force of the United Nations Space Command, consisting of the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy, which serve as a joint air, land, and space force. [1]
History
Interplanetary War
- Main article: History of the UNSC
The UNSC Defense Force was likely created during the Interplanetary War, once the structure of the UNSC was formed. As a result of the UNSC's complex command structure, the UNSCDF is assigned to serve a ground and aerial defense force. Before it was destroyed by the Covenant in 2552, Reach served as the dominant UNSCDF military base, with numerous shipyards and docking stations, barracks and training facilities, and twenty Orbital Defense Platforms. It is likely that the UNSCDF has elements stationed on other planets within the Solar System, besides Earth. Mars was one such colony that housed UNSCDF elements. [2]
Human-Covenant War
- Main article: Human-Covenant War
During the Human-Covenant War, the UNSCDF was called into action on Earth, and possibly Harvest as well.[3] The most notable military engagement the UNSCDF has participated in is the Battle of Earth.[4] The UNSCDF, as a planetary defense force combining all branches of the UNSC, has multiple command bases situated in various regions of Earth such as Crow's Nest in Kenya.[5]
Organization
The Defense Force takes orders from the Unified Earth Government. The professional, controlling body of the UNSCDF is the [[UNSC High Command (HIGHCOM), headed by the UNSC Security Council.[6] Within HIGHCOM are a number of administrative commands, including PERSCOM, the UNSC Medical Corps and the Engineering Corps.[7][8] Committees such as the Operational Test and Evaluation Center and the UNSC Ordnance Committee ensure quality in Defense Force equipment and personnel.
The UNSCDF is comprised of the UNSC Army, the UNSC Navy, the UNSC Air Force, and the UNSC Marine Corps. Control of the Navy is exercised by the UNSC Naval Command, which contains UNSC Fleet Command, the Logistical Operations Command, the Office of Naval Intelligence, and the Naval Special Warfare Command. The UNSC Army and Marine Corps are administered by the Unified Ground Command. Within the Air Force are a number of major commands tasked with different administrative and operational roles. Among these are the Air Combat Command, which is tasked with gaining air superiority and providing support for ground forces, and the Air Mobility Command, which contains Air Mobility Express, assigned to airlift materiél and personnel during wartime.[9][10] Operational control is exercised through regional CENTCOMs, which have responsibility over certain areas of space.[11]
Rank Structure
The rank structure of the UNSCDF is similar in many ways, though most enlisted ranks are highly differentiated. Template:UNSC Officer Ranks Template:UNSC Enlisted Ranks
Equipment
Unlike the Covenant, UNSCDF military technology is still based on comparatively primitive mechanisms - projectile weaponry, wheeled vehicles, and combustion engines. The UNSCDF's grasp of scientific concepts is far more advanced than the Covenant, but turning these concepts into functional machinery has proven more problematic. Recently, the UNSC has introduced a variety of Covenant-derived technologies into their arsenal: gravity plating aboard ships, energy shields to protect SPARTAN-II soldiers, and limited use of directed energy weapons, usually lasers, for example, the Weapon/Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle (SPARTAN Laser), though the Covenant still retain their technological advantage.
UNSC starship weaponry is based around missiles and Magnetic Accelerator Cannons. Their technological inferiority in the face of the Covenant means that it was often necessary for the UNSC to have a three-to-one numerical advantage against them in ship-to-ship combat. The UNSC also possesses a weapon of mass destruction in the form of the NOVA bomb.
The UNSC also appears to maintain a seaborne surface navy on planets with large bodies of water, such as Earth. At the very least, they had aircraft carriers available to provide air support in the form of Pelicans and F99 UCAVs.
Military bases
- Main article: Military base
- Fort York
- Fort Deen
- Roosevelt Military Base
- Crow's Nest
- Firebase Bravo[12]
- Camp Hathcock[12]
- Camp Independence[13]
- Chawla Base[14]
- Diego Garcia[15]
- Segundo Terra[16]
- Camp Currahee[16]
- Outpost C9[15]
- Rat's Nest
- Sabre Program Launch/Research Range
- Sword Base
Orbital defense platforms
Major UNSCDF events
- Interplanetary War - 2160-2200
- Inner Colony Wars - Unknown, probably 25th century
- Human-Covenant War - 2525-2553
List of appearances
Sources
- ^ HBO Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees
- ^ Halo: Uprising, Issue ??
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Cairo Station
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level, Crow's Nest
- ^ Halo: First Strike
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 138
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123
- ^ Halo: Reach
- ^ "The Free Dictionary" article on 'AMX'
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 34
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach
- ^ Halo: First Strike
- ^ I Love Bees
- ^ a b Halo 2
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Cairo Station (Level)
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Cairo Station (Level)
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Cairo Station (Level)
