UNSC Airpad
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The UNSC Airpad (sometimes stylized as Air Pad) is a UNSC military building produced off of a prefabricated Firebase. As its name suggests, it provides the support for aircraft at the base.[1][2] The Covenant equivalent to the Airpad is the Summit, while the Banished equivalent is the Apex.
Overview[edit]
The Airpad primarily houses the air crews, the maintenance crews, and the equipment required to assemble, refit, refuel, repair, and rearm various UNSC aircraft, including the Hornet, Sparrowhawk, Vulture, and Nightingale.[1][2] The building also houses banks of simulation pods to train pilots in everything from the basics to advanced tactical maneuvers; there have been instances in which firebase commanders have assigned any able bodies to the simulators for a crash course in operating the Hornet.[1] The building also supports the force commander with sensor feeds and intelligence uplinks which allow for proper battlespace deconfliction, kill chain assignment, and other aerospace management tasks.[2]
In-game information[edit]
Halo Wars[edit]
- "The Air Pad creates the various UNSC air units. Air units technology upgrades can also be found here."
- — In-game description
In Halo Wars, the Air Pad costs 
2 and 
150 to be built. It produce air units and corresponding improvements for them.
| Name | Type | Cost | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Tech | Resources | |||
| Hornet | Main Air |  2 |
2 |
250 |
Hornets are the main UNSC air units. They come armed with Gatling cannons and explosive rockets giving them more than adequate offense against most any enemy. |
| Wingmen | Upgrade | N/A | 3 |
400 |
Adds a couple of Marines riding shotgun to augment damage capabilities. |
| Chaff Pod | Upgrade | N/A | 4 |
900 |
Hornets gain the passive Chaff Ability that is used to distract and divert incoming missiles. |
| Hawk Super Unit (Professor Anders) | Upgrade | N/A | 3 |
1,350 |
Upgrades Hornets to Hawk super units. Equipped with laser beams, Hawks are fearsome combat units. |
| Hawk (Professor Anders; requires upgrade) | Main Air | 2 |
2 |
250 |
Mainline air unit, the Hawk is a sophisticated laser-armed attack craft. |
| Vulture | Uber Unit | 6 |
4 |
900 |
Vultures are the most advanced UNSC war machine. Costly to produce, the Vultures dish out damage at an alarming rate. |
| Mega Barrage | Upgrade | N/A | 4 |
800 |
Doubles the number of missile in each salvo of the active Barrage Ability. |
Halo Wars 2[edit]
The Air Pad in Halo Wars 2 reprises its role from the original; the building from which players purchase and upgrade aircraft.
| Name | Type | Cost | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Tech | Supplies | Power | |||
| Hornet | Core Aircraft |  4 |
2 |  375 |
 0 |
Fast moving, Medium range |
| Wingmen | Unit Upgrade (Hornet) | 0 |
3 | 0 |
750 |
Adds Marines with rocket launchers, Increases health |
| Nightingale | Support Unit | 5 (campaign) |
2 (campaign) | 400 (campaign) |
0 (campaign) |
Support Unit, Repairs and heals, Non-combative, Detects cloaked units. |
| 4 (skirmish) |
2 (skirmish) | 350 (skirmish) |
0 (skirmish)
| |||
| Vulture | Heavy Air | 9 |
3 | 750 |
75 |
Heavy Air, Can launch devastating PHOENIX missile |
| Air Upgrade I | Army Upgrade | 0 |
1 | 0 |
600 |
15% damage boost, 15% health boost |
| Air Upgrade II | Army Upgrade | 0 |
2 | 0 |
800 |
30% damage boost, 30% health boost |
| Air Upgrade III | Army Upgrade | 0 |
3 | 0 |
1200 |
45% damage boost, 45% health boost |
Phoenix log[edit]
 Airpads are firebase support structures that allows the requisition of Hornet, Nightingale. and Vulture flyers from the Spirit of Fire and unlocks their upgrade options. Multiple Airpads in a firebase reduces flying vehicle requisition time. Expeditionary airpads house the maintenance crews and equipment needed to assemble, repair, refuel, and rearm UNSC aircraft. Airpads also support the force commander with sensor feeds and intelligence uplinks which allow for proper battlespace deconfliction, kill chain assignment, and other aerospace management tasks. |
Gallery[edit]
Halo Wars[edit]
An airpad from different angles.
Concept art of the UNSC Airpad.
Concept models of the UNSC Airpad.
An early concept art image of the UNSC airpad. Note the Falcons on the runway and one in the hangar, and a B-65 Shortsword docked with its wings retracted.
High-poly render of the UNSC Airpad.
Low-poly render of the UNSC Airpad.
Halo Wars 2[edit]
Concept art for the Air Pad in Halo Wars 2.
A render of the Halo Wars 2 Air Pad asset.
Render in Halo Wars 2.
An alternate view.
A work-in-progress render of the Halo Wars 2 Air Pad.
Another work-in-progress render.
An Airpad in the Halo Wars 2 Open Beta.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo Wars (First appearance)
- Halo Wars 2
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c Official Halo Wars Community Site, AirPad (Retrieved on Feb 18, 2011) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ a b c Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Airpad
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