Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science
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The Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science (abbreviated AJJ or AJAMS)[1][4] was a military academy hidden on the classified frontier world of Nysa, where members of the Spartan Operations train. It is posthumously named after the Insurrection and Human-Covenant War veteran Avery Johnson, a member of the SPARTAN-I program, who was killed in action during the Raid on Installation 08 in late 2552.[5][1] During the Created conflict, it served as a rally point and staging area for surviving Spartans and other UNSC forces who escaped destruction at the hands of the Created after the destruction of Laconia Station.[6] Keeping the facility's location a secret was considered important enough to revive Cole Protocol safeguards.[2] The facility was overwhelmed during an attack by the Banished in March 2560.
Overview[edit]
Campus[edit]
As part of the Spartan Training and Qualification Program, the academy has an outdoor training arena at the base of the Hesychius Mountains.[7] This training arena allows for live fire practice. Part of this training arena includes Buildings 5, 7, 8 and 9 as well as Tower 187.[5] The main building has an AI calibration lab, where Spartans can access their personal AIs, and it is adjacent to the Movement Yard, where Spartans can practice their movement skills in an obstacle course. There is also an armory and a firing range, where personnel can run weapon drills.[8]
Many walls throughout the campus are adorned with various logos and insignias, including one that features a Mark V (B) helmet with the name of the academy surrounding it in a circle.[7]
The campus has many outlying facilities, including an AI data center known as The Artifice.[9]
Air facilities[edit]
The academy is kitted with various facilities to support the landing and deployment of aircraft. These include landing pads for the use of dropships like the Pelican,[7] alongside a large hangar situated around 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the main campus capable of housing a number of larger dropships and small starships. As of early 2560, the hangar hosted four Condor dropships and a single Zheng He-class courier, with most of the base's defences having been relocated to Earth to fend off a Banished attack there the previous year.[10]
Communications[edit]
In response to the Created uprising in 2558, the academy was fitted with a slipspace COM launcher, allowing for secure point-to-point communications that cannot be intercepted by the Created. To facilitate the launching of the probes, the base has a mass driver, capable of flinging low-mass projectiles into Nysa's orbit to send into slipspace. The base also has a number of FTL communication-capable dishes (presumably wavecom relays) which can be used for more general communications.[10]
Defenses[edit]
The academy is equipped with numerous surface-to-air missile launchers for air defense duties. These weapons were successfully hijacked by Iratus during its attack on the base, resulting in them being used to fire on UNSC evacuation efforts.[10]
Personnel[edit]
Staff[edit]
- Spartan Commander Laurette Agryna - Trainer
- M. Brinkley - Range Master[11]
- Chief Engineer Hannah Roberts - UNSC Cybersecurity & Network Infrastructure[12][10]
- S. Melvoin[4]
Marines[edit]
The Avery Johnson Academy is home to over one hundred Marines.
Recruits/Spartans[edit]
The Academy is home to over fifty SPARTAN-IV recruits.[13]