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| {{Wikipedia|Diego Garcia}} | | {{era|H2}} |
| | {{SeeWikipedia|Diego Garcia}} |
| | [[Image:DiegoGarcia.png|thumb|Diego Garcia, located in the Indian Ocean.]] |
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| '''Diego Garcia''' is the largest atoll on [[Earth]] and sits in the [[Indian Ocean]]. Diego Garcia houses a [[military base]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="enc">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Earth, p. 284-285, (2009); p. 296-297 (2011 edition)</ref> | | '''Diego Garcia''' is a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean of [[Earth]], about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast and far east of the "African Horn". It has been a military base since the 1970's. In 1971 '''RAF''' (British Royal Air Force) Gan was built there. As of sometime during the 1960's, it became a [[British]] Indian Ocean Territory and still was during the 21st Century. |
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| ==History== | | ==Battle of Earth== |
| Due to the atoll's proximity to [[India]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Africa]], [[Britain]] established a [[military base]] on Diego Garcia for both training and refueling purposes. The base has been in use ever since. The base later came under the control of the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}
| | The [[UNSC]] base on the island launched the first counterattacks against the [[Covenant]] when they invaded [[New Mombasa]] in Kenya, Africa in [[2552]] during [[The First Battle of Earth]]. Among the units to respond was the [[77th Marine Regiment]] and the [[405th]] UNSC Marine Corps Unit. During the [[Second Battle of Earth]], a computer screen showed a Covenant capital ship within what is probably firing range of the island. Its fate after the battle is unknown. |
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| On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], when the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] arrived at Earth, the military base on Diego Garcia was immediately alerted to the Covenant's presence.{{Ref/Level|[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]|[[Cairo Station]]}} The base launched the first counterattacks against the Covenant when they [[Battle of Mombasa|invaded]] [[New Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]] during the subsequent [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=New Mombasa}}
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| These attacks proved effective as later in [[2552#November|November]], a Covenant [[capital ship]] was sent to Diego Garcia to destroy the base.{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} While most of the Earth's surface was later brutally [[Orbital bombardment|bombarded]] by a reinforced [[Truth's fleet|Covenant armada]], consisting of the remaining [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled ships of the [[High Charity defense fleet]], led by the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] on November 17,<ref name="H3CN">''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest]]</ref> the base nevertheless survived the [[Human-Covenant War]] and is still in use by the UNSC as of [[2553]].{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]|Page=265}}
| | ==Trivia== |
| | | *Diego Garcia is the main Island of a group of British islands called the Chagos Archipelago. |
| ==Production notes==
| | *On November 30, 1983, a magnitude 7 earthquake 34 miles south of the island caused a small tsunami. |
| Diego Garcia was mentioned in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 demo]] as being the base of the "405th", a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] unit that became [[A Company]] in the finished game. Diego Garcia's existence as a military base, with units involved in the fighting at Mombasa, was later made official by the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''.
| | *The Island is prone to cyclones. |
| | | *It is the main island of about 60 which is called the Chagos Archipelago. |
| ==List of appearances==
| | *In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the Autobots were going to be transported to this island after Optimus Prime died. |
| *''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{Fm}}
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{Mo}}
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