Editing Drop base

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[[File:HINF BanishedDropBase Render.jpg|300px|thumb|A Banished drop base.]]
'''Drop bases''' (sometimes stylised as '''drop-base''') are a kind of deployable structure used by the [[Banished]] for establishing [[Banished outpost|forward outposts]] on new worlds during expeditionary campaigns.{{Ref/Level|HINF|Warship Gbraakon}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p442|Enc22|Page=442}} They consist of a modular{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p462|Enc22|Page=462}} building with automated{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p442}} thrusters attached, that allow the buildings to be released from an orbiting [[Banished dreadnought|dreadnought]] and then deployed to the ground. During such an invasion they are deployed as a second wave after an initial deployment of scouting and intelligence units. Once the needs of the invasion have been established, drop bases are deployed concurrently with waves of [[Gydrozka Workshop Breaching Pod|drop pods]] and [[Dropship|landing craft]]. The modular nature of the bases gives the Banished a great degree of flexibility in how they establish their outposts, and can be used in many different ways including as forges, armories, communications relays, and checkpoints.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p462}}

==History==
Drop bases were extensively used during the Banished [[Battle for Zeta Halo|occupation]] of [[Installation 07]] in late [[2559#December|December 2559]]. They were used to form a number of [[Forward Operating Base]]s on the ring's surface including [[Annex Ridge (location)|Annex Ridge]], the [[Armory of Reckoning (location)|Armory of Reckoning]], the [[Forge of Teash (location)|Forge of Teash]], [[Horn of Abolition (location)|Horn of Abolition]], [[House of Reckoning (location)|House of Reckoning]], [[Ransom Keep (location)|Ransom Keep]], [[Redoubt of Sundering (location)|Redoubt of Sundering]], and [[Riven Gate (location)|Riven Gate]].{{Ref/Level|HINF|open world map}}

In [[2560#April|February 2560]], the dreadnought ''[[Ghost of Barolon]]'' also used drop bases to establish a Banished foothold during [[Battle of Suban|their invasion]] of [[Suban]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon}}{{Ref/X|Halo|1730617788262138240|Halo|Quote=In the skies of Suban, the Banished dreadnought known as Ghost of Barolon deploys drop-bases and troops to establish their occupation of the blood-moon. #FictionFriday|D=10|M=08|Y=2025}} The [[2560#March|following month]], the dreadnought ''[[Ghost of Kholo]]'' was used by the [[New Colonial Alliance]] to deploy drop bases onto [[Nysa]] as part of the [[Battle of Nysa|Banished attack]] on the [[Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 1}}{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2}}

==Gallery==
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File:HINF Dreadnoughtconcepts.jpg|Concept illustrating a dreadnought deploying its bases.
File:HINF ConceptDreadnought01.jpg|Concept art of a dreadnought deploying its bases.
File:HINF ConceptDreadnought02.jpg|Concept art of a dreadnought deploying its bases.
File:HINF BaseDeploymentConcept.jpg|Concept art of ''[[Ghost of Gbraakon]]''{{'}}s drop base deployment bay.
File:HINF Concept BaseDrop.jpg|Concept art of ''Ghost of Gbraakon''{{'}}s drop bases.
File:HINF DreadnoughtDropBayHolo.png|A hologram of ''Ghost of Gbraakon''{{'}}s deployment bay.
File:HINF Banished Drop Pods.png|Rows of drop bases inside ''Ghost of Gbraakon''.
File:HINF DreadnoughtDropBayDestruction.png|''Gbraakon''{{'}}s drop base deployment bay under attack.
File:HINF Horn of Abolition control room exterior.png|A drop base in [[Horn of Abolition (location)|Horn of Abolition]] with a sensor array mounted on its roof.
File:HINF Horn of Abolition security building.png|A drop base with a ramp installed in its exterior for access to the roof.
File:HINF Redoubt Sundering central structure.png|A drop base being used as a prison for the [[Redoubt of Sundering (location)|Redoubt of Sundering]].
File:HINF Riven Gate power station outside.png|Two drop bases serving as the power station for [[Riven Gate (location)|Riven Gate]].
File:HINF Horn of Abolition lockdown controls.png|The interior of a drop base.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 1]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:Banished buildings]]
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