Mess hall

A mess hall is a dining room that provides food and drinks for military personnel.

Overview[edit]

Mess halls are found in virtually all UNSC ships, as well as groundside facilities, including bases and military academies.

A standard Halcyon-class light cruiser's mess hall is located near the bridge and armories. Rather than having on-board cooks, the mess halls on the Halcyon-class cruiser Pillar of Autumn were equipped with automated vending machines instead; it is unknown if this is the case on most or all UNSC fleet ships.^[1]

After a rivalry "brawl" instigated by Red Team resulted in trainee Margaret-053 losing her left eye, Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez punished all the Spartan-IIs by replacing their mess hall time with a period of fasting until the perpetrators were identified.^[2]

In 2526, cadet Thomas Lasky assaulted Walter Vickers, his fellow Hastati squadmate, in the mess hall of Corbulo Academy after Vickers made a comment about Lasky's deceased brother, Cadmon Lasky. The ensuing brawl quickly drew a crowd of watching cadets before being broken up by the timely arrival of Colonel Kennedy Mehaffey.^[3]

Gallery[edit]

The Pillar of Autumn's mess hall as it originally appears in Halo: Combat Evolved.
John-117 engaging Covenant soldiers in the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's mess hall.
Marines fighting Covenant forces in the Autumn's mess hall.
The mess hall of the UNSC destroyer Kronstadt.
Spartan recruits eating in a mess hall.
Thomas Lasky pummeling Walter Vickers in Corbulo Academy's mess hall.