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| {{Title|''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platform}} | | {{Era|HCW|Post}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Cleanup}} |
| {{Infobox/Ships
| | {{Quote|That MAC gun could put a hole clean through a Covenant capital ship. Coordinated fire from the Athens and the Malta, nothing's getting through this battle cluster in one piece.|Avery J. Johnson}} |
| |name = ''Moncton''-class | | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platform}} |
| |image = [[File:H2A CairoStation Loadscreen.png|300px]] | | {{Ship class infobox |
| |caption = ''Cairo Station'' (OWP-142) and its battle cluster over [[Earth]] on October 20, 2552.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}} | | |name=''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platform |
| |modules = <!--/Individual or /Class sub-modules should be placed here-->
| | |image=[[File:H2A CairoStation Loadscreen.png|300px]] |
| {{Infobox/Ships/Class
| | |manufacturer=[[Vosper Engineering]] |
| |hide-class =
| | |class=[[Orbital defense platform]] |
| |class identification = [[Hull classification symbol]]: '''OWP'''{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
| | |role=Planetary defense |
| |class operator = [[UNSC Air Force]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22AF}}
| | |length={{Convert|536|m|ft|sigfig=3}}<ref name="Warfleet">''[[Halo Warfleet]]'', ''p. 30-31''</ref> |
| |class manufacturer = [[Vosper Engineering]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
| | |width={{Convert|2580|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=3|disp=flip}}<ref name="Model">'''[[Halo 2]]''' 3D model file</ref> |
| |class architect =
| | |height={{Convert|1336|m|ft|sigfig=3}}<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |class built = 300+{{Ref/Level|Id=H2CS|H2|Cairo Station}} | | |mass=2.9 million metric tons<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |class in service = Prior to or circa [[2517]]-present{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORBC}}
| | |power=*Reactor<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| }}
| | *Liquid-metal capacitance cells<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |hide-characteristics= | | |engine=Station-keeping thrusters<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |nocollapse = yes
| | |slipspace drive= |
| |type = [[Orbital defense platform]]
| | |navigation= |
| |length = {{Convert|536|m|ft|sigfig=3}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Warfleet|HWF|Page=30-31}} | | |hull=[[Durasteel]] armor<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |width = {{Convert|2580|ft|m|sp=us|sigfig=3|disp=flip}} | | |shielding=None |
| |height = {{Convert|1336|m|ft|sigfig=3}}{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | |armament=*1 [[MAC#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|14D4A1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |mass = 2.9 million metric tons{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | *7 [[M606 Goalkeeper point defense gun]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |power = | | |complement=*136 [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]]<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| *Reactor{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | *[[SKT-9 Bumblebee]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| *Liquid-metal capacitance cells{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |
| |maneuver drive = Station-keeping thrusters{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |
| |slipspace drive = | |
| |crew = 152 [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] personnel.{{Ref/Book|Id=OSFM|OSFM|Page=136}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22AF|Enc22|Page=60}} | |
| |complement = | |
| *16+ [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |
| *Various aircraft: | | *Various aircraft: |
| **10 [[Pelican]] dropships or [[F-41 Broadsword#F-41D|Broadsword A/X strikecraft]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | **10 [[D77-TC Pelican]]s or [[F-41 Broadsword#F-41D|F-41D Broadswords]]<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| **[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | **[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| **[[D82-EST Darter]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | **[[D82-EST Darter]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |troops = *136 [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | |crew=152 [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] personnel.<ref name="OSFM">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', p. 136</ref> |
| |hull = [[Durasteel]] armor{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
| | |passengers=*136 [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]]<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| |shielding = | | |othersystems= |
| |sensors = | | |era=*[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| |ew = | | *[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] |
| |armaments = | | |introduced=2550 |
| *1 [[MAC#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|14D4A1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | |affiliation=[[UNSC]] |
| *7 [[M606 Goalkeeper point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |
| |aircraft = | |
| |air facilities = | |
| *2 [[UNSC frigate|light warship]] docks{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| *Multiple [[hangar bay]]s (varies){{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| }} | | }} |
| {{Quote|That MAC gun could put a hole clean through a Covenant capital ship. Coordinated fire from the Athens and the Malta, nothing's getting through this battle cluster in one piece.|Avery J. Johnson}}
| | The '''''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platform''' ([[hull classification symbol]]: '''OWP''') is a line of [[orbital defense platform]]s utilized by the [[UNSC]] towards the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|in the years beyond]]. |
| The '''''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platform''' ([[hull classification symbol]]: '''OWP''') is a line of [[orbital defense platform]]s in the service of the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} They have been a staple of the UNSC's planetary defence strategy for decades, seeing service in the [[Insurrection]], the [[Human-Covenant War]] and [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war era]]. | | == Specifications == |
| | === Powerplant === |
| | The ''Moncton''-class, unlike other models of defense platforms, was built with an on-board power source. As well as a [[fusion reactor]], the lower stalk of the station was composed of stacked liquid-metal capacitors, which allowed for the rapid firing of its MAC so long as there is charge in their cells. If the reactor is damaged, the docking umbilicals could parasitically leach charge off a docked UNSC warship to power its weapon.<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
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| ==Overview== | | === Armament === |
| === Powerplant ===
| | ''Moncton''-class platforms are equipped with a 14D4A1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], a power-hungry 802.2 metre (2,632 ft) long coilgun that fires a ferric-[[tungsten]] round traveling at several kilometers per second, which carries enough energy to punch clean through a Covenant [[capital ship]]. The shell is accelerated by hundreds of asynchronous linear induction motors which all line the barrel of the weapon. They were also equipped with seven [[M606 Goalkeeper point defense gun]]s to protect them from enemy fighters, bombers and boarding craft.<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| The ''Moncton''-class, unlike its cousin in the {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform|}}, was built with an on-board power source. As well as a [[fusion reactor]], the lower stalk of the station was composed of stacked liquid-metal capacitors, which allowed for the rapid firing of its MAC so long as there is charge in their cells. If the reactor is damaged, the docking umbilicals could parasitically leach charge off a docked UNSC warship to power its weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| ===Armaments=== | | === Crew and Complement === |
| ''Moncton''-class platforms are equipped with a 14D4A1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], a power-hungry 802.2 meter (2,632 ft) long coilgun that fires a ferric-[[tungsten]] round traveling at several kilometers per second, which carries enough energy to punch clean through a Covenant [[capital ship]]. The shell is accelerated by hundreds of asynchronous linear induction motors, which all line the barrel of the weapon. They were also equipped with seven [[M606 Goalkeeper point defense gun]]s to protect them from enemy fighters, bombers and boarding craft.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | | 152 [[UNSC Air Force|UNSC Air Force]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] personnel manned the ''Moncton''-class platforms, who all lived in cramped crew quarters on the station's ring section. This can include a number of senior officers who resided in an exposed command center, which can be modified with the equipment and facilities needed to coordinate entire defensive efforts around the planet they were stationed at. For security, 136 [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] were assigned aboard them within security wings. They could be overwhelmed by Covenant boarding teams, provided enough of them were able to reach the station. For emergency evacuation, at least sixteen [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]]s were stowed away in launch bays around the docking section.<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
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| ===Crew and complement===
| | To temporarily supplement their on-board complement, two purpose-built docking ports were fitted on each side of the station, both of which could accept a [[UNSC frigate]]. Eight horizontally-articulated could connect to airlocks to allow for the exchange of personnel.<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
| 152 [[UNSC Air Force]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] personnel man ''Moncton''-class platforms, all living within the cramped crew quarters on the station's ring section. This crew can include a number of senior officers who reside in an exposed command center, which can be modified with the equipment and facilities needed to coordinate entire defensive efforts around the planet at which they are stationed. 136 [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] are stationed within security wings. These could be overwhelmed by Covenant boarding teams, provided enough of them are able to reach the station. For emergency evacuation, at least sixteen [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]]s are stowed away in launch bays around the docking section.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| To temporarily supplement their on-board complement, two purpose-built docking ports can be fitted on each side of the station, both of which can accept a [[UNSC frigate]]. Eight horizontally-articulated corridors can connect to airlocks to allow for the exchange of personnel.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
| | In addition, multiple [[hangar bay]]s were fitted. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], each individual station in a given battle cluster was optimized to accept a specific type of aircraft. One would be equipped to service light [[space fighter]]s and utility craft, carrying up to ten [[F-41 Broadsword#Variants|F-41D Broadswords]] and [[D77-TC Pelican]]s. Another would carry interceptors such as [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s. The third is specialized towards [[D82-EST Darter]]s and maintenance drones.<ref name="Warfleet"/> |
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| In addition, multiple [[hangar bay]]s can be fitted. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], each individual station in a given battle cluster was optimized to accept a specific type of aircraft. One would be equipped to service light [[space fighter]]s and utility craft, carrying up to ten [[F-41 Broadsword#Variants|F-41D Broadswords]] and [[D77-TC Pelican]]s. Another would carry interceptors such as [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s. The third is specialized towards [[D82-EST Darter]]s and maintenance drones.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
| | == History == |
| | Introduced by at least [[2517]],<ref>''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]''</ref> the ''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platform formed part of [[Earth]]'s orbital defense grid under the authority of [[Unified Ground Command]] by the [[UNSC Air Force]]. It was a key part of Earth's Orbital Defense Grid, an ambitious plan that combined ground-based aerospace fighters, low-orbit satellites, and warship squadrons into a multi-layered integrated system. When the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s forces stumbled into Earth's defenses, ''Moncton''-class platforms engaged the Covenant fleet at range, with [[Cairo Station (station)|''Cairo'']] serving as [[Terrence Hood|Lord Hood's]] command center to coordinate the defense of Earth, devastating the unusually small force despite the Covenant being able to board and destroy the [[Athens Station|''Athens'']] and [[Malta Station|''Malta'']] stations and slipping a single {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} through the defense grid to deploy forces throughout [[Mombasa]]. The ''Moncton'' platforms would continue to defend Earth even as the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s own fleet began arriving,<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Great Journey]]</ref> with [[Nassau Station|''Nassau'' Station]] tracking the [[Tykos 30]] in [[Ruwan Ackerson]]'s bloodstream to identify ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' as a priority target and destroy it, killing the [[Minister of Inquisition]].<ref>''[[Halo: Uprising]]'', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue #4]]'' </ref> An unknown number of platforms survived the end of the war, and continued to serve in Earth's defence grid as late as March 22nd, 2558.<ref>''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue #7]]''</ref> |
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| ==Stations of the line== | | == Known stations == |
| [[File:HW cairo station.jpg|250px|thumb|Cross-sectional view of Cairo Station.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}]]
| | *''[[Athens Station]]'' |
| *''[[Athens Station]]'' (OWP-144) | | *''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' |
| *''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' (OWP-142) | | *''[[Malta Station]]'' |
| *''[[Malta Station]]'' (OWP-143) | |
| *''[[Nassau Station]]'' | | *''[[Nassau Station]]'' |
| *''[[Oaxaca Station]]'' | | *''[[Oaxaca Station]]'' |
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| ==Operational history==
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| ===Insurrection===
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| By around [[2493]], the orbital defence grid of [[Earth]], consisting of over 300 ''Moncton''-class OWPs,{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=37}} was in the planning stages - later derisively referred to by Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]] as "''all theory and politics''".{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}{{Ref/Note|In ''Halo 2''{{'}}s Cairo Station level, Sgt. Johnson mentions the orbital defence network around Earth as being "theory and politics" when he shipped out for basic training. ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' clarifies that he enlisted in the military at the age of nineteen, meaning that he would have been undergoing basic training around the year of 2493, given his birth year of 2474.}} By [[2517]], at least one such platform was operational in orbit of [[Reach]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HTFORBC|HFoRBC|Issue=1}}
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| ===Human-Covenant War===
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| Alongside its sister classes, the ''Moncton''-classification of OWP played an instrumental role in the defence of numerous [[human colonies]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Multiple were present around [[Camber]] during the planet's [[Battle of Camber|invasion]] in [[2542]].{{Ref/Game|H2A|Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 2}} They continued to see service into the war's final weeks, taking part in the [[Fall of Reach|defence]] of [[Reach]] (albeit, having mostly been supplanted by the more powerful {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform|OWPs}} there),{{Ref/Comic|HFoRInv}}
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| ''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platforms made the entirety of the three hundred orbital defense platforms that formed [[Earth]]'s orbital defense grid in October [[2552]].{{Ref/Level|Id=H2TA|H2|The Armory}} These installations formed a key part of Earth's orbital defense grid, an ambitious plan that combined ground-based aerospace fighters, low-orbit satellites, and warship squadrons into a multi-layered integrated system. During the [[Battle for Earth]], when the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] stumbled into Earth's defenses, ''Moncton''-class platforms engaged the Covenant fleet at range, with [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]] serving as [[Terrence Hood|Lord Hood's]] command center to coordinate the defense of Earth, devastating the unusually small force despite the Covenant being able to board and destroy the [[Athens Station|Athens]] and [[Malta Station|Malta]] stations and slipping [[Solemn Penance|a single]] {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} through the defense grid to [[Battle of Mombasa|deploy]] forces throughout [[Mombasa]] after exiting [[slipstream space|slipspace]] over the city.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}{{Ref/Level|Id=H2Out|H2|Outskirts}}{{Ref/Game|Id=sscirc1arc2|ODST|Sadie's Story|Detail=Circle 1, Arc 2}}
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| [[File:Cairo Mac firing.jpg|thumb|250px|Cairo Station firing its MAC.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}]]
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| The ''Moncton'' platforms would continue to defend Earth even as more additional [[Covenant fleet]]s began to be dispatched to the [[Sol system]] and later when a final [[Truth's fleet|overwhelming armada]] led by the [[Prophet of Truth]] finally arrived in November. Despite particularly strong defenses, the final Covenant invading fleet overrun much of the orbital defense grid and the Home Fleet, disabling or destroying the mass of remaining orbital defense platforms as it was weakened by the previous Covenant fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|H3|Crow's Nest}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H2TA}} Cairo Station remained intact, but was left damaged after the final space battle.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} When the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' jumped to Earth on November 17, [[Nassau Station]] tracked the [[Tykos 30]] in [[Ruwan Ackerson]]'s bloodstream to identify ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' as a priority target and destroy it, killing the [[Minister of Inquisition]].{{Ref/Comic|HU|Issue=4}}
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| ===Post-war===
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| By the war's end, Cairo Station was one of the very few ''Moncton''-class OWPs to survive the month-long orbital [[space warfare]] campaign in late 2552. It remains a key part of of Earth's orbital grid, alongside newly-constructed replacements for the Athens and Malta platforms.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| An unknown number of platforms continued to serve in Earth's defense grid until they were targeted and disabled by [[Cortana]] during her [[subjugation of Earth]].{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=7}}{{Ref/Level|H5G|Guardians}}
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| == List of appearances == | | == List of appearances == |
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| *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' |
| **''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue 7]]'' | | **''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue 7]]'' |
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'' |
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| == Sources == | | == Sources == |
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| {{Human Ships}} | | {{Human Ships}} |
| [[Category:Orbital defense platforms]] | | [[Category:Orbital defense platforms]] |
| [[Category:Space stations]] | | [[Category:Space stations]] |
