Editing Recurve Station

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[[File:H5G-Recurve 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Recurve Station.]]
'''Recurve Station''' was a human research station located in the mountains of the [[human]] colony world [[Concord]].{{Ref/Site|Id=S2StoryHub|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-lone-wolves-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Lone Wolves Intel|D=03|M=11|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel}}{{Ref/Map|H5G|Recurve}} Like its sister-station, [[Longbow Station]], the station's primary feature was a twin set of large [[mass driver]]s used for a variety of industrial and military purposes by the [[Unified Earth Government]] and [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG|H4EVG|Page=209}}

==History==
===Colonial era===
In [[2509]], the UEG commissioned the launch of numerous deep space monitoring relays to study star systems far from the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colonial sphere]]. Recurve presumably joined Longbow Station in this endeavour, and used its twin mass drivers to launch many of these relays.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!halo-evolved/maps-missions/a3a452a8-f02a-4b1c-9e46-b3a33ba26778|Site=Halo 4 Official Site|Page=Maps + Missions|D=13|M=06|Y=2012|Defunct=yes|LocalArchive=Archive:Xbox.com/Halo 4|Quote=The frigid climate and unique gravitational conditions of Concord's northern polar region provide an optimal perch for Longbow Station's channel-based mass drivers. Before the Covenant War, the UEG launched deep space monitoring relays from here in an effort to study far-flung star systems.}}{{Ref/Generic|[[Halo 4 Interactive Guide#Maps|Halo 4 Interactive Guide]]|Detail=Longbow}}

===Human-Covenant War===
With the outbreak [[Human-Covenant War|of war]] in [[2525]] and the ensuing [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|campaign]] in the [[Outer Colonies]], mass driver stations like Longbow and presumably Recurve were changed to adapt to the new wartime environment. Rather than launching star surveys for peaceful purposes as in previous years, they were adapted to house key military sensors that were used to track the movement of the [[Covenant fleet]] as they slowly [[Glassing|destroyed]] world after world in the outermost regions of space.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} 

During the [[2551]] [[defense of Concord]] against the alien hegemony, several of the planet's mass drivers - presumably including Recurve Station and its sister-station [[Longbow Station|Longbow]] - were used as improvised anti-orbital artillery against the [[Covenant starship]]s involved in the invasion. The actions of these mass drivers were sufficient enough in disabling the fleet to allow for a small [[battle group]] of [[UNSC Navy]] warships to finish off the fleet, stranding the Covenant ground forces on the planet.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Winter Contention}} As of December 6, 2551, Recurve Station was reported as inactive on the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[TACMAP]].{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}

By c.[[2558]], a recreation of the station was simulated in UNSC [[War Games]] for [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] training purposes, under the [[UNSC Cartographer Initiative]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFClose|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-close-quarters|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Close Quarters|D=02|M=06|Y=2016}}

==Trivia==
Recurve Station is the setting of the ''Halo 5: Guardians'' multiplayer map, [[Recurve]] - a spiritual successor to ''Halo 4''{{'}}s [[Longbow]] recreated in ''Halo 5''{{'}}s iteration of [[Forge/Halo 5: Guardians|Forge]] and officially included in matchmaking.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
**[[Season 02: Lone Wolves]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Winter Contention]]'' {{Im}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Concord locations]]
[[Category:UNSC military bases]]