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The '''Special Warfare Center''' | The '''Special Warfare Center''' (or SWC) in [[Seongnam]], [[Wikipedia:Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi Province]], [[United Korea]], is a testing ground and training facility for the [[United Nations Space Command]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Korean conflict=== | |||
Throughout the later years of the 20th century and into the 21st century, the [[Wikipedia:707th Special Mission Battalion|707th Special Mission Battalion]] of the [[Wikipedia:Republic of Korea Army|Republic of Korea Army]] [[Wikipedia:Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command|Special Warfare Command]] was garrisoned on or near the present day location of the SWC in Seongnam. Known as the "White Tigers," the 707th SMB was Korea's premier tier-one counter-terrorist, quick reaction, hostage rescue, and unconventional unit. | |||
===MJOLNIR testing=== | ===MJOLNIR testing=== | ||
The SWC is one of the main [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] testing facilities on [[Earth]]. There is a desert-like area with buildings and captured [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] vehicles to give the training area a more realistic appearance. There is also a possibility that the armor itself was constructed there due to the fall of [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] facilities on [[Reach]]. | The SWC is one of the main [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] testing facilities on [[Earth]]. There is a desert-like area with buildings and captured [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] vehicles to give the training area a more realistic appearance. There is also a possibility that the armor itself was constructed there due to the fall of [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] facilities on [[Reach]]. | ||
[[Maria-062]] first tested the MJOLNIR Mark VI armor | [[Maria-062]] first tested the MJOLNIR Mark VI armor at this location.<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', [[Armor Testing]]''</ref> | ||
==Tested products== | ==Tested products== | ||
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*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/K variant|MJOLNIR/COMMANDO]] | *[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/K variant|MJOLNIR/COMMANDO]] | ||
*[[Nightfall armor]]<ref name="Nightfall SDCC panel">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref> | *[[Nightfall armor]]<ref name="Nightfall SDCC panel">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' | *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' | ||
**''[[Armor Testing]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Armor Testing]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:UNSC military bases]] | [[Category:UNSC military bases]] | ||
[[Category:Earth]] | [[Category:Earth]] |