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*10 [[D77-TC Pelican]]s or [[F-41 Broadsword|F-41D Broadswords]]<ref name="Warfleet"/> | |||
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'Cairo Station''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main purpose is as a defensive station for Earth.<ref name="Warfleet"/> Its main armament is a [[MAC#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Mark V "Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], capable of causing severe damage to even a shielded [[Covenant]] capital ship with a single hit.<ref name="armory"/> While there is an apparent lack of point-defense systems, as enemy boarding craft were able to attack the station unhindered, an AI such as [[Cortana]] can operate the station's MAC gun. Presumably, like Reach's orbital weapon platforms, it runs on power transmitted from a [[orbital defense generator|planetside generator]]. | 'Cairo Station''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main purpose is as a defensive station for Earth.<ref name="Warfleet"/> Its main armament is a [[MAC#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Mark V "Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], capable of causing severe damage to even a shielded [[Covenant]] capital ship with a single hit.<ref name="armory"/> While there is an apparent lack of point-defense systems, as enemy boarding craft were able to attack the station unhindered, an AI such as [[Cortana]] can operate the station's MAC gun. Presumably, like Reach's orbital weapon platforms, it runs on power transmitted from a [[orbital defense generator|planetside generator]]. | ||
Internally, it is very similar to [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ships with set out decks and specialized rooms. Like all United Nations Space Command space constructs it featured regular bulkheads for protection against hull breaches but seemed especially adept for fending off boarding parties. It had large stockpiles of [[combat barrier]]s, large supplies of [[M247 General Purpose Machine Gun|M247 GPMGs]], security booths providing defense points and regular weapons lockers in the walls containing [[BR55 Battle Rifle|Battle Rifles]] and [[M7/Caseless Submachine Gun|SMGs]]. It is possible that these weapons are a substitute for point defenses. These extra defenses against boarding parties are an obvious precaution, as the ODPs like the Cairo would be large targets for Covenant forces. Unlike the ''Athens'' or the ''Malta'', the ''Cairo<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' | Internally, it is very similar to [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ships with set out decks and specialized rooms. Like all United Nations Space Command space constructs it featured regular bulkheads for protection against hull breaches but seemed especially adept for fending off boarding parties. It had large stockpiles of [[combat barrier]]s, large supplies of [[M247 General Purpose Machine Gun|M247 GPMGs]], security booths providing defense points and regular weapons lockers in the walls containing [[BR55 Battle Rifle|Battle Rifles]] and [[M7/Caseless Submachine Gun|SMGs]]. It is possible that these weapons are a substitute for point defenses. These extra defenses against boarding parties are an obvious precaution, as the ODPs like the Cairo would be large targets for Covenant forces. Unlike the ''Athens'' or the ''Malta'', the ''Cairo<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' hangars were outfitted to support [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropships]] and [[F-41 Broadsword|F-41D Broadswords]] fighters.<ref name="Warfleet"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||