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===Reach=== | ===Reach=== | ||
[[File:Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.png|thumb|right|300px|An ODP above Reach firing its main cannon.]] | [[File:Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.png|thumb|right|300px|An ODP above Reach firing its main cannon.]] | ||
By [[2552#August|August 2552]], [[Reach]] was protected by twenty ODPs. At least one of these platforms was in place by [[2517|May 2517]];<ref>''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]''</ref> a number were online by [[2527]].<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', p. 50</ref> During the [[Fall of Reach]], the orbital defense platforms inflicted massive losses on the Covenant armada in the opening stages of the battle, as well as providing fire support for ground forces on Reach. Large numbers of UNSC forces were deployed to protect the orbital platforms' planetside power generators, but they ultimately fell against determined enemy assaults. The disabling of the defense platforms was a major factor on the battle's outcome.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach''</ref> | By [[2552#August|August 2552]], [[Reach]] was protected by twenty ODPs. At least [[Moncton-class orbital weapon platform|one]] of these platforms was in place by [[2517|May 2517]];<ref>''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]''</ref> a number were online by [[2527]].<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', p. 50</ref> During the [[Fall of Reach]], the orbital defense platforms inflicted massive losses on the Covenant armada in the opening stages of the battle, as well as providing fire support for ground forces on Reach. Large numbers of UNSC forces were deployed to protect the orbital platforms' planetside power generators, but they ultimately fell against determined enemy assaults. The disabling of the defense platforms was a major factor on the battle's outcome.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach''</ref> | ||
===Earth=== | ===Earth=== | ||
The outbreak of the [[Human-Covenant War]] prompted a massive expansion of [[Earth]]'s defenses. Even as late as the [[Battle of Reach]] preparations had not yet been completed; a series of new platforms above Earth were set to come online on September 14.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', p. 104</ref> By October 2552, some 300 ODPs were operational.{{Ref/Reuse|armory}} Many of Earth's ODPs were named after points of interest that they roughly kept station over. | The outbreak of the [[Human-Covenant War]] prompted a massive expansion of [[Earth]]'s defenses. Even as late as the [[Fall of Reach|Battle of Reach]] preparations had not yet been completed; a series of new platforms above Earth were set to come online on September 14.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', p. 104</ref> By October 2552, some 300 ODPs were operational.{{Ref/Reuse|armory}} Many of Earth's ODPs were named after points of interest that they roughly kept station over. | ||
A portion of the 300 platforms first saw action at the early stages of the [[Battle | A portion of the 300 platforms first saw action at the early stages of the [[Battle for Earth]]. ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' were each destroyed by [[antimatter charge]]s installed by [[Covenant]] boarding parties, while ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' only narrowly avoided the same fate as the other platforms thanks to [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s [[removal]] of the bomb on board.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}} The ODPs were used throughout the drawn-out Battle for Earth after more Covenant fleets began to arrive in the following days and weeks,{{Ref/Generic|Id=lootcrate2|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]}} but the Covenant might have already destroyed numerous stations especially when the final Covenant [[Great Schism|loyalist]] [[Truth's fleet|naval forces]] and the [[Prophet of Truth]] himself arrived at Earth on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] on [[2552#November|November 17]].<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest]]</ref>{{Ref/Level|Id=TGJ|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[The Great Journey (level)|The Great Journey]]}} | ||
During the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth]] in mid-[[2557]], ODPs defended Earth from the Didact alongside the ships of the UNSC Home Fleet. However, the Didact's ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' was too heavily shielded for even the ODPs Super MACs and as a result, the Master Chief had to destroy the ship from the inside with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK nuclear warhead]].<ref>''Halo 4'', campaign level, [[Midnight]]</ref> | During the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth]] in mid-[[2557]], ODPs defended Earth from the Didact alongside the ships of the UNSC Home Fleet. However, the Didact's ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' was too heavily shielded for even the ODPs Super MACs and as a result, the Master Chief had to destroy the ship from the inside with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK nuclear warhead]].<ref>''Halo 4'', campaign level, [[Midnight]]</ref> | ||