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''Cairo Station'' was assembled and put into [[Earth]]'s orbit by [[Vosper Engineering]] in August 23, 2550, and officially commissioned on September 14, 2552 when it was designated as the flagship headquarters of the [[Earth Defense Coordination Zone]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} In preparation for the inevitable [[Battle for Earth]], [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Joseph Harper]] had {{UNSCShip|Chevalier}} deploy a security team to the station to facilitate the arrival of Fleet Admiral [[Terrence Hood]]. The security team was later assessed before Hood arrived.<ref name="loot2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref> | ''Cairo Station'' was assembled and put into [[Earth]]'s orbit by [[Vosper Engineering]] in August 23, 2550, and officially commissioned on September 14, 2552 when it was designated as the flagship headquarters of the [[Earth Defense Coordination Zone]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} In preparation for the inevitable [[Battle for Earth]], [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Joseph Harper]] had {{UNSCShip|Chevalier}} deploy a security team to the station to facilitate the arrival of Fleet Admiral [[Terrence Hood]]. The security team was later assessed before Hood arrived.<ref name="loot2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref> | ||
On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the start of the [[Battle for Earth]] when a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|fleet]] of thirteen [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s and two {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s attacked Earth. They tried to break through the ''Cairo''{{'}}s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces from the station during the attack. Unlike the ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and the ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the Covenant attempt to detonate an [[antimatter charge]] on board thanks to the efforts of John-117 and [[Cortana]] who was acting as the station's AI at the time. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by John-117 to destroy a Covenant assault carrier, ''[[Day of Jubilation]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}} | On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the start of the [[Battle for Earth]] when a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|fleet]] of thirteen [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s and two {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s attacked Earth. They tried to break through the ''Cairo''{{'}}s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces from the station during the attack. Unlike the ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and the ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the Covenant attempt to detonate an {{Pattern|Chershi|void maker|}} [[antimatter charge]] on board thanks to the efforts of John-117 and [[Cortana]] who was acting as the station's AI at the time. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by John-117 to destroy a Covenant assault carrier, ''[[Day of Jubilation]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}} | ||
Hood remained aboard the station for most of the battle. On November 3, Hood and a navigation officer aboard ''Cairo'' helped [[Blue Team]] hijack [[Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer|Covenant destroyer]] ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' and jump into slipspace for [[Onyx]] by providing [[slipstream space]] coordinates and other intel.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 211-220''</ref> When John-117 returned later to Earth on [[2552#November|November 17]], ''Cairo'' was still intact, but appeared damaged from the battle. Lord Hood was still on board and in command of the UNSC forces participating in the Battle of Earth. The ''Cairo'', the other MAC platforms, and the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] held firm against the onslaught of the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|final invasion forces]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey#Ending|The Great Journey]]''</ref> While the great majority of the Home Fleet, hence presumably a large number of other MAC platforms, was destroyed during the final space battle,{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|Game=Halo 3|Level=Crow's Nest}} ''Cairo'' ultimately survived the Battle for Earth. | Hood remained aboard the station for most of the battle. On November 3, Hood and a navigation officer aboard ''Cairo'' helped [[Blue Team]] hijack [[Sinaris-pattern heavy destroyer|Covenant destroyer]] ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' and jump into slipspace for [[Onyx]] by providing [[slipstream space]] coordinates and other intel.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 211-220''</ref> When John-117 returned later to Earth on [[2552#November|November 17]], ''Cairo'' was still intact, but appeared damaged from the battle. Lord Hood was still on board and in command of the UNSC forces participating in the Battle of Earth. The ''Cairo'', the other MAC platforms, and the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] held firm against the onslaught of the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|final invasion forces]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey#Ending|The Great Journey]]''</ref> While the great majority of the Home Fleet, hence presumably a large number of other MAC platforms, was destroyed during the final space battle,{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|Game=Halo 3|Level=Crow's Nest}} ''Cairo'' ultimately survived the Battle for Earth. | ||