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[[File:Defence_generator_facility_A-331.jpg|300px|thumb|ODG-331 on the surface of Reach.]]
[[File:Orbital Defense Generator.png|300px|thumb|right|An Orbital Defense Generator on Reach.]]
An '''orbital defense generator''', abbreviated to '''ODG''' in alphanumerical site designations, is a large groundside power plant used to provide the energy needed by {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform}}s to fire their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoRChapter33|HTFoR|Chapter=33}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=36}}
An '''Orbital Defense Generator''', or '''ODG''', is a large groundside power plant used to provide the energy needed by [[Orbital Defense Platform|Orbital Defense Platforms]] to fire their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]].<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page ??''</ref>


Prior to the [[Battle of Reach]], Reach had seven ODGs to power twenty ODPs. As demonstrated during the battle, ODGs were vulnerable to ground assault, and the failure of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ground forces to protect the power plants and the resulting nullification of the planet's ODPs was a major factor in the battle's outcome and resulted in the loss of [[Reach]]. There were also ODGs on [[Earth]] to power the Orbital MAC guns.<ref name="FoR"/>
==Overview==
===Facilities===
*[[Reach]]: Seven Orbital defence generator facilites.
**[[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331|ODG A-331]]
**[[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-412|ODG A-412]]{{Ref/Map|HR|Powerhouse|Detail=[[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]]}}


==Speculation==
===Usage===
{{Conjecturalization}}
Prior to the [[Fall of Reach]], [[Reach]] had [[seven]] ODG facilities to power twenty ODPs. As demonstrated during the battle, ODGs were vulnerable to ground assault, and the failure of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ground forces to protect the power plants and the resulting nullification of the planet's ODPs was a major factor in the battle's outcome and resulted in the loss of Reach. These fusion reactor complexes allowed the orbital guns to sustain a rate of fire of one round every five seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoRChapter33}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
Although never explicitly elaborated upon, it likely seems that the means of power transmission from the ODGs on the ground to the ODPs in orbit was through a means similar to [[Wikipedia:Rectenna|rectennas]], a form of a high powered antenna.
{{Conjecturalization End}}


== Sources ==
==List of appearances==
<references/>
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
[[Category:UNSC]]
*''[[Halo Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
[[Category:Technology]]
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
 
==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC buildings]]