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 [[Image:DSC00212.JPG|thumb|left|200px|The destruction of ''Malta'']]
-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<ref>''Source needed. Where does Ackerson deny permission to send a search and rescue group to Epsilon Eridani citing that every ship is needed at Earth?</ref>. By October 2552, some 300 ODPs were operational<ref>Halo 2, [[The Armory (Level)]], cutscene</ref>. 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 [[Battle of Reach]] preparations had not yet been completed<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], pg. 104</ref>. By October 2552, some 300 ODPs were operational<ref>Halo 2, [[The Armory (Level)]], cutscene</ref>. Many of Earth's ODPs were named after points of interest that they roughly kept station over.
 A portion of the 300 platforms saw action at the [[First Battle of Earth]]. ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' were each destroyed by an [[Covenant Bomb]] placed by [[Covenant]] boarding parties, with ''[[Cairo Station]]'' narrowly avoiding the same fate<ref>Halo 2, [[Cairo Station (Level)]]</ref>.