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== Deployment == | == Deployment == | ||
===[[File:Magnetic_Accelerator_Cannon.png|thumb|One of Reach's ODP's firing at Covenant ships in 2552.]]Reach=== | ===[[File:Magnetic_Accelerator_Cannon.png|thumb|306px|One of Reach's ODP's firing at Covenant ships in 2552.]]Reach=== | ||
By August [[2552]], [[Reach]] was protected by 20 ODPs. At least some of these platforms were in place as early as [[2527]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', page 50</ref> During the [[Battle of Reach]], [[Marines]] and [[SPARTAN-II|Spartans]] were deployed to protect the orbital platforms' planetside power generators but were ultimately unable to do so 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]]''', page ''??''</ref>. | By August [[2552]], [[Reach]] was protected by 20 ODPs. At least some of these platforms were in place as early as [[2527]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', page 50</ref> During the [[Battle of Reach]], [[Marines]] and [[SPARTAN-II|Spartans]] were deployed to protect the orbital platforms' planetside power generators but were ultimately unable to do so 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]]''', page ''??''</ref>. | ||