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'''CASTLE Base''' | '''CASTLE Base''' was an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] base located on the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colony of [[Reach]]. It was hidden two kilometers directly underneath [[Menachite Mountain]] in the [[Viery Territory]].{{Citation needed}} Protected by massive amounts of granite, reinforced concrete, plates of [[Titanium-A armor]], and EMP-hardened metal,<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', page 100, ''Although he barely felt the descent, Wagner knew he had dropped three kilometers into the planet, through solid layers of granite, reinforced concrete, plates of Titanium-A, and EMP-hardened metal. None of this made him feel any safer, though; ONI's research facility on Reach had the same setup, and it had not done those poor bastards any good.''</ref> it was virtually bombproof, well defended, and virtually impenetrable.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page 229, ''CASTLE was a massive complex, two thousand meters below the granite protection of the Highland Mountains — bombproof, well defended, and impenetrable.''</ref> CASTLE Base could withstand the force equivalent to an 80 megaton nuclear blast.{{Citation needed}} The complex was originally a [[titanium]] mine, but was closed down after the mine breached the [[Forerunner]] [[Menachite Forerunner complex|complex]] below. | ||
[[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] had an office in CASTLE Base, as did [[Colonel James Ackerson]]. The [[ | [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] had an office in CASTLE Base's Omega Wing, as did [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. The [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] were familiar with CASTLE Base. During the [[Fall of Reach]], the base was [[Team Delta]]'s fallback position. [[William-043]], [[Vinh-030]], and [[Isaac-039]] arrived there. They were soon joined by [[Frederic-104]] and [[Kelly-087]]. There, they discovered Dr. Halsey, who had remained behind to initiate [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]], destroying the base to prevent the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] from acquiring advanced UNSC [[technology|technologies]]. | ||
When the | When the Covenant forces breached the base, Dr. Halsey was forced to put Operation: WHITE GLOVE into action, destroying the base and deleting. her [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] assistant [[Kalmiya]]. This prevented the Covenant from gaining any intelligence from the base. Halsey and the SPARTANs then retreated into the dangerous titanium mines below, and later to the Forerunner complex, where they discovered a powerful [[Forerunner crystal]]. | ||
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**Omega Wing | **Omega Wing | ||
*** | ***Dr. Halsey's office<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page 229, ''The private office was located deep underground, inside the "Omega Wing" of the super-secure ONI facility, code-named simply CASTLE.''</ref> | ||
**Medical | **Medical wing | ||
***Cold | ***Cold storage facilities | ||
***Surgical | ***Surgical bays | ||
*'''Level Lavender''' | *'''Level Lavender''' | ||
**Section Sigma | **Section Sigma | ||
***Elevator | ***Elevator shaft<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', page 134, ''"Down the elevator shaft in Section Sigma,"</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== |
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