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==History==
==History==
''Cairo Station'' was assembled and put into [[Earth]]'s orbit by [[Vosper Engineering]] in August 23rd, 2550, and officially commissioned on September 14th, 2552 when it was designated as the flagship headquarters of the [[Earth Defense Coordination Zone]]<ref name="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 name="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 thirteen [[Covenant]] {{Class|CCS|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. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by John-117 to destroy a Covenant assault carrier.<ref name="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 thirteen [[Covenant]] {{Class|CCS|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. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by John-117 to destroy a Covenant assault carrier.<ref name="cairo"/>