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==History== | ==History== | ||
During the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 23, 2552]], the Olympic Tower was the center of operations for the evacuation effort in and around New Alexandria, but later came under attack after the [[Covenant]] zeroed in on its position. In the later stages of the evacuation, [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] requested that all personnel be evacuated from the building immediately. [[SPARTAN Program|Spartan]] [[NOBLE Team]], along with some of the facility's personnel, hid in the sublevel fallout bunker between August 23 and August 26.<ref name="NE"/> | During the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 23, 2552]], the Olympic Tower was the center of operations for the evacuation effort in and around New Alexandria, but later came under attack after the [[Covenant]] zeroed in on its position. In the later stages of the evacuation, [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] requested that all personnel be evacuated from the building immediately. [[SPARTAN Program|Spartan]] [[NOBLE Team]], along with some of the facility's personnel, hid in the sublevel fallout bunker between August 23 and August 26 after a {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} started glassing the immediate area around the tower.<ref name="NE"/> | ||
Decades prior, Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] had been offered a corner office in this tower when her projects flourished. However, she declined as her office at [[CASTLE Base]] provided some isolation and peace from those who wanted to bother her.<ref name="TFoR"/> Eventually, her rejection of the tower office proved to be her salvation as New Alexandria, including Olympic Tower, was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant.<ref name="NE"/> | Decades prior, Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] had been offered a corner office in this tower when her projects flourished. However, she declined as her office at [[CASTLE Base]] provided some isolation and peace from those who wanted to bother her.<ref name="TFoR"/> Eventually, her rejection of the tower office proved to be her salvation as New Alexandria, including Olympic Tower, was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant.<ref name="NE"/> | ||
