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'''CASTLE Base''' is an [[ONI]] base located on the UNSC colony of [[Reach]], inside [[Menachite Mountain]], two thousand meters below the [[Highland Mountains]]. Protected by massive amounts of granite, reinforced concrete, plates of [[Titanium-A]], 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 hadn't done those poor bastards any good.''</ref> it is 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. The complex was originally a titanium mine, but was closed down after the mine breached the [[Forerunner]] [[Menachite Forerunner Complex|complex]] below. | '''CASTLE Base''' is an [[ONI]] base located on the UNSC colony of [[Reach]], inside [[Menachite Mountain]], two thousand meters below the [[Highland Mountains]]. Protected by massive amounts of granite, reinforced concrete, plates of [[Titanium-A]], 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 hadn't done those poor bastards any good.''</ref> it is 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. The complex was originally a titanium mine, but was closed down after the mine breached the [[Forerunner]] [[Menachite Forerunner Complex|complex]] below. | ||
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***Elevator Shaft<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 134, ''"Down the elevator shaft in Section Sigma,"</ref> | ***Elevator Shaft<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 134, ''"Down the elevator shaft in Section Sigma,"</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | |||
*[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Halo: First Strike]] | |||
*[[Halo: Reach]] {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
