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[[File:Alpha HQ.jpg|thumb|250px|[[ Corporal Harland's Fireteam|Corporal Harland's Fireteam]] arrive at Alpha Headquarters.]]

'''Alpha Headquarters''' was the name of the lead [[Military base|Firebase]] set up by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] on planet [[Sigma Octanus IV]], [[sigma Octanus IV/Grid 19 x 37|grid 19 x 37]], during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] in [[2552]].

It was guarded by bunkers, armed checkpoints, guardhouses, and sandbags.<ref name="Halo Fall of Reach">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', pages 171-175</ref> It contained a main barracks, a command office, and a munitions bunker. It also had a main hospital.<ref name="Halo Fall of Reach">page 172</ref> It was set up near [[Côte d'Azur|Cote D'Azur]] so that the Marines, under the command of [[Kits|General Kits]],<ref name="Halo Fall of Reach">Page 160.</ref> could assault the city, which had been captured by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].

The base was staffed by 400 Marines when it came under assault by the Covenant forces. They attacked with [[Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage|Wraith]] tanks, [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]] fliers, and thousands of [[Unggoy|Grunts]].<ref name="Halo Fall of Reach">pages 171-172</ref> The Marines were able to hold them off, but at a heavy cost, almost the entire base was destroyed, and only ten Marines survived the incident.<ref name="Halo Fall of Reach">Page 175.</ref> When a single [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]] with [[Harland|Corporal Harland]] arrived, he assumed tactical command of the entire ground operation. He was quickly relieved by a team of [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-IIs]].<ref name="Halo Fall of Reach">, page 174</ref>

The Spartans landed their [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] in the base and used it as a staging area. They successfully killed all the Covenant soldiers in the area with a [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK tactical nuclear device]],<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 211</ref> destroying Cote D'Azur and the remains of Alpha Headquarters consequently.

Along with the surviving Marines and civilians, they were evacuated and docked with the [[UNSC Leviathan|UNSC ''Leviathan'']] for a return trip to [[Reach]].