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'''HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6''' is a [[United Nations Space Command]] military base and its formal | '''HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6''', nicknamed the '''Hive'''<ref name="hive"/>, is a [[United Nations Space Command]] military base and its formal headquarters located in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. The building was roughly conical in structure and on the outside it was surrounded in security gates and other defenses; while on the inside the entrance way bore an atrium.<ref name="hive">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 98: ''Officially designated UNSC HighCom Facility B-6, the sprawling edifice had been nicknamed “the Hive.”''</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Below the HIGHCOM Bravo-6 Facility is another massive facility. It is three kilometers below the surface and reinforced with massive blast plating, anti-[[EMP]] armor and three kilometers of solid rock. The [[UNSC Security Committee]] met here. One famous meeting was the debriefing of [[Lieutenant (UNSC)|Lieutenant]] [[Wagner]] in front of the UNSC Security Committee on the [[Battle of Reach|fall]] of [[Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', pages 100-106</ref> | |||
Below the HIGHCOM Bravo-6 Facility is another massive facility | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *The very old and famous painting "[[Wikipedia:Washington Crossing the Delaware|Washington Crossing the Delaware]]" was located here.<ref name="paintings">'''Halo: First Strike''', page 100</ref> | ||
*Another painting by the name of "[[Admiral Cole's Last Stand]]" was located here.<ref name="paintings"/> | |||
*Its current status is unknown, because as stated in the first issue of [[Halo: Uprising]], Australia is hinted at being the site of a UNSC-[[Covenant]] battle, although HIGHCOM may not have been the exact target. | *Its current status is unknown, because as stated in the first issue of [[Halo: Uprising]], Australia is hinted at being the site of a UNSC-[[Covenant]] battle, although HIGHCOM may not have been the exact target. | ||
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*[[United Nations Space Command]] | *[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
*[[HIGHCOM|UNSC High Command]] | *[[HIGHCOM|UNSC High Command]] | ||
**[[UNSC Security Committee]] | |||
*[[Sydney]], [[Australia]] | |||
*[[Earth]] | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |
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