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'''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|July 17, 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>  

During the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], Alpha Headquarters was set up near [[Côte 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]].

The base was staffed by 400 Marines when it came under assault by the Covenant forces. They attacked with [[Type-26 Wraith]] tanks, [[Type-26 Banshee]] fliers, and thousands of [[Unggoy]].<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 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>

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