Headquarters

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Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated, or in which allied forces can gather together and discuss various political and/or military situations. An example of this is HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6, the headquarters of the United Nations Space Command in Sydney, Australia.

Examples

• The human colony of Reach served as the United Nations Space Command's military powerhouse, until it was glassed by the Covenant during the Fall of Reach.

• HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in Sydney, Australia serves as the headquarters of the UNSC Security Council.

• As of the 21st century, the United Nations supreme headquarters was located in New York City in the United States.

• The Olympic Tower in Reach's city of New Alexandria served as the Office of Naval Intelligence's local headquarters.

• Alpha Base was the HQ of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's survivors; it was abandoned and destroyed during the closing stages of the Battle of Installation 04.

• Crow's Nest was an old military base repurposed as the HQ of the remaining UNSC Marines in Kenya late in the Battle of Earth: it was attacked by the Covenant and evacuated during the Battle of Voi.

• High Charity was the Covenant HQ; it was infested by the Flood during the Human-Covenant War and brought to Installation 00, where it was boarded and destroyed by John-117 and the Arbiter.

• NMPD Headquarters was the headquarters building for New Mombasa Police Department in the city of New Mombasa, Kenya.

• Oros Trading Company Headquarters is the HQ building of the Oros Trading Company on Mars.

List of appearances

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
• Halo: The Flood
• Halo: First Strike
• Halo 2
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
• Halo 3
• Halo: Contact Harvest
• Halo 3: ODST