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|class identification = [[Hull classification symbol]]: '''OWP'''{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |class identification = [[Hull classification symbol]]: '''OWP'''{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | ||
|class operator = [[UNSC Air Force]]{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM}}{{Ref/ | |class operator = [[UNSC Air Force]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22AF}} | ||
|class manufacturer = [[Vosper Engineering]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |class manufacturer = [[Vosper Engineering]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | ||
|class architect = | |class architect = | ||
|class built = 300+{{Ref/ | |class built = 300+{{Ref/Level|Id=H2CS|H2|Cairo Station}} | ||
|class in service = Prior to or circa [[2517]]-present{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORBC}} | |class in service = Prior to or circa [[2517]]-present{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORBC}} | ||
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|maneuver drive = Station-keeping thrusters{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |maneuver drive = Station-keeping thrusters{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | ||
|slipspace drive = | |slipspace drive = | ||
|crew = 152 [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] personnel. | |crew = 152 [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] personnel.{{Ref/Book|Id=OSFM|OSFM|Page=136}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22AF|Enc22|Page=60}} | ||
|complement = | |complement = | ||
*16+ [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | *16+ [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | ||
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Alongside its sister classes, the ''Moncton''-classification of OWP played an instrumental role in the defence of numerous [[human colonies]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Multiple were present around [[Camber]] during the planet's [[Battle of Camber|invasion]] in [[2542]].{{Ref/Game|H2A|Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 2}} They continued to see service into the war's final weeks, taking part in the [[Fall of Reach|defence]] of [[Reach]] (albeit, having mostly been supplanted by the more powerful {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform|OWPs}} there),{{Ref/Comic|HFoRInv}} | Alongside its sister classes, the ''Moncton''-classification of OWP played an instrumental role in the defence of numerous [[human colonies]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Multiple were present around [[Camber]] during the planet's [[Battle of Camber|invasion]] in [[2542]].{{Ref/Game|H2A|Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 2}} They continued to see service into the war's final weeks, taking part in the [[Fall of Reach|defence]] of [[Reach]] (albeit, having mostly been supplanted by the more powerful {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform|OWPs}} there),{{Ref/Comic|HFoRInv}} | ||
''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platforms made the entirety of the three hundred orbital defense platforms that formed [[Earth]]'s orbital defense grid in October [[2552]].{{Ref/Level|Id=H2TA|H2|The Armory}} These installations formed a key part of Earth's orbital defense grid, an ambitious plan that combined ground-based aerospace fighters, low-orbit satellites, and warship squadrons into a multi-layered integrated system. During the [[Battle for Earth]], when the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] stumbled into Earth's defenses, ''Moncton''-class platforms engaged the Covenant fleet at range, with [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]] serving as [[Terrence Hood|Lord Hood's]] command center to coordinate the defense of Earth, devastating the unusually small force despite the Covenant being able to board and destroy the [[Athens Station|Athens]] and [[Malta Station|Malta]] stations and slipping [[Solemn Penance|a single]] {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} through the defense grid to [[Battle of Mombasa|deploy]] forces throughout [[Mombasa]] after exiting [[slipstream space|slipspace]] over the city.{{Ref/ | ''Moncton''-class orbital weapon platforms made the entirety of the three hundred orbital defense platforms that formed [[Earth]]'s orbital defense grid in October [[2552]].{{Ref/Level|Id=H2TA|H2|The Armory}} These installations formed a key part of Earth's orbital defense grid, an ambitious plan that combined ground-based aerospace fighters, low-orbit satellites, and warship squadrons into a multi-layered integrated system. During the [[Battle for Earth]], when the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] stumbled into Earth's defenses, ''Moncton''-class platforms engaged the Covenant fleet at range, with [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]] serving as [[Terrence Hood|Lord Hood's]] command center to coordinate the defense of Earth, devastating the unusually small force despite the Covenant being able to board and destroy the [[Athens Station|Athens]] and [[Malta Station|Malta]] stations and slipping [[Solemn Penance|a single]] {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} through the defense grid to [[Battle of Mombasa|deploy]] forces throughout [[Mombasa]] after exiting [[slipstream space|slipspace]] over the city.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}{{Ref/Level|Id=H2Out|H2|Outskirts}}{{Ref/Game|Id=sscirc1arc2|ODST|Sadie's Story|Detail=Circle 1, Arc 2}} | ||
[[File:Cairo Mac firing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cairo Station firing its MAC.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}]] | [[File:Cairo Mac firing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cairo Station firing its MAC.{{Ref/Reuse|H2CS}}]] | ||
The ''Moncton'' platforms would continue to defend Earth even as more additional [[Covenant fleet]]s began to be dispatched to the [[Sol system]] and later when a final [[Truth's fleet|overwhelming armada]] led by the [[Prophet of Truth]] finally arrived in November. Despite particularly strong defenses, the final Covenant invading fleet overrun much of the orbital defense grid and the Home Fleet, disabling or destroying the mass of remaining orbital defense platforms as it was weakened by the previous Covenant fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|H3|Crow's Nest}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H2TA}} Cairo Station remained intact, but was left damaged after the final space battle.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} When the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' jumped to Earth on November 17, [[Nassau Station]] tracked the [[Tykos 30]] in [[Ruwan Ackerson]]'s bloodstream to identify ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' as a priority target and destroy it, killing the [[Minister of Inquisition]].{{Ref/Comic|HU|Issue=4}} | The ''Moncton'' platforms would continue to defend Earth even as more additional [[Covenant fleet]]s began to be dispatched to the [[Sol system]] and later when a final [[Truth's fleet|overwhelming armada]] led by the [[Prophet of Truth]] finally arrived in November. Despite particularly strong defenses, the final Covenant invading fleet overrun much of the orbital defense grid and the Home Fleet, disabling or destroying the mass of remaining orbital defense platforms as it was weakened by the previous Covenant fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|H3|Crow's Nest}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H2TA}} Cairo Station remained intact, but was left damaged after the final space battle.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} When the [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' jumped to Earth on November 17, [[Nassau Station]] tracked the [[Tykos 30]] in [[Ruwan Ackerson]]'s bloodstream to identify ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' as a priority target and destroy it, killing the [[Minister of Inquisition]].{{Ref/Comic|HU|Issue=4}} | ||