Cairo Station (Platform)

This article is about the Orbital Defense Platform. For the Halo 2 level, see Cairo Station (Level).

Diagram of Cairo Station

Cairo Station, Hull Classification Symbol ODA-142, was an Orbital Defense Platform deployed at Earth. The station was placed in geosynchronous orbit approximately over the city of Cairo, giving the station its name. Cairo was in the same battle cluster as Athens Station and Malta Station, making the Mediterranean area their immediate zone of responsibility.

History

Template:Cairo Locations In 2552, John-117 received the MJOLNIR Mk. VI armor in the Cairo armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the First Battle of Earth with Fleet Admiral Hood commanding UNSC forces from the station. Unlike Athens and Malta, Cairo survived the Covenant attempt to detonate an Anti-Matter Bomb onboard. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by John-117 to destroy a Covenant assault carrier.