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'''Alpha Headquarters''' was the name of the lead [[Firebase]] set up by the [[UNSC]] [[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]]. | '''Alpha Headquarters''' was the name of the lead [[Firebase]] set up by the [[UNSC]] [[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]]. | ||
It was guarded by bunkers, armed checkpoints | It was guarded by bunkers, armed checkpoints, guardhouses, and sandbags. It contained a main barracks, a command office, and a munitions bunker. It also had a main hospitial. It was set up near [[Cote D'Azur]] so that the Marines, under command of [[General Kits]], 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 [[Wraith]] tanks, [[Banshee]] fliers, and thousands of [[Grunt]]s. The Marines were able to hold them off, but at heavy cost. Almost the entire base was destroyed, and only ten marines survived the incident. When a single [[Warthog]] with [[Corporal Harland]] arrived, he assumed tactical command of the entire ground operation. He was quickly relieved by a team of [[Spartan]]s. | The base was staffed by 400 marines when it came under assault by the Covenant forces. They attacked with [[Wraith]] tanks, [[Banshee]] fliers, and thousands of [[Grunt]]s. The Marines were able to hold them off, but at heavy cost. Almost the entire base was destroyed, and only ten marines survived the incident. When a single [[Warthog]] with [[Corporal Harland]] arrived, he assumed tactical command of the entire ground operation. He was quickly relieved by a team of [[Spartan]]s. | ||