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{{Center|This article shows information for the space station. For the [[Halo: Reach]] level, see [[Anchor 9 (map)]].}}

|height={{Convert|1036|m|ft}}{{Ref/Note|This is a rough deduction of the station's size, and has not been featured in any official sources.}}

|armament=[[Seven]] [[Rampart point defense gun|M870 Rampart point defense guns]]{{Ref/Game|HR|[[Anchor 9]] in-game model has 7 point-defence turrets of the same design as the [[Paris-class heavy frigate]]'s M870s}}

'''''Anchor 9''''' ('''SRRS-01007'''),<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 7''</ref> was a [[refit station|service, repair and refit station]] in service with the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], and one of 18 such stations orbiting the colony world [[Reach]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}<ref name="Anchor">[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=29866 '''Bungie.net''': ''Noble Map Pack Quick Looks'']</ref>

The station had three main hubs, each with its own hangar and repair station. One sector of the station was dedicated to the medical rehabilitation of injured soldiers, including a suite for the verbal reconstruction of individuals who had lost their ability to speak.{{Ref/Generic|Id=Unspoken|Heading=[[Become]]|Subheading=[[UNSC Archives]]|Detail=[[Unspoken]]}} Several [[FSS-1000 Sabre]] fighters could be stored and serviced inside. In addition, it had docking ports for larger vessels such as [[cruiser]]s and [[UNSC frigate|frigates]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} The station also was surrounded by a number of [[UNSC construction platform|build-and-repair facilities]], which had several half-built frigates in them.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}

During the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552#August|August 2552]], ''Anchor 9'' was defended by Sabres during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]. The station's defenses were off-line when the Covenant attacked, and one squadron was deployed to repel the incoming waves of [[Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Banshees]] and later [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraphs]]. When the third wave of Covenant fighters arrived, ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> point defense guns came back online. During the third wave, several [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]] arrived and attempted to attack the station, but were destroyed. After the Phantoms were destroyed, the remaining Seraphs and Banshees retreated.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}  

[[SPARTAN-B312]] and [[Jorge-052]] then docked in one of the station's hangars. Jorge left the Sabre to arm a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]] attached to a Pelican dropship; this Slipspace drive would be used as an improvised bomb against ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', a [[Covenant supercarrier]]. The {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} soon detached from ''Anchor 9'' to provide cover for the Sabres as they attacked and attempted to board an [[Ardent Prayer|enemy corvette]] which was inbound to refuel with the supercarrier. Almost immediately after the supercarrier was destroyed, the Covenant arrived en masse over Reach.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}} The station was subsequently destroyed by a Covenant support fleet, which arrived several days later.{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}

==Trivia==

File:HR Anchor9 Concept.jpg|Concept art of the station.

File:HR_Anchor9_Hangar_Concept.jpg|Concept art of ''Anchor 9''.

File:HR_ConstructionBay_Render_1.jpg|3D high-poly render of one of ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> drydocks.

File:HR_ConstructionBay_Render_2.jpg|Another 3D high-poly render of one of ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> drydocks.

File:Anchor 9.jpg|The {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} docking with Anchor 9.

File:Anchor9turret.jpg|One of ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> defense turrets.

File:Anchor_Nine.png|''Anchor 9'' seen through the HUD of a Sabre.

File:Anchor 9 level.jpeg|The interior of Anchor 9 as seen from the [[Anchor 9 (map)|map of the same name]].

File:Halo Reach NobleDLC Anchor9 03.jpg|Another view of the interior.

File:Halo Reach NobleDLC Anchor9 02.jpg|View outside a Sabre repair bay.