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The '''''Archimedes''''' was a [[Remote scanning outpost|Remote Scanning Outpost]] located on the edge of the [[Sigma Octanus system]], designed to detect incoming threats to the system.<ref name="HTFORC15">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 15</ref>

===Specifications===

The ''Archimedes'' featured [[Slipstream space probe]]s which it could send out to retrieve data about slipspace and the things that use it. The outpost also contained retrieval drones to recover the slipstream space probes that were not lost.<ref name="HTFORC15"/>

The ''Archimedes''' role was to detect incoming and outcoming anomalies in slipspace, including to specifically look out for [[pirates]] and [[black market]] runners,<ref name="HTFORC15"/> where these records were recorded in hourly logs. The outpost also sent out transmissions that could be received by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ships in proximity so the information in the hourly logs could be used to their advantage.<ref name="HTFORC16">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 16</ref>

*[[Ensign]] [[William Lovell]] ''([[2551]]-[[2552#July|July 18 2552]])''<ref name="HTFORC15"/>

Before [[2551]], the station had never logged a [[Covenant]] probe silhouette. In 2551, Ensign William Lovell requested assignment on the ''Archimedes'' due to how safe it was. Ensign Lovell's considered it a dead-end role, due to how unpredictable slipspace was, and was stuck on the outposts third shift. While on his shift his roles included to look out for [[pirates]] and [[black market]] runners, though he mostly saw regular trash dumps from UNSC vessels, clouds of atomic hydrogen, and the occasional comet.<ref name="HTFORC15"/>

On [[2552#July|July 17, 2552]], the ''Archimedes''' Slipstream space probes detected a large mass in [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]]. Ensign Lovell believed that it was simply a large asteroid and did not investigate further.<ref name="HTFORC15"/> However, it turned out to be a hostile [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|naval formation]] inbound for [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Jacob Keyes]]' [[battle group]] at [[Sigma Octanus IV]].<ref name="HTFORC16"/> Because of this incident, Ensign Lovell was transferred to the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} by Commander Keyes.<ref name="HTFORC21">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 21</ref>

Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, philosopher, and inventor who came up with many scientific and mathematical contributions that are still in use today. For example, he derived the formula of a circle without the use of calculus and discovered the length of extremely large real-world objects through the use of trigonometry.

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