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It is used for lifting heavy ordnance from the surrounding port facilities into an orbital station at the top of the elevator structure, a transport method much cheaper and more efficient than booster rockets filled with expensive fuel.<ref>'''Game Informer: December 2008''', ''page 8''</ref> As a space elevator would preferably have to be constructed near the equator,<ref>[[Wikipedia:Space elevator|'''Wikipedia''' - ''Space elevator'']]</ref> Borneo is an ideal location for such a structure as the island is located near the equator.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Borneo|'''Wikipedia''' - ''Borneo'']]</ref> Borneo is also home to a UNSC [[Unidentified UNSC firebase|military base]] located in conjunction with the tether.<ref name="wp hundley">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mason-hundley '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Mason Hundley'']</ref> | It is used for lifting heavy ordnance from the surrounding port facilities into an orbital station at the top of the elevator structure, a transport method much cheaper and more efficient than booster rockets filled with expensive fuel.<ref>'''Game Informer: December 2008''', ''page 8''</ref> As a space elevator would preferably have to be constructed near the equator,<ref>[[Wikipedia:Space elevator|'''Wikipedia''' - ''Space elevator'']]</ref> Borneo is an ideal location for such a structure as the island is located near the equator.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Borneo|'''Wikipedia''' - ''Borneo'']]</ref> Borneo is also home to a UNSC [[Unidentified UNSC firebase|military base]] located in conjunction with the tether.<ref name="wp hundley">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mason-hundley '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Mason Hundley'']</ref> | ||
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Sometime between [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] and the [[Battle of Earth]], the frigate ''[[UNSC Gettysburg]]'' docked with the station's terminus to deploy [[SPARTAN-II]]s [[Linda-058]] and [[Fred-104]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'''</ref> Along with most of Earth's space elevators, the Borneo Space Tether ultimately survived the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''Space Elevator article''</ref> | Sometime between [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] and the [[Battle of Earth]], the frigate ''[[UNSC Gettysburg]]'' docked with the station's terminus to deploy [[SPARTAN-II]]s [[Linda-058]] and [[Fred-104]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'''</ref> Along with most of Earth's space elevators, the Borneo Space Tether ultimately survived the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''Space Elevator article''</ref> | ||
On September 26, [[2557]], [[Beta-5 Division]] operative [[Sapphire Three]] interviewed [[John-117]] aboard the tether's terminus in regards to his interactions with [[Cortana]] before and after the [[Raid on High Charity]] in late [[2552]].<ref name="DD">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #9]]''</ref> | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||