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[[File:Visegrad facility.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Visegrád Relay|Visegrad carrier hub]] on [[Reach]].]]
[[File:Visegrad facility.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Visegrád Relay|Visegrad carrier hub]] on [[Reach]].]]
'''Communication relays''' are [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] planetary [[cOM|communication]] facilities. A single colony may have at least three local carrier hubs that connect to a primary communications facility responsible for interstellar communication.<ref name="overlook">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Overlook|Overlook radio conversation]]''</ref> Communication relays also apparently manage connections to a planet's reconnaissance satellites.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Noble Actual]]'' (''"...hit a relay to take out our eyes and ears..."'')</ref> On [[Reach]], the [[Visegrád Relay|Visegrad Relay]] was one of the planet's three northern carrier hubs.<ref name="overlook"/>
'''Communications relays''' are [[United Nations Space Command]] planetary [[COM|communications]] facilities. A single colony may have at least three local carrier hubs that connect to a primary communications facility responsible for [[Superluminal communications|interstellar communications]].<ref name="overlook">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Overlook|Overlook radio conversation]]''</ref> These relays also apparently manage connections to a planet's reconnaissance satellites.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Noble Actual]]'' (''"...hit a relay to take out our eyes and ears..."'')</ref> On [[Reach]], the [[Visegrád Relay]] was one of the planet's three northern carrier hubs.{{Ref/Reuse|overlook}}


Due to their importance, communications hubs can be optimal targets for [[Insurrectionist]] attacks. In early [[2552]], rebels on [[Harmony]] disabled a relay and stole two dry-docked [[freighter]]s. Similarly, it was assumed that the communications disruption at the Visegrad relay station on July 23, 2552 was caused by insurgents, before it was revealed to be the work of a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] advance party instead.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''Noble Actual''</ref>
Due to their importance, communications hubs can be optimal targets for [[Insurrectionist]] attacks. In early [[2552]], rebels on [[Harmony]] disabled a relay and stole two dry-docked [[freighter]]s. Similarly, it was assumed that the communications disruption at the Visegrad relay station on July 23, 2552 was caused by insurgents, before it was revealed to be the work of a [[Covenant]] advance party instead.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''Noble Actual''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Gallery==
*The nature of the interstellar communications enabled by these facilities is unknown, but given the descriptions given in the novels and the fact humanity's only form of true FTL communication are the top-secret [[Slipspace COM launcher|Slipspace COM Launchers]], it is likely that they manage communication packets to freighters and other interstellar vessels that deliver the transmissions in their databanks.
<gallery>
File:HR_VisegradRelayDish_Concept.jpg|Detailed concept designs of a relay's dish antenna.
File:H4 communication tower.jpg|Concept art of a communication antenna in ''Halo 4''.
File:HINF S3Menu CommsArray Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in ''Halo Infinite'', used in the [[main menu]] for [[Season 03: Echoes Within]].
File:HINF S3Menu CommsArray Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF S3Menu CommsArray Concept 3.jpg|Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF S3Menu CommsArray Concept 4.jpg|Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF S3Menu CommsArray Concept 5.jpg|Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in ''Halo Infinite''.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
**''[[Season 03: Echoes Within]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}
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Latest revision as of 06:38, May 13, 2023

The Visegrad carrier hub on Reach.

Communications relays are United Nations Space Command planetary communications facilities. A single colony may have at least three local carrier hubs that connect to a primary communications facility responsible for interstellar communications.[1] These relays also apparently manage connections to a planet's reconnaissance satellites.[2] On Reach, the Visegrád Relay was one of the planet's three northern carrier hubs.[1]

Due to their importance, communications hubs can be optimal targets for Insurrectionist attacks. In early 2552, rebels on Harmony disabled a relay and stole two dry-docked freighters. Similarly, it was assumed that the communications disruption at the Visegrad relay station on July 23, 2552 was caused by insurgents, before it was revealed to be the work of a Covenant advance party instead.[3]

Gallery[edit]

  • Detailed concept designs of a relay's dish antenna.

    Detailed concept designs of a relay's dish antenna.

  • Concept art of a communication antenna in Halo 4.

    Concept art of a communication antenna in Halo 4.

  • Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite, used in the main menu for Season 03: Echoes Within.

    Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite, used in the main menu for Season 03: Echoes Within.

  • Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

    Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

  • Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

    Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

  • Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

    Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

  • Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

    Concept art for a portable UNSC communications relay in Halo Infinite.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: Reach, Overlook radio conversation
  2. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, Noble Actual ("...hit a relay to take out our eyes and ears...")
  3. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, Noble Actual
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