Diego Garcia: Difference between revisions

'''Diego Garcia''' is the largest atoll on [[Earth]] and sits in the [[Indian Ocean]]. Diego Garcia houses a [[military base]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="enc">''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', Earth, p. 285, (2009); p. 296 (2011)</ref>

Due to the atoll's proximity to [[Wikipedia:India|India]], [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Africa]], [[Britain]] established a [[military base]] on Diego Garcia for both training and refueling purposes. The base has been in use ever since. The base later became under the control of the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="enc"/>

On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], when the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] arrived at Earth, the military base on Diego Garcia was immediately alerted to the Covenant's presence.<ref>''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', campaign level, [[Cairo Station]]</ref> The base launched the first counterattacks against the Covenant when they [[Battle of Mombasa|invaded]] [[New Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]] during the subsequent [[Battle for Earth]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa ''Halo Waypoint'': New Mombasa]</ref>

These attacks proved effective as later in November, a Covenant [[capital ship]] was sent to Diego Garcia to destroy the base.<ref name="enc"/> The base survived the [[Human-Covenant War]] and is still in use by the UNSC as of [[2553]].<ref>''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'', p. 265</ref>