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[[File:192808-10-2.jpg|thumb|250px|A UNSC military base, during the [[2531|early years]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]].]]
[[File:192808-10-2.jpg|thumb|A UNSC Military base, during the [[Halo Wars|early years]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]].]]
The [[United Nations Space Command]] makes extensive use of military bases. They are often flexible, using various designs, terrain, and functions in their setup, allowing their occupants the best degree of flexibility possible. Incorporating existing and specialty equipment, ranging from [[Crow's Nest (Base)|old 20th Century bunkers]]<ref name="crows">'''[[Halo 3]]''', level ''[[Crow's Nest (level)|Crow's Nest]]''</ref> to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Forerunner mesas]],<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]'''</ref> to [[Station|repurposed]] [[Colony Starter]] units,<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> there are many different types.


== Structure ==
A '''military base''' is a facility used by the military that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. Because of their stationary nature, they make a promising option for enemy assault by either ground or air forces, as well as making an easy target for artillery and [[orbital bombardment]].
Typically, UNSC Bases incorporate facilities for storage of weapons, ammunition and equipment, as well as barrack facilities for the personnel that staff it. They are often equipped with heavy defenses, such as autocannons to fend off assaults from [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] air and ground forces. Normally, arrangements are made for the storage of vehicles for transport and combat, such as [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthogs]], allowing fast transport to and from the base. Facilities for aircraft, such as [[Pelican]] dropships and [[Sparrowhawk]] gunships, are standard and, indeed, vital for the bases survival, allowing response to aerial threats, such as [[Banshee]]s.


Since at least [[2552#November|November 2552]], the UNSC has used [[energy shielding]], reverse-engineered from [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] technology, to protect generators in their bases, such as [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]].<ref name="crows"/>
==Types==
===UNSC===
The [[United Nations Space Command]] makes extensive use of military bases. They are often flexible, using various designs, terrain, and functions in their setup, allowing their occupants the best degree of flexibility possible. Incorporating existing and specialty equipment, ranging from [[Crow's Nest (location)|old 20th Century bunkers]]{{Ref/Level|Id=crows|[[Halo 3]]|[[Crow's Nest]]}} to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Forerunner mesas]],{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: The Flood]]}} to [[Firebase|repurposed]] [[colony starter unit]]s,{{Ref/Game|[[Halo Wars]]}} there are many different types.


==Hazards==
Typically, UNSC bases incorporate facilities for storage of weapons, ammunition and equipment, as well as barrack facilities for the personnel that staff it. They are often equipped with heavy defenses, such as autocannons to fend off assaults from [[Covenant]] air and ground forces. Normally, arrangements are made for the storage of vehicles for transport and combat, such as [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthogs]], allowing fast transport to and from the base. Facilities for aircraft, such as [[Pelican]] dropships and [[Sparrowhawk]] gunships, are standard and, indeed, vital for the bases survival, allowing response to aerial threats, such as [[Banshee]]s.
Because of their stationary nature, the fact that UNSC bases do not move means that they make a promising option for Covenant assault by either ground or air forces, as well as making an easy target for Wraith artillery and orbital bombardment. Usually, if things reach this stage, there is little that can be done to defend the base, as the Covenant's overwhelming firepower wipes the area out in a very short amount of time.


==Prefab bases==
Since at least [[2552#November|November 2552]], the UNSC has used [[energy shielding]], reverse-engineered from Covenant technology, to protect generators in their bases, such as [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]].{{Ref/Reuse|crows}}
{{Main|Firebase}}
Firebases are pre-fabricated UNSC bases that serve as platforms for other base structures. Based on colony starter units, their modular design allows for rapid deployment and construction on the battlefield. They can be fitted with up to four [[Base Turret|automated turrets]]. Possible additional buildings in a Firebase unit include the following:
*[[Field Armory]]
*[[UNSC Reactor]]
*[[Supply Pad]]
*[[UNSC Barracks]]
*[[Vehicle Depot]]
*[[UNSC Airpad]]


==Known Bases==
The UNSC also uses [[firebase]]s, prefabricated base facilities that serve as platforms for other base structures. Based on colony starter units, their modular design allows for rapid deployment and construction on the battlefield. They can be fitted with up to four [[M5 Talos|automated turrets]] and a number of different buildings.
{| class="wikitable"
 
===Known UNSC bases===
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 50%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
!scope="col"|Astronomical object
!scope="col"|Location
!scope="col"|Base
!scope="col"|Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Arcadia]]
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]]
|
|-
| [[Arcadia ONI facility|Unidentified ONI facility]]
|
|-
|-
! Name
|[[Cascade]]
! Location
| [[Mindoro]], [[Lhopat]]
! Status
| [[Fort Southwick]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Fort Deen]]
| [[Chi Ceti IV]]
| [[Arcadia]]
| [[Vhalkem]]
| Likely glassed with the planet
| [[Damascus Testing Facility]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Draetheus V]]
|Unknown
|[[Faraday Base]]
|
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Earth]]
| [[Mexico City]], [[URNA]]
| [[Base Segundo Terra]]
| [[Base Segundo Terra]]
| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], [[Earth]]
|
| Unknown
|-
|-
| [[Boston]], URNA
| [[Chawla Base]]
| [[Chawla Base]]
| [[Boston]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]], Earth
|
| Unknown
|-
|-
| [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]]
|[[Tanzania]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| Kenya, Earth near [[Voi]]
| [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]]
| Destroyed by Covenant Loyalist assault
|
|-
|-
| [[Diego Garcia]]
|[[Kenya]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[Diego Garcia]], Earth
| [[Outpost C9]]
| Unknown
|
|-
|-
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]
| [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], Earth
|
| Unknown
|-
| [[New Mombasa]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]]
|
|-
| [[Borneo]]
| [[Unidentified UNSC firebase]]
|
|-
| [[Diego Garcia]]
| [[Diego Garcia]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Outpost C9]]
| [[Harvest]]
| [[Kenya]]n coast, Earth
| Unknown
| Unknown
| [[Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Rat's Nest]]
| [[Installation 00]]
| Kenya, Earth
| Unknown
| Unknown
| [[Fort Jordan (location)|Fort Jordan]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base]]
| [[Installation 04]]
| [[Harvest]]
| Unknown
| Unknown
| [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]]
| [[Onyx]]
| [[Installation 04]]
|Unknown
| Abandoned by UNSC, destroyed along with the installation.
| [[Camp Currahee]]
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Reach]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Highland Mountains]]
| [[Camp Hathcock]]
| [[Camp Hathcock]]
| [[Reach]]
|
| Overrun by Covenant infantry
|-
|-
| [[Camp Independence]]
| [[Camp Independence]]
| Reach
|
| Abandoned by UNSC forces
|-
| [[CASTLE Base]]
| Destruction during [[Fall of Reach]] led to events of [[Operation]]: [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]] seven years later.
|-
| [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]
|
|-
| [[Reach High Command]]
|
|-
| [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]]
| [[SWORD Base]]
|Built over a [[Forerunner]] crashed [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|ship]]
|-
| [[Farkas Lake]]
| [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Requiem]]
| [[The Cauldron]]
| [[Magma Base]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Copernicus Base]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Sword Base (Location)|Sword Base]]
| [[Galileo Base]]
| Reach
|
| Likely destroyed in the [[Fall of Reach]]
|-
|-
| [[Unnamed Sabre Launch Facility]]
| [[Sargasso]]
| Reach
| Unknown
| Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach
| [[Unidentified UNSC military base]]
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Sigma Octanus IV]]
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Alpha Headquarters]]
| [[Alpha Headquarters]]
| [[Sigma Octanus IV]]
|
| Destroyed by Covenant and [[HAVOK Nuclear Warhead]]
|-
|-
| [[Firebase Bravo]]  
| [[Firebase Bravo]]
| Sigma Octanus IV
|
| Destroyed by Covenant [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]]
|-
| [[Camp Currahee]]
| [[Onyx]]
| Destroyed with the planet
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Fort York]]
| [[Fort York]]
| Unknown
|
| Unknown
|-
|-
| [[UCMB Sierra Largo]]
| [[UCMB Sierra Largo]]
| Unknown
|
| Unknown
|}
|}
===Covenant===
[[File:Halo-wars-Covenant-base.jpg|thumb|250px|A Covenant citadel.]]
[[Covenant]] bases are often supported by a ship hovering overhead, supplying troops and matériel through its [[gravity lift]] or, in rare cases, [[Deployment spire|teleportation spires]] that also serve as command centers.{{Ref/Level|Halo: Reach|[[Tip of the Spear]]}} Covenant base facilities are usually defended by [[Shade]]s or {{Pattern|Kewu Umppi'pa'|citadel turret}}s. The Covenant also employ [[Covenant citadel|Citadels]], modular [[Socket Base|socket base]] units similar in principle to the UNSC Firebase. Covenant Citadels can be protected by an energy shield generator, or larger, dome-shaped shields that are integrated into their Spire facilities but have also been used without a Spire.{{Ref/Level|Halo Wars|[[Dome of Light]]}}
In addition, each Covenant species has their own accommodation facilities in the field, including [[Sangheili hut]]s and [[Unggoy]] [[atmosphere pit]]s.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:UNSCDF Operations Center - Crow's Nest.jpg|The command center of the UNSC base "Crow's Nest".
File:UNSCDF Operations Center - Crow's Nest.jpg|The command center of the UNSC base [[Crow's Nest]].
File:Halo- Reach - Saber Launching.jpg|[[Sabre]]s launching from a base on Reach.
File:Halo- Reach - Saber Launching.jpg|[[FSS-1000 Sabre]]s launching from [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|a base]] on Reach.
File:Unsc basecamp 1900.jpg|Concept art of a UNSC base in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW_Firebase_Concept.jpg|Concept art of a UNSC base in ''Halo Wars''.
File:UNSCBase.jpg|An early design of a UNSC base from ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW Screenshots E07 4.jpg|An early design of a UNSC base from ''Halo Wars''.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
{{Appearances|Halo 3|Halo: Reach|Halo Wars|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Halo: The Flood|Halo: First Strike|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Halo: Contact Harvest|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Uprising|Halo: Blood Line}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[i love bees]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}
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Latest revision as of 20:17, December 19, 2022

A UNSC military base, during the early years of the Human-Covenant War.

A military base is a facility used by the military that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. Because of their stationary nature, they make a promising option for enemy assault by either ground or air forces, as well as making an easy target for artillery and orbital bombardment.

Types[edit]

UNSC[edit]

The United Nations Space Command makes extensive use of military bases. They are often flexible, using various designs, terrain, and functions in their setup, allowing their occupants the best degree of flexibility possible. Incorporating existing and specialty equipment, ranging from old 20th Century bunkers[1] to Forerunner mesas,[2] to repurposed colony starter units,[3] there are many different types.

Typically, UNSC bases incorporate facilities for storage of weapons, ammunition and equipment, as well as barrack facilities for the personnel that staff it. They are often equipped with heavy defenses, such as autocannons to fend off assaults from Covenant air and ground forces. Normally, arrangements are made for the storage of vehicles for transport and combat, such as Warthogs, allowing fast transport to and from the base. Facilities for aircraft, such as Pelican dropships and Sparrowhawk gunships, are standard and, indeed, vital for the bases survival, allowing response to aerial threats, such as Banshees.

Since at least November 2552, the UNSC has used energy shielding, reverse-engineered from Covenant technology, to protect generators in their bases, such as Crow's Nest.[1]

The UNSC also uses firebases, prefabricated base facilities that serve as platforms for other base structures. Based on colony starter units, their modular design allows for rapid deployment and construction on the battlefield. They can be fitted with up to four automated turrets and a number of different buildings.

Known UNSC bases[edit]

Astronomical object Location Base Notes
Arcadia Unknown Fort Deen
Unidentified ONI facility
Cascade Mindoro, Lhopat Fort Southwick
Chi Ceti IV Vhalkem Damascus Testing Facility
Draetheus V Unknown Faraday Base
Earth Mexico City, URNA Base Segundo Terra
Boston, URNA Chawla Base
Tanzania, East African Protectorate Crow's Nest
Kenya, East African Protectorate Outpost C9
Sydney, Australia HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6
New Mombasa, East African Protectorate ONI Alpha Site
Borneo Unidentified UNSC firebase
Diego Garcia Diego Garcia
Harvest Unknown Alpha Base
Installation 00 Unknown Fort Jordan
Installation 04 Unknown Alpha Base
Onyx Unknown Camp Currahee
Reach Highland Mountains Camp Hathcock
Camp Independence
CASTLE Base Destruction during Fall of Reach led to events of Operation: WOLFE seven years later.
Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex
Reach High Command
Babd Catha Ice Shelf SWORD Base Built over a Forerunner crashed ship
Farkas Lake Sabre Program Launch/Research Range
Requiem The Cauldron Magma Base
Unknown Copernicus Base
Galileo Base
Sargasso Unknown Unidentified UNSC military base
Sigma Octanus IV Unknown Alpha Headquarters
Firebase Bravo
Unknown Unknown Fort York
UCMB Sierra Largo

Covenant[edit]

A Covenant Citadel in Halo Wars.
A Covenant citadel.

Covenant bases are often supported by a ship hovering overhead, supplying troops and matériel through its gravity lift or, in rare cases, teleportation spires that also serve as command centers.[4] Covenant base facilities are usually defended by Shades or Kewu Umppi'pa'-pattern citadel turrets. The Covenant also employ Citadels, modular socket base units similar in principle to the UNSC Firebase. Covenant Citadels can be protected by an energy shield generator, or larger, dome-shaped shields that are integrated into their Spire facilities but have also been used without a Spire.[5]

In addition, each Covenant species has their own accommodation facilities in the field, including Sangheili huts and Unggoy atmosphere pits.

Gallery[edit]

  • The command center of the UNSC base Crow's Nest.

    The command center of the UNSC base Crow's Nest.

  • FSS-1000 Sabres launching from a base on Reach.

    FSS-1000 Sabres launching from a base on Reach.

  • Concept art of a UNSC base in Halo Wars.

    Concept art of a UNSC base in Halo Wars.

  • An early design of a UNSC base from Halo Wars.

    An early design of a UNSC base from Halo Wars.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo 3, campaign level Crow's Nest
  2. ^ Halo: The Flood
  3. ^ Halo Wars
  4. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the Spear
  5. ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Dome of Light
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