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The outbreak of the [[Human-Covenant War]] prompted a massive expansion of [[Earth]]'s defenses. Even as late as the [[Battle of Reach]] preparations had not yet been completed; a series of new platforms above Earth were set to come online on September | The outbreak of the [[Human-Covenant War]] prompted a massive expansion of [[Earth]]'s defenses. Even as late as the [[Battle of Reach]] preparations had not yet been completed; a series of new platforms above Earth were set to come online on September 14.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', p. 104</ref> By October 2552, some 300 ODPs were operational.{{Ref/Reuse|armory}} Many of Earth's ODPs were named after points of interest that they roughly kept station over. | ||
A portion of the 300 platforms first saw action at the early stages of the [[Battle of Earth]]. ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' were each destroyed by [[antimatter charge]]s installed by [[Covenant]] boarding parties, while ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' only narrowly avoided the same fate as the other platforms thanks to [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s [[removal]] of the bomb on board.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}} The ODPs were used throughout the drawn-out Battle of Earth after [[Truth's fleet]] arrived, but the Covenant might have already destroyed numerous stations when Truth himself arrived at Earth on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in November.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest]]</ref> | A portion of the 300 platforms first saw action at the early stages of the [[Battle of Earth]]. ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' were each destroyed by [[antimatter charge]]s installed by [[Covenant]] boarding parties, while ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]'' only narrowly avoided the same fate as the other platforms thanks to [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s [[removal]] of the bomb on board.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}} The ODPs were used throughout the drawn-out Battle of Earth after [[Truth's fleet]] arrived, but the Covenant might have already destroyed numerous stations when Truth himself arrived at Earth on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in November.<ref>''Halo 3'', campaign level, [[Crow's Nest]]</ref> | ||