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[[File: | [[File:H2A Terminals - ODPs.jpg|300px|thumb|{{Class|Moncton|orbital weapon platform}}s in deployment over a colony world.]] | ||
{{Quote|That MAC gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship.|[[Avery Johnson]], describing the gun of a ''Moncton''-class orbital weapons platform.{{Ref/Reuse|H2Cairo}}}} | {{Quote|That MAC gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship.|[[Avery Johnson]], describing the gun of a ''Moncton''-class orbital weapons platform.{{Ref/Reuse|H2Cairo}}}} | ||
An '''orbital defense platform''' (ODP){{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=294}}, or '''orbital weapon platform''' (OWP), is a kind of armed satellite employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]] for defensive purposes. They can range massively in size and scope, and are frequently deployed in a [[geosynchronous orbit]] around a given world to act as a defensive line against a potential invading enemy force.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=34}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFGlassed|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-looking-glassed|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Looking Glassed|D=16|M=01|Y=2021}} Within the UNSC, orbital weapons platforms are assigned the [[hull classification symbol]] '''OWP'''.{{Ref/Book|Id=WF30|HWF|Page=30-31}} | An '''orbital defense platform''' (ODP){{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=294}}, or '''orbital weapon platform''' (OWP), is a kind of armed satellite employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]] for defensive purposes. They can range massively in size and scope, and are frequently deployed in a [[geosynchronous orbit]] around a given world to act as a defensive line against a potential invading enemy force.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=34}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFGlassed|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-looking-glassed|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Looking Glassed|D=16|M=01|Y=2021}} Within the UNSC, orbital weapons platforms are assigned the [[hull classification symbol]] '''OWP'''.{{Ref/Book|Id=WF30|HWF|Page=30-31}} | ||