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{{Status|Canon}} | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
[[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}} | ||
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==Deployment== | ==Deployment== | ||
===Reach=== | ===Reach=== | ||
[[File:Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.png|thumb | [[File:Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.png|thumb|300px|An ODP above Reach firing its main cannon.]] | ||
By [[2552#August|August 2552]], [[Reach]] was protected by 20 orbital defense platforms, with at least one being an {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform}} | By [[2552#August|August 2552]], [[Reach]] was protected by 20 orbital defense platforms, with at least one being an {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Another was a {{Class|Moncton|orbital weapon platform}} which was in place by [[2517|May 2517]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=bootcamp|[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]}} A number of Reach's ODPs were online by [[2527]].{{Ref/Book|Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Page=50}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], the orbital defense platforms inflicted massive losses on the Covenant armada in the opening stages of the battle, as well as providing fire support for ground forces on Reach. Large numbers of UNSC forces were deployed to protect the orbital platforms' planetside power generators, but they ultimately fell against determined enemy assaults. The disabling of the defense platforms was a major factor on the battle's outcome.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach}} | ||
===Earth=== | ===Earth=== | ||
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File:HTMCC H2A Achievement BombSquad.png|''Halo 2: Anniversary'' concept art of a ''Moncton''-class ODP shown in orbit above Earth. | File:HTMCC H2A Achievement BombSquad.png|''Halo 2: Anniversary'' concept art of a ''Moncton''-class ODP shown in orbit above Earth. | ||
File:Oaxaca Station.jpg|''Oaxaca Station'' in [[2558]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''. | File:Oaxaca Station.jpg|''Oaxaca Station'' in [[2558]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''. | ||
File:H2A - Cairo Station Bay.jpg|The underside of a Super MAC platform. | File:H2A - Cairo Station Bay.jpg|The underside of a Super MAC platform. | ||
File:H2A-MAC Recoil Dampener.png|The dampening system at the base of an ODP's MAC. | File:H2A-MAC Recoil Dampener.png|The dampening system at the base of an ODP's MAC. | ||
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*''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'' | *''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]'' | |||
**''[[Reach (TV Series)|Reach]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||