Outpost C9: Difference between revisions

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|location=[[East African Protectorate|East]] [[Africa|African]] coast, near [[Mombasa]], [[Earth]]

|usage=[[Battle of Earth]]

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'''Outpost C9''', also referred to as '''High Ground'''<ref name="spiker"/>, is a [[United Nations Space Command]] [[military base]] on the coast near [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]].  

The base was created long ago to fight "earlier and simpler" enemies than those faced by the [[UNSC]] in the 26th century<ref name="HGBeta">[https://halo.bungie.net/content.aspx?link=h3betaHighGround ''Bungie.net'': High Ground: The Beta guide]</ref>, and was at one point occupied by [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] in the past.<ref>[[:File:H3 HighGround NATO symbol.jpg|Screenshot of NATO symbol on High Ground]]</ref> It was recommissioned by the UNSC following the [[New Mombasa Slipspace Event]].<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', multiplayer map [[High Ground]]</ref><ref name="HGBeta"/> Following their rise to prominence in the hands of [[Jiralhanae]] soldiers in the [[Great Schism]], recovered examples of the [[Type-25 Spiker]] were tested at the facility.<ref name="spiker">[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?cid=12237 ''Bungie.net'': The Spiker]</ref>

Outpost C9 consists of a base structure built into a small canyon with the only point of access being the open water at the canyon's fore. To prevent coastal assaults, the primary defense of the base involves a large solid wall, watchtower and a bunker watching down over the beach. The middle of the wall contains a large blast gate which can be opened by a computer terminal inside the base, and a single [[AIE-486H machine gun]] is situated over the gate to deter potential intruders. The interior of the base contains a command centre, hangar and a courtyard at the back, among other buildings. The courtyard contains a static [[surface-to-air missile launcher]] for firing [[Advanced Short-Range Ground-to-Air Missile 10X|ASRGAM 10X]] missiles, and the hangar are has several additional locked doors that lead further into the base.

Due to the base's age and abandonment followed by a swift UNSC recommissioning, many of the structures in the base have crumbled over time, but are mixed with more modern and up-to-date technology of the 26th Century.<ref name="HGBeta"/>

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