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A '''service, repair, and refit station''',<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 7''</ref> sometimes referred to as an "'''anchor'''",<ref name="Anchor">[http://www.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=29866 '''Bungie.net''': ''Noble Map Pack Quick Looks'']</ref> is a mobile space station designed to repair and refit damaged UNSC warships.

SRR stations come in different shapes. Some of them, such as ''[[Cradle]]'', are essentially large plates of [[Titanium-A armor|titanium-A]], square-shaped and measuring one kilometer by one kilometer, while others, such as ''[[Anchor 9]]'' are more complex in construction, featuring three main sections connected by beamwork and a central hull. One Cradle-type station is capable of refitting six destroyers, three from her upper surface and three from her lower surface, in a matter of hours.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 156''</ref> The planet [[Reach]] had 18 SRR stations orbiting it by [[2552]].<ref name="Anchor"/><ref name="vis"/> The {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} was constructed from two scrapped SRR stations.

As the fortunes of war against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] worsened, the UNSC began to use such stations as shields for their [[UNSC fleet|fleets]] in major battles. Four such stations were destroyed with all hands lost in the battles of [[Sigma Octanus IV]] and [[Fall of Reach|Reach]], including the UNSC ''Cradle'', which sacrificed itself to save the UNSC fleet at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] from destruction.

A curious result of the destruction of these stations is the creation of a field of very fine titanium-A dust particles, which have exhibited an ability to disperse the [[plasma]] from Covenant weapons systems.{{Citation needed}}