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Remote Scanning Outposts are required to send hourly reports of all activities to the habitable planets in the system. They are also required to sound the alarm should they detect any suspicious activity in Slipspace. As a sort of "lookout" system, these outposts took newfound importance after the information they transmit proved critical in countering the Covenant invasion of [[Sigma Octanus IV]] during [[The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. After this struggle, [[HIGHCOM]] moved some of its best officers from core installations such as [[Fort York]] into Remote Scanning Outposts<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]], Page 283</ref>. Once again, the information an outpost provided prevented the UNSC from being caught completely off guard at [[The Battle of Reach]]. | Remote Scanning Outposts are required to send hourly reports of all activities to the habitable planets in the system. They are also required to sound the alarm should they detect any suspicious activity in Slipspace. As a sort of "lookout" system, these outposts took newfound importance after the information they transmit proved critical in countering the Covenant invasion of [[Sigma Octanus IV]] during [[The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. After this struggle, [[HIGHCOM]] moved some of its best officers from core installations such as [[Fort York]] into Remote Scanning Outposts<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]], Page 283</ref>. Once again, the information an outpost provided prevented the UNSC from being caught completely off guard at [[The Battle of Reach]]. | ||
Remote Scanning Outposts are subject to the [[Cole Protocol]] and must self destruct when in imminent danger from Covenant invasion<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]], Page 284</ref>, to avoid vital information being captured. | Remote Scanning Outposts are subject to the [[Cole Protocol]] and must self destruct when in imminent danger from Covenant invasion<ref>[[Halo: Fall of Reach]], Page 284</ref>, in order to avoid vital information being captured. | ||
Personnel are usually not assigned to Remote Scanning Outposts for extended periods of time, as they are considered to be rather cramped and isolated. | Personnel are usually not assigned to Remote Scanning Outposts for extended periods of time, as they are considered to be rather cramped and isolated. | ||