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The UNSC Field Armory in Halo Wars.

The Field Armory is a UNSC military building produced off of a prefabricated Firebase.^[1] It serves as the UNSC counterpart to the Temple and War Council structures used by the Covenant and Banished, respectively.

Overview[edit]

The Field Armory is a combination of a machine/fabrication shop and a research laboratory. It is the location where the most advanced technology for the UNSC is created by dedicated engineers and scientists.^[1] By the time of the Second Ark Conflict, the Field Armory's functions have been largely subsumed by the Armory structure.^[2]

In-game information[edit]

Halo Wars[edit]

The Field Armory in-game in Halo Wars.

"The UNSC Field Armory is a combination machine shop and high-tech laboratory. Many advanced technology upgrades can be found here."

— In-game description

In Halo Wars, the Field Armory costs 1 and 150 to be built. The Covenant equivalent to the Field Armory is the Temple, which also fulfils the role of the Reactor by offering upgrades for increasing players' Tech level.

Name	Type	Cost			Description
Name	Type	Population	Tech	Resources	Description
All Leaders
Adrenaline	Upgrade	N/A	1	250 (125 for Professor Anders)^{[Note 1]}	Booster shots enable all infantry units to run at significantly increased speeds.
Reserves	Upgrade	N/A	2	800 (400 for Professor Anders)^{[Note 1]}	Train times for all units are drastically reduced.
Reinforcements	Upgrade	N/A	3	800 (400 for Professor Anders)^{[Note 1]}	Add +10 to the population cap of your army.
Medium Turret	Upgrade	N/A	2	500 (250 for Professor Anders)^{[Note 1]}	Upgrades all Turrets to Medium Turrets, increasing their hitpoints and damage.
Large Turret	Upgrade	N/A	3	800 (400 for Professor Anders)^{[Note 1]}	Upgrades all Turrets to Large Turrets, increasing their hitpoints and damage.
Captain Cutter
Medium MAC Blast	Upgrade	N/A	2	700	MAC Blast ammo capacity upgraded to provide two shots.
Large MAC Blast	Upgrade	N/A	3	1,000	MAC Blast ammo capacity upgraded to provide three shots.
Super MAC Blast	Upgrade	N/A	4	1,400	MAC Blast ammo capacity upgraded to provide four shots.
Sergeant Forge
Medium Carpet Bomb	Upgrade	N/A	2	700	Carpet Bomb strafe distance and damage increased.
Large Carpet Bomb	Upgrade	N/A	3	1,000	Carpet Bomb strafe distance and damage increased.
Super Carpet Bomb	Upgrade	N/A	4	1,400	Carpet Bomb strafe distance and damage increased.
Professor Anders
Medium Cryo Bomb	Upgrade	N/A	2	525^{[Note 1]}	Increases the duration of the freeze effect and instantly kills more units.
Large Cryo Bomb	Upgrade	N/A	3	750^{[Note 1]}	Increases the duration of the freeze effect and instantly kills more units.
Super Cryo Bomb	Upgrade	N/A	4	1050^{[Note 1]}	Increases the duration of the freeze effect and instantly kills more units.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Anders' economic boost halves the cost of all upgrades.

Gallery[edit]

An early model for the Field Armory, then known as the "Spec Ops Building".
Concept art for the Field Armory.
Another early design for the Field Armory.
High-poly render of the UNSC Field Armory.
Low-poly render of the UNSC Field Armory.

List of appearances[edit]

Halo Wars (First appearance)

Sources[edit]

^ ^a ^b Official Halo Wars Community Site, Field Armory (Retrieved on Mar 20, 2011) [local archive] [external archive]
^ Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Armory

[anders-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Anders' economic boost halves the cost of all upgrades.

[hwsite-1] Official Halo Wars Community Site, Field Armory (Retrieved on Mar 20, 2011) [local archive] [external archive]

[PL-2] Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Armory

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[Note 1]

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 {{Status|Canon}}
 [[File:HW FieldArmory.jpg|thumb|250px|The UNSC Field Armory in ''Halo Wars''.]]
-The '''Field Armory''' is a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] building in the game ''[[Halo Wars]]''.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/firebase.aspx#armory '''Halowars.com''': ''Field Armory'']</ref>
+The '''Field Armory''' is a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] military building produced off of a prefabricated [[Firebase]].{{Ref/Site|Id=hwsite|URL=http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/firebase.aspx#armory|Site=Official Halo Wars Community Site|Page=Field Armory|D=20|M=03|Y=2011|LocalArchive=Archive:Halowars.com/UNSC#Field Armory}} It serves as the UNSC counterpart to the [[Covenant Temple|Temple]] and [[Banished War Council|War Council]] structures used by the [[Covenant]] and [[Banished]], respectively.
-==Function==
+== Overview ==
-The UNSC's Field Armory is a cross between a machine\fabrication shop, and a research laboratory. This is where the most advanced technology for the UNSC is created by dedicated engineers and scientists.
+The Field Armory is a combination of a machine/fabrication shop and a research laboratory. It is the location where the most advanced technology for the UNSC is created by dedicated engineers and scientists.{{Ref/Reuse|hwsite}} By the time of the [[Second Ark Conflict]], the Field Armory's functions have been largely subsumed by the [[UNSC Armory|Armory]] structure.{{Ref/Game|Id=PL|HW2|Phoenix_Logs#UNSC_Buildings|Phoenix Logs|Detail=[[UNSC Armory|Armory]]}}
-The Field Armory allows the player to purchase upgrades in five areas. One upgrade reduces the amount of time needed to requisition combat units. Another increases the actual population capacity by 10 units. Two turret upgrades, available sequentially, replace the standard [[M202 XP machine gun|M202]] [[M5 Talos|turret]] with larger multi-barrel configurations, visually similar to twin- or quad-.50s. A fourth upgrade gives a significant boost to all infantry types' running speeds. The last upgrades available for purchase are three sequential improvements to the selected hero unit's leader power: adding up to three additional [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] gun shots for Captain [[James Cutter|Cutter]], nearly quadrupling the number of bombs and target area of Sergeant [[John Forge|Forge's]] [[Carpet bombing|Carpet Bomb]], and improving Professor [[Ellen Anders|Anders']] [[GBU-1105 bomb|Cryo Bomb]], significantly lengthening its effect, and knocking more aircraft out of the sky during the initial freeze.
+==In-game information==
+===''Halo Wars''===
+[[File:HW UNSCFieldArmory Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|The Field Armory in-game in ''Halo Wars''.]]
+{{Quote|The UNSC Field Armory is a combination machine shop and high-tech laboratory. Many advanced technology upgrades can be found here.|In-game description}}
+In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', the Field Armory costs {{HWTech|1}} and {{HWResources|150}} to be built. The [[Covenant]] equivalent to the Field Armory is the [[Covenant Temple|Temple]], which also fulfils the role of the [[UNSC Reactor|Reactor]] by offering upgrades for increasing players' Tech level.
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%;"
+! rowspan="2" style="width: 20%" | Name !! rowspan="2" style="width: 10%" | Type !! colspan="3" style="width: 30%" | Cost !! rowspan="2" style="width: 40%" | Description
+|-
+| style="width: 5%" | '''Population''' || style="width: 5%" | '''Tech''' || style="width: 20%" | '''Resources'''
+|-
+! colspan="6"|All Leaders
-An excellent tactic to use with the Field Armory is to build one early on, quickly research any upgrades the player plans to utilize, and then scrap the building in place of a [[UNSC Vehicle Depot|Vehicle Depot]], [[UNSC Airpad|airpad]], or [[UNSC Barracks|Barracks]], allowing for the highest possible number of [[UNSC Supply Pad|Supply Pad]]s, while still leaving room for unit production. It costs 150 resources and requires a tech level of 1.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Adrenaline || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|1}} || {{HWResources|250}} {{C|125 for Professor Anders}}{{Ref/Note|Id=anders|Anders' economic boost halves the cost of all upgrades.}} || Booster shots enable all infantry units to run at significantly increased speeds.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Reserves || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|800}} {{C|400 for Professor Anders}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|anders}} || Train times for all units are drastically reduced.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Reinforcements || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|3}} || {{HWResources|800}} {{C|400 for Professor Anders}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|anders}} || Add +10 to the population cap of your army.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Medium Turret  || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|500}} {{C|250 for Professor Anders}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|anders}}|| Upgrades all Turrets to Medium Turrets, increasing their hitpoints and damage.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Large Turret  || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|3}} || {{HWResources|800}} {{C|400 for Professor Anders}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|anders}}|| Upgrades all Turrets to Large Turrets, increasing their hitpoints and damage.
-==Available technologies==
+|-
-[[File:HW UNSCFieldArmory Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|Another view of the Field Armory.]]
+! colspan="6"|[[Captain]] [[James Cutter|Cutter]]
-*Defense Turret upgrades
-**Medium Turret: 500 resources and tech level of 2
-**Large Turret : 800 resources and tech level of 3
-*MAC Blast upgrades
-**Medium MAC Blast : 700 resources and tech level of 2
-**Large MAC Blast : 1,000 resources and tech level of 3
-**Super MAC Blast : 1,400 resources and tech level of 4
-*Carpet Bomb upgrades
-**Medium Carpet Bombing : 700 resources and tech level of 2
-**Large Carpet Bombing : 1,000 resources and tech level of 3
-**Super Carpet Bombing : 1,400 resources and tech level of 4
-*Cryo Bomb upgrades
-**Medium Cryo Bomb : 350 resources and tech level of 2
-**Large Cryo Bomb : 500 resources and tech level of 3
-**Super Cryo Bomb : 700 resources and tech level of 4
-*Reserves : 800 resources and tech level of 2
-*Reinforcements : 800 resources and tech level of 3
-*Adrenaline : 250 resources and tech level of 1
-*Anders' economic boost halves the cost of the Defensive Turret, Reserves, Reinforcements, Adrenaline and Cryo Bomb upgrades.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Medium MAC Blast || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|700}} || MAC Blast ammo capacity upgraded to provide two shots.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Large MAC Blast || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|3}} || {{HWResources|1,000}} || MAC Blast ammo capacity upgraded to provide three shots.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Super MAC Blast || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|4}} || {{HWResources|1,400}} || MAC Blast ammo capacity upgraded to provide four shots.
+|-
+! colspan="6"|[[Sergeant]] [[John Forge|Forge]]
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Medium Carpet Bomb || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|700}} || Carpet Bomb strafe distance and damage increased.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Large Carpet Bomb || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|3}} || {{HWResources|1,000}} || Carpet Bomb strafe distance and damage increased.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Super Carpet Bomb || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|4}} || {{HWResources|1,400}} || Carpet Bomb strafe distance and damage increased.
+|-
+! colspan="6"|[[Ellen Anders|Professor Anders]]
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Medium Cryo Bomb || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|525}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|anders}} || Increases the duration of the freeze effect and instantly kills more units.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Large Cryo Bomb || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|3}} || {{HWResources|750}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|anders}} || Increases the duration of the freeze effect and instantly kills more units.
+|- style="height: 40px"
+| Super Cryo Bomb || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|4}} || {{HWResources|1050}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|anders}} || Increases the duration of the freeze effect and instantly kills more units.
+|}
+{{Ref/Notes}}
 ==Gallery==