Firing control: Difference between revisions

'''Firing control''' is a generic [[United Nations Space Command]] term for any center or position referring to the operations of weapons systems aboard a [[warship]], such as a [[UNSC frigate]] or [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platform]].<ref name="cairo">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref>

For example, the Firing Control Officer, or simply Weapons Officer, aboard a [[uNSC frigate|frigate]] or [[uNSC destroyer|destroyer]] is rank of [[Lieutenant]], like [[Aki Hikowa|Lieutenant Hikowa]] of the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}}. They are in charge of [[Archer missile|Archer Missile]] and [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] firing solutions.

Cairo Station firing control was the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] firing control station of [[Cairo Station]]. During the [[Battle of Earth]], [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] boarders invaded firing control, killing all the crew and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] (except one who was hiding behind a set of stairs) stationed there and planted a large bomb planned to destroy the orbital station, similar to how the nearby [[Athens]] and [[Malta]] stations were destroyed. [[John-117|SPARTAN-117]] and [[Cortana]] managed to disarm the bomb just in time (with seven seconds left) and later redeployed it to destroy a [[Covenant assault carrier]].<ref name="cairo"/>