Construction Platform 966A: Difference between revisions

'''Construction Platform 966A''', alternatively nicknamed '''Station Delphi''', was a deep space [[UNSC]] shipyard and construction platform. It was similar to [[Refit Station|refitting stations]] like the ''[[Cradle]]''. Essentially, it is a massive plate of [[Titanium-A]] containing a floating city of welded scaffolding cranes, docking pods, tubes, and grappling claws. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 51</ref>

The station was decommissioned in [[2528]] and abandoned near the [[Groombridge 34 System]]. Due to poor maintenance, the platform was a mess by [[2531]]. That year, [[ONI]] arranged for the [[Spartan-II]]s to be sent on a mission to the station to check for any "rebel activity." This was actually a guise for them to abduct [[Spartan-051]] for use in the upcoming [[Spartan-III]] project<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 56-57 </ref>. After he was taken, the station was tagged with a [[HAZMAT|HAZNAV]] satellite to ward off future exploration of it.

Another curious fact about the station was that it had a hull-support cradle built specially for the [[Stealth Cruiser]] [[UNSC Point of No Return]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]</ref> This could possibly suggest that the station was not abandoned except in de-classified papers, and intended to service the UNSC Point of No Return, so that it could have regular maintenance without needing special concerns to not be seen.