Malta Station

The Malta Station is an Orbital Defence Platform, similar to Cairo Station. It appears in the Cairo Station (Level). It is in orbit over the small island (and country) of Malta. At one point in the level it can be seen exploding as a result of a Covenant bomb. During gameplay, you can listen to radio transmissions between Malta and Cairo. The crew of the Malta believes to have driven off the Covenant, while the enemy is really escaping from the blast radius of the bomb they've placed inside.

Twenty orbital Super-MAC Cannons were used to defend the planet Reach from Covenant invasion, but they soon fell as the Covenant destroyed the underground generators that powered them. The planet Earth had 16, but production was stepped up quickly after Halo: The Fall of Reach, bringing the total up to 300. Some of the more famed Super MAC Orbital Stations above Earth are:

• Cairo Station
• Malta Station
• Athens Station
• Nassau Station

The very last transmissions from the Malta to the Cairo are listed below:

1. CAIRO DEFENSE COORDINATOR (loudspeakers):

Alert. Boarders inbound.

SGT. JOHNSON (radio):

How's it going, Malta?

MALTA DEFENSE COORDINATOR (radio):

Stand by…they're latched! Check your targets, watch the crossfire. They're in standard formation, little bastards up front, big ones in back. Good luck, Cairo.

SGT. JOHNSON:

Field of fire on that bulkhead. Soon as that door opens…let ‘em have it!

2. CAIRO DEFENSE COORDINATOR (loudspeakers):

We've got boarders in the portside bays.

(Once you finish a fight near a set of bay windows)

MARINE CS2:

Hey, check it out! The Malta's already driven off its boarders.

CORTANA (radio):

Malta, what is your status?

MALTA DEFENSE COORDINATOR (radio):

I don't believe it! They're retreating, we won!

(The Malta detonates in a huge plume of fire, the MAC gun breaking loose and tumbling away)

MARINE CS2:

This is bad, real bad!