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'''Olympic Tower''', also known as the '''[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] Headquarters''', was a building at [[Fleet Command Headquarters]] in [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], [[Eposz]], [[Reach]].<ref name="NE">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, [[New Alexandria]]</ref> It was one of FLEETCOM HQ's main buildings for special ONI projects and high-ranking officials.<ref name="TFoR">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 25, p. 230 (2001 paperback); p. 266 (2011 Definitive Edition)</ref> At a height of about 2,250 UH-144 Falcon altimeter units, it was one of New Alexandria's tallest buildings.<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', [[UH-144 Falcon]] altimeter</ref> Having an office in the tower was considered quite prestigious; in particular, the corner offices provided a wonderful view of the surrounding area.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}} | |||
There was a fallout bunker on Sublevel Two of the facility. The tower also had retractable VTOL pads on the upper floors.{{Ref/Reuse|NE}} | |||
[[Category: | ==History== | ||
[[Category: | During the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#August|August 23, 2552]], the Olympic Tower was the center of operations for the evacuation effort in and around New Alexandria, but later came under attack after the [[Covenant]] zeroed in on its position. In the later stages of the evacuation, [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] requested that all personnel be evacuated from the building immediately. [[SPARTAN Program|Spartan]] [[NOBLE Team]], along with some of the facility's personnel, hid in the sublevel fallout bunker between August 23 and August 26 after a {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} started glassing the immediate area around the tower.{{Ref/Reuse|NE}} | ||
Decades prior, Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] had been offered a corner office in this tower when her projects flourished. However, she declined as her office at [[CASTLE Base]] provided some isolation and peace from those who wanted to bother her.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}} Eventually, her rejection of the tower office proved to be her salvation as New Alexandria, including Olympic Tower, was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|NE}} | |||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}} | |||
==Sources== | |||
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{{New Alexandria}} | |||
[[Category:New Alexandria]] | |||
[[Category:UNSC buildings]] |