Editing Anchor 9

{{Title|''Anchor 9''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Center|This article shows information for the space station. For the [[Halo: Reach]] level, see [[Anchor 9 (map)]].}}
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'''''Anchor 9''''' ('''SRRS-01007'''),<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 7''</ref> was a [[refit station|service, repair and refit station]] in service with the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], and one of 18 such stations orbiting the colony world [[Reach]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}<ref name="Anchor">[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=29866 '''Bungie.net''': ''Noble Map Pack Quick Looks'']</ref>

==Description==
The station had three main hubs, each with its own hangar and [[UNSC Sabre engineering facility|repair station]]. One sector of the station was dedicated to the medical rehabilitation of injured soldiers, including a suite for the verbal reconstruction of individuals who had lost their ability to speak.{{Ref/Generic|Id=Unspoken|Heading=[[Become]]|Subheading=[[UNSC Archives]]|Detail=[[Unspoken]]}} Several [[FSS-1000 Sabre]] fighters could be stored and serviced inside. In addition, it had docking ports for larger vessels such as [[cruiser]]s and [[UNSC frigate|frigates]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} The station also was surrounded by a number of [[UNSC construction platform|build-and-repair facilities]], which had several half-built frigates in them.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}

==History==
===Early war===
The station was used to rehabilitate UNSC personnel who had been injured during the evacuation of [[Harvest]]. On [[2526#January|January 17, 2526]]; [[Chris Preston]], undergoing medical rehabilitation on board ''Anchor 9'', recorded a message for [[David Dominguez]]'s parents recounting his sacrifice in securing [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet|Kig-Yar point defense gauntlets]] during the evacuation of [[Harvest]].{{Ref/Reuse|Unspoken}}

===Construction of Paris-class heavy frigates===
The station was in permanent orbit around [[Reach]] and in the later decades of the war was charged with the production of numerous warships to supplant the Navy's eroding firepower. By [[2552]] it was responsible for the construction for a number of {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate|heavy frigates}}, with several still being assembled by the time of the Covenant's arrival.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}

===Fall of Reach===
During the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552#August|August 2552]], ''Anchor 9'' was defended by Sabres during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]]. The station's defenses were off-line when the Covenant attacked, and one squadron was deployed to repel the incoming waves of [[Type-27 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Banshees]] and later [[Type-31 Seraph|Seraphs]]. When the third wave of Covenant fighters arrived, ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> point defense guns came back online. During the third wave, several [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] arrived and attempted to attack the station, but were destroyed. After the Phantoms were destroyed, the remaining Seraphs and Banshees retreated.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}} 

[[SPARTAN-B312]] and [[Jorge-052]] then docked in one of the station's hangars. Jorge left the Sabre to arm a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]] attached to a Pelican dropship; this Slipspace drive would be used as an improvised bomb against ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', a [[Covenant supercarrier]]. The {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} soon detached from ''Anchor 9'' to provide cover for the Sabres as they attacked and attempted to board an [[Ardent Prayer|enemy corvette]] which was inbound to refuel with the supercarrier. Almost immediately after the supercarrier was destroyed, the Covenant arrived en masse over Reach.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}} The station was subsequently destroyed by a Covenant support fleet, which arrived several days later.{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}

==Trivia==
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*''Anchor 9'' is also the setting of a multiplayer [[Anchor 9 (map)|map]] of the same name. Despite the name of the map being Anchor 9, the actual space station does not look like the Anchor 9 from campaign. The colors of the station are more white and yellow, and the geometry of the station is quite different.
*The station was nicknamed the "space wafer" during the development of ''Halo: Reach''. It was initially designed by Jaime Jones, later redesigned by [[Isaac Hannaford]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HR_Anchor9_HangarExt_Concept.jpg|Concept art of ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hangar bay.
File:HR Anchor9 Concept.jpg|Concept art of the station.
File:HR_Anchor9_Hangar_Concept.jpg|Concept art of ''Anchor 9''.
File:HR_SpaceBattle_Concept.jpg|Concept art showing ''Anchor 9'' docked with what appears to be a {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}.
File:HR_ConstructionBay_Render_1.jpg|3D high-poly render of one of ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> drydocks.
File:HR_ConstructionBay_Render_2.jpg|Another 3D high-poly render of one of ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> drydocks.
File:Anchor 9.jpg|The {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} docking with Anchor 9.
File:Reach 3023461 Full.jpg|An overhead view of ''Anchor 9''. The UNSC ''Savannah'' is moored to the station.
File:Reach E310 Campaign10.jpg|''Anchor 9'' being defended by [[FSS-1000 Sabre|Sabre]] fighters.
File:Anchor9turret.jpg|One of ''Anchor 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> defense turrets.
File:Anchor_Nine.png|''Anchor 9'' seen through the HUD of a Sabre.
File:Anchor 9 level.jpeg|The interior of Anchor 9 as seen from the [[Anchor 9 (map)|map of the same name]].
File:Halo Reach NobleDLC Anchor9 03.jpg|Another view of the interior.
File:Halo Reach NobleDLC Anchor9 02.jpg|View outside a Sabre repair bay.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Become]]''
**''[[Unspoken]]''

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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[[Category:Refit stations]]