Editing Athens Station

{{Title|''Athens Station''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Base infobox
|base=Athens Orbital Defense Platform
|image=[[File:H2A-Athens Station.png|300px|Destruction of the UNSC Athens 'Super' MAC platform as a result of Covenant boarding action]] 
|location=[[Earth]] [[geosynchronous orbit]]
|built=
|destroyed= October 20, [[2552]]
|purpose=Defense of [[Earth]]
|usage=*[[Battle of Earth]]
|section(s)=
|defence=[[Durasteel]] armor<ref name="Warfleet"/>
|armament=*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|14D4A1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*7 [[M606 Goalkeeper point defense gun]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>
|equipment=
|vehicles=*[[D82-EST Darter]]s<ref name="Warfleet"/>
*Maintenance drones<ref name="Warfleet"/>
|soldier(s)=
|commander(s)=
|era(s)=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|notable=
|affiliation=[[UNSC Defense Force|UNSCDF]]
}}
{{Quote|...With coordinated fire from the Athens and the [[Malta Station|Malta]], nothing's getting past this battle cluster in one piece.|[[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Avery Johnson]] on the [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]]}}
'''''Athens Station''''', [[hull classification symbol]] '''OWP-144''', was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Moncton-class orbital weapon platform|''Moncton''-class]] [[orbital defense platform]] in [[geosynchronous orbit]] above [[Earth]]. It was in the same battle cluster as both ''[[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''.<ref name="cairo">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station]]''</ref> Unlike its sister stations, its hangars were equipped for [[D82-EST Darter]] cargo dropships and maintenance drones.<ref name="Warfleet">'''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''', p. 30</ref>

== Operational history ==
During the [[Battle of Earth]], the ''Athens'' was destroyed right after the ''Malta'' and in the same fashion: [[Covenant]] [[Naval boarding|boarders]] placed a {{Pattern|Chershi|antimatter charge|}} [[antimatter charge]] on the station and then withdrew prior to its detonation. This initially led the human forces onboard to believe they had beaten the Covenant back until the Covenant bomb exploded, destroying the station.

After both ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were destroyed, the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]] ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' broke through the orbital defenses to the [[Battle of Mombasa|surface]] of Earth.<ref name="cairo"/>

By [[2560]], both ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' Stations were replaced by newly fabricated orbital platforms.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=37}}

==Trivia==
Based on the name of the station, it has been theorized that it held geosynchronous orbit over Athens, Greece. By the looks of the station's location through the Cairo Station's windows, however, it appears to be much further south than Athens really is. Additionally, the ''Cairo'', ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' stations are in visible distances of one another whereas their Earth namesakes are hundreds of kilometers apart.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Athensstation.jpg|''Athens Station'' exploding in ''Halo 2''.
File:H2A-Athens Destruction.png|''Athens Station'' explodes above Earth after it is sabotaged by the Covenant.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'' {{mo}}

== Sources ==
{{Ref/Sources}}

[[Category:Orbital defense platforms]]
[[Category:Earth]]