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| {{Title|''Athens Station''}}
| | [[Image:DSC00213.JPG|left|thumb|200px|The destruction of ''Athens'']] |
| {{Status|Canon}}
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| |base=Athens Orbital Defense Platform
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| |image=[[File:H2A-Athens Station.png|300px|Destruction of the UNSC Athens 'Super' MAC platform as a result of Covenant boarding action]]
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| |location=[[Earth]] [[geosynchronous orbit]] | |
| |built=
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| |destroyed= October 20, [[2552]]
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| |purpose=Defense of [[Earth]]
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| |usage=*[[Battle of Earth]] | |
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| |defence=[[Durasteel]] armor{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| |armament=*1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|14D4A1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| *7 [[M606 Goalkeeper point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| |equipment=
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| |vehicles=*[[D82-EST Darter]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| *Maintenance drones{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
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| |era(s)=[[Human-Covenant War]]
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| |affiliation=[[UNSC Defense Force|UNSCDF]]
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| {{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]]}}
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| '''''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>
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| == Operational history ==
| | '''Athens Station''' was an orbital defense platform in geosync orbit over the city of Athens on [[Earth]] <ref>[[Halo 2]], level [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]]</ref>. It was in the same battle cluster with ''[[Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''. It was the second Station to be destroyed by a [[Covenant]] [[Anti-Matter Bomb]] during the [[First Battle of Earth]] in [[2552]]. |
| 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.
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| 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/Reuse|cairo}}
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| By [[2560]], both ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' Stations were replaced by newly fabricated orbital platforms.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=37}}
| | '''''Athens Station''''' was one of [[Earth]]'s [[Orbital Defense Platform]]s and was so named because it held station above the city of Athens<ref>Halo 2, [[Cairo Station (Level)]]</ref>. It was in the same battle cluster as ''[[Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''. |
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| ==Trivia==
| | During the [[First Battle of Earth]], ''Athens'' was destroyed after ''Malta'' and in the same fashion: [[Covenant]] boarders placed an [[Anti-Matter Bomb]] then withdrew prior to detonation. |
| 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.
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| ==Gallery==
| | After ''Athens'' was destroyed, the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Covenant Assault Carrier|assault carrier]] to broke through the orbital defenses to the [[Battle of New Mombasa|surface]]. |
| <gallery>
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| File:Athensstation.jpg|''Athens Station'' exploding in ''Halo 2''.
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| File:H2A-Athens Destruction.png|''Athens Station'' explodes above Earth after it is sabotaged by the Covenant.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | == Sources == |
| *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'' {{mo}}
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| == Sources ==
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| [[Category:Orbital defense platforms]] | | [[Category:Places]] |
| [[Category:Earth]] | | [[Category:UNSC]] |
