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|base=Athens Orbital Defense Platform | |base=Athens Orbital Defense Platform | ||
|image=[[ | |image=[[Image:Athensstation.jpg|300px|Destruction of the UNSC Athens 'Super' MAC Platform as a result of Covenant boarding action]] | ||
|location=[[ | |location=Supposedly in [[wikipedia:Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous orbit]] over the City of [[Athens (city)|Athens]] | ||
|built= | |built= | ||
|destroyed= October 20, [[2552]] | |destroyed= October 20, [[2552]] | ||
|purpose=Defense of [[Earth]] | |purpose=Defense of [[Earth]] | ||
|usage=*[[Battle of Earth]] | |usage=*[[Battle of Earth]] | ||
|section(s)= | |section(s)=*[[Bridge]] | ||
| | *[[Armory A-01]] | ||
|armament= | *[[Commons B-01]] | ||
*[[Commons R-01]] | |||
*[[Firing control|Firing Control]] | |||
*[[Habitat Alpha]] | |||
*[[Habitat Delta]] | |||
*[[Hangar A-01]] | |||
*[[Hangar A-02]] | |||
*[[Hangar C-01]] | |||
*[[MAC Storage]] | |||
*[[Recreation R-01]] | |||
*[[Security B-01]] | |||
*[[Security R-01]] | |||
*[[Security Station One]] | |||
*[[Security Station Four]] | |||
*[[Terminal Two]] | |||
*[[Tram station|Tram Station]] | |||
*[[Umbilicals]] | |||
*Docking Station (2) | |||
|defence= | |||
|armament=Mark V "Super" [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] Gun | |||
|equipment= | |equipment= | ||
|vehicles=*[[ | |vehicles=*[[Bumblebee escape pod|Bumblebee]] Life Pods (all assumed) | ||
* | *[[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]] | ||
|soldier(s)= | |soldier(s)= | ||
|commander(s)= | |commander(s)= | ||
|era(s)= | |era(s)= | ||
|notable= | |notable= | ||
|affiliation=[[UNSC Defense Force|UNSCDF]] | |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 | {{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]]}} | ||
'''''Athens Station''''', [[ | '''''Athens Station''''', [[Hull classification symbol|Hull Classification Symbol]] '''ODA-144''', was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platform]] in [[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous Orbit]] above [[Earth]]. It was so named because it held geosynchronous orbit over [[Greece|Athens, Greece]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> It was in the same battle cluster as both ''[[Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''. | ||
== Operational history == | == Operational history == | ||
During the [[Battle of Earth]], the ''Athens'' was destroyed right after the ''Malta'' and in the same fashion: [[Covenant]] | During the [[Battle of Earth]], the ''Athens'' was destroyed right after the ''Malta'' and in the same fashion: [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] boarders placed a [[Antimatter charge|Covenant Bomb]] on the station and then withdrew prior to its detonation. This, of course, led the human forces onboard to believe they had beaten the Covenant back. | ||
After both ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were destroyed, the | After both ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were destroyed, the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' broke through the orbital defenses to the [[Battle of Mombasa|surface]] of Earth. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*By the looks of the station's location through the Cairo Station's windows, it appears to be much further south than Athens really is. | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
<references/> | |||
[[Category:Orbital | [[Category:Orbital Defense Platforms]] | ||
[[Category:Earth]] | [[Category:Earth]] | ||
