BXR Mining Corporation
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BXR Mining Corporation is a human corporation that hosts mining operations on several human colonies.[1][2]
Overview[edit]
Facilities[edit]
The company had facilities in the following cities and locations:
| Planet | Location | Facility Name/Facility Role |
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| Reach | Szurdok Ridge | Szurdok Ridge BXR facility[3] |
| Viery Territory | Unidentified titanium mine[4] | |
| Meridian[5] | ||
| BXR-730[6] | ||
| Bliss | Manikata (Site #1744)[2] |
History[edit]
Human-Covenant War[edit]
Circa March 9, 2552, the Covenant attacked a BXR Mining Corporation facility on a human colony. A group of miners volunteered to extract a haul of exotic ore that would be used in the creation of the Spartan-IIs MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor. While they successfully retrieved and delivered the ore, the Covenant bombardment caused a cave-in that blocked their escape. Trapped, one of the miners began singing. The other miners joined in before the cave ultimately collapsed on top of them.[7]
BXR had several facilities on the colony world of Reach, with at least one dedicated to the mining of titanium ore.[8] During the Covenant's invasion of Reach in August 2552, one of the corporation's mining facilities on the Szurdok Ridge at Ütközet was made into a stronghold by Covenant forces.[3]
Postwar[edit]
By 2556, BXR had entered into a partnership with Imbrium Machine Complex to mine asteroid-based resources in the Marcey system.[9] BXR was under "active investigation" by ONI after the Sedra terrorist attack in the same year.[10]
After the Human-Covenant War, BXR was actively involved in mining silicate glass from former colonies destroyed by the Covenant, including Site #1774 on Bliss, which was visited by Benjamin Giraud.[2]
Equipment[edit]
BXR employs numerous pieces of equipment to fulfill their services.
Trivia[edit]
- The abbreviation is a reference to the Button combo "BXR" which could be used to ensure an instant kill in Halo 2.
- Some civilians in New Alexandria wear shirts that bear the BXR logo.
- One variation of the BXR logo is that of three colored squares, a blue square on the left, a yellow square on top, and a red square to the right, representing the X, Y, and B buttons, respectively, on a standard Xbox 360 control pad, another obvious reference to the button combination.
- The shape of the logo seems to be a reference to the chemical safety sign (NFPA 704) that is seen on containers of hazardous materials, as it is a group of four side-ways squares inside another, larger square, the exception being that the BXR logo only has three small squares in a larger one.
Gallery[edit]
A variant of the BXR logo.
Another variant of the BXR logo.
Another variant of the BXR logo.
A BXR mining facility at Szurdok Ridge, Reach.
One of BXR's titanium mines on Reach.
Site #1774, a silicate mine on Bliss.
The BXR logo on Meridian in Halo 5: Guardians.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Nightfall
- ONI: Walk the Path (Mentioned only)
- Hunt the Truth
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Become
- Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint marketing, Defiant to the End
- ^ a b c Tumblr, BENJAMIN_GIRAUD_ENTRY_0384 (Retrieved on Jun 25, 2016) [Episode 11: Down to the Bone#BENJAMIN_GIRAUD_ENTRY_0384 [local archive]] [external archive]
- ^ a b Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the Spear
- ^ Bungie.net, Defiant Map Pack (Retrieved on Jan 1, 2022) [archive]
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level ??
- ^ Tumblr, Hunt the Truth (image) (Retrieved on Jan 1, 2022) [archive]
- ^ Become - UNSC Archives: Lightbringers
- ^ Halo: Reach, multiplayer map Unearthed
- ^ Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son
- ^ ONI: Walk the Path
