Editing Galileo Base

{{Status|Canon}}
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|name=Galileo Base
|image=[[File:H4 AerialGalileo.png|300px]]
|location=[[Requiem]]
|purpose=Research facility
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|width=
|height=
|surface=
|armament=*[[M3063 deployable turret]]s
*[[M97 Lance]]s
|complement=
|built=Around [[2558#February|February 7, 2558]]
|destroyed=[[2558#March|March 2558]]
|usage=2558: [[Requiem Campaign]]
|controlledby=[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
|commander= *Doctor [[Shannon Owen]]
*Doctor [[Cameron Alexander]]
|commander-title=Personnel
|notable=
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'''Galileo Base''' was a makeshift [[UNSC]] research facility located on the surface of [[Requiem]]. The facility was built around a [[Forerunner]] artifact in order to study and extract it. The base was optimized to meet [[ONI]] requirements for defensive emergencies,<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/article/halo-4-multiplayer-complex-map-revealed-flood-mode-re-confirmed '''National Console Gaming''': ''Halo 4 multiplayer Complex map revealed, Flood mode re-confirmed'']</ref> including what they referred to as "Persistent Field Resilience", a mandate that required combat readiness regardless of perceived environmental safety.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/requiem '''Halo Wapoint''': ''Requiem'']</ref>

==History==
In February [[2558]], Galileo came [[Assault on Galileo Base|under attack]] by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] forces.<ref name="Catherine">''Spartan Ops'', [[Catherine|S103 Catherine]]</ref> [[Fireteam Crimson]] later arrived and fought off the attackers.{{Ref/Reuse|Catherine}}

After recovering the artifact known as "the [[Didact's Gift]]," Fireteam Crimson was ordered to transport it to Galileo Base for examination before the risk was taken of transporting it to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. During this examination, the Covenant-Promethean alliance launched [[Battle of Galileo Base|a large assault]] on the base to retrieve it. Fireteam Crimson was awaiting extraction when the attack began and were forced to defend Galileo again. The base's defenses had been powered down against orders to test a mini-reactor, so Crimson was forced to turn them on to deal with the waves of [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]]. After the turrets came back online, they shot down all of the approaching Phantoms and Crimson dealt with the ground forces. Once the assault was repelled, Crimson was forced to turn the mini-reactor back on to prevent a destructive meltdown. At this point, Promethean forces began [[Slipspace translocation|translocating]] into the area. While Crimson engaged the Prometheans, [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Palmer]] ordered [[Robert Dalton]] to bring in [[Fireteam Majestic]] to extract the artifact. Crimson was eventually able to eliminate all the Promethean forces in the area, allowing Majestic to retrieve the artifact.<ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[Didact's Hand|S104 Didact's Hand]]</ref> During Majestic's retrieval Covenant Phantoms and [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] resumed attacking the base, pinning them down. [[Gabriel Thorne]] managed to hijack a Banshee and destroy a Phantom, causing the Covenant to withdraw and allowing Majestic to escape.<ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[Memento Mori|S105 Memento Mori]]</ref>

After [[Escape from Librarian's Rest|rescuing]] Doctor [[Henry Glassman]], Spartan Thorne headed for Galileo Base as he no longer had his armor's communications equipment to call for a pickup. However, their journey was interrupted by an attack by [[Gek 'Lhar]] before the rest of Majestic rescued the two and killed Gek. With the arrival of Majestic, Glassman and Thorne aborted their journey to Galileo Base and were extracted instead with the rest of Majestic after Crimson took out the artillery batteries pinning them down.<ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[Expendable|S108 Expendable]]</ref>

Not long after the attack, the entire shield world was placed on a collision course with [[Epoloch system|its parent star]]. All of ''Infinity's'' research bases on the planet were lost when Requiem was destroyed by its sun. Months after the [[Requiem Campaign]], the UNSC sought to establish a new research facility, planned to be designated [[Galileo II]] by the UNSC's [[UNSC High Command|High Command]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 13|Issue #13]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
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*Galileo Base is the setting for the ''Halo 4'' Multiplayer map, [[Complex]].
*Some [[Ugparassa tree]]s can be found at the base and in the map Complex.
*Galileo is named after the famous [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei|Galileo Galilei]], an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who is sometimes called the "Father of Modern Science".

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H4 Complex.jpg|A view the base's main structure.
File:Complex 2.jpg|Another view of Galileo Base.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC military bases]]
[[Category:Requiem locations]]