Editing Military base

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[[File:192808-10-2.jpg|thumb|250px|A UNSC military base, during the [[2531|early years]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]].]]

A '''military base''' is a facility used by the military that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. Because of their stationary nature, they make a promising option for enemy assault by either ground or air forces, as well as making an easy target for artillery and [[orbital bombardment]].

==Types==
===UNSC===
The [[United Nations Space Command]] makes extensive use of military bases. They are often flexible, using various designs, terrain, and functions in their setup, allowing their occupants the best degree of flexibility possible. Incorporating existing and specialty equipment, ranging from [[Crow's Nest (location)|old 20th Century bunkers]]{{Ref/Level|Id=crows|[[Halo 3]]|[[Crow's Nest]]}} to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Forerunner mesas]],{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: The Flood]]}} to [[Firebase|repurposed]] [[colony starter unit]]s,{{Ref/Game|[[Halo Wars]]}} there are many different types.

Typically, UNSC bases incorporate facilities for storage of weapons, ammunition and equipment, as well as barrack facilities for the personnel that staff it. They are often equipped with heavy defenses, such as autocannons to fend off assaults from [[Covenant]] air and ground forces. Normally, arrangements are made for the storage of vehicles for transport and combat, such as [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthogs]], allowing fast transport to and from the base. Facilities for aircraft, such as [[Pelican]] dropships and [[Sparrowhawk]] gunships, are standard and, indeed, vital for the bases survival, allowing response to aerial threats, such as [[Banshee]]s.

Since at least [[2552#November|November 2552]], the UNSC has used [[energy shielding]], reverse-engineered from Covenant technology, to protect generators in their bases, such as [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]].{{Ref/Reuse|crows}}

The UNSC also uses [[firebase]]s, prefabricated base facilities that serve as platforms for other base structures. Based on colony starter units, their modular design allows for rapid deployment and construction on the battlefield. They can be fitted with up to four [[M5 Talos|automated turrets]] and a number of different buildings.

===Known UNSC bases===
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 50%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
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!scope="col"|Astronomical object
!scope="col"|Location
!scope="col"|Base
!scope="col"|Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Arcadia]]
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]]
|
|-
| [[Arcadia ONI facility|Unidentified ONI facility]]
|
|-
|[[Cascade]]
| [[Mindoro]], [[Lhopat]]
| [[Fort Southwick]]
|
|-
| [[Chi Ceti IV]]
| [[Vhalkem]]
| [[Damascus Testing Facility]]
|
|-
|[[Draetheus V]]
|Unknown
|[[Faraday Base]]
|
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Earth]]
| [[Mexico City]], [[URNA]]
| [[Base Segundo Terra]]
|
|-
| [[Boston]], URNA
| [[Chawla Base]]
|
|-
|[[Tanzania]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]]
|
|-
|[[Kenya]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[Outpost C9]]
|
|-
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]
|
|-
| [[New Mombasa]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]]
|
|-
| [[Borneo]]
| [[Unidentified UNSC firebase]]
|
|-
| [[Diego Garcia]]
| [[Diego Garcia]]
|
|-
| [[Harvest]]
| Unknown
| [[Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base]]
|
|-
| [[Installation 00]]
| Unknown
| [[Fort Jordan (location)|Fort Jordan]]
|
|-
| [[Installation 04]]
| Unknown
| [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]]
|
|-
| [[Onyx]]
|Unknown
| [[Camp Currahee]]
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|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Reach]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Highland Mountains]]
| [[Camp Hathcock]]
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|-
| [[Camp Independence]]
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|-
| [[CASTLE Base]]
| Destruction during [[Fall of Reach]] led to events of [[Operation]]: [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]] seven years later.
|-
| [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]
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|-
| [[Reach High Command]]
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|-
| [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]]
| [[SWORD Base]]
|Built over a [[Forerunner]] crashed [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|ship]]
|-
| [[Farkas Lake]]
| [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]]
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|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Requiem]]
| [[The Cauldron]]
| [[Magma Base]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Copernicus Base]]
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|-
| [[Galileo Base]]
|
|-
| [[Sargasso]]
| Unknown
| [[Unidentified UNSC military base]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Sigma Octanus IV]]
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Alpha Headquarters]]
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|-
| [[Firebase Bravo]]
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|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Fort York]]
|
|-
| [[UCMB Sierra Largo]]
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|}

===Covenant===
[[File:Halo-wars-Covenant-base.jpg|thumb|250px|A Covenant citadel.]]
[[Covenant]] bases are often supported by a ship hovering overhead, supplying troops and matériel through its [[gravity lift]] or, in rare cases, [[Deployment spire|teleportation spires]] that also serve as command centers.{{Ref/Level|Halo: Reach|[[Tip of the Spear]]}} Covenant base facilities are usually defended by [[Shade]]s or {{Pattern|Kewu Umppi'pa'|citadel turret}}s. The Covenant also employ [[Covenant citadel|Citadels]], modular [[Socket Base|socket base]] units similar in principle to the UNSC Firebase. Covenant Citadels can be protected by an energy shield generator, or larger, dome-shaped shields that are integrated into their Spire facilities but have also been used without a Spire.{{Ref/Level|Halo Wars|[[Dome of Light]]}}

In addition, each Covenant species has their own accommodation facilities in the field, including [[Sangheili hut]]s and [[Unggoy]] [[atmosphere pit]]s.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:UNSCDF Operations Center - Crow's Nest.jpg|The command center of the UNSC base [[Crow's Nest]].
File:Halo- Reach - Saber Launching.jpg|[[YSS-1000 Sabre]]s launching from [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|a base]] on Reach.
File:HW_Firebase_Concept.jpg|Concept art of a UNSC base in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW Screenshots E07 4.jpg|An early design of a UNSC base from ''Halo Wars''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[i love bees]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]'' 
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''

==Sources==
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