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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Human|UNSC|HCW|Post}}
[[File:192808-10-2.jpg|thumb|250px|A UNSC military base, during the [[2531|early years]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]].]]
[[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]].
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==
===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 name="crows">'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[campaign]] level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref> to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Forerunner mesas]],<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]'''</ref> to [[Firebase|repurposed]] [[colony starter unit]]s,<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> there are many different types.
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.
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}}
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 name="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.
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 [[Base Turret|automated turrets]] and a number of different buildings.


===Known UNSC bases===
===Known UNSC bases===
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 50%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!scope="col"|Astronomical object
! Name
!scope="col"|Location
! Location
!scope="col"|Base
! Status
!scope="col"|Notes
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Arcadia]]
| [[Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base]]
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Harvest]]
| [[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]]
| Active as of [[2531#February|February 2531]]
|
|-
| [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]]
| [[Installation 04]]
| Abandoned by UNSC, destroyed along with the installation
|-
| [[Alpha Headquarters]]
| [[Sigma Octanus IV]]
| Destroyed by Covenant and [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]
|-
|-
| [[Arcadia ONI facility|Unidentified ONI facility]]
| [[Base Segundo Terra]]
|
| [[Mexico City]], [[URNA]], [[Earth]]
| Unknown
|-
|-
|[[Cascade]]
| [[Camp Currahee]]
| [[Mindoro]], [[Lhopat]]
| [[Onyx]]
| [[Fort Southwick]]
| Destroyed with the planet
|
|-
|-
| [[Chi Ceti IV]]
| [[Camp Hathcock]]
| [[Vhalkem]]
| [[Highland Mountains]], [[Reach]]
| [[Damascus Testing Facility]]
| Overrun by Covenant infantry
|
|-
|-
|[[Draetheus V]]
| [[Camp Independence]]
|Unknown
| Highland Mountains, Reach
|[[Faraday Base]]
| Abandoned by UNSC forces
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Earth]]
| [[CASTLE Base]]
| [[Mexico City]], [[URNA]]
| Highland Mountains, Reach
| [[Base Segundo Terra]]
| Destroyed to prevent capture by Covenant invaders
|
|-
|-
| [[Boston]], URNA
| [[Chawla Base]]
| [[Chawla Base]]
|
| [[Boston]], URNA, Earth
| Unknown
|-
| [[Copernicus Base]]
| [[Requiem]]
| Destroyed when Requiem was sent into [[Epoloch|its star]]
|-
|-
|[[Tanzania]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]]
| [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]]
|
| Kenya, Earth near [[Voi]]
| Destroyed during Covenant assault
|-
| [[Damascus Testing Facility]]
| [[Vhalkem]], [[Chi Ceti IV]]
| Active
|-
|-
|[[Kenya]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[Diego Garcia]]
| [[Outpost C9]]
| [[Diego Garcia]], Earth
|
| Unknown
|-
|[[Faraday Base]]
|[[Draetheus V]]
|Destroyed during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]]
|-
|-
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| [[Firebase Bravo]]  
| [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]
| Sigma Octanus IV
|
| Destroyed during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]
|-
|-
| [[New Mombasa]], [[East African Protectorate]]
| [[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]]
| [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]]
| [[Arcadia]]
|
| Likely glassed with the planet
|-
|-
| [[Borneo]]
| [[Fort Jordan (location)|Fort Jordan]]
| [[Unidentified UNSC firebase]]
| [[Installation 00]]
|
| Destroyed by [[Banished]] forces.
|-
|-
| [[Diego Garcia]]
| [[Fort Southwick]]
| [[Diego Garcia]]
| [[Mindoro]], [[Lhopat]], [[Cascade]]  
|
| Active
|-
|-
| [[Harvest]]
| [[Fort York]]
| Unknown
| Unknown
| Unknown
| [[Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Installation 00]]
| [[Galileo Base]]
| Unknown
| Requiem
| [[Fort Jordan (location)|Fort Jordan]]
| Destroyed when Requiem was sent into its parent star
|
|-
|-
| [[Installation 04]]
| [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]
| Unknown
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], Earth
| [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]]
| Active
|
|-
|-
| [[Onyx]]
| [[Magma Base]]
|Unknown
| Requiem
| [[Camp Currahee]]
| Destroyed when Requiem was sent into its parent star
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Reach]]
| [[ONI Alpha Site (location)|ONI Alpha Site]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Highland Mountains]]
| [[New Mombasa]], Earth
| [[Camp Hathcock]]
| Destroyed
|
|-
|-
| [[Camp Independence]]
| [[Outpost C9]]
|
| [[Kenya]]n coast, Earth
| Unknown
|-
|-
| [[CASTLE Base]]
| [[Rat's Nest]]
| Destruction during [[Fall of Reach]] led to events of [[Operation]]: [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]] seven years later.
| Kenya, Earth
| Unknown
|-
|-
| [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]
| [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]
|
| Highland Mountains, Reach
| Destroyed in the Fall of Reach
|-
|-
| [[Reach High Command]]
| [[Reach High Command]]
|
| Highland Mountains, Reach
| Destroyed in the Fall of Reach
|-
|-
| [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]]
| [[SWORD Base]]
| [[SWORD Base]]
|Built over a [[Forerunner]] crashed [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|ship]]
| [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]], Reach
| Destroyed in the Fall of Reach to prevent research from falling into Covenant hands
|-
| [[UCMB Sierra Largo]]
| Unknown
| Unknown
|-
|-
| [[Farkas Lake]]
| [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]]
| [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]]
|
| [[Farkas Lake]], Reach
| Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Requiem]]
| [[Arcadia ONI facility|Unidentified ONI facility]]
| [[The Cauldron]]
| Arcadia
| [[Magma Base]]
| Likely glassed with the planet
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Unidentified UNSC firebase]]
| [[Copernicus Base]]
| [[Borneo]]
|
| Unknown
|-
| [[Galileo Base]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Unidentified UNSC military base]]
| [[Sargasso]]
| [[Sargasso]]
| Unknown
| Unknown
| [[Unidentified UNSC military base]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Sigma Octanus IV]]
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Alpha Headquarters]]
|
|-
| [[Firebase Bravo]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
| [[Fort York]]
|
|-
| [[UCMB Sierra Largo]]
|
|}
|}


===Covenant===
==Covenant==
[[File:Halo-wars-Covenant-base.jpg|thumb|250px|A Covenant citadel.]]
[[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]]}}
[[Covenant]] bases are often supported by a ship hovering overhead, supplying troops and matériel through its [[gravity lift]] or, in rare cases, [[Covenant spire|teleportation spires]] that also serve as command centers.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> Covenant base facilities are usually defended by [[Shade]]s or [[Covenant automated plasma turret|automated plasma turrets]]. 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>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Dome of Light]]''</ref>


In addition, each Covenant species has their own accommodation facilities in the field, including [[Sangheili hut]]s and [[Unggoy]] [[atmosphere pit]]s.
In addition, each Covenant species has their own accommodation facilities in the field, including [[Sangheili hut]]s and [[Unggoy]] [[atmosphere pit]]s.
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<gallery>
<gallery>
File:UNSCDF Operations Center - Crow's Nest.jpg|The command center of the UNSC base [[Crow's Nest]].
File:UNSCDF Operations Center - Crow's Nest.jpg|The command center of the UNSC base [[Crow's Nest]].
File:Halo- Reach - Saber Launching.jpg|[[FSS-1000 Sabre]]s launching from [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|a base]] on Reach.
File:Halo- Reach - Saber Launching.jpg|[[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_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''.
File:HW Screenshots E07 4.jpg|An early design of a UNSC base from ''Halo Wars''.
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==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>


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[[Category:Buildings and structures]]

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