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[[File:HaloReach - New Alexandria Spaceport.jpg|thumb|300px|Five [[Unnamed civilian transport craft|civilian transports]] on the tarmac at the New Alexandria Starport.]] | [[File:HaloReach - New Alexandria Spaceport.jpg|thumb|300px|Five [[Unnamed civilian transport craft|civilian transports]] on the tarmac at the New Alexandria Starport.]] | ||
The '''New Alexandria Starport''' was a [[spaceport]] in [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] on the planet [[Reach]].<ref name="exo">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, [[Exodus (level)|Exodus]]</ref> | The '''New Alexandria Starport''' was a [[spaceport]] in [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] on the planet [[Reach]].<ref name="exo">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, [[Exodus (level)|Exodus]]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
During the [[Fall of Reach]], the starport came under attack by [[Covenant]] forces. During the [[Siege of New Alexandria]], an {{ | During the [[Fall of Reach]], the starport came under attack by [[Covenant]] forces. During the [[Siege of New Alexandria]], an {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} took position over the starport and began to bombard nearby buildings, including the [[Traxus Tower]]. Later in the siege, [[Duvall|Sergeant Major Duvall]] requested immediate airstrike on the corvette from {{UNSCShip|Stalwart Dawn}} to allow multiple [[Unnamed civilian transport craft|civilian transports]] flee from the planet. Despite orders to not leave the starport, [[6 Echo 2]]—one of the civilian transports launching from the starport—took off but was destroyed by the corvette over the city. Thanks to the efforts of one [[SPARTAN-B312|SPARTAN-III commando]], two [[M95 Lance]] missile batteries were activated to cripple the corvette, allowing the remaining three transports to successfully evacuate, ferrying thousands of survivors off of Reach.<ref name="exo"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HR NewAlexandria Spaceport Concept.jpg|Concept art of the starport. | File:HR NewAlexandria Spaceport Concept.jpg|Concept art of the starport. | ||
File:Reach 10968293 Full.jpg|Several | File:Reach 10968293 Full.jpg|Several civilian transports in the spaceport. | ||
File:Civilian transports.jpg|A view of the starport. | File:Civilian transports.jpg|A view of the starport. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
{{New Alexandria}} | {{New Alexandria}} | ||
[[Category:New Alexandria]] | [[Category:New Alexandria]] | ||
[[Category:Spaceports]] | [[Category:Spaceports]] | ||
