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|name=SWORD Base | |name=SWORD Base | ||
|image=[[File:HR-ONI-Sword-Base.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:HR-ONI-Sword-Base.jpg|300px]] | ||
|location=[[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]], [[Eposz]], [[Reach]] | |location=[[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]], [[Eposz]], [[Reach]] | ||
|purpose=[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] base | |purpose=[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] base | ||
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|destroyed=[[2552#August|August 29, 2552]] | |destroyed=[[2552#August|August 29, 2552]]<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 192''</ref> | ||
|usage=2552: [[Fall of Reach]] | |usage=2552: [[Fall of Reach]] | ||
|controlledby=Office of Naval Intelligence | |controlledby=Office of Naval Intelligence | ||
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'''SWORD Base''',<ref name="Journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> sometimes parsed as '''Sword Base''',{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} was an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] facility located near the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]], [[Eposz]] on the colony of [[Reach]]. | '''SWORD Base''',<ref name="Journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> sometimes parsed as '''Sword Base''',{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} was an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] facility located near the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]], [[Eposz]] on the colony of [[Reach]].<ref name="ONI: SB">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref><ref name="BWU">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_040910 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 04.09.10'']</ref> An [[Wikipedia:Pannonian Avars|Avar]] [[Wikipedia:Turko-Mongol sabers|saber]] was the emblem of SWORD Base.{{Ref/Novel|SoR|Chapter=5}} | ||
== | ==Description== | ||
The base's interior consisted of a long and tall main atrium, with smaller rooms, walkways and staircases on both of its sides. The atrium had a ceiling of glass running along its length, which also extended down the wall on the other end of the atrium. Two specimens of [[Covenant]] [[technology]] recovered during [[Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE]] were on display in the main atrium. Outside the main complex lies a military airfield, and numerous [[M71 Scythe|M71 "Scythe" AA guns]]. A few smaller outposts, including [[Farragut Station]] and [[Airview Base]], were located near the facility. The base also has several maintenance hallways for the facility's engineers. In addition, a [[Forerunner]] [[Babd Catha Forerunner Complex|ship]] that had crashed in the area millennia earlier had become enveloped by the ice shelf deep below the facility.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013072843/https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-4-16-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 4.16.14'']</ref> The crashed vessel contained numerous research stations, including one of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey's]] labs. In [[2552]], the base's head of security was [[Ádám Virág]].{{Ref/Reuse|Journal}} Its air controller was known by the call sign [[Sword Control]].{{Ref/Reuse|ONI: SB}} | |||
A few smaller outposts, including [[Farragut Station]] and [[Airview Base]], were located near the facility. The base also has several maintenance hallways for the facility's engineers. In addition, a [[Forerunner]] [[Babd Catha Forerunner Complex|ship]] that had crashed in the area millennia earlier had become enveloped by the ice shelf deep below the facility.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013072843/https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-4-16-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 4.16.14'']</ref> The crashed vessel contained numerous research stations, including one of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey's]] labs. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Human-Covenant war=== | ===Human-Covenant war=== | ||
[[File:HR SwordBaseGlassing Concept.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Covenant occupy a ravaged SWORD Base.]] | |||
During the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], Sword Base became the target of [[Battle of Sword Base|an attack]] by a single {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}. As the Covenant launched their assault on the base and the surrounding outposts, the base was defended by [[UNSC Army]] forces that were in the area. Soon, [[NOBLE Team]] was called in to assist the defensive forces, and ultimately managed to fend off the assault force. After the defensive, two [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longswords]] were called in to push the corvette away from the base, and as the vessel began to depart, one of Reach's [[orbital defense platform]]s destroyed it from above.{{Ref/Reuse|ONI: SB}} | During the [[Fall of Reach]] on [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], Sword Base became the target of [[Battle of Sword Base|an attack]] by a single {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}. As the Covenant launched their assault on the base and the surrounding outposts, the base was defended by [[UNSC Army]] forces that were in the area. Soon, [[NOBLE Team]] was called in to assist the defensive forces, and ultimately managed to fend off the assault force. After the defensive, two [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longswords]] were called in to push the corvette away from the base, and as the vessel began to depart, one of Reach's [[orbital defense platform]]s destroyed it from above.{{Ref/Reuse|ONI: SB}} | ||
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Some time prior to Sword Base's demolition, a small team of Office of Naval Intelligence operatives covertly entered the facility with the mission to ensure the destruction of sensitive information as part of [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]]. Discovering Dr. Halsey was still alive, they planned to kill her and destroy her remains to avoid having to evacuate her.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Glacier|Glacier radio conversation]]''</ref> ONI also acquired [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] from her laboratory, cased in a [[600 series ONI security container]].{{Ref/Reuse|Legendary}} | Some time prior to Sword Base's demolition, a small team of Office of Naval Intelligence operatives covertly entered the facility with the mission to ensure the destruction of sensitive information as part of [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]]. Discovering Dr. Halsey was still alive, they planned to kill her and destroy her remains to avoid having to evacuate her.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Glacier|Glacier radio conversation]]''</ref> ONI also acquired [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] from her laboratory, cased in a [[600 series ONI security container]].{{Ref/Reuse|Legendary}} | ||
===Postwar=== | ===Postwar=== | ||
By [[2559#October|October 2559]], the [[Banished]] occupied the Sword Base | By [[2559#October|October 2559]], the [[Banished]] occupied the ruins of Sword Base and had set up an airfield there. When [[Blue Team]] returned to Reach on [[Operation: WOLFE]], the Banished launched an intercept flight from the ruins of Sword Base.{{Ref/Novel|SoR|Chapter=1}} | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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File:HR SwordBase Silhouette Concepts 2.jpg|Concept exploration for the base's silhouette. | File:HR SwordBase Silhouette Concepts 2.jpg|Concept exploration for the base's silhouette. | ||
File:HTMCC HR Achievement StillSharp.png|Concept art for the base. | File:HTMCC HR Achievement StillSharp.png|Concept art for the base. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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File:Halo Reach - Sword Base 02.jpg|View of the Sword Base building. | File:Halo Reach - Sword Base 02.jpg|View of the Sword Base building. | ||
File:SwordBattle.jpg|The rest of the complex following the Covenant attack. | File:SwordBattle.jpg|The rest of the complex following the Covenant attack. | ||
File:HaloReach - Package Intro.jpg|SPARTAN-B312 returns to SWORD Base, reduced to flaming ruins by the Covenant glassing. | |||
File:HR GuardianLance Plaque.png|A plaque commemorating Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE in the atrium of SWORD Base. | File:HR GuardianLance Plaque.png|A plaque commemorating Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE in the atrium of SWORD Base. | ||
File:HR GuardianLance GravityLift.png|A Covenant [[Gravity lift]] recovered in the operation. | File:HR GuardianLance GravityLift.png|A Covenant [[Gravity lift]] recovered in the operation. | ||
