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[[File:FoundationH2.jpg|thumb|250px|The abandoned TARDS facility]]
[[File:FoundationH2.jpg|thumb|250px|The abandoned TARDS testing facility.]]
The '''Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System''' was an early attempt by [[Acheron Security]] to create autonomous combat drones.{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Earth|D=02|M=05|Y=2015}}
The '''Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System''' was a [[United Nations Space Command]] project. TARDS was tested in [[Industrial Zone 08]] of [[Chicago]], on the planet of [[Earth]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Foundation]]''</ref>
 
==History==
The Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System was tested in [[Industrial Zone 08]] of [[Chicago]], [[URNA]], on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Map|H2|Foundation}} However, with the rise of [[Human augmentation|augmentations]] in [[human]] soldiers, the project and its facility were deemed irrelevant. Eventually, the campus was later leveraged by the [[United Nations Space Command]] to be used as the basis of a [[War Games]] simulation. The site was given the [[War Games]] identifier of [[Foundation]], or '''Map_Set: 525-5'''.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
 
The mother of [[Ava Lang]] was a leading engineer of Acheron Security who worked on projects for the Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFRaven|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/thats-so-raven|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - That's So Raven|D=11|M=12|Y=2019}}
 
==Production notes==
The ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer map "[[Foundation]]" takes place at the Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System facility. Parts are stamped with the words "Abandon in Place", indicating the project's failure. The project abbreviated may be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:TARDIS|TARDIS]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''.


==Trivia==
*On the system's remnant parts the player can see "Abandon in Place" written on them, hinting that it was a failed project.
*The acronym TARDS is a possible joke by [[Bungie]], as that it sounds like an abbreviation of "retards", or a reference to the "TARDIS" from ''[[Wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''.
*TARDS's facility in Chicago may be a reference to the location of U.S. Robotics in the 2004 film [[Wikipedia:I, Robot (film)|''I, Robot'']].
==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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