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after reach you'd think they would reaseach a way to put generators on the guns,so they're more of a threat and are "easier" to defend,and i'm guessing the Earth is a WHOLE lot bigger then Reach cause if 20 was in orbit around Reach and 300 around Earth [[User:Voy101|Voy101]] | after reach you'd think they would reaseach a way to put generators on the guns,so they're more of a threat and are "easier" to defend,and i'm guessing the Earth is a WHOLE lot bigger then Reach cause if 20 was in orbit around Reach and 300 around Earth [[User:Voy101|Voy101]] | ||
Except for the fact that the battle of Earth took place mere months after the battle of Reach. There was just no time to actually begin modifying the existing platforms. As to numbers, Reach is listed as having near-earth gravity, and actually has a bit greater, as well as having an atmosphere much like Earth. This evidence would suggest that Reach and Earth are of similar size, and the number of orbital defense platforms merely suggest the importance placed on the defense of Earth against the importance of Reach. | Except for the fact that the battle of Earth took place mere months after the battle of Reach. There was just no time to actually begin modifying the existing platforms. As to numbers, Reach is listed as having near-earth gravity, and actually has a bit greater, as well as having an atmosphere much like Earth. This evidence would suggest that Reach and Earth are of similar size, and the number of orbital defense platforms merely suggest the importance placed on the defense of Earth against the importance of Reach. | ||
==Real Life Inspiration == | ==Real Life Inspiration == | ||
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Why is this written in past tense? Aren't there still MAC cannons in orbit around Earth even after the events of Halo 3? And even if most were destroyed, one would think that rebuilding them would be a top defense priority for the UNSC government. | Why is this written in past tense? Aren't there still MAC cannons in orbit around Earth even after the events of Halo 3? And even if most were destroyed, one would think that rebuilding them would be a top defense priority for the UNSC government. | ||
--[[User:CaptainZoidberg|CaptainZoidberg]] 18:16, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | --[[User:CaptainZoidberg|CaptainZoidberg]] 18:16, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | ||
== Size == | == Size == | ||
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But then again, wasn't Fall of Reach written before Halo 2 came out? I think I just answered my own question. | But then again, wasn't Fall of Reach written before Halo 2 came out? I think I just answered my own question. | ||
== Aiming? == | == Aiming? == | ||
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So... since these things are attached to the orbital elevator, how exactly do they aim? Do they just depend on the Earth's rotation? And the orbital elevators would be made of a heck sturdy material to hold its own length while the Earth rotates. [[User:PX173|'''''PX''''']][[User_talk:PX173|''1'']]''7''[[Special:Contributions/PX173|''3'']] 03:48, October 15, 2009 (UTC) | So... since these things are attached to the orbital elevator, how exactly do they aim? Do they just depend on the Earth's rotation? And the orbital elevators would be made of a heck sturdy material to hold its own length while the Earth rotates. [[User:PX173|'''''PX''''']][[User_talk:PX173|''1'']]''7''[[Special:Contributions/PX173|''3'']] 03:48, October 15, 2009 (UTC) | ||
What are you talking about? ODPs are free floating installations, space stations with no connection to the planet. They likely aim through the use of retro-thrusters. | What are you talking about? ODPs are free floating installations, space stations with no connection to the planet. They likely aim through the use of retro-thrusters. | ||
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Oh, I thought they were ''attached'', but they were just ''hovering above''. [[User:PX173|'''''PX''''']][[User_talk:PX173|''1'']]''7''[[Special:Contributions/PX173|''3'']] 14:14, November 30, 2009 (UTC) | Oh, I thought they were ''attached'', but they were just ''hovering above''. [[User:PX173|'''''PX''''']][[User_talk:PX173|''1'']]''7''[[Special:Contributions/PX173|''3'']] 14:14, November 30, 2009 (UTC) | ||
== Geosynchronous == | == Geosynchronous == | ||
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The person who posted the trivia claiming the Platforms might be named after the location they float above is false, Geosynchronous implies that the stations simply orbit in a way that they can be seen in the sky at the same time every day in the same spot, The word for what he thinks Geosynchronous means is Geostationary, Alternatively, it could be a mistake on Bungies part and they got the words confused too. | The person who posted the trivia claiming the Platforms might be named after the location they float above is false, Geosynchronous implies that the stations simply orbit in a way that they can be seen in the sky at the same time every day in the same spot, The word for what he thinks Geosynchronous means is Geostationary, Alternatively, it could be a mistake on Bungies part and they got the words confused too. | ||
--[[Special:Contributions/65.2.106.67|65.2.106.67]] 04:16, January 4, 2010 (UTC)Monkeychief | --[[Special:Contributions/65.2.106.67|65.2.106.67]] 04:16, January 4, 2010 (UTC)Monkeychief | ||