Editing UNSC Supply Pad

{{Status|Canon}}
[[File:HW SupplyPad.jpg|300px|thumb|A Heavy Supply Pad.]]
{{Quote|[[Alpha Base (Harvest)|The base]] is up and running again. We need supply pads built, so I can send down materials.|[[Serina]]}}

'''Supply Pads''' are [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] structures that form the backbone of a prefabricated [[Firebase]] unit, and are crucial to the smooth operation of any base.{{Ref/Site|Id=hwsite|URL=http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/firebase.aspx#supplypad|Site=Official Halo Wars Community Site|Page=Supply Pad|D=20|M=03|Y=2011|LocalArchive=Archive:Halowars.com/UNSC#Supply Pad}}

==Overview==
[[File:HW UNSCSupplyPadDouble Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|An upgraded double supply pad.]]
Supply pads take the form of [[landing pad]] structures that allow [[D82-EST Darter]]s to land and deposit large crates of supplies. The pads are serviced by robotic cranes, which move the supply onto a conveyor belt, wherein it is lowered into the firebase's underground assembly and storage areas.{{Ref/Reuse|hwsite}} Supply Pads allow the firebase to receive a constant flow of [[supplies]] from orbiting support vessels such as {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. These are vital logistical ports for UNSC combat operations, and the force commander carefully weigh the cost of delaying their construction. To sustain high-tempo missions, Supply Pads can be upgraded to the '''Heavy Supply Pad''', which accelerates Supply generation by adding a landing pad to double supply intake.{{Ref/Game|Id=PL|HW2|Phoenix_Logs#UNSC_Buildings|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Supply Pad}}

The supplies handled by the UNSC's supply pad networks cover everything from medical kits to full-sized [[Warthog]] engines, food, ammunition, spare parts, and power cells.{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} The crew of a well run supply pad knows that a working pad means a working base.{{Ref/Reuse|hwsite}} 

==Operational history==
Supply pads were heavily employed by the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' during its operations on [[Harvest Campaign|Harvest]], [[Battle for Arcadia|Arcadia]], and the [[Battle of the Trove|Etran Harborage]].{{Ref/Game|HW|gameplay}} They were later [[Second Ark Conflict|employed]] on [[Installation 00]]. While some useful assets could be salvaged and tapped on the Ark's surface, the bulk of the UNSC's supplies still had to be delivered from the ''Spirit of Fire''. Sustaining combat operations on the Ark would be practically impossible without the use of supply pads to quickly unload cargo from dropships and the on-site direction of logisticians to efficiently redistribute the incoming matériel.{{Ref/Reuse|PL}}

==In-game information==
===''Halo Wars''===
{{Quote|The UNSC Supply Pad produces the resources needed to train units, building buildings, and buy technology upgrades. Bases that have great economic production might have 6 Supply Pads.|In-game information}}
In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', the Supply Pad costs {{HWResources|100}} to be built. It produces resources. They perform the same function as the [[Forerunner Supply Elevator]], and the Covenant [[Covenant Warehouse|Warehouse]]. Sergeant Forge's Supply Pads start as Heavy Supply Pads, whereas other leaders must upgrade them for 225 resources.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%;" 
! rowspan="2" style="width: 20%" | Name !! rowspan="2" style="width: 10%" | Type !! colspan="3" style="width: 30%" | Cost !! rowspan="2" style="width: 40%" | Description
|- 
| style="width: 10%" | '''Population''' || style="width: 10%" | '''Tech''' || style="width: 10%" | '''Resources''' 
|- style="height: 40px"
| Heavy Supply Pad || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|1}} || {{HWResources|225}} || Supply production massively increased for this Supply Pad.
|}

===''Halo Wars 2''===
*Supply Pad Info: Produces Supplies, Can be upgraded to a Heavy Supply Pad
*'''Cost:''' {{HW2Pop|0}}, {{HW2Supplies|150}}, {{HW2Power|0}}
*'''Upgrade Cost:''' {{HW2Pop|0}}, {{HW2Supplies|150}}, {{HW2Power|200}} (With [[John Forge/Gameplay|Sergeant Forge]]'s Rolling Economy I and II, it will cut the power cost to {{HW2Power|160}} and {{HW2Power|120}} respectively.)

==Gallery==
===''Halo Wars''===
<gallery>
File:UNSCSupply Pad concept.jpg|The initial supply pad design.
File:HW OldUNSC SupplyPad.jpg|The initial supply pad design in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW Screenshots E07 4.jpg|The early model of supply pad in an early built of ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW EarlySupplyPad Concept.jpg|Another early concept for the supply pad in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HW EarlySupplyPad Render 1.jpg|Hi-poly render of the early supply pad.
File:HW EarlySupplyPad Render 2.jpg|Hi-poly render of the early supply pad.
File:HW EarlySupplyPad Render 3.jpg|Hi-poly render of the early supply pad.
File:HW EarlySupplyPad Screenshot.jpg|In-game screenshot of the supply pad.
File:HW EarlySupplyPad Screenshots.jpg|In-game screenshots of the early supply pad.
File:HW SupplyPad Crane Concept.jpg|Concept art for the supply pad crane.
</gallery>
===''Halo Wars 2''===
{{Image}}
<gallery>
File:HW2B Supply Pad.png|A supply pad in the ''[[Halo Wars 2 Open Beta]]''.
File:HW2B Supply Pad1.png|A supply pad in the ''Halo Wars 2 Open Beta''.
File:HW2B Supply Pad2.png|A heavy supply pad in the ''Halo Wars 2 Open Beta''.
File:HW2-SupplyPad Concept.jpg|Concept art for the Supply Pad in ''Halo Wars 2''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{HW buildings}}
[[Category:UNSC buildings]]