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{{Status|Canon}}
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[[File:HReach-UNSCNavCore.png|thumb|300px|A UNSC navigation core in ''Halo: Reach''.]]
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[[File:HReach-UNSCNavCore.png|right|300px|thumb|A UNSC navigation core in ''Halo: Reach''.]]
The '''UNSC navigation core''', also referred to as the '''data core''', is a [[human]] data storage device made by [[Misriah Armory]].<ref name="boneyard">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Boneyard]]''</ref>
The '''UNSC navigation core''', also referred to as the '''data core''', is a [[human]] data storage device made by [[Misriah Armory]].<ref name="boneyard">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Boneyard]]''</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
These cores are installed within UNSC ships in use for [[Astrogation|interstellar navigation]]. When a UNSC ship is scrapped, the ship-breaking facility responsible would usually put such an important piece of equipment into secure storage until they can be purged.{{Ref/Reuse|boneyard}} In an event when a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] force is detected, the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] is enacted and all navigation modules such as the navigation core would need to be dismantled and its data purged. Should the Covenant obtain a navigation module, it would provide them the necessary information to navigate towards other UNSC colonies and [[Earth]].
These cores are installed within UNSC ships in use for [[Astrogation|interstellar navigation]]. When a UNSC ship is scrapped, the ship-breaking facility responsible would usually put such an important piece of equipment into secure storage until they can be purged.<ref name="boneyard"/> In an event when a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] force is detected, the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] is enacted and all navigation modules such as the navigation core would need to be dismantled and its data purged. Should the Covenant obtain a navigation module, it would provide them the necessary information to navigate towards other UNSC colonies and [[Earth]].


Its overall size is a rectangular shape with multiple wires protruding from the base to the outer part. The core also glow blue, much like data storage units does when containing an AI. Multiple warnings are also imprinted on its body. Handles are also present on the base for hand-held transporting.
Its overall size is a rectangular shape with multiple wires protruding from the base to the outer part. The core also glow blue, much like data storage units does when containing an AI. Multiple warnings are also imprinted on its body. Handles are also present on the base for hand-held transporting.
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*The navigation core is an example of a [[Wikipedia:MacGuffin|MacGuffin]], as it drives the actions of all the characters regardless of its actual function.
*The navigation core is an example of a [[Wikipedia:MacGuffin|MacGuffin]], as it drives the actions of all the characters regardless of its actual function.
*In the [[Invasion]] gametype of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', the [[Covenant power module]] serves as the Covenant equivalent to the navigation core.
*In the [[Invasion]] gametype of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', the [[Covenant power module]] serves as the Covenant equivalent to the navigation core.
*Visually, the core is strikingly similar to the [[Forerunner]] [[power core]].
*The core in strikingly similar to the [[Forerunner]] [[power core]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:HR_UNSCDataCore_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the UNSC navigation core.
File:UNSC Datacore.jpg|Concept art of the UNSC navigation core.
File:HR NavBeacon Render.jpg|A render of the navigation beacon asset.
File:Navcore in vault.jpg|UNSC navigation core in its protective casing in [[Boneyard]] [[Invasion]] game.
File:HR_UNSCDataCore_Vault.jpg|UNSC navigation core in its protective casing in [[Boneyard]] [[Invasion]] game.
File:Navcore guarded.jpg|Navigation core pending return to the vault.
File:HR_UNSCDataCore_Guarded.jpg|Navigation core pending return to the vault.
File:Navcore stolen.jpg|Navigation core stolen by Elites and being carried to the extraction point.
File:HR_UNSCDataCore_Stolen.jpg|Navigation core stolen by Elites and being carried to the extraction point.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
**''[[Into the Fire]]'' {{mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>
 
[[Category:UNSC technology]]
[[Category:UNSC technology]]

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