HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6: Difference between revisions

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'''[[UNSC High Command|HIGHCOM]] Facility Bravo-6''', nicknamed '''the Hive''',{{Ref/Reuse|hive}} is the headquarters of the [[United Nations Space Command]] located in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. The building is roughly conical in structure and is surrounded in security gates and other defenses. The entrance way features an atrium.<ref name="hive">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 98, ''Officially designated UNSC HighCom Facility B-6, the sprawling edifice had been nicknamed “the Hive.”''</ref> Bravo-6's underground section is reinforced with massive blast plating, anti-[[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] armor and three kilometers of solid rock. The [[UNSC Security Council]] convenes here. The High Command facility is also home to a [[War Games]] simulation facility where experimental technologies of the UNSC is tested, such as the [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|M12 "Sword" Warthog LRV]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-tales-stingers '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Tales & Stingers'']</ref>

Although Sydney was severely devastated during the [[Battle of Earth]], the facility did not sustain any damage. It continues to be the UNSC's headquarters in the post-war era.<ref name="Halo page 33">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 33''</ref>

[[File:HI Highcom.png|thumb|220px|A meeting of UNSC officers at Bravo-6.]]

During the [[Insurrection]], Bravo-6 was used by the UNSC to monitor dissident [[human colonies]]. High-ranking UNSC officials used the [[Wendy House]] of Bravo-6's [[Threat Analysis Wing]] to stage war games and run tabletop exercises. Such rooms were later left abandoned as the [[Human-Covenant War]]'s emergence took precedence over inter-human violence.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 62''</ref>

On [[2552|September 4, 2552]], following the [[Fall of Reach]], a debriefing was held at Bravo-6 for [[Lieutenant]] [[Wagner]] in front of the Security Council. Wagner informed the Security Council of the planet's [[glassing]] and the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'s escape.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 100-106''</ref>

During the Battle of Earth, the city of Sydney sustained extreme damage - surprisingly, Bravo-6 was left unscathed after the assault, allowing the UNSC to continue using the facility as their primary headquarters.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo page 33}}

In [[2553#January|January 2553]], a meeting of high-level UNSC officials was held by [[Musa-096|Commander Musa-096]]. He discussed the development and necessity of the new [[SPARTAN-IV program]]. Musa informed the council that the Spartans would have their own [[Spartan Operations|independent branch]] within the UNSC.<ref>'''Halo: Initiation''', ''Issue #1''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Initiation''', ''Issue #3''</ref>

On [[2553|January 26, 2553]], [[ODST|shock troopers]] [[Malcolm Geffen]] and [[Vasily Beloi]] arrived at Bravo-6 and met with [[Lian Devereaux|Sergeant Lian Devereaux]], Spartan [[Naomi-010]], Captain [[Serin Osman]], Professor [[Evan Phillips]], and [[CINCONI]] [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]]. They were assembled into a black operations team known as [[Kilo-Five]].  

 

On [[2558|March 3, 2558]], Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] and Spartan [[Sarah Palmer]] were requested to appear before the Security Council at Bravo-6. The Council expressed misgivings about Lasky's handling of the [[Requiem Campaign]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #1''</ref>

 

In late October of [[2558]], [[Cortana]], who had been restored within the [[Forerunner]] [[Domain]] and had come to believe that the [[Created]] were the true inheritors of the [[Mantle|Mantle of Responsibility]], began to unleash [[The Guardians]] to enforce the Mantle among all the galaxy's species. Having anticipated her imminent [[Subjugation of Earth|assault]] on [[Earth]], [[Black-Box]] acted swiftly to secure the military AIs at Bravo-6 before they could join the Created, and help evacuate Admiral Osman and Lord Hood off-world. Using the shell personality of a "Spartan Commander Rossbach", he had a briefcase containing the AIs delivered to Osman and had [[Orzel|Spartan Orzel]] ready to take the Admirals to safety. While Cortana's message of galactic unity under the Created was heard throughout the facility, Osman and Lord Hood grabbed an elevator to the top of the HIGHCOM tower, where Orzel quickly hustled them into a Prowler. As their Prowler escaped safely to [[Rossbach's World (planet)|Rossbach's World]], a Guardian appeared and disabled many [[F-41 Broadsword|Broadswords]] and the {{UNSCShip|Plateau}} over Sydney. The fate of Bravo-6 was left unknown; if the ''Plateau'''s engine core detonated upon impact, the facility would have been likely destroyed.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "Rossbach's World", ''Pages 347 - 349''</ref>  

The historic painting "[[Wikipedia:Washington Crossing the Delaware|Washington Crossing the Delaware]]" is located in Bravo-6.<ref name="paintings">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 100''</ref> Another painting, "[[Admiral Cole's Last Stand]]", is also on display in the facility.{{Ref/Reuse|paintings}}

*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''

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