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[[File:Defence_generator_facility_A-331.jpg|300px|thumb|ODG-331 on the surface of Reach.]]
An '''Orbital Defense Generator''', or '''ODG''', is a large groundside power plant used to provide the energy needed by [[Orbital Defense Platform|Orbital Defense Platforms]] to fire their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]].<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page ??''</ref>
An '''orbital defense generator''', abbreviated to '''ODG''' in alphanumerical site designations, is a large groundside power plant used to provide the energy needed by {{Class|Erőd|orbital weapon platform}}s to fire their [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoRChapter33|HTFoR|Chapter=33}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=36}}


Prior to the [[Battle of Reach]], Reach had seven ODGs to power twenty ODPs. As demonstrated during the battle, ODGs were vulnerable to ground assault, and the failure of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ground forces to protect the power plants and the resulting nullification of the planet's ODPs was a major factor in the battle's outcome and resulted in the loss of [[Reach]]. There were also ODGs on [[Earth]] to power the Orbital MAC guns.<ref name="FoR"/>
==Overview==
===Facilities===
*[[Reach]]: Seven Orbital defence generator facilites.
**[[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331|ODG A-331]]
**[[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-412|ODG A-412]]{{Ref/Map|HR|Powerhouse|Detail=[[Halo: Reach radio conversations|radio conversation]]}}


==Speculation==
===Usage===
{{Conjecturalization}}
Prior to the [[Fall of Reach]], [[Reach]] had [[seven]] ODG facilities to power twenty ODPs. As demonstrated during the battle, ODGs were vulnerable to ground assault, and the failure of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ground forces to protect the power plants and the resulting nullification of the planet's ODPs was a major factor in the battle's outcome and resulted in the loss of Reach. These fusion reactor complexes allowed the orbital guns to sustain a rate of fire of one round every five seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|TFoRChapter33}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
Although never explicitly elaborated upon, it likely seems that the means of power transmission from the ODGs on the ground to the ODPs in orbit was through a means similar to [[Wikipedia:Rectenna|rectennas]], a form of a high powered antenna.
{{Conjecturalization End}}


== Sources ==
==List of appearances==
<references/>
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
[[Category:UNSC]]
*''[[Halo Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
[[Category:Technology]]
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
[[Category:UNSC buildings]]

Latest revision as of 23:05, March 20, 2024

ODG-331 on the surface of Reach.

An orbital defense generator, abbreviated to ODG in alphanumerical site designations, is a large groundside power plant used to provide the energy needed by Erőd-class orbital weapon platforms to fire their Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.[1][2]

Overview[edit]

Facilities[edit]

Usage[edit]

Prior to the Fall of Reach, Reach had seven ODG facilities to power twenty ODPs. As demonstrated during the battle, ODGs were vulnerable to ground assault, and the failure of UNSC ground forces to protect the power plants and the resulting nullification of the planet's ODPs was a major factor in the battle's outcome and resulted in the loss of Reach. These fusion reactor complexes allowed the orbital guns to sustain a rate of fire of one round every five seconds.[1][2]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 33
  2. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 36
  3. ^ Halo: Reach, multiplayer map Powerhouse: radio conversation
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