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[[File:FoundationH2.jpg|thumb|250px|The abandoned TARDS testing facility]]
[[File:FoundationH2.jpg|thumb|250px|The abandoned TARDS facility]]
The '''Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System''' ('''TARDS''') was an early attempt by [[Acheron Security]] to create autonomous combat drones.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Earth'']</ref> TARDS was tested in [[Industrial Zone 08]] of [[Chicago]], [[URNA]], on [[Earth]].<ref>''Halo 2'', multiplayer map "Foundation"</ref> However, with the rise of [[Human augmentation|augmentations]] in [[human]] soldiers, the project and its facility were deemed irrelevant. Eventually the campus came to be used as the basis of a [[War Games]] simulation.<ref name="universe"/>
The '''Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System''' was an early attempt by [[Acheron Security]] to create autonomous combat drones.{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Earth|D=02|M=05|Y=2015}}


==Trivia==
==History==
*The ''Halo 2'' multiplayer map "[[Foundation]]" takes place at the TARDS facility. Parts are stamped with the words "Abandon in Place", indicating the project's failure.
The Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System was tested in [[Industrial Zone 08]] of [[Chicago]], [[URNA]], on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Map|H2|Foundation}} However, with the rise of [[Human augmentation|augmentations]] in [[human]] soldiers, the project and its facility were deemed irrelevant. Eventually, the campus was later leveraged by the [[United Nations Space Command]] to be used as the basis of a [[War Games]] simulation. The site was given the [[War Games]] identifier of [[Foundation]], or '''Map_Set: 525-5'''.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
*The project's acronym may be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:TARDIS|TARDIS]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''.
 
*TARDS's facility in Chicago may be a reference to the location of U.S. Robotics in the 2004 film [[Wikipedia:I, Robot (film)|''I, Robot'']].
The mother of [[Ava Lang]] was a leading engineer of Acheron Security who worked on projects for the Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFRaven|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/thats-so-raven|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - That's So Raven|D=11|M=12|Y=2019}}
 
==Production notes==
The ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer map "[[Foundation]]" takes place at the Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System facility. Parts are stamped with the words "Abandon in Place", indicating the project's failure. The project abbreviated may be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:TARDIS|TARDIS]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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