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'''HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6''', nicknamed the '''Hive'''<ref name="hive"/> | '''HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6''', nicknamed the '''Hive''',<ref name="hive"/> is a [[United Nations Space Command]] military base and its formal headquarters located in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. The building was roughly conical in structure and on the outside it was surrounded in security gates and other defenses; while on the inside the entrance way bore 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> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Below the HIGHCOM Bravo-6 Facility is another massive facility. It is three kilometers below the surface and reinforced with massive blast plating, anti-[[EMP]] armor and three kilometers of solid rock. The [[UNSC Security Committee]] met here. One famous meeting was the debriefing of [[Lieutenant (UNSC)|Lieutenant]] [[Wagner]] in front of the UNSC Security Committee on the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', pages 100-106</ref> | Below the HIGHCOM Bravo-6 Facility is another massive facility. It is three kilometers below the surface and reinforced with massive blast plating, anti-[[EMP]] armor and three kilometers of solid rock. The [[UNSC Security Committee]] met here. One famous meeting was the debriefing of [[Lieutenant (UNSC)|Lieutenant]] [[Wagner]] in front of the UNSC Security Committee on the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 100-106''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The very old and famous painting "[[Wikipedia:Washington Crossing the Delaware|Washington Crossing the Delaware]]" was located here.<ref name="paintings">'''Halo: First Strike''', page 100</ref> | *The very old and famous painting "[[Wikipedia:Washington Crossing the Delaware|Washington Crossing the Delaware]]" was located here.<ref name="paintings">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 100''</ref> | ||
*Another painting by the name of "[[Admiral Cole's Last Stand]]" was located here.<ref name="paintings"/> | *Another painting by the name of "[[Admiral Cole's Last Stand]]" was located here.<ref name="paintings"/> | ||
*Its current status is unknown, because as stated in the first issue of [[Halo: Uprising]], Australia is hinted at being the site of a UNSC-[[Covenant]] battle, though HIGHCOM may not have been the exact target. | *Its current status is unknown, because as stated in the [[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|first issue]] of ''[[Halo: Uprising]]'', Australia is hinted at being the site of a UNSC-[[Covenant]] battle, though HIGHCOM may not have been the exact target. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
==Related | ==Related pages== | ||
*[[United Nations Space Command]] | *[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
*[[HIGHCOM|UNSC High Command]] | *[[HIGHCOM|UNSC High Command]] | ||
Revision as of 13:39, December 9, 2010
Template:Ratings HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6, nicknamed the Hive,[1] is a United Nations Space Command military base and its formal headquarters located in Sydney, Australia. The building was roughly conical in structure and on the outside it was surrounded in security gates and other defenses; while on the inside the entrance way bore an atrium.[1]
Background
Below the HIGHCOM Bravo-6 Facility is another massive facility. It is three kilometers below the surface and reinforced with massive blast plating, anti-EMP armor and three kilometers of solid rock. The UNSC Security Committee met here. One famous meeting was the debriefing of Lieutenant Wagner in front of the UNSC Security Committee on the Fall of Reach.[2]
Trivia
- The very old and famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" was located here.[3]
- Another painting by the name of "Admiral Cole's Last Stand" was located here.[3]
- Its current status is unknown, because as stated in the first issue of Halo: Uprising, Australia is hinted at being the site of a UNSC-Covenant battle, though HIGHCOM may not have been the exact target.
