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'''Acheron Security''' is a [[human]] corporation that manufactures highly advanced equipment and weapons for the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="GI 522012">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/05/02/the-arsenal-of-halo-4.aspx '''Game Informer:''' ''The Arsenal of Halo 4'']</ref> The [[ARC-920]], a [[railgun]] carbine, was developed by Acheron and used by the [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] and [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]]s aboard the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. Acheron also created various [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR GEN2]] armor sets used by SPARTAN-IVs.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnnftLRSzs&feature=player_detailpage#t=284s '''YouTube''': ''PAX Prime 2012 Day 1'']</ref>
[[File:H5G Acheron.png|thumb|200px|The corporation's logo.]]
'''Acheron Security''' is a [[human]] corporation which designs and manufactures advanced systems for the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="GI 522012">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/05/02/the-arsenal-of-halo-4.aspx ''Game Informer:'' The Arsenal of Halo 4]</ref><ref name="H4 visual">''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', Vehicles, p. 110</ref>
 
==History==
[[File:Acheron_Poster.jpg|thumb|200px|A poster for Acheron Security.]]
Acheron Security once developed [[Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System]], an early effort by the corporation to create autonomous combat drones. The project was later deemed irrelevant with the advent of [[Human augmentation|augmentations]] in [[human]] soldiers.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth ''Halo Waypoint'': Earth]</ref>
 
Following the Covenant war, as part of the [[UNSC Ordnance Commission|Damascus Ordnance Commission]], Acheron Security was contacted to produce and refine [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|second generation MJOLNIR suits]].<ref>''[[Halo Mythos]]'', p. 128</ref> As well, the corporation assisted in the construction of the [[Nova Austin Station]] on [[Cascade]].<ref>''[[Halo 4]]'', multiplayer map, [[Skyline (level)|Skyline]]</ref>
 
In [[2556]], an Acheron Security facility was under "active investigation" by [[ONI]] after the [[Terrorist attack on Sedra City|February 7 terrorist attack]].<ref>''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' - [[Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|ONI: Walk the Path]]</ref>


==Products==
==Products==
*[[ARC-920]]
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-4|title-1=Infantry weapons|
*[[M2705 Regenerative Kinetic Dispersal Field]]
*[[ARC-920 railgun]]
*[[M363 Remote Projectile Detonator|M363 RPD]]
*[[M363 sticky detonator]]
 
|title-2=Munitions|
*[[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system]]
*[[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system]]
*[[M808 Scorpion]] (post-war) <ref name="H4 visual">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 110''</ref>
 
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/CIO|MJOLNIR/CIO]]
|title-3=Vehicles|
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/HAZOP|MJOLNIR/HAZOP]]
*[[M510 Mammoth]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Pioneer|MJOLNIR/Pioneer]]
*[[M808 Scorpion]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Tracker|MJOLNIR/Tracker]]
 
*[[Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy]]
|title-4=Armor|
*[[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR]] [[Visor color#Halo 4|4.06]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor [GEN2]]]
**[[CIO-class Mjolnir|CIO-class]]
**[[HAZOP-class Mjolnir|HAZOP-class]]
**[[PIONEER-class Mjolnir|PIONEER-class]]
**[[TRACKER-class Mjolnir|TRACKER-class]]
**[[GV-09 Locking]]
 
|title-5=Other equipment|
*[[M2705 regeneration field]]
*[[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance]] [[Visor color#Halo 4|4.06]]
*[[OPCHA-V1 Memory Matrix Containment and Display Module]]
}}
 
==Facilities==
The company had facilities in the following cities and locations:
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 50%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
!scope="col"|Planet
!scope="col"|Location
!scope="col"|Facility Name/Facility Role
!scope="col"|Citation
|-
|[[Mars]]
|[[Gdynia]], [[Acheron Fossae]]
|[[Acheron Trauma Sim]]
|<ref>''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', Armor, p. 148, 155</ref>
|-
|[[Earth]]
|[[Chicago]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]
|Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System test site
|{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|}
 
==Production notes==
===''Halo Online''===
A "Military Sensors Division" for the company was mentioned in the description of the [[Armor customization (Halo Online)|PIONEER-class armor]] in the now cancelled ''[[Halo Online]]''.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Acheron-revision.jpg
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Indirect appearance}}
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Indirect appearance}}
*''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{Indirect appearance}}
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
**''[[Contact]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:Human Businesses]]
[[Category:Human businesses]]
[[Category:Defense contractors]]

Latest revision as of 13:58, November 7, 2023

Logos for Acheron.
The corporation's logo.

Acheron Security is a human corporation which designs and manufactures advanced systems for the United Nations Space Command.[1][2]

History[edit]

Logos for Acheron.
A poster for Acheron Security.

Acheron Security once developed Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System, an early effort by the corporation to create autonomous combat drones. The project was later deemed irrelevant with the advent of augmentations in human soldiers.[3]

Following the Covenant war, as part of the Damascus Ordnance Commission, Acheron Security was contacted to produce and refine second generation MJOLNIR suits.[4] As well, the corporation assisted in the construction of the Nova Austin Station on Cascade.[5]

In 2556, an Acheron Security facility was under "active investigation" by ONI after the February 7 terrorist attack.[6]

Products[edit]

Facilities[edit]

The company had facilities in the following cities and locations:

Planet Location Facility Name/Facility Role Citation
Mars Gdynia, Acheron Fossae Acheron Trauma Sim [7]
Earth Chicago, URNA Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System test site [3]

Production notes[edit]

Halo Online[edit]

A "Military Sensors Division" for the company was mentioned in the description of the PIONEER-class armor in the now cancelled Halo Online.

Gallery[edit]

  • Acheron-revision.jpg

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Game Informer: The Arsenal of Halo 4
  2. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, Vehicles, p. 110
  3. ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Earth
  4. ^ Halo Mythos, p. 128
  5. ^ Halo 4, multiplayer map, Skyline
  6. ^ Halo: Nightfall - ONI: Walk the Path
  7. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, Armor, p. 148, 155
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