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[[File:Readout.jpg|thumb|A readout showing [[Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station]] at TAC CON Alpha 2]]
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'''Tactical Condition''', sometimes referred to as the '''TAC CON''' or the '''Combat Alert''', is the state or readiness aboard a [[UNSC]] ship or combat station. The higher the Tactical Condition, the more prepared the crew must be to fight enemies. At its highest level, every single crew member is presented with a firearm and reports to a designated action station.


[[Image:Readout.jpg|thumb|A readout showing [[Cairo Station]] at TAC CON Alpha 2]]
==Appearances==
'''Tactical Condition''', sometimes referred to as the '''TAC CON''' or the '''Combat Alert''', is the state or readiness aboard a [[UNSC]] ship or combat station. The higher the Tactical Condition, the more prepared the crew must be to fight enemies. At it's highest level, every single crewmember is presented with a firearm and reports to a designated action station.  
In [[2552#September|September 2552]], [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] ordered his ship, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, to Combat Alert Alpha when it arrived at [[Installation 04]] and discovered [[Covenant]] forces there.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> It can be assumed that he was referring to TAC CON Alpha 1.


In [[2552]], [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] ordered his ship, the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'', to Combat Alert Alpha when it arrived at [[Installation 04]] and discovered [[Covenant]] forces there<ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved]], level [[The Pillar of Autumn (Level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]</ref>. It can be assumed that he was referring to TAC CON Alpha 1.
[[2552#October|One month later]], Cairo Station automatically went to TAC CON Alpha 2 when Covenant ships were detected in [[Earth]]'s orbit, but it was quickly elevated to Alpha 1 when it was discovered that the Covenant were sending {{Pattern|R'sisho|Tick}} [[boarding craft]] to plant a bomb within the station.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Cairo Station]]''</ref>


Later that year, Cairo Station automatically went to TAC CON Alpha 2 when Covenant ships were detected in [[Earth]]'s orbit, but it was quickly elevated to Alpha 1 when it was discovered that the Covenant were sending [[Boarding Craft]] to the station to plant a bomb<ref>[[Halo 2]], level [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]]</ref>.
==Known Tactical Conditions==
'''TAC CON Alpha 2:''' The second highest tactical condition. Tac Con Alpha 2 is ordered when the ships are preparing to engage in vessel to vessel combat with enemy combatants, usually, on a major scale.


==Known Tactical Conditions==
'''TAC CON Alpha 1:''' The highest known tactical condition. Tac Con Alpha 1 is only ordered when the ship's crew must be prepared to engage in direct combat with enemy invaders. This is rarely the case, and usually only when the enemy is using boarding craft to enter the ship and attack its crew.
'''TAC CON Alpha 2:''' The second highest Tactical condition. Tac Con Alpha 2 is ordered when the ships are preparing to engage in vessel to vessel combat with enemy combatants, usually, on a major scale.


'''TAC CON Alpha 1:''' The highest known Tactical condition. Tac Con Alpha 1 is only ordered when the ship's crew must be prepared to engage in direct combat with enemy invaders. This is rarely the case, and usually only when the enemy is using Boarding Craft to enter the ship and attack its crew. The only known occurrences of this condition are on the UNSC Pillar of Autumn while en route to the surface of Installation 04, and on the Cairo Station during the [[First Battle of Earth]]
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''


==References==
==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 11:18, April 13, 2022

A readout showing Cairo Station at TAC CON Alpha 2

Tactical Condition, sometimes referred to as the TAC CON or the Combat Alert, is the state or readiness aboard a UNSC ship or combat station. The higher the Tactical Condition, the more prepared the crew must be to fight enemies. At its highest level, every single crew member is presented with a firearm and reports to a designated action station.

Appearances[edit]

In September 2552, Captain Jacob Keyes ordered his ship, the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, to Combat Alert Alpha when it arrived at Installation 04 and discovered Covenant forces there.[1] It can be assumed that he was referring to TAC CON Alpha 1.

One month later, Cairo Station automatically went to TAC CON Alpha 2 when Covenant ships were detected in Earth's orbit, but it was quickly elevated to Alpha 1 when it was discovered that the Covenant were sending R'sisho-pattern Tick boarding craft to plant a bomb within the station.[2]

Known Tactical Conditions[edit]

TAC CON Alpha 2: The second highest tactical condition. Tac Con Alpha 2 is ordered when the ships are preparing to engage in vessel to vessel combat with enemy combatants, usually, on a major scale.

TAC CON Alpha 1: The highest known tactical condition. Tac Con Alpha 1 is only ordered when the ship's crew must be prepared to engage in direct combat with enemy invaders. This is rarely the case, and usually only when the enemy is using boarding craft to enter the ship and attack its crew.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level, The Pillar of Autumn
  2. ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Cairo Station
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