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|name=Kupiga Simu | |||
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|location=[[East African Protectorate]], [[Earth]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Earth'']</ref> | |||
|purpose=Deep space communications relay<ref name="universe"/> | |||
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|armament=[[11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missile|11-B1 ICBMs]]<ref name="h3standoff">'''[[Halo 3]]''', multiplayer map, ''[[Standoff]]''</ref> | |||
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|usage=[[2552]]: [[Battle of Earth]] | |||
|controlledby=[[UNSC Defense Force]]<ref name="image">[[:File:UNSC Missile base insignia.jpg|This image]]</ref> | |||
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'''Kupiga Simu''' is a [[military base]] located in the [[East African Protectorate]] on [[Earth]]. Operated by the [[United Nations Space Command]], the facility was one of the primary sites responsible for deep space communications relay on Earth.<ref name="universe"/> | |||
The facility housed several [[missile silo]]s, containing [[11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missile]]s.<ref name="h3standoff"/> The missiles were maintained by the [[UNSC Defense Force]].<ref name="image"/> | |||
==History== | |||
The Kupiga Simu communications facility specialized in transmitting signals to and from locations across the [[Sol system]]. However, the technological advances in [[superluminal communications]] that followed after the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] have rendered the site functionally obsolete. The UNSC used Kupiga Simu as the basis of a [[War Games]] simulation, and now the facility is primarily used as a training environment for the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].<ref name="universe"/> | The Kupiga Simu communications facility specialized in transmitting signals to and from locations across the [[Sol system]]. However, the technological advances in [[superluminal communications]] that followed after the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] have rendered the site functionally obsolete. The UNSC used Kupiga Simu as the basis of a [[War Games]] simulation, and now the facility is primarily used as a training environment for the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].<ref name="universe"/> | ||
While the facility's [[11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missile]]s had become obsolete, they were used during the [[Battle of Earth]] as a last resort against [[Covenant]] forces that evaded planetary [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] [[Orbital defense platform|defense weaponry]].<ref name="ENC328">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 329'' (2011 edition)</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Revision as of 18:47, April 16, 2015
Kupiga Simu is a military base located in the East African Protectorate on Earth. Operated by the United Nations Space Command, the facility was one of the primary sites responsible for deep space communications relay on Earth.[1]
The facility housed several missile silos, containing 11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missiles.[2] The missiles were maintained by the UNSC Defense Force.[3]
History
The Kupiga Simu communications facility specialized in transmitting signals to and from locations across the Sol system. However, the technological advances in superluminal communications that followed after the end of the Human-Covenant War have rendered the site functionally obsolete. The UNSC used Kupiga Simu as the basis of a War Games simulation, and now the facility is primarily used as a training environment for the SPARTAN-IV program.[1]
While the facility's 11-B1 intercontinental ballistic missiles had become obsolete, they were used during the Battle of Earth as a last resort against Covenant forces that evaded planetary MAC defense weaponry.[4]
Trivia
Kupiga Simu is Swahili for "call", likely a reference to the facility's purpose as a communications relay.
Gallery
A view of the facility from a distance
One of the facility's missile silos
Another view of the base
List of appearances
- Halo 3 (First appearance)
