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{{Quote|...With coordinated fire from the Athens and the [[Malta Station|Malta]], nothing's getting past this battle cluster in one piece.|[[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Avery Johnson]]}} | |||
'''''Athens Station''''', [[Hull classification symbol|Hull Classification Symbol]] '''ODA-144''', was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Orbital defense platform|Orbital Defense Platform]] in [[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous Orbit]] above [[Earth]]. It was so named because it held geosynchronous orbit over [[Greece|Athens, Greece]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> It was in the same battle cluster as both ''[[Cairo Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]''. | |||
== Operational history == | |||
During the [[Battle of Earth]], the ''Athens'' was destroyed right after the ''Malta'' and in the same fashion: [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] boarders placed a [[Antimatter charge|Covenant Bomb]] on the station and then withdrew prior to its detonation. This, of course, led the human forces onboard to believe they had beaten the Covenant back. | |||
After both ''Athens'' and ''Malta'' were destroyed, the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' broke through the orbital defenses to the [[Battle of Mombasa|surface]] of Earth. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*By the looks of the station's location through the Cairo Station's windows, it appears to be much further south than Athens really is. | |||
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