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'''''Cairo Station''''', [[Hull Classification Symbol]] '''ODA-142''', is an [[Orbital Defense Platform]] in [[wikipedia:Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronous orbit]] above [[Earth]], over the Egyptian city of [[wikipedia:Cairo|Cairo]], hence the station's name (although if one looks out the Cairo's windows, the station is over southern Africa, instead of northern Africa, where Cairo, Egypt is). It is in the same battle cluster as ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' so it seems to be mainly guarding the area above the Mediterranean. It is commanded by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[ Sir Terrence Hood]].

'''''Cairo Station''''', [[Hull Classification Symbol]] '''ODA-142''', is an [[Orbital Defense Platform]] in [[wikipedia:Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronous orbit]] above [[Earth]], over the Egyptian city of [[wikipedia:Cairo|Cairo]], hence the station's name (although if one looks out the Cairo's windows, the station is over southern Africa, instead of northern Africa, where Cairo, Egypt is). It is in the same battle cluster as ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' so it seems to be mainly guarding the area above the Mediterranean. It is commanded by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Sir Terrence Hood]].

==History==

[[Image:Hood.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Lord Hood, Sgt Johnson and Master Chief on Cairo station]]

In [[2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Armor|MJOLNIR Mk. VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the [[First Battle of Earth]] when thirteen Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and two [[Assault Carriers]] assaulted [[Earth]]. They tried to break through the ''Cairo'''s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Lord Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the UNSC forces from the station during the attack. Unlike ''[[Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the [[Covenant]] attempt to detonate a [[Covenant Bomb]] on board. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by [[John-117]] to destroy a Covenant assault carrier. When SPARTAN-117 returned later to [[Earth]] ''Cairo'' was still intact but appeared damaged from the battle. Lord Hood was still on board and in command of the escalating [[Second Battle of Earth]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Great Journey (Level)#Fourth_Cinematic|The Great Journey]]</ref> The ''Cairo'', the other MAC platforms, and three [[UNSC]] [[fleets]] held firm against [[Second Battle of Earth|the onslaught of the Covenant Loyalist forces]]. It was last seen in the end of Halo 2 where Lord Terrence Hood says "You mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?" It could have survived the Second Battle of Earth and could have fired on certain areas where the Covenant had a foothold on the planet, assuming the fusion generator powering it had not been destroyed in the battle.

==The Station==

{{Quote|When I shipped out for Basic, the orbital defense grid was all theory and politics. Now look! The Cairo is just one of three hundred geosync platforms. That [[MAC]] gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship.|[[Sergeant Johnson]]}}

Cairo Station's~~,or "Cairo's",~~ main purpose is as a defense station for Earth. Its main armament is a Mark V "Super" [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] gun, capable of causing severe damage to even a shielded [[Covenant]] Capital Ship with a single hit.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Armory (Level)]], cutscene</ref> However, it does not seem to have any kind of point defense [[weapons]], as enemy boarding craft were able to attack the station unhindered. But it could have been originally planned that some of the docked and/or space-borne ships were to defend it from boarding craft. While there is an apparent lack of point-defense systems, an AI such as [[Cortana]] can operate the station's MAC gun. It runs on power transmitted from a [[Orbital Defense Generator|planetside generator]], much like the [[MJOLNIR|Type III prototype exoskeleton's]].

Cairo Station's main purpose is as a defense station for Earth. Its main armament is a Mark V "Super" [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] gun, capable of causing severe damage to even a shielded [[Covenant]] Capital Ship with a single hit.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Armory (Level)]], cutscene</ref> However, it does not seem to have any kind of point defense [[weapons]], as enemy boarding craft were able to attack the station unhindered. But it could have been originally planned that some of the docked and/or space-borne ships were to defend it from boarding craft. While there is an apparent lack of point-defense systems, an AI such as [[Cortana]] can operate the station's MAC gun. It runs on power transmitted from a [[Orbital Defense Generator|planetside generator]], much like the [[MJOLNIR|Type III prototype exoskeleton's]].

==Internal==

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Umbilicals are corridors branching out from UNSC geosynchronous Super MAC platforms, like ''Cairo Station'', to other ships that may dock to the station. During the First Battle of Earth, the Master Chief cleared the portside Umbilicals for Commander Miranda Keyes' safe passage to ''In Amber Clad'' before moving on to shipping to get to the Covenant Bomb.

==~~History==~~

==Trivia==

~~[[Image:Hood.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Lord Hood, Sgt Johnson and Master Chief on Cairo station]]~~

In [[2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Armor|MJOLNIR Mk. VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the [[First Battle of Earth]] when thirteen Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and two [[Assault Carriers]] assaulted [[Earth]]. They tried to break through the ''Cairo'''s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Lord Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the UNSC forces from the station during the attack. Unlike ''[[Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the [[Covenant]] attempt to detonate a [[Covenant Bomb]] on board. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by [[John-117]] to destroy a Covenant assault carrier. When SPARTAN-117 returned later to [[Earth]] ''Cairo'' was still intact but appeared damaged from the battle. Lord Hood was still on board and in command of the escalating [[Second Battle of Earth]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Great Journey (Level)#Fourth_Cinematic|The Great Journey]]</ref> The ''Cairo'', the other MAC platforms, and three [[UNSC]] [[fleets]] held firm against [[Second Battle of Earth|the onslaught of the Covenant Loyalist forces]]. It was last seen in the end of Halo 2 where Lord Terrence Hood says "You mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?" It could have survived the Second Battle of Earth and could have fired on certain areas where the Covenant had a foothold on the planet, assuming the fusion generator powering it had not been destroyed in the battle.

=~~Trivia~~=

*If you walk into the loading arm of the MAC gun in the Firing Control Center in the level "Cairo Station", you will be crushed and sometimes fall down into the cutscene hangar, where the Chief jumps out with the Covenant bomb. However, if you do this too many times, you might glitch back to the previous checkpoint.

*Using the [[Sputnik]] [[Skull]], you can explore Cairo Station.

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-'''''Cairo Station''''', [[Hull Classification Symbol]] '''ODA-142''', is an [[Orbital Defense Platform]] in [[wikipedia:Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronous orbit]] above [[Earth]], over the Egyptian city of [[wikipedia:Cairo|Cairo]], hence the station's name (although if one looks out the Cairo's windows, the station is over southern Africa, instead of northern Africa, where Cairo, Egypt is). It is in the same battle cluster as ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' so it seems to be mainly guarding the area above the Mediterranean. It is commanded by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[ Sir Terrence Hood]].
+'''''Cairo Station''''', [[Hull Classification Symbol]] '''ODA-142''', is an [[Orbital Defense Platform]] in [[wikipedia:Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronous orbit]] above [[Earth]], over the Egyptian city of [[wikipedia:Cairo|Cairo]], hence the station's name (although if one looks out the Cairo's windows, the station is over southern Africa, instead of northern Africa, where Cairo, Egypt is). It is in the same battle cluster as ''[[Athens Station]]'' and ''[[Malta Station]]'' so it seems to be mainly guarding the area above the Mediterranean. It is commanded by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Sir Terrence Hood]].
+==History==
+[[Image:Hood.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Lord Hood, Sgt Johnson and Master Chief on Cairo station]]
+In [[2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Armor|MJOLNIR Mk. VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the [[First Battle of Earth]] when thirteen Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and two [[Assault Carriers]] assaulted [[Earth]]. They tried to break through the ''Cairo'''s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Lord Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the UNSC forces from the station during the attack. Unlike ''[[Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the [[Covenant]] attempt to detonate a [[Covenant Bomb]] on board. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by [[John-117]] to destroy a Covenant assault carrier. When SPARTAN-117 returned later to [[Earth]] ''Cairo'' was still intact but appeared damaged from the battle. Lord Hood was still on board and in command of the escalating [[Second Battle of Earth]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Great Journey (Level)#Fourth_Cinematic|The Great Journey]]</ref> The ''Cairo'', the other MAC platforms, and three [[UNSC]] [[fleets]] held firm against [[Second Battle of Earth|the onslaught of the Covenant Loyalist forces]]. It was last seen in the end of Halo 2 where Lord Terrence Hood says "You mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?" It could have survived the Second Battle of Earth and could have fired on certain areas where the Covenant had a foothold on the planet, assuming the fusion generator powering it had not been destroyed in the battle.
 ==The Station==
 {{Quote|When I shipped out for Basic, the orbital defense grid was all theory and politics. Now look! The Cairo is just one of three hundred geosync platforms. That [[MAC]] gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship.|[[Sergeant Johnson]]}}
-Cairo Station's,or "Cairo's", main purpose is as a defense station for Earth. Its main armament is a Mark V "Super" [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] gun, capable of causing severe damage to even a shielded [[Covenant]] Capital Ship with a single hit.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Armory (Level)]], cutscene</ref> However, it does not seem to have any kind of point defense [[weapons]], as enemy boarding craft were able to attack the station unhindered.  But it could have been originally planned that some of the docked and/or space-borne ships were to defend it from boarding craft. While there is an apparent lack of point-defense systems, an AI such as [[Cortana]] can operate the station's MAC gun. It runs on power transmitted from a [[Orbital Defense Generator|planetside generator]], much like the [[MJOLNIR|Type III prototype exoskeleton's]].
+Cairo Station's main purpose is as a defense station for Earth. Its main armament is a Mark V "Super" [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] gun, capable of causing severe damage to even a shielded [[Covenant]] Capital Ship with a single hit.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Armory (Level)]], cutscene</ref> However, it does not seem to have any kind of point defense [[weapons]], as enemy boarding craft were able to attack the station unhindered.  But it could have been originally planned that some of the docked and/or space-borne ships were to defend it from boarding craft. While there is an apparent lack of point-defense systems, an AI such as [[Cortana]] can operate the station's MAC gun. It runs on power transmitted from a [[Orbital Defense Generator|planetside generator]], much like the [[MJOLNIR|Type III prototype exoskeleton's]].
 ==Internal==
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 Umbilicals are corridors branching out from UNSC geosynchronous Super MAC platforms, like ''Cairo Station'', to other ships that may dock to the station. During the First Battle of Earth, the Master Chief cleared the portside Umbilicals for Commander Miranda Keyes' safe passage to ''In Amber Clad'' before moving on to shipping to get to the Covenant Bomb.
-==History==
+==Trivia==
-[[Image:Hood.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Lord Hood, Sgt Johnson and Master Chief on Cairo station]]
-In [[2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Armor|MJOLNIR Mk. VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the [[First Battle of Earth]] when thirteen Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] and two [[Assault Carriers]] assaulted [[Earth]]. They tried to break through the ''Cairo'''s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Lord Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the UNSC forces from the station during the attack. Unlike ''[[Athens]]'' and ''[[Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the [[Covenant]] attempt to detonate a [[Covenant Bomb]] on board. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by [[John-117]] to destroy a Covenant assault carrier. When SPARTAN-117 returned later to [[Earth]] ''Cairo'' was still intact but appeared damaged from the battle. Lord Hood was still on board and in command of the escalating [[Second Battle of Earth]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[The Great Journey (Level)#Fourth_Cinematic|The Great Journey]]</ref> The ''Cairo'', the other MAC platforms, and three [[UNSC]] [[fleets]] held firm against [[Second Battle of Earth|the onslaught of the Covenant Loyalist forces]]. It was last seen in the end of Halo 2 where Lord Terrence Hood says "You mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?" It could have survived the Second Battle of Earth and could have fired on certain areas where the Covenant had a foothold on the planet, assuming the fusion generator powering it had not been destroyed in the battle.
-=Trivia=
 *If you walk into the loading arm of the MAC gun in the Firing Control Center in the level "Cairo Station", you will be crushed and sometimes fall down into the cutscene hangar, where the Chief jumps out with the Covenant bomb. However, if you do this too many times, you might glitch back to the previous checkpoint.
 *Using the [[Sputnik]] [[Skull]], you can explore Cairo Station.