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===Covenant War=== | ===Covenant War=== | ||
[[File:CovenantAustralia.png|thumb|left|200px|Covenant intelligence concerning Australia at the start of the [[Battle of Earth]].]] | [[File:CovenantAustralia.png|thumb|left|200px|Covenant intelligence concerning Australia at the start of the [[Battle of Earth]].]] | ||
The [[Covenant War]] had been well underway for years by the time [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] variants were being developed and tested at the B5D Ordinance Testing Facility. During the war, the [[UNSC]] supplanted the UEG's civilian government provisionally as an emergency measure. After the [[Fall of Reach|fall of Reach]], the [[UNSC Security Council]] convened at Bravo-6 to hear what transpired from Lieutenant [[Wagner]] and to plan for the defense of Earth, its discovery by [[the Covenant]] having been deemed not only inevitable but imminent as well. When the Covenant did finally arrive in October of [[2552]], Australia, and Sydney specifically, was one place that came under attack. It was apparent that the Covenant understood the city's importance to the UNSC's war effort. The entire country suffered bombardment throughout, but Sydney was especially devastated. The UEG headquarters and HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 managed to survive the attack, however. | The [[Covenant War]] had been well underway for years by the time [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] variants were being developed and tested at the B5D Ordinance Testing Facility. During the war, the [[UNSC]] supplanted the UEG's civilian government provisionally as an emergency measure. After the [[Fall of Reach|fall of Reach]], the [[UNSC Security Council]] convened at Bravo-6 to hear what transpired from Lieutenant [[Wagner]] and to plan for the defense of Earth, its discovery by [[the Covenant]] having been deemed not only inevitable but imminent as well. [[UNSC Fleet Command]] had previously maintained headquarters in two locations: [[New Alexandria]], [[Reach]], and Sydney, Australia, Earth. With the utter destruction of the HQ on Reach, the one in Sydney took over as the definitive headquarters for all of FLEETCOM. When the Covenant did finally arrive in October of [[2552]], Australia, and Sydney specifically, was one place that came under attack. It was apparent that the Covenant understood the city's importance to the UNSC's war effort. The entire country suffered bombardment throughout, but Sydney was especially devastated. The UEG headquarters, the FLEETCOM headquarters, and HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 managed to survive the attack, however. | ||
===Post-war period=== | ===Post-war period=== | ||
[[File:HIGHCOM Escalation.png|thumb|right|250px|HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in 2558]] | [[File:HIGHCOM Escalation.png|thumb|right|250px|HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in 2558]] | ||
Following the cessation of war with the Covenant, governing power was transferred back to the Unified Earth Government in full, at least officially. Dr. [[Ruth Charet]] was inaugurated as the new president and the primary UEG headquarters in Sydney saw this transition come to pass. Bravo-6 continued to serve as the headquarters for the security council and [[UNSC High Command]], where many important decisions were made in the next few years. It was there that [[Kilo-Five]] was formed, it was there that the security council decided to launch [[Operation: FAR STORM]], and it was there that Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] and Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] appeared after the [[Requiem Campaign]]. The Beta-5 Division Ordinance Testing Facility in Swanbourne was used as a testing site for the [[Materials Group|Materials Group's]] GEN2 iteration of [[EVA-class Mjolnir]]. On October 28, [[2558]], a [[Guardian]] arrived at Earth under the direction of [[Cortana]] and swiftly proceeded to knock out all communications and power across the planet with an enormous electromagnetic pulse. Australia was not spared and fell under her sway along with every other country on the planet, not to mention those on many other human colonies as well. | Following the cessation of war with the Covenant, governing power was transferred back to the Unified Earth Government in full, at least officially. Dr. [[Ruth Charet]] was inaugurated as the new president and the primary UEG headquarters in Sydney saw this transition come to pass. As the only FLEETCOM HQ out of the two to survive the war, Sydney's Fleet Command headquarters continued to oversee all of FLEETCOM. Bravo-6 continued to serve as the headquarters for the security council and [[UNSC High Command]], where many important decisions were made in the next few years. It was there that [[Kilo-Five]] was formed, it was there that the security council decided to launch [[Operation: FAR STORM]], and it was there that Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] and Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] appeared after the [[Requiem Campaign]]. The Beta-5 Division Ordinance Testing Facility in Swanbourne was used as a testing site for the [[Materials Group|Materials Group's]] GEN2 iteration of [[EVA-class Mjolnir]]. On October 28, [[2558]], a [[Guardian]] arrived at Earth under the direction of [[Cortana]] and swiftly proceeded to knock out all communications and power across the planet with an enormous electromagnetic pulse. Australia was not spared and fell under her sway along with every other country on the planet, not to mention those on many other human colonies as well. | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
*Canberra | *Canberra | ||
*[[Melbourne]] | |||
*Perth | |||
**[[Swanbourne]] | |||
***ONI [[Beta-5 Division Ordnance Testing Facility]] | |||
*[[Sydney]] | *[[Sydney]] | ||
**[[AMG Transport Dynamics]] facility | **[[AMG Transport Dynamics]] facility | ||
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**Unified Earth Government Primary Headquarters | **Unified Earth Government Primary Headquarters | ||
**[[Wheatley University]] | **[[Wheatley University]] | ||
==List of residents== | ==List of residents== | ||