Cairo Station (station): Difference between revisions

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==History==

On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], [[John-117]] received the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI armor]] in the ''Cairo'' armory prior to attending an awards ceremony on the station's command center. The ceremony was interrupted by the start of the [[Battle for Earth]] when a [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|fleet]] of thirteen [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}s and two {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s attacked Earth. They tried to break through the ''Cairo''{{'}}s battle cluster by sending boarding craft to plant bombs on the stations to destroy them. [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Hood]] commanded the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces from the station during the attack. Unlike the ''[[Athens Station|Athens]]'' and the ''[[Malta Station|Malta]]'', ''Cairo'' survived the Covenant attempt to detonate an {{Pattern|Chershi|antimatter charge|}} [[antimatter charge]] on board thanks to the efforts of John-117 and [[Cortana]] who was acting as the station's AI at the time. In an ironic twist, the bomb was located and used by John-117 to destroy a Covenant assault carrier, ''[[Day of Jubilation]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}

==Design==

[[File:HW cairo station.jpg|thumb|300px|left|A cross-sectioned view of Cairo Station.]]

''Cairo Station''{{'}}s main purpose is as a defensive station for Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} Its main armament is a [[MAC#"Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Mark V "Super" Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], capable of causing severe damage to even a shielded [[Covenant]] capital ship with a single hit, and is capable of being operated by an AI such as [[Cortana]].{{Ref/Reuse|armory}} However, there is an apparent lack of point-defense systems, as enemy boarding craft were able to attack the station unhindered. Presumably, like Reach's orbital weapon platforms, it runs on power transmitted from a [[orbital defense generator|planetside generator]].

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

*Despite being called ''Cairo Station'', the platform is located more towards central Africa than Cairo, much like the misplacement of Athens and Malta. If this was an intentional reference or merely a coincidence is not known.

*Cairo is credited as being co-designed by a Doctor [[Stephen Loftus]], an homage to community member Stephen Loftus who is well known for his study of Halo technical details, and frequent contributor to officially published media.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}