Military base

A UNSC Military base, during the early years of the Human-Covenant War.

The United Nations Space Command makes extensive use of military bases. They are often flexible, using various designs, terrain, and functions in their setup, allowing their occupants the best degree of flexibility possible. Incorporating existing and specialty equipment, ranging from old 20th Century bunkers to Forerunner mesas, to repurposed Colony Starter units, there are many different types.

Structure

Typically, UNSC Bases incorporate facilities for storage of weapons, ammunition and equipment, as well as barrack facilities for the personnel that staff it. They are often equipped with heavy defenses, such as autocannons to fend off assaults from Covenant air and ground forces. Normally, arrangements are made for the storage of vehicles for transport and combat, such as Warthogs, allowing fast transport to and from the base. Facilities for aircraft, such as Pelican dropships and Sparrowhawk gunships, are standard and, indeed, vital for the bases survival, allowing response to aerial threats, such as Banshees.

Since at least November 2552, the UNSC has used energy shielding, reverse-engineered from Covenant technology, to protect generators in their bases, such as Crow's Nest.

Hazards

Because of their stationary nature, the fact that UNSC bases do not move means that they make a promising option for Covenant assault by either ground or air forces, as well as making an easy target for Wraith artillery and orbital bombardment. Usually, if things reach this stage, there is little that can be done to defend the base, as the Covenant's overwhelming firepower wipes the area out in a very short amount of time.

Prefab bases

Main article: Firebase

Firebases are pre-fabricated UNSC bases that serve as platforms for other base structures. Based on colony starter units, their modular design allows for rapid deployment and construction on the battlefield. They can be fitted with up to four automated turrets. Possible additional buildings in a Firebase unit include the following:

• Field Armory
• UNSC Reactor
• Supply Pad
• UNSC Barracks
• Vehicle Depot
• UNSC Airpad

Known Bases

Name	Location	Status
Fort Deen	Arcadia	Likely glassed with the planet
Base Segundo Terra	Mexico City, Mexico, Earth	Unknown
Chawla Base	Boston, URNA, Earth	Unknown
Crow's Nest	Kenya, Earth near Voi	Destroyed by Covenant Loyalist assault
Diego Garcia	Diego Garcia, Earth	Unknown
HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6	Sydney, Australia, Earth	Unknown
Outpost C9	Kenyan coast, Earth	Unknown
Rat's Nest	Kenya, Earth	Unknown
Alpha Base	Harvest	Unknown
Alpha Base	Installation 04	Abandoned by UNSC, destroyed along with the installation.
Camp Hathcock	Reach	Overrun by Covenant infantry
Camp Independence	Reach	Abandoned by UNSC forces
Sword Base	Reach	Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach
Unnamed Sabre Launch Facility	Reach	Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach
Alpha Headquarters	Sigma Octanus IV	Destroyed by Covenant and HAVOK Nuclear Warhead
Firebase Bravo	Sigma Octanus IV	Destroyed by Covenant Hunters
Camp Currahee	Onyx	Destroyed with the planet
Fort York	Unknown	Unknown
UCMB Sierra Largo	Unknown	Unknown

Gallery

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  The command center of the UNSC base "Crow's Nest".

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  Sabres launching from a base on Reach.

• Unsc basecamp 1900.jpg

  Concept art of a UNSC base in Halo Wars.

• UNSCBase.jpg

  An early design of a UNSC base from Halo Wars.

List of appearances

Halo 3