HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6
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HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6, nicknamed the Hive,[1] is the headquarters of the United Nations Space Command located in Sydney, Australia. The building is roughly conical in structure and is surrounded in security gates and other defenses. The entrance way features an atrium.[1] Bravo-6's underground section is reinforced with massive blast plating, anti-EMP armor and three kilometers of solid rock. The UNSC Security Council convenes here. The High Command facility is also home to a War Games simulation facility where experimental technologies of the UNSC is tested, such as the M12 "Sword" Warthog LRV.[2]
Although Sydney was devastated during the Battle of Earth, Bravo-6 was not harmed. It continues to be the UNSC's headquarters in the post-war era.[3]
History
During the Insurrection, Bravo-6 was used by the UNSC to monitor dissident colonies. High-ranking UNSC officials used the Wendy House of Bravo-6's Threat Analysis Wing to stage war games and run tabletop exercises. Such rooms were later left abandoned as the emergence the Covenant War took precedence over inter-human violence.[4]
On September 4, 2552, following the Fall of Reach, a debriefing was held at Bravo-6 for Lieutenant Wagner in front of the Security Council. Wagner informed the Security Council of the planet's glassing and the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's escape.[5]
Bravo-6 was left unscathed during the Covenant's assault of Earth and continued to serve as the UNSC's primary headquarters.
In January 2553, a meeting of high-level UNSC officials was held by Commander Musa-096. He discussed the development and necessity of the new SPARTAN-IV program. Musa informed the council that the Spartans would have their own independent branch within the UNSC.[6][7]
On January 26, 2553, shock troopers Malcolm Geffen and Vasily Beloi arrived at Bravo-6 and met with Sergeant Lian Devereaux, Spartan Naomi-010, Captain Serin Osman, Professor Evan Phillips, and CINCONI Admiral Margaret O. Parangosky. They were assembled into a black operations team known as Kilo-Five.
After they were recovered by Kilo-Five, Dr. Catherine Halsey and the other survivors from Shield World 006 were taken to Earth to be debriefed at Bravo-6.[8]
On March 3, 2558, Captain Thomas Lasky and Spartan Sarah Palmer were requested to appear before the Security Council at Bravo-6. The Council expressed misgivings about Lasky's handling of the Requiem Campaign.[9]
Locations
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Trivia
The historic painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" is located in Bravo-6.[10] Another painting, "Admiral Cole's Last Stand", is also on display in the facility.[10]
List of appearances
- Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
- Halo: Uprising (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Glasslands
- Halo: The Thursday War
- Halo: Initiation
- Halo: Escalation
- Halo: Mortal Dictata
- Halo: Hunters in the Dark
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 98, Officially designated UNSC HighCom Facility B-6, the sprawling edifice had been nicknamed “the Hive.”
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Tales & Stingers
- ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 33
- ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 62
- ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 100-106
- ^ Halo: Initiation, Issue #1
- ^ Halo: Initiation, Issue #3
- ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 401
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue #1
- ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 100
