UNSC Supply Pad
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- "The base is up and running again. We need supply pads built, so I can send down materials."
- — Serina[1]
Supply Pads are UNSC structures that form the backbone of a prefabricated Firebase unit, and are crucial to the smooth operation of any base.[2] They serve as the UNSC counterpart to the Warehouse, Harvester, and Supply Elevator structures used by the Covenant, Banished, and Forerunners, respectively.
Overview
Supply Pads allow the firebase to receive a constant flow of supplies from orbiting support vessels such as UNSC Spirit of Fire. These are vital logistical ports for UNSC combat operations, and the force commander carefully weigh the cost of delaying their construction. [3] The supplies handled by the UNSC's supply pad networks cover everything from medical kits to full-sized Warthog engines, food, ammunition, spare parts, and power cells.[3] The crew of a well run supply pad knows that a working pad means a working base.[2]
Supply pads take the form of landing pad structures that allow D82-EST Darters to land and deposit large crates of supplies. The pads are serviced by robotic cranes, which move the supply onto a conveyor belt, wherein it is lowered into the firebase's underground assembly and storage areas.[2] There are two major designs of Supply Pad; the first is a larger installation that can be constructed at a larger "pod" firebase and lifted from an underground assembly area to a final operation position on an elevator. To sustain high-tempo missions, these Supply Pads can be upgraded to the Heavy Supply Pad, which accelerates Supply generation by adding a landing pad to double supply intake.[4] The second design of supply pad is a single modular unit utilised in the expeditionary firebases, and can be transported into the landing area via a Pelican dropship.[5]
Operational history
Supply pads were heavily employed by the UNSC Spirit of Fire during its operations on Harvest, Arcadia, and the Etran Harborage.[4] They were later employed on Installation 00. While some useful assets could be salvaged and tapped on the Ark's surface, the bulk of the UNSC's supplies still had to be delivered from the Spirit of Fire. Sustaining combat operations on the Ark would be practically impossible without the use of supply pads to quickly unload cargo from dropships and the on-site direction of logisticians to efficiently redistribute the incoming matériel.[3]
In-game information
Halo Wars
- "The UNSC Supply Pad produces the resources needed to train units, building buildings, and buy technology upgrades. Bases that have great economic production might have 6 Supply Pads."
- — In-game information
In Halo Wars, the Supply Pad costs 
100 to be built. It produces resources. They perform the same function as the Forerunner Supply Elevator, and the Covenant Warehouse. Sergeant Forge's Supply Pads start as Heavy Supply Pads, whereas other leaders must upgrade them for 225 resources.
| Name | Type | Cost | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Tech | Resources | |||
| Heavy Supply Pad | Upgrade | N/A |  1 |
225 |
Supply production massively increased for this Supply Pad. |
Halo Wars 2
- Supply Pad Info: Produces Supplies, Can be upgraded to a Heavy Supply Pad
- Cost:
0, 
150, 
0 - Upgrade Cost: 0, 150, 200 (With Sergeant Forge's Rolling Economy I and II, it will cut the power cost to 160 and 120 respectively.)
Phoenix log
 Supply landing zones. Supply Pads allow the firebase to receive a constant flow of Supplies from the Spirit of Fire. These are vital logistical ports for UNSC combat operations, and the force commander should carefully weigh the cost of delaying their construction. To sustain high-tempo missions the Heavy Supply Pad upgrade is needed, which accelerates Supply generation. Though important to the war effort, too many Supply Pads can impede efficiency if they take the place of unit-creating structures—you can't win a fight with just raw materials! While some useful assets can be salvaged and tapped on the Ark's surface, the bulk of the UNSC's supplies must still be delivered from the Spirit of Fire. Sustaining combat operations on the Ark would be practically impossible without the use of supply pads to quickly unload cargo from dropships and the on-site direction of logisticians to efficiently redistribute the incoming food, ammunition, spare parts, and power cells. |
Gallery
Halo Wars
The initial supply pad design.
The initial supply pad design in Halo Wars.
The early model of supply pad in an early built of Halo Wars.
Another early concept for the supply pad in Halo Wars.
Hi-poly render of the early supply pad.
Hi-poly render of the early supply pad.
Hi-poly render of the early supply pad.
In-game screenshot of the supply pad.
In-game screenshots of the early supply pad.
Concept art for the supply pad crane.
Halo Wars 2
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A supply pad in the Halo Wars 2 Open Beta.
A supply pad in the Halo Wars 2 Open Beta.
A heavy supply pad in the Halo Wars 2 Open Beta.
Concept art for the Supply Pad in Halo Wars 2.
List of appearances
- Halo Wars (First appearance)
- Halo Wars 2
Sources
- ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Relic Approach
- ^ a b c Official Halo Wars Community Site, Supply Pad (Retrieved on Mar 20, 2011) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ a b c Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Supply Pad
- ^ a b Halo Wars, gameplay
- ^ Halo Wars 2, gameplay
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