United Nations Space Command

UNSC
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Government overview
Type:	Democracy
Historical overview
Formation:	between 2160 and 2164

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UNSC Emblem

The United Nations Space Command (UNSC), may be the prime human government in the Halo universe, though this organization may only be the defense agency under the control of the Colonial Administration Authority. The UNSC's military arm is called the UNSCDF/United Nations Space Command Defense Force or the United Nations Space Command (emblem seen to the left). They are commonly seen defending planets. Stations such as the Cairo Station are part of the UNSCDF. During the events of Halo 2 the UNSC fought the Covenant above Earth by defending their planet against all odds.

The UNSC was formed by the United Nations when over-population on Earth started becoming a problem in the early 22nd century. The UNSC is run by HIGHCOM (which may be akin to the Pentagon of the USA's defense apparatus) and is Earth's premiere defense against the Covenant. The Navy houses the divisions of Marines (including the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers), and Office of Naval Intelligence, and the fleet. Originally designed to keep the peace between neighboring planets and star systems, when certain rebellious factions began to rise in the late 2510s the UNSC was forced to police its colonies to keep privateers, and pirates from raiding them. After Harvest, a colony planet was destroyed, one badly damaged UNSC ship returned to tell the tale of monstrous alien ships that utterly destroyed the colony. The UNSC doubled its shipbuilding to bolster themselves against the Covenant, but it was useless, for the Covenant's technology was far superior to mankind's. The UNSC fortified major positions such as Reach, the UNSC's main shipyards and command center, and Earth. So far, the UNSC is losing the Covenant war, and the only end in sight seems to be utter annihilation.

Recently, the Covenant Civil War has seen the Arbiter and his people, the Elites, join forces with the UNSC against the remainder of the Covenant in a desperate fight for survival.

There are several breakaway factions opposed to the Colonial Administration and UNSC as well, including the United Rebel Front.

History

Main article: History of the UNSC

The United Nations Space Command was formed as the result of a series of brutal wars across the Solar System between 2160 and 2164, most prominently among them the Jovian Moons Campaign, The Rain Forest Wars, and a series of battles on Mars. These conflicts were centered around UN clashes with dissident political movements, the most important of which were the "Koslovics" and the "Frieden."

Covenant War

Main article: Covenant War

The Human Covenant War started on October 7, 2525 when a UNSC battle group entered the Harvest system and discovered that everything on the planet has been completely incinerated and the surface melted down to glass. In orbit around the remains of the colony world is a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying all ships except one. Intercepted communications identify the enemy as The Covenant. The message "Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument" is broadcast in English.. This began the Covenant War, which has raged for 27 years. Since the Battle of Harvest, the UNSC by the time of 2552 only has 536 colony worlds left. In a desperate move to stop the Covenant, they send a group of Spartans to capture one of their ships to find their homeworld and capture a prophet. But 2 days before the operation, a massive battle fleet of 314 Covenant warships came out of slipspace near Reach to recover an artifact and destroy the UNSC base there.

Organization

Colonial Administration Authority (CAA)?

• Central Command (CENTCOM)
  • High Command (HIGHCOM)
    • Administrative
      • Personnel Command (PERSCOM)
      • Navigation Command (NAVCOM)
      • UNSC Astrophysics
      • UNSC Medical Corps (MEDCORPS)
      • UNSC Engineering Corps (ENGCORP)
      • UNSC Logistical Core
    • UNSC Navy
      • Fleet Command (FLEETCOM)
        • Special Operations Command
          • Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
            • Naval Special Warfare (NavSpecWep)
              • Project SPARTAN-II
              • Project SPARTAN-III
              • Beta-5 Division
        • Signal Corps
        • Prowler Corps
    • UNSC Marine Corps
      • UNSC Marine Infantry
      • UNSC Marine Aviation
      • UNSC Marine Logistics
      • UNSC Marine Special Operations
        • Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
    • UNSC Army
      • UNSC Army Infantry

UNSC Personnel

For a list of UNSC Personnel, see: Characters.

Colony Systems, Worlds, and Cities

Sol System Earth - Homeworld to Humanity, currently under attack/conquered in Africa by Covenant. New Mombasa, Kenya Old Mombasa, Kenya Songnam, Korea HighCom Facility Bravo-6 - Sydney, Australia Diego Garcia Zanzibar Island Chawla Base - Boston, North America Luna Luna OCS Academy Mars Chiron Argyre Planitia Reyes-McLees Shipyards New Legaspi Jupiter Jovian Moons

Epsilon Eridani System Reach - Primary military installation. Glassed by Covenant in 2552. Highland Mountains CASTLE Base Camp Hathcock Camp Independence Fairchild Field HighCom Armory Omega Military Reservation 01478-B Military Wilderness Training Preserve ODG Facility A-331 Olympic Tower Reach Station Gamma Reach Naval Academy Beta Gabriel

Sigma Octanus System Sigma Octanus IV - Unknown Côte d'Azur

Eridanus Star System Eridanus II - Glassed in 2530 Elysium City Luxor Spaceport

Lambda Serpentis System Jericho VII - Glassed in 2535

Harvest System Harvest - Glassed by Covenant in 2525

Chi Ceti System Chi Ceti IV -Unknown Damascus Testing Facility

Hellespont System Troy - Glassed

111 Tauri System Victoria - Unknown

Zeta Doradus System

• Onyx - nolonger a planet

Other Colonies Biko - Glassed in 2525 Durban Emerald Cove - Glassed in 2542 Harmony - Glassed New Harmony - Unknown Draco III - Glassed Paris IV - Glassed Charybdis IX - Unknown Minister- still held by UNSC Hydra System- Unknown Gilgamesh- Unknown Coral - Attacked by Covenant in 2552, unknown/glassed New Constantinople - Glassed Tantalus- Unknown Mamore - still held by UNSC Crystal - still held by UNSC Groombridge 34 System - Unknown Atlas Moons - still held by UNSC Far Isle - Unknown Miridem - Unknown Mariposa-Unknown

UNSC bases Fort York Roosevelt Military Base

UNSC Weaponry

These are the weapons that the UNSC employs against the likes of The Covenant.

Note that all the handheld weapons in Halo 2 apart from grenades can be swapped with the appropriate class of soldier's weapons.

Halo: Combat Evolved Assault Rifle - MA5B Assault Rifle Frag Grenade - M9 HE-DP Fragmentation Grenade Pistol - M6D Pistol Rocket Launcher - M41 SSR MAV/AW (SPNKr) Rocket Launcher/M19 SSM Jackhammer, also mounted to Warthogs (PC Only) Shotgun - M90 Shotgun Sniper Rifle - S2 AM Sniper Rifle M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun - Mounted to Warthogs Flamethrower - M7057 Defoliant Projector (PC Only)

Halo 2 Battle Rifle - BR55 Battle Rifle Gun Turret - M247A1 GPMG Magnum - M6C Magnum SMG - M7/Caseless Sub Machine Gun M68 Gauss Cannon - Mounted to Warthogs (These are only new weapons to Halo 2 which are not in Halo: CE)

Halo 3 Spartan Laser - Anti-vehicle laser MA5C Assault Rifle - A modified version with better accuracy M6G Pistol - A cross between the M6C and the M6D Shield Bubble A new device that can create a shield which can defend against at least one Wraith mortar cannon blast Missile Pod A new weapon that holds 8 missiles, that can be fired simultaneously. AIE-486H HMG A new machine gun/chain gun that it both portable and stationary.

The Novels

The weapons exclusive to Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.

Handheld Weapons Combat Knife MA2B Assault Rifle MA5K Assault Rifle MA3 Assault Rifle HMG-38 Rifle M19-B SAM Missile Launcher Electric Baton Confetti Maker

Missiles Archer Missiles ASGM-10 Missiles ANVIL-II ASM Argent V Missiles Scorpion Missiles

Mines Lotus Anti Tank-Mine Antlion Anti-Personnel Mines Moray Space Mines Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine Asteroidea Anti-personnel Mine

Grenades Smoke Grenade Flash-Bang Grenade Concussion Grenade Napalm Grenade Sonic Grenade Frag Grenade

Machine Guns MLA Autocannon M247 GP Machine Gun M202 XP Machine Gun

Nuclear Weapons Fury Tactical Nuclear Warhead Shiva Nuclear-tipped missile FENRIS Nuclear Warhead Nova HORNET Mines HAVOK nuclear mine

Other VX 7 Nerve Gas Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 102mm SC-HE Rocket Turret Fougass Satchel Charge C-7 Foaming Explosive C-12 Shaped-charges Narcozine Gas

UNSC Vehicles

Land Scorpion Tank - M808B Main Battle Tank Warthog - M12 LRV with mounted chaingun, rocket launcher or gauss cannon Mongoose - All-Terrain Vehicle Civilian vehicles - For support and supplying

Air Pelican - D77-TC Dropship Albatross - Larger Dropship Bumblebee - Escape pod Longsword - C709 Space fighter SkyHawk - Sub-orbital jet Shortsword - Short-range atmospheric fighter-bomber Sparrowhawk - VSTOL Close Air Support Gunship Kestrel - Deleted vehicle seen in the Halo 2 Collector's Edition Disc.

UNSC Technologies

See Technology

UNSC Vessels and Stations

Vessels

Carriers UNSC Trafalgar - Supercarrier, Destroyed UNSC Atlas UNSC Musashi - Destroyed UNSC Magellan UNSC All Under Heaven UNSC Stalingrad - Destroyed UNSC Spirit of Fire Unknown

Cruisers UNSC Leviathan - Marathon-class, unknown. probably helping out in the second battle for earth if it survived the battle of reach UNSC Pillar of Autumn - Halcyon-class, Destroyed UNSC Dawn Under Heaven - Halcyon-class, Destroyed UNSC Hannibal - Destroyed UNSC Basra - Destroyed

Destroyers UNSC Iroquois, Unknown UNSC Resolute, MIA UNSC Pioneer, MIA UNSC Heracles, Destroyed UNSC Lancelot, Destroyed UNSC Minotaur - Destroyed UNSC Herodotus - Destroyed UNSC Tharsis - Destroyed UNSC Glasgow Kiss - Destroyed UNSC Iwo Jima - Destroyed UNSC Brasidas - Destroyed

Frigates UNSC In Amber Clad- Critically damaged, currently on High Charity. UNSC Gettysburg- status unknown last seen at the battle of the Unyielding Hierophant UNSC Commonwealth- unknown status presumably in active service UNSC Arabia - Destroyed UNSC Vostok - Destroyed UNSC Gorgon- Sol System UNSC Meriwether Lewis- Destroyed UNSC Midsummer Night- MIA UNSC Alliance- Destroyed UNSC Euphrates- Sol System UNSC Allegiance- Destroyed UNSC Fair Weather - Destroyed UNSC Tannenberg- Sol System UNSC Paris- Sol System UNSC Redoubtable- Sigma Octanus

Prowlers UNSC Point of No Return- unknown status Circumference - Destroyed Athens- unknown status Applebee- unknown status Lark- unknown status Razor's Edge- unknown status Dusk- unknown status

Corvettes Coral Sea- unknown status Pony Express- unknown status Chalons- unknown status

Other Ships

• UNSC Bunker Hill

• UNSC Agincourt - Destroyed

UNSC Pony Express

• Hermes II

• Han - Diplomatic Shuttle

• Apocalypso - Spy Ship (Destroyed)

• Laden - Cargo Ship

• Odyssey - Colony Ship

• Argo - Scout Ship (Destroyed)

• Coda - Shuttle pod (Destroyed)

• Beatrice - Chiroptera Class (Destroyed)

Stations

Orbital Defense Platforms Cairo Station - Badly Damaged Athens Station - Destroyed Malta Station - Destroyed Nassau Station (Fell through temporal anomaly, orbiting Earth in 2004)

Mobile Stations UNSC Hopeful - Hospital Ship Cradle - Refit station (Destroyed) Station Delphi - Shipyard (Decommissioned)

Remote Scanning Outposts Fermion - Destroyed Democritus Archimedes Tripoli

Medical Stations ONI Medical Facility M25L Recovery Station

Known UNSC Military Units

• Second Fleet
• Seventh Fleet
• Sixteenth Fleet
• 6th Battle Group
• 105th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Division
  • 7th ODST Battalion
• 405th Marine Infantry Division
  • Alpha Company
• Charlie Company
• Tango Company
• 23rd Naval Air Squadron
• 105th Drop Jet Platoon
• Spartan Group Omega

Major UNSC Events

• Interplanetary War - 2160-2200
• Inner Colony Wars - Unknown, probably 25th century
• Human-Covenant War - 2525-Present
  • The Battle of Harvest
  • The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV
  • The Battle of Reach
  • The Battle of Installation 04
  • The First Battle of Earth
  • The Battle of Installation 05
  • The Second Battle of Earth
  • The Battle of Onyx

UNSC Laws

• See: UNSC Laws