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Erőd-class orbital weapon platform

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Erőd-class orbital weapon platform
Artwork of the Erőd-class OWP.
Production information

Class:

Orbital defense platform

Role:

Planetary defense[1]

Technical specifications

Length:

Around 800 metres (2,620 ft)[1][Note 1]

Height:

Around 2,400 metres (7,870 ft)[1][Note 1]

Armament:

Rapid fire Super MAC[1][2]

Chronological and affiliation

Era:

Human-Covenant War[2]

Affiliation:

UNSC[2]

 

This Erőd-class orbital weapon platform[3] is a classification of orbital defense platform utilized by the United Nations Space Command. They were prominent as the primary ODP classification present during the defense of Reach.[1][2]

Overview

The Erőd-class takes its name from Erőd, a region on the surface of Reach.

Armament

This class of OWP has equipped a rapid fire Super MAC,[1] that was among the most powerful ever built. The MAC was powered by ground-based reactors.[2]

History

During the Fall of Reach, the Covenant targeted the Erőd-class stations and their generators on the surface of the planet.[3]

Stations of the line

Halo: Fleet Battles

UNSC MAC Platform

This element includes a single ODP.

UNSC MAC Platform Capital Ship, Medium (160 PTS)
Movement 0" Systems Loadout
Damage Track 7 • 6 • 3

Emplacement
Point Defence (5)
Titanium Armour (5)


Build Rating 3
Hangars 4
Boarding Craft 2
Security Detail 6
Primary Weapon Range Weapon Loadouts Arc Dice
Super MAC 20/40" MAC (3) Forward 10





The MAC has the following special rules:

Fighter Cover
ONLY Interceptors can be selected by MAC Platforms. Bombers are not available.
Vital Defensive Asset
A maximum of two MAC Platforms per FULL 1000 points are permitted.

Gallery

List of appearances

Notes

  1. ^ a b These figures are calculated from the physical model in Halo: Fleet Battles.

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f Halo: Fleet Battles: MAC Platform unit
  2. ^ a b c d e Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Looking Glassed (Retrieved on Jan 16, 2021) [archive]
  3. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 36