UNSC High Command, often abbreviated as HIGHCOM, is the highest operational command of the United Nations Space Command and although, organizationally, it is beneath the Colonial Military Administration, it is ultimately in charge of all personnel, equipment, and facilities used by the UNSCDF.
Top-level brass from every branch form the UNSC Security Committee of HIGHCOM. With headquarters at the planets Reach and Earth[1], HIGHCOM is the equivalent to the modern Pentagon of the United States military. It is the protection for the civilian government, which is apparently the Colonial Administration Authority. HIGHCOM has directed the strategy for the actions of the UNSC since its very beginning. From combating rebel forces, such as the Eridanus Rebels, to the genocidal war waged by the Covenant, HIGHCOM has been the source of all strategy and information about war. HIGHCOM operates through regional CENTCOMs in charge of different regions throughout the UNSC.
HIGHCOM Branches
HIGHCOM is in charge of all branches of the UNSC. A few more important of those branches include:
Administrative
- Personnel Command (PERSCOM): The branch of the UNSC that directs the promotions, transfers, recruitment, and retirement of all UNSC personnel.
- Navigation Command (NAVCOM): Dictates protocols for navigation of human craft.
- UNSC Astrophysics: Documents stellar phenomena.
- UNSC Medical Corps (MEDCORPS): In charge of the medical treatments and procedures of the UNSC.
- UNSC Engineering Corps (ENGCORP): In charge of surveying planets for terraforming or colonization.
- Logistical Operations Command (NavLogCom): In charge of UNSC logistics.
- Office of Investigations: A Branch of NavLogCom.
- Fleet Command (FLEETCOM): The UNSC Navy, it directs all vessels and naval stations throughout UNSC space.
- Special Operations Command: Parent branch of ONI[2]
- Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI): The intelligence gathering branch of the UNSC. ONI is responsible for all special weapons projects.
- Signal Corps: Portion of the Navy that works to confuse the invading Covenant forces.
- Naval Special Warfare: Branch of ONI to which the Spartans belong.[2]
- Project SPARTAN-II
- Beta-5 Division: Highly secretive part of ONI Section Three.
- Project SPARTAN-III
- Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI): The intelligence gathering branch of the UNSC. ONI is responsible for all special weapons projects.
- HAZMAT: cleans up dangerous spills in human controlled space.
- Special Operations Command: Parent branch of ONI[2]
Marine Corps
- United Nations Space Command Marine Corps (UNSCMC): The UNSC Marine Corps directs all ground operations of the UNSC. This branch is further split between various military units
HIGHCOM Resources
Bases
See Also
- UNSC Security Committee - A HIGHCOM committee based in Sydney, Australia.
Sources
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 15
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 232
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 98