Military base
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UNSC Bases are flexible, using various designs, terrain, and functions in their setup, allowing their occupants the best degree of flexibility possible. Incorporating existing and specialty equipment, ranging from old 20th Century bunkers[1] to Forerunner mesas,[2] to repurposed Colony Starter units,[3] there are many different types.
Structure
Typically, UNSC Bases incorporate facilities for storage of weapons, ammunition and equipment, as well as barrack facilities for the personnel that staff it. They are often equipped with heavy defenses, such as autocannons to fend off assaults from Covenant air and ground forces. Normally, arrangements are made for the storage of vehicles for transport and combat, such as Warthogs, allowing fast transport to and from the base.
Facilities for aircraft, such as Pelican dropships and Sparrowhawk gunships, are standard and, indeed, vital for the bases survival, allowing response to aerial threats, such as Banshees.
Since at least November, 2552, the UNSC has used Energy Shields, reverse-engineered from Covenant technology, to protect their bases, such as Crow's Nest.[4]
Hazards
Because of their stationary nature, the fact that UNSC bases do not move means that they make a promising option for Covenant assault by either ground or air forces, as well as making an easy target for Wraith artillery and orbital bombardment. Usually, if things reach this stage, there is little that can be done to defend the base, as the Covenant's overwhelming firepower wipes the area out in a very short amount of time.
Known Bases
| Name | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Firebase Bravo | Sigma Octanus IV | Destroyed by Covenant Hunters |
| Camp Hathcock | Reach | Overrun by Covenant infantry |
| Camp Independence | Reach | Abandoned by UNSC forces |
| Alpha Base | Installation 04 | Abandoned by UNSC, destroyed along with the installation. |
| Chawla Base | Boston, URNA, Earth | Unknown |
| Diego Garcia | Diego Garcia, Earth | Unknown |
| Segundo Terra | Mexico City, Mexico, Earth | Unknown |
| Camp Currahee | Onyx | Destroyed with the planet |
| Outpost C9 | Kenyan coast, Earth | Unknown |
| Crow's Nest | Kenya, Earth near Voi | Destroyed by Covenant Loyalist assault |
| Rat's Nest | Kenya, Earth | Unknown |
| Sword Base | Reach | Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach |
| Unnamed Sabre Launch Facility | Reach | Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach |
Gallery
The command center of the UNSC base "Crow's Nest".
Sabres launching from a base on Reach.
- Unsc basecamp 1900.jpg
Concept art of a UNSC base in Halo Wars.
- UNSCBase.jpg
An early design of a UNSC base from Halo Wars.
Sources
- ^ Halo 3 level Template:Levelname
- ^ Halo: The Flood
- ^ Halo Wars
- ^ Halo 3 level Template:Levelname: "Shielding failed. They're down and charging"
