Gamma Station

"Gamma Station Control, reading multiple pings below the Orbital Defense Grid!"

— Fermion RSO

A severely damaged section of the station during the final stages of the battle for Reach.

Gamma Station, also known as Reach Station Gamma or Orbital Station Gamma, was a UNSC space station located in orbit around planet Reach. It was essentially a ring, three kilometers in diameter, with docking bays and communications dishes covering the surface of the station. It was run by a Dockmaster AI named Doppler. The station also possessed a tram system.^[1]

History

Prior to the Covenant attack, Gamma Station provided long range communications for UNSC fleets and a vital lifeline between Reach and Earth.^[1]

Moments before the Fall of Reach in 2552, Gamma Station received a transmission from Remote Scanning Outpost Fermion reporting an unconfirmed in-system Slipspace rupture - the arrival of the Covenant fleet.

During the Fall of Reach, three Spartans, John-117, Linda-058, and James took a Pelican to Reach Station Gamma. An ONI Prowler, the Circumference, docked in the station having failed to delete its NAV database. Covenant intrusion software had detected the unsecured database and three Covenant frigates were sent to secure the data. Those frigates were destroyed by MAC rounds from the planet's orbital guns, as well as firepower from the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, but not before they dispatched Elite and Jackal rangers to secure the data.^[2] Eventually, John-117 was able to destroy the database but both Linda-058 and James were casualties. Several marines were on-board the station: Sergeant Johnson, Privates Jenkins, Bisenti, and O'Brien. They were evacuated along with the Spartans.

During the battle, the station was severely damaged, with the station ring finally breaking into multiple pieces. However, a few fortified sections remained intact and fully pressurized. Near the end of the battle, a battle between a UNSC frigate and Covenant corvette took place in the vicinity of the station.

Major sections

Tram station
Communications deck
YSS-1000 Sabre repair bay
ONI docking facilities
Observation deck
Center core

Trivia

The multiplayer map Condemned is set aboard this station.

Gallery

Another exterior view of the station.
Sections of the superstructure, having broken apart during the battle.
A hallway within Gamma Station.
Gamma Station's main communications room, with a hologram of the damaged station.
A display showing a schematic and a damage assessment of the station.
A low-quality rendering of a section of the station's exterior. The main communications room can be seen through the window.