UNSC Bases are military installations used by the UNSC. They are often 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. UNSC Bases serve as the primary deployment location for the Army branch of the UNSCDF who use planetary bases rather than naval ships like the other branches.
Layout[]
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 AV-22 Sparrowhawk gunships, are standard and, indeed, vital for the bases survival, allowing response to aerial threats, such as Banshees.
Hazards[]
Because of their stationary nature, the fact that UNSC bases do not move means that they make a promising target 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[]
Named[]
Name | Location | Status |
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Alpha Base | Northern Polar Region, Harvest | Unknown |
Alpha Base | Installation 04 | Abandoned by UNSC, destroyed along with the installation. |
Alpha Headquarters | Sigma Octanus IV | Destroyed by Covenant and HAVOK Nuclear Warhead |
Base Segundo Terra | Mexico City, Mexico, Earth | Unknown |
Camp Currahee | Onyx | Destroyed with the planet |
Camp Hathcock | Highland Mountains, Reach | Overrun by Covenant infantry |
Camp Independence | Highland Mountains, Reach | Abandoned by UNSC forces |
Camp Patmos | Chi Rho | Unknown |
CASTLE Base | Menachite Mountain, Highland Mountains, Reach | Destroyed |
Chawla Base | Boston, URNA, Earth | Unknown |
Camber System Defense Headquarters | Camber | Destroyed by the Fleet of Particular Justice |
Crow's Nest | Kenyan Jungle, EAP, Earth | Destroyed by Covenant Loyalist assault |
Firebase Bravo | Sigma Octanus IV | Destroyed by Covenant Hunters |
Fleet Command Headquarters | New Alexandria, Reach | Attacked and was mostly destroyed |
Fort Deen | Arcadia | Likely glassed with the planet |
Fort Southwick | Cascade | Active |
Fort York | Unknown | Unknown |
Forward Base Magma | The Cauldron, Requiem | Destroyed with the destruction of Requiem |
Galileo Base | Requiem | Destroyed with the destruction of Requiem |
HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 | Sydney, Australia, Earth | Unknown |
Kupiga Simu | EAP, Earth | Unknown |
ONI Alpha Site | New Mombasa, Kenya, Earth | |
Outpost C9 | Kenyan Coast, EAP, Earth | Unknown |
Sabre Program Launch/Research Range | Farkas Lake, Reach | Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach |
Sword Base | Babd Catha Ice Shelf, Reach | Likely destroyed in the Fall of Reach |
Thoronburg Combat Training Facility | Unknown | Destroyed under unknown circumstances |
UCMB Sierra Largo | Unknown | Unknown |
Unnamed[]
- There is a military base at Diego Garcia, Earth.[4]
Gameplay[]
In Halo Wars and Halo Wars 2 the player can create bases with modular pieces. The bases can only be set-up in specific locations. The centre structure can be the Firebase, the Station, or the Fortress. The following modular buildings can be built around the base:
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Appearances[]
Sources[]
- ↑ Halo 3 - Level: Crow's Nest
- ↑ Halo: The Flood - page ??
- ↑ Official Halo Wars Community Site: UNSC Firebase
- ↑ Halo Encyclopedia - Page ??