Important Events
Important Events
Summary
CLASS: Moncton-class orbital weapon platform
DIMENSIONS: 0.54 x 1.34 km
COMMISSIONING: Sep 14, 2552
Cairo Station, along with its three-hundred other orbital defense platforms, served as the first line of defense protecting Earth from Covenant attack during and after the Human-Covenant War. Their Super-MAC guns were powerful enough to fire a MAC slug up to 4% the speed of light, imparting enough energy to destroy most Covenant shields and vessels in a single shot.
Service Record
Entering service only weeks before the start of the Battle for Earth, Cairo Station employed the largest magnetic accelerator cannon built to date to hold off Covenant attack along with the 300 other defense platforms around Earth. Though stations such as the Malta and Athens were destroyed by Covenant bombs placed within the facility, Cairo Station survived thanks to the efforts of John-117 and Cortana to give the Covenant back their bomb. Cairo Station is not known to have seen action since the Battle for Earth, but as of 2557 was still operational.
Featured Media
Serving as the command station for Admiral Terrence Hood, Cairo Station was the setting for the first mission of Halo 2, and has appeared multiple times since, including briefly in Ghosts of Onyx, and in two reference books.
