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The UNSC is widely assumed to be an extension of the present-day United Nations , created specifically to govern the planets within the human space empire. Its main headquarters were on the planet Reach until August 2552 when the planet was destroyed by The Covenant . Secondary headquarters are located on Earth in Sydney, Australia and became the organization's main headquarters following the destruction of Reach. The UNSC is tasked with enforcing law and order, including supressing rebellious insurrections, as well as protecting the Inner and Outer Colonies of the human space empire through the Colonial Military Administration. Several subdivisions of the UNSC, including the Navy and local planetary militia, are managed by the United Nations Space Command Defense Force (UNSCDF). The United Nations Space Command is currently engaged in an interplanetary war with the technologically-superior Covenant. Thus far, the war has lasted twenty-seven years. Following the outbreak of a civil war within the Covenant, the UNSC is likely to ally with Covenant Separatists, which include, but are not limited to, the Elites . UNITED NATIONS SPACE COMMAND DEFENSE FORCE Marines The UNSCDF Marine Corps is the main ground combat arm of the fictional UNSC organization of the Halo Universe . The Marine Corps serves as a versatile combat element, and is adapted to a wide variety of combat operations. The Marine Corps was initially composed of infantry combat forces serving aboard naval vessels, responsible for security of the ship, its captain and officers, offensive and defensive combat during boarding actions by acting as sharpshooters, and carrying out amphibious assaults. The Marines are the main ground force compentent of the UNSC. The standard UNSC Marine is equipped with an for fighting in close quarters. As of Halo 2 , the Marines are issued a BR55 Rifle , with the M6C Magnum as a sidearm. In addition, the Marines may arm themselves with the new M7 Submachine Gun or the M90 shotgun. Marines from both games are also armed with the venerable M9 HE-DP Fragmentation Grenade . They wear plate armour made of an unknown metallic substance. In Halo: CE, this armour visibly resembled bronze, but in Halo 2, the armour is now green and appears far more advanced. Specialty weapons from both games include the or the M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launcher . In Halo, Marines are seen with a green tactical display over one eye, attached to the Helmet . Text can be seen scrolling across it, highlighting the use of the screen as an instant tactical/recording display. In Halo 2, the screen is gone, but it is likely that the text is now on the helmet's Visor . The Marines are known to use vehicles often. These are mainly Warthog light reconnaissance vehicles, Scorpion Tanks , and Pelican transports, which act as landing craft and assault vehicles. Notable Marines include Sergeant Avery Johnson , Private Chips Dubbo , Sergeant Banks and Corporal Perez . Navy The Navy is the space combat element of the United Nations Space Command Defense Force. Its roles include ship-to-ship combat, orbital bombardment, the deployment of Longsword atmospheric & space fighters, and the method of delivery for Marine and Special Operations (ODST) forces through use of Human Entry Vehicles (HEVs). The UNSC currently has a fleet of about two hundred capital ships, along with Longsword fighters, though many of each were destroyed at the . Orbital Drop Shock Troopers See Also: ODST The O.D.S.T. is an elite special forces group of the UNSCDF Marine Corps, commanded by Naval Special Warfare and Special Operations Command. They are dropped into their mission areas by an HEV (Human Entry Vehicle)'s low-orbit drop. They are also known as Helljumpers. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) ONI is responsible for gathering, interpreting, and disseminating information gathered by UNSC forces. In addition, it maintains many top secret projects, such as the SPARTAN I and II projects, and is known for its dubious secrecy to the public. The acronym is a reference to an earlier Bungie game, '' Oni ''. TECHNOLOGY Despite the fact that the Halo universe is in the 26th Century , human technology for day-to-day living is largely unchanged. However, mankind has reached the stars and created a modern interstellar empire, made only possible with spacecraft and Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace drives, which allow quick travel over extremely long distances, although the accuracy of the system is still rough. A jump in technology was made once the Covenant became a major threat to the survival of humanity. Like the Covenant have with the Forerunners, the UNSC has managed to procure Covenant technology and apply it to their weapons systems and ships. Unlike the Covenant, human scientists are willing to innovate from this advanced technology and do more than merely copy it. Much of the SPARTAN II Project's technological area, which includes the development of the MJOLNIR MK5 battle armor and its shielding system, is largely derived from Covenant technology. FLASH CLONES A flash clone is a quick, incomplete Clone from the Fictional Halo world. An Embryo is taken and developed a hundred times faster than it would have naturally, becoming something different than it would have been. Many Anomalies appear because flash clones are forced to go through time too quickly. Flash clones don't have any Muscle memory, no training like Natural Humans get observing people while growing up. They can be trained with intensive Therapy , but after a year or two they start to degenerate in a process called Metabolic Cascade Failure until they die from various neurological diseases. After the future SPARTAN-IIs were kidnapped from their homes, they were replaced by flash clones. Their purpose is to avoid parents from looking for their children, as this would be most troublesome for the SPARTAN-II project and the UNSC. Also, if a DNA sample is available, flash cloning can be used to clone replacement organs (or maybe even limbs) that don't suffer from the same problems as complete clones. This was seen when Spartan Kelly received a new lung during the Battle of Reach. The MC's AI Cortana is also a product of Doctor Halsey's flash-cloned brain. THE SPARTAN PROJECTS The SPARTAN projects were conceived as a series of projects to create a new generation of "super-soldiers" for the purpose of quickly and efficiently preventing any possible insurrection(s) at the poorly-regulated fringes of UNSC space. In the first SPARTAN project, volunteers with military backgrounds were accepted but the results left much to be desired, mostly in psychological conditioning and performance. With the SPARTAN-II project, children throughout the colonies were genetically tested, and the children who tested positive for all the genetic markers (strength, agility, intelligence, etc) were visited by the UNSC to narrow down the number, as there were only enough resources for about half as many children as were genetically suitable. The children who made it into the project were literally chosen by a coin-flip. The first subject identified, a boy named John (later to be known only by the moniker ' Master Chief '), caught the "eagle" side of the quarter. As he became the leader of the Spartans, their official symbol became a golden eagle clutching three arrows. After the children were selected, they were kidnapped by UNSC soldiers. Genetic material was taken from them and this material was used to make flash clones. These clones were then immediately returned to "their" families, and after a few months, the imperfect clones died of a condition known as a "Metabolic Cascade Failure", effectively erasing any suspicions their families may have held. The actual children were then taken to a secret military facility on Reach where they would be trained to be the ultimate soldiers. When they were old enough, they were surgically modified to be stronger, faster, smarter, have faster reflexes and superior eyesight. Those that survived the procedures went on to become SPARTAN-II soldiers. While the feature most associated with the SPARTAN-IIs is the MJOLNIR combat armor, their first several missions were done without the use of any form of it, and later missions done only with an older, inferior model. It wasn't until just before the Covenant assaulted Reach that they were given the full MJOLNIR Mark V, which until that point was still in research. The MJOLNIR battle armor now has been upgraded to the MJOLNIR Mark VI Armor. This newer version of the MJOLNIR has better shielding capabilities and is more resilient and stronger. It also appears that the crystal layer included in the suit can allow AI to pass from any part of the armor to a computer system, and back again, providing a part of the suit is touching it. This is a step up from the previous model, where an upload/download port on the suits' helmet was required for an AI to inhabit the armor. WEAPONS ''See the main article on List Of Weapons In The Halo Universe .'' Spacecraft - The primary offensive armament of UNSC spacecraft are . As well as MACs, UNSC ships employ a variety of missile and gun systems. The primary missile that they employ is the ''Archer'' anti-ship missile. Alternatively, they can deploy the powerful Shiva thermonuclear warhead. As well as these, the UNSC mounts 50mm MLA CIWS (Close in Weapon System) for defense against enemy fighters and boarding craft. UNSC ships also carry a number of C-709 Longsword Interceptors. These are armed with 110mm gatling Cannons and Anvil-10 ASMs. Alternatively they can be radio controlled and used to carry a Shiva that will detonate on impact, effectively destroying both the Longsword and its target. Small arms - UNSC small arms use conventional technology in their working mechanism --- projectiles and chemical propellants. An exception to this is the Warthog-mounted Gauss Cannon, which uses similar technology to the ship-based MACs, albeit on a much smaller scale. However in designing the structural layout of their small arms, the UNSC will often use unconventional layouts such as Bullpups. In addition, they employ a variety of high tech electronic accessories for their small arms. These increase the soldiers' ability to effectively use the weapon and include Heads-Up-Displays (HUDs), smart-linked scopes, digital ammunition readouts, and other helpful widgets. VEHICLES ''See the main article on UNSC Vehicles '' (KNOWN) SPACE VESSELS The UNSC fleet has been decimated by nearly 3 decades of war with the Covenant, but the shipyards continue to produce vessels to defend humanity. Below is a list of known UNSC ships, dead and alive.
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