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VerCrouse

(In Orbit above Belfast)

Five of the massive Magnetic Accelerator Cannon Orbital Defense Stations silently hovered in orbit above Belfast Base. With these being the latest and greatest models to have been produced, with a more rapid rate of fire, they would easily wipe out any small Covenant force that decided to threaten the only major ship-building facilities of the UNSC that remained active. Even though these structures could easily defend the base, they struggled to be the homes of the thousands of personnel that drifted by continuously on their usual routes. With Reach gone, VerCrouse was now desperately needed for the UNSC to remain as some form of a threat to the Covenant.

With thoughts on human extermination in mind, the Admiralty gladly dedicated a few dozen vessels to guarding Belfast. Even though they had to keep the Covenant from destroying or capturing this base, they could only separate their main forces so much. After the losses at Reach, most of the remaining vessels have been called back to Earth. VerCrouse is one of the only remaining places besides Earth that the UNSC has some form of control over. With only five MAC Stations, however, many questioned how long this base would survive with a large support fleet. Reach had over two-times as many of them, and they were ripped to shreds. Of course, no one thought that the Covenant would actually attack in such great numbers again.

Defenses:

UNSCDF - ODA348 Arta Defense Platform
UNSCDF - ODA349 Mani Defense Platform
UNSCDF - ODA350 Uppsala Defense Platform
UNSCDF - ODA351 Bristol Defense Platform
UNSCDF - ODA352 Zenith Defense Platform

VerCrouse UNSC Naval Forces:

UNSC Marathon-class Cruiser Pflanzer (Sixth Fleet Flagship)
UNSC Marathon-class Cruiser Monterey
UNSC Marathon-class Cruiser Amengald

UNSC Carrier Kasperek
UNSC Carrier Titan

(The Kasperek, Titan, and Dalziel make up the last three remaining Carriers in the UNSC fleet)

UNSC Destroyer Farragut , DDG-86
UNSC Destroyer Nitze , DDG-98
UNSC Destroyer Decatur, DDG-72
UNSC Destroyer Stethem, DDG-104
UNSC Destroyer Ramage , DDG-113
UNSC Destroyer Chafee, DDG-94

UNSC Frigate Shinobi , FFG-169
UNSC Frigate Ingraham , FFG-173
UNSC Frigate Thach , FFG-121
UNSC Frigate Vandegrift , FFG-149
UNSC Frigate Klakring , FFG-107
UNSC Frigate Jarrett , FFG-178
UNSC Frigate Geiger , FFG-177
UNSC Frigate Kearsage , FFG-132
UNSC Frigate Bataan , FFG-168
UNSC Frigate Nassau, FFG-170
UNSC Frigate Arago , FFG-164
UNSC Frigate Fitzgerald, FFG-143

CCS-class Assault Carrier Resilient Travesty
UEF Valkyrie Rose QD3-18-F Heavy Transport Ship/Light Cruiser