Alpha Headquarters

Alpha Headquarters or Camp AlphaCamp Alpha - Sigma Octanus IV.png was the name of the lead Firebase set up by the UNSC Marines on planet Sigma Octanus IV, grid 19 x 37. 
== History ==
During the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV in 2552, the base was set up near Cote D'Azur so that the Marines, under the command of General Kits,Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 171-175 could assault the city, which had been captured by the Covenant.
The Covenants attacked with Wraith tanks, Banshee fliers, and thousands of Unggoy.pages 171-172 The Marines were able to hold them off, but at a heavy cost, almost the entire base was destroyed, and only ten Marines survived the incident.Page 175. When a single Warthog with Corporal Harland arrived, he assumed tactical command of the entire ground operation. 
Harland was quickly relieved by a team of Spartan-IIs once they landed their Pelican in the base and used it as a staging area., page 174 They successfully killed all the Covenant soldiers in the area with a HAVOK tactical nuclear device,Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 211 destroying Cote D'Azur and the remains of Alpha Headquarters consequently.
Along with the surviving Marines and civilians, they were evacuated and docked with the UNSC Leviathan for a return trip to Reach.
== Assets ==
The base was staffed by 400 Marines when it came under assault by the Covenant forces.
== Sections ==
It was guarded by bunkers, armed checkpoints, guardhouses, and sandbags. It contained a main barracks, a command office, and a munitions bunker. It also had a main hospital.
== References ==
Category:Military Bases
Category:UNSC Buildings
Category:Halo: The Fall of Reach
Category:Sigma Octanus IV Locations