Malta Station (Earth-5875)

"Malta, what is your status, over? I don't believe it! They're retreating, we've won!"

- - Cortana and Malta Station's defense coordinator

Malta Station (HCS: OWP-143), was an Orbital defense platform of the UNSC Navy that orbited Earth. It was located in the same cluster as both Cairo Station and Athens Station: differently from both, its hangar bays were equipped with GA-TL1 Longswords.

History
During the Battle of Earth, Malta Station was destroyed by an antimatter charge sneaked into the orbital defense platform by Covenant boarding parties. As its crew was unaware of the Covenant's intent, they presumed the enemy ships were retreating because the Covenant surrendered. Not long after, Athens Station suffered the same fate, granting the Solemn Penance an opportunity to break through Earth's orbital defenses, its debris field, a resulted of the station's wreackagem being destroyed once the Prophet of Regret moved towards the human homeworld.