Anchor 9 (Earth-5875)

Anchor 9 was a refit station of the UNSC Navy, and one of the eighteen similar stations orbiting the Inner colony Reach.

History
Anchor 9 was in permnanent, geosynchronous orbit around the Inner colony Reach during the last decades of the First Contact War, a conflict that forced the UNSC to produce and repair numerous warships to supplement the falling power of the UNSC Navy. In the mid 2540s, Anchor 9 was commissioned to construct sixteen Stalwart-class light frigates, one of which was the UNSC In Amber Clad, which exited from the space station's drydock in 2547. By 2552, construction shifted to Paris-class heavy frigates.

During the Fall of Reach, in August 2552, the station was defended by five YSS-1000 Sabres as a part of Operation UPPER CUT. The defense systems of Anchor 9 went offline upon the Covenant's attack, forcing Sabre squadrons to defend it from waves of Type-27 Banshees and Type-31 Seraphs. The point-defense guns of the station returned online, destroying the two remaining ships.

David-B312 and Jorge-052 then docked in one of the hangar bays of Anchor 9, where Jorge left the Bravo 029 to arm the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine he would attach to a D77-TC Pelican, to be later used as a makeshift bomb to destroy the CSO-class supercarrier Long Night of Solace. The UNSC Savannah later detached from the station to cover for the Sabres once they boarded the SDV-class heavy corvette Ardent Prayer. However, right after the destruction of the Solace, the Fleet of Particular Justice arrived on Reach, and Anchor 9 was destroyed by it days later.