Difference between revisions of "Alta Base"

'''Alta Base''' is a military outpost on the surface of [[Detritus]], directly above [[Igneous Cavern]]. It is the primary DDF base,{{book ref|Skyward|3}} until the Defiants reclaim several of the planet's orbital platforms and establish [[Platform Prime]],.{{book ref|sky2|2}}

Alta Base sits over 120 kilometers west of a mountain range. Anti-aircraft (AA) guns protect the base, with a comfortable range of 75 meters and a maximum range of 120 meters. The area around Alta Base has been turned into farm land.

[[Flight school]] is located at Alta Base, with cadets training and living at the base. Cadets are housed in the same buildings as full pilots and share facilities with these pilots. Some of the facilities include mockpits,{{book ref|sky1|9}} a mess hall,{{book ref|sky1|27}} bedrooms, and bathrooms. [[Spensa Nightshade|Spensa]] is denied lodging at Alta Base during her time as a cadet,{{book ref|sky1|11}} and instead stays in the nearby cave that houses [[M-Bot]].

Public elevators are available to take people to Igneous Caverns about 200 meters from the base proper,{{book ref|sky1|7}} however, they are quite slow, and prone to breaking.{{book ref|sky1|11}} and prone to breaking.{{book ref|sky1|9}} In comparison, it is possible to travel from Alta Base to the [[deep caverns]] in less than five minutes,{{book ref|sky1|52}} although the journey normally takes closer to fifteen.{{book ref|sky1|15}}

The [[Battle of Alta Second]] took place on the day of [[Skyward Flight]]'s graduation. [[Judy Ivans|Admiral Ironsides]] sent the entire fleet of the [[Defiant Defense Force]] to a falling [[shipyard]] to recover its [[acclivity ringsring]]s,{{book ref|sky1|48}} leaving the base vulnerable. As expected, the Krell attack the DDF ships, attempting to destroy the shipyard and acclivity rings. This attack, however, was a diversion planned by the Krell so they could gain an opening to directly attack and destroy Alta Base.{{book ref|sky1|49}} A second force of Krell, including a [[lifebuster]], went to attack Alta Base while it was undefended. The force broke through Alta Base's exterior defenses, destroyingwhere a falling lifebuster from the other battle had destroyed antiaircraft gun outpostoutposts forty-six through forty-seveneight.{{book ref|sky1|48}} [[Spensa]] defended the base in a damaged [[Poco]] by anticipating the movement of the Krell using her [[cytonic]] abilities.{{book ref|sky1|50}} Spensa's ship crash-landed before she is able to take down the lifebuster. [[Cobb]], piloting [[M-Bot]] (who had rewritten his code to allow another pilot to fly him into combat), found Spensa and gave her control of M-Bot so she could rejoin the battle.{{book ref|sky1|51}} When the lifebuster dropped its bomb, Spensa dovedives towards it{{book ref|sky1|52}} and useduses her [[Starfighter#Light-Lance|light-lance]] to pull it safely away from Alta Base and [[Igneous Cavern]].{{book ref|sky1|52}}{{book ref|sky1|53}} Just before its detonation, she used her cytonicscytonic abilities to activatehyperjump M-Bot's [[taynix|cytonic hyperdrive]] and teleport outside of the blast radius. {{book ref|sky1|53}}