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'''Alta Base''' is a military outpost on the surface of [[Detritus]], directly above [[Igneous Cavern]]. It
==Geography==
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.
==Features==
On duty pilots live and work at Alta Base and are rotated down into the Deep Caverns at different intervals in order to protect some of the DDF forces in the case that Alta is destroyed by a lifebuster. If a lifebuster is dropped directly on Alta Base it would also destroy Igneous Caverns which can be found underground beneath the base. ▼
'''[[Flight School]]'''
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, bathrooms, and more. [[Spensa Nightshade|Spensa]] is denied lodging at Alta Base during her time as a cadet{{book ref|sky1|11}} and instead stays in the cave close where she first discovered [[M-Bot]].
'''Elevators'''
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.{{book ref|sky1|11}} They are also prone to break, evident in [[Rodge McCaffrey]]'s tardiness to the first day of Flight School due to the dysfunction of Elevator 103-D.{{book ref|sky1|9}} In comparison, the private elevator which extends to the Deep Caverns, is relatively quick.
'''Housing'''
▲On duty DDF pilots live and work at Alta Base and are rotated down into the Deep Caverns at different intervals in order to protect some of the DDF forces in the case that Alta is destroyed by a [[lifebuster]]. If a lifebuster is dropped directly on Alta Base it would also destroy Igneous
Civilian housing makes up a town within Alta Base, filled with homes for the farmers of the land past the base, as well as shops.
'''Private Hangars'''
Private hangars, near the public elevators, allow rich citizens such as Jorgen Weight to park hovercars while they visit the base.{{book ref|sky1|11}}
== History ==
In the beginning, Alta Base had been cloaked to hide it from the Krell, in an attempt to build up a defense force against the aliens using ship factories in Igneous Cavern below. The Krell, however, discovered the base and sent a large force to attack and destroy the humans. The DDF won the Battle of Alta, chasing off the Krell and saving Alta Base. Following the battle they removed the cloaking from Alta Base and further fortified their position.
The Second Battle of Alta 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 rings{{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, destroying antiaircraft gun outpost forty-seven{{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 dives towards it{{book ref|sky1|52}} and uses her [[Starfighter#Light-Lance|light-
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