Northern Command was located in Cheshire, England and was where the 7th Intelligence Corps was stationed.
History[]
The chamber used for the captured Angel.
Northern Command mainly served as the intelligence division's headquarters, and therefore contained large amounts of classified material gathered on the Chimera. It also was used to house live Chimeran subjects for experimentation and was therefore where the captured Angel that was part of the Anglo-American military exchange, was stored after it was procured in Manchester. Other Chimeran creatures housed there included Gray Jacks which were held in specimen tubes. With the destruction of above-ground archival facilities, it further served the purpose of a records depository, containing information on the war effort, which was used to estimate both death toll and survivors statistics throughout the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.
Nathan Hale inside an office in Northern Command.
On July 13, 1951 at 3:34 AM Captain Rachel Parker and Sergeant Nathan Hale found Northern Command to be occupied by Chimeran forces upon their return from Nottingham following Operation Shear. The attack, decisively conducted through the use of subterranean burrowing machines, left very few survivors within the base. Parker later speculated that the captured Angel had successfully made telepathic contact with the Chimera and guided them to its exact location.
After Hale fought through the Chimeran defenses, he succeeded in reaching the Angel's holding chamber, where the surviving base personnel were still battling the Chimera for possession of the Angel. After eliminating the Chimera, Hale then executed the Angel as it tried to enter his mind. Thereafter Hale, Parker, and the handful of the base's surviving personnel successfully escaped, although the base and all its secrets were lost to the Chimera.
Trivia[]
- Northern Command is situated in the hamlet of Stamford Bridge, Cheshire on the River Gowy.