Defensive and Offensive Capabilities
- Each of Moonbase Alpha's five main launch pads houses an underground hangar which each store a number of Eagle Transporters. During Year One, only seven of Alpha's Eagles are armed, though this changes later on.
- Laser Tanks, which are converted construction vehicles, are also stored around the base in the hangars. Each of these vehicles is lightly armed.
- Some time before "The Metamorph", Moonbase is armed with five large retractable offensive laser cannons.
- Meteorite and radiation defence screens can also be used in a defensive capacity. The Bergman anti-gravity forcefield is the ultimate defence measure, but it cannot be used without advanced notice; its power requirements are enormous and the main unit generators must be supplemented with power generators stripped from all servicable Eagles for the shield to function for any length of time.
- Protective areas: although not a defense in and of itself, if an attack is imminent, nonessential personnel are evacuated to deep shelters forming the lowest levels of Alpha. Much of this network of large underground bunkers was used for the construction of the underground Alpha seen in the second series.
Read more about this topic: Moonbase Alpha (Space: 1999)
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