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| |name=Chi Rho
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| |species=[[Human]] {{c|Non-native}}
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| |population=*Several hundred million {{c|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|tcp26}}
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| '''Chi Rho''' was a [[human]] [[Inner Colony|Inner]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] [[planet]] in the [[Ectanus 45 system]], governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Chi Rho was one of the worlds said to separate the Inner Colonies from the [[Outer Colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|tcp26}} | | '''Chi Rho''' was a [[human]] colony world in the [[Ectanus 45]] system. It was one of the worlds said to separate the [[Inner Colonies]] from the [[Outer Colonies]]. |
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| ==Overview== | | ==History== |
| ===Topography===
| | In [[2535]], during the [[Human-Covenant War]], following the loss of most of the Outer Colonies, [[Asylum seeker|refugees]] had started flooding the planet and all available space was being used for victory gardens and refugee camps.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 25''</ref> [[Vice Admiral]] [[Jean Mawikizi]] resolved to make a stand against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] on Chi Rho, digging in deep within the planet's crust to survive a [[glassing]] attack, forcing the Covenant to come down and flush them out man-to-man.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 31''</ref> |
| A large blue planet, Chi Rho had an [[Earth]]-like surface and its largest continent was home to hundreds of millions,{{Ref/Novel|Id=tcp26|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=26}} though the colony was not as developed and was comparatively smaller to those in the [[Sol]] and [[Epsilon Eridani system]]s.{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos54|[[Halo Mythos]]|Page=54-55}}
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| ====Locations====
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| *[[Bacigalupi Memorial Nature Preserve]] | | *[[Bacigalupi Memorial Nature Preserve]] |
| *[[Camp Patmos]] | | *[[Camp Patmos]] |
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| ==History==
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| ===Human-Covenant war===
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| In [[2535]], during the [[Human-Covenant War]], following the loss of most of the [[Outer Colonies]], [[Asylum seeker|refugees]] had started flooding the planet and all available space was being used for victory gardens and refugee camps.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=25}} [[Vice Admiral]] [[Jean Mawikizi]] resolved to make a stand against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] on Chi Rho, digging in deep within the planet's crust to survive a [[glassing]] attack, forcing the Covenant to come down and flush them out man-to-man.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=31}} The planet was eventually lost and during the fighting the {{UNSCShip|Roman Blue}} was engaged before eventually crashing.{{Ref/Novel|Id=smoke|Halo: Smoke and Shadow}}
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| ===Post-war===
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| The planet is now uninhabited in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|smoke}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| "[[Wikipedia:Chi Rho|Chi Rho (XP)]]" was a symbol used by the early Christian church to abbreviate the name of Jesus Christ. It is formed from the first two letters of the original Greek title Christos:'''ΧΡ'''ΙΣΤΟΣ. | | The name "Chi Rho" could be a [[List of references to religion in Halo|religious reference]]. In Catholicism, the symbol of the letter ''X'' combined with the letter ''P'', called ''chi-rho'', stands for the first two letters of ''Christ'' in Greek. It is the reason that Christmas can be abbreviated as X-mas. |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Planets]] | | [[Category:Planets]] |
| [[Category:Human colonies]] | | [[Category:Human colonies]] |
