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The '''Eridanus system''' is a planetary system in the [[Outer Colonies]] in [[FLEETCOM Sector Four]].<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''July 21, 2517''</ref> The system is home to 12 planets,<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 75''</ref> and an orange star known as Eridanus.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17 and 21''</ref> One of the many systems with prevalent [[Insurrectionist]] activity, it was under [[United Nations Space Command]] control until [[2530]] when its main planet, [[Eridanus II]], was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="FS">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 240''</ref> | The '''Eridanus system''' is a planetary system in the [[Outer Colonies]] in [[FLEETCOM Sector Four]].<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''July 21, 2517''</ref> The system is home to 12 planets,<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 75''</ref> and an orange star known as Eridanus.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17 and 21''</ref> One of the many systems with prevalent [[Insurrectionist]] activity, it was under [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] control until [[2530]] when its main planet, [[Eridanus II]], was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="FS">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 240''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The rebels had staged a localized rebellion against the local UEG-aligned government in [[2494]]. The UNSC [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE|struck back two years later]] and forced the rebels out at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], overthrew the civilian government of the system in [[2513]]. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, [[Operation: TREBUCHET]], but in fact he escaped to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid belt with the rest of the rebels.<ref name="pg75">'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> It remained a place of much hostility against the | The rebels had staged a localized rebellion against the local UEG-aligned government in [[2494]]. The UNSC [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE|struck back two years later]] and forced the rebels out at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], overthrew the civilian government of the system in [[2513]]. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, [[Operation: TREBUCHET]], but in fact he escaped to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid belt with the rest of the rebels.<ref name="pg75">'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> It remained a place of much hostility against the [[United Nations Space Command]], and many [[Piracy|pirates]] and rebels were operating from the system.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17-18''</ref> | ||
The boy who would become the legendary [[John-117|Master Chief]] was conscripted here in [[2517]]. In [[2525]], a group of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] led by [[John-117]] entered the system aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|Pioneer}}.{{Ref/Reuse|pg75}} They boarded the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'', [[Operation: TALON|traveled to the rebel base]] and captured Watts.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', "chapter 10"</ref> | The boy who would become the legendary [[John-117|Master Chief]] was conscripted here in [[2517]]. In [[2525]], a group of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] led by [[John-117]] entered the system aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|Pioneer}}.{{Ref/Reuse|pg75}} They boarded the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'', [[Operation: TALON|traveled to the rebel base]] and captured Watts.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', "chapter 10"</ref> | ||
