Editing Tiara

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The '''Tiara''' was a space station in equatorial [[geosynchronous orbit]] over [[Utgard]], on the human colony [[Harvest]]. It supported the [[Seven|seven]] [[Harvest space elevators|space elevators]] servicing the colony's capital city of Utgard, and functioned as an orbital port for passenger and cargo transport, as well as the storage area for the data centers of the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Sif]], who was in charge of Harvest's shipping operations and maintaining the Tiara's position.<ref name="ch66">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 66''</ref>

The Tiara was not present in [[2502]], but was fully functional by [[2524]]. During the [[First Battle of Harvest]], a large engagement occurred inside the Tiara. The [[Covenant]] forces that arrived at the planet, from the cruiser ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'', took control of the station and created outposts for its soldiers. The [[Jiralhanae]] left the [[Unggoy]], from the cruiser, to guard all of the outposts, with [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]] in charge.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 304''</ref> Later in the battle, Harvest's human colonial militia attempted to retake the station. Harvest's [[civilian]]s were being loaded up from the planet's [[space elevator]]s into [[freighter]]s attached to the station to escape Harvest. The militia engaged the Covenant soldiers with the Jiralhanae and [[Yanme'e]] actively looking for the humans, while the Unggoy attempted to hold their posts.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 368''</ref>   

It, along with Sif, was destroyed in [[2525]] when [[Loki]] fired Harvest's [[mass driver]] from the surface of the planet, just before Harvest fell to the Covenant. The strands wrapped around Harvest, as per its rotation and the remnants of the Tiara fell into Harvest's atmosphere.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 378''</ref> In a state of grief, [[Mack]], Harvest's agricultural AI, used the numerous [[JOTUN]]s under his control to bury the elevator strands of the Tiara, protecting them from [[plasma]] fire as Harvest was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 391-396''</ref>

The Tiara is described as two arcs separated by the [[carbon nanofiber]] strands that made up the space elevators of Harvest. The beam work connecting the elevator strands to the arcs resembled delicate filigree. Six beveled [[titanium]] spars ran the length of the facility. [[Avery Johnson]] estimated the station was about 4 kilometers long and its interior around 300 meters in diameter (13,200 and 990 feet, respectively).{{Ref/Reuse|ch66}} It possessed some form of [[artificial gravity]] as well. The station was protected from minor [[hull breach]]es by a layer of [[sealant foam]] between its double hulls.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 303''</ref>

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File:Harvest_Space_Elevators.jpg|Six of the seven [[space elevator]]s linking the planet Harvest to the Tiara space station.

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==List of appearances==

*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}

*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' {{Mo}}

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