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==Culture and society== | ==Culture and society== | ||
{{Quote|Grew up on an indie colony like Meridian. Folks out here don't take kindly to the UNSC landing in the middle of town. Tend to see it as an act of aggression.|Spartan Holly Tanaka, commenting on Meridian's relationship with the UNSC in 2558<ref name="glassed"/>}} | {{Quote|Grew up on an indie colony like Meridian. Folks out here don't take kindly to the UNSC landing in the middle of town. Tend to see it as an act of aggression.|Spartan Holly Tanaka, commenting on Meridian's relationship with the UNSC in 2558<ref name="glassed"/>}} | ||
Meridian once boasted a rich culture that, along with its natural makeup, attracted many outsiders, fueling cultural diversity across the world. Meridian was considered to be one of the most vibrant and quickly growing [[Human colonies|colonies]] across all of [[human]] space, prior to the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="universe"/> '' | Meridian once boasted a rich culture that, along with its natural makeup, attracted many outsiders, fueling cultural diversity across the world. Meridian was considered to be one of the most vibrant and quickly growing [[Human colonies|colonies]] across all of [[human]] space, prior to the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="universe"/> ''[[The Old Refrain]]'' was a musical composition familiar to colonists of the moon and remained so for many years.<ref name="wr">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[What Remains]]''</ref> Following Meridian's [[glassing]] in [[2551]] and recolonization, Meridian was resettled by former residents and opportunistic excavators paid by the [[Liang-Dortmund Corporation]].<ref name="glassed intel"/> Some settlers believed that future generations raised on Meridian's treacherous surface would by physically and mentally tougher than those raised on other worlds.<ref name="ms intel"/> Now independent from the [[Unified Earth Government]], Meridian's new settlers held low opinions of the UEG and its [[United Nations Space Command]], regarding the government with antipathy and viewing a UNSC presence as an act of aggression.<ref name="glassed"/> Many Meridian settlers regarded [[Spartan]]s as "thugs" and were distrustful of them; their opinions fueled by [[Governor]] [[Sloan]],<ref name="ms"/> who held [[insurrectionist]] sympathies.<ref name="sloan"/> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||