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'''Tribute''' was a [[UNSC]] colony world in the [[Epsilon Eridani System]]. Its largest populated urbanized metropolis was [[Casbah]]<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], Page 14</ref>. | '''Tribute''' was a [[UNSC]] colony world in the [[Epsilon Eridani System]]. Its largest populated urbanized metropolis was [[Casbah]]<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', Page 14</ref>. | ||
It had a history of volcanic activity and appeared to be a cold world. It was one of the major focus points of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] in [[2524]], where UNSC forces operated against the [[rebel]] bomb cells. At least one [[Battalion]] of [[UNSC Marines]] were involved with ongoing operations on the planet, supported by the [[UNSC Bum Rush|UNSC ''Bum Rush'']] and flights of [[Hornets]]. | It had a history of volcanic activity and appeared to be a cold world. It was one of the major focus points of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] in [[2524]], where UNSC forces operated against the [[rebel]] bomb cells. At least one [[Battalion]] of [[UNSC Marines]] were involved with ongoing operations on the planet, supported by the [[UNSC Bum Rush|UNSC ''Bum Rush'']] and flights of [[Hornets]]. | ||
One of the missions involved [[Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson]] and [[Staff Sergeant Nolan Byrne]] leading two [[squad]]s of Marines after rebel bomb makers. Three members of Byrne's team were killed in a [[Jim Dandy]] restaurant when one of the rebels detonated a bomb during a hostage situation, also killing 38 civilians. Byrne and Johnson were both injured in the incident, Johnson slightly and Byrne critically<ref>[[Halo: Contact harvest]], Page 9</ref>. | One of the missions involved [[Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson]] and [[Staff Sergeant Nolan Byrne]] leading two [[squad]]s of Marines after rebel bomb makers. Three members of Byrne's team were killed in a [[Jim Dandy]] restaurant when one of the rebels detonated a bomb during a hostage situation, also killing 38 civilians. Byrne and Johnson were both injured in the incident, Johnson slightly and Byrne critically<ref>''[[Halo: Contact harvest]]'', Page 9</ref>. | ||
After the Covenant glassed [[Battle of Reach|Reach]], it is unknown whether they also glassed Tribute. However, when the [[Arbiter| Covenant fleet's commander]] ordered all vessels under his command to follow the [[UNSC]] [[Pillar of Autumn]], some ships were left behind, perhaps with the intent of continuing to destroy the remaining colonial planets. | After the Covenant glassed [[Battle of Reach|Reach]], it is unknown whether they also glassed Tribute. However, when the [[Arbiter| Covenant fleet's commander]] ordered all vessels under his command to follow the [[UNSC]] ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'', some ships were left behind, perhaps with the intent of continuing to destroy the remaining colonial planets. | ||
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