Asźod
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Asźod was an arid, mountainous,[1] barren and unpopulated territory[2] in Ung, Alföld on the Eposz continent of Reach.
Overview[edit]
The territory was home to several industrial facilities, including a ship-breaking facility.[3] Other than the ship-breaking yards, Asźod also appeared to be used for transport of natural resources, evident by large pipe-lines spreading across the landscape.[4] Near the edge of the ship-breaking yards was Mount Törött.[Note 1]
History[edit]
Ship deconstruction[edit]
Sometime between 2525 and August 2552, the UNSC Commonwealth was under deconstruction within the shipyards.[5] As well, the Reach Tourism Board chose the plains at Asźod for their "Escape." ad.[6]
Fall of Reach[edit]
- Main article: Fall of Reach
During the final stages of the battle, Asźod was the only off-planet extraction point left on the continent.[7]
It was also where the UNSC Pillar of Autumn was dry-docked on August 30, 2552. It was the site of the Battle of Asźod, which saw Emile-A239 and SPARTAN-B312 successfully delivering a fragment of Cortana to Pillar of Autumn. While Emile would perish, SPARTAN-B312 stayed behind to defend Autumn from[3] a converging Covenant battle group.[8] Below the drydock, near a small set of warehouses in between two pipelines was where many dead Spartans were found.[4] B312 was killed in action while making a last stand there, having been overwhelmed by Covenant infantry.[4]
Post-war years[edit]
In 2589, Asźod appeared to be the location a colony ship landed at to colonize the reterraformed Reach once again.[4]
Trivia[edit]
It is named after Aszód, a town in present-day Hungary.
Production notes[edit]
The name Aszod is consistently rendered as "Asźod" in various Halo media like in the opening cutscene of the Pillar of Autumn level in Halo: Reach, in Halo Mythos (pp. 89, 90 & 94) and in the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition) (pp. 98 & 99). The subtitles for Reach's The Package level and the book Halo: The Essential Visual Guide (p. 130) use the spelling "Aszod" without the acute accent. As the letter "Ź" is not part of the official Hungarian orthography, the 'Asźod' rendition likely originated as an internal misspelling of the Hungarian place name Aszód.
Gallery[edit]
A lush Asźod years after Reach's glassing.
Asźod, as seen from orbit.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Halo Mythos (Mentioned only)
Notes[edit]
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Halo: Reach - Maps: (Original was Defunct, link to Copy)
- ^ Halo Mythos, page 89
- ^ a b Halo: Reach, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
- ^ a b c d Halo: Reach, campaign level Lone Wolf
- ^ Halo: Reach, multiplayer map Boneyard
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians: Forge Object, Billboard, Reach Escape
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level The Package
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 99
