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[[File:TPoA Header.jpg|thumb|250px|Landscape at Asźod during the Fall of Reach]] | [[File:TPoA Header.jpg|thumb|250px|Landscape at Asźod during the Fall of Reach]] | ||
'''Asźod''' was an arid, mountainous, | '''Asźod''' was an arid, mountainous,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141012170538/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/haloreach/Maps ''Halo Waypoint:'' Halo: Reach - Maps] (Original was Defunct, link to Copy)</ref> barren and unpopulated territory<ref>''[[Halo Mythos]]'', p. 89</ref> in [[Ung]], [[Alfold]] on the [[Eposz]] continent of [[Reach]]. The territory was home to several industrial facilities, including a [[Asźod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking facility]], where the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} was dry-docked on [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]] during the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref name="poa"/> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Ship deconstruction=== | ===Ship deconstruction=== | ||
Sometime between [[2525]] and [[2552|August 2552]], the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} was under deconstruction within the | Sometime between [[2525]] and [[2552|August 2552]], the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} was under deconstruction within the ship yards.<ref>''Halo: Reach'', multiplayer map, [[Boneyard]]</ref> As well, the [[Reach Tourism Board]] chose the plains at Asźod for their "Escape." ad.<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', [[Forge Objects|Forge Object]], Billboard, Reach Escape</ref> | ||
===Fall of Reach=== | ===Fall of Reach=== | ||
{{Main|Fall of Reach}} | {{Main|Fall of Reach}} | ||
During the final stages of the battle, Asźod was the only off-planet extraction point left on the continent. | During the final stages of the battle, Asźod was the only off-planet extraction point left on the continent.<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, [[The Package]]</ref> It was the site of the [[Battle of Asźod]], where [[Emile-A239]] died and [[SPARTAN-B312]] made a [[wikipedia:Last stand|last stand]] after successfully delivering a fragment of [[Cortana]] to ''Pillar of Autumn''. The [[Spartan-III]] stayed behind to defend ''Autumn'' from a massive Covenant air assault including by a Covenant {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}.<ref name="poa">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]</ref> He was killed in action elsewhere in the territory, having been overwhelmed by Covenant infantry.<ref name="lone">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level, [[Lone Wolf]]</ref> | ||
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. A small set of warehouses in between two gas pipes was where [[Thirteen dead Spartans|many dead Spartans]] were found.<ref name="lone"/> | |||
===Post-war years=== | ===Post-war years=== | ||
In [[2589]], Asźod appeared to be the location a [[Unidentified colony ship|colony ship]] landed at to colonize the reterraformed Reach once again. | In [[2589]], Asźod appeared to be the location a [[Unidentified colony ship|UNSC colony ship]] landed at to colonize the reterraformed Reach once again.<ref name="lone"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HR Screenshot Epilogue-After.jpg|A lush Asźod years after Reach's glassing. | File:HR Screenshot Epilogue-After.jpg|A lush Asźod years after Reach's glassing. | ||
File:HR - | File:HR Screenshot Prologue-Torott1.jpg|Asźod, as seen from orbit. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
