Chi Rho
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Chi Rho was a human Inner Colony planet in the Ectanus 45 system, governed by the Unified Earth Government. Chi Rho was one of the worlds said to separate the Inner Colonies from the Outer Colonies.[1]
Overview[edit]
Orbital locations[edit]
- Chi Rho orbital communication satellite[3]
Topography[edit]
Chi Rho has an Earth-like surface[1] with various continents,[4] and its largest continent was home to hundreds of millions, though the colony was not as developed and was comparatively smaller to those in the Sol and Epsilon Eridani systems.[1][5] According to Jean Mawikizi, Chi Rho used to be a rough planet early in the Human colonies development, but the settlers eventually made it comfortable. By 2535, several locations able to be farmed were converted into farmland.[4]
Locations[edit]
Ecology[edit]
Chi Rho was home to several green and blue birds. It also featured trees.[4]
History[edit]
Early history[edit]
In 2389, the planet was colonised by Humanity.[2] The planet used to be rough where the settlers were self-sufficient families across the various continents.[4]
Human-Covenant war[edit]
During the Human-Covenant War, following the loss of most of the Outer Colonies, refugees had started flooding the planet and all available space was being used for victory gardens and refugee camps.[4] Around 2535, Chi Rho was used for repairs and drydocking for the United Nations Space Command during the war.[1] In 2535, Vice Admiral Jean Mawikizi was taken out of retirement to run a battle fleet that kept getting pushed back by the Covenant, where Mawikizi resolved to draw the line for the group at Chi Rho. To prepare to make a stand against the Covenant, the UNSC were digging in deep within the planet to forcing the Covenant to come down and flush them out man-to-man if they arrived.[4]
Post-war[edit]
In 2557, the Ace of Spades crew required a communication satellite to boost their search capabilities during their hunt for the Covenant destroyer Radiant Perception, and Chi Rho's was the nearest one to them in the Ectanus 45 system.[3] When they arrived, they used the satellite and found it on Laconia in the Procyon system. While the Ace of Spades was over the colony, a small passenger vessel was descending to the planet, and a heavy freighter was in low orbit transporting cargo to smaller transports.[6]
Government[edit]
Many of the colonists from the planet are descendants of the original settlers of the planet, back when it was a rough planet where they were self-sufficient families spread out across the continents that's culture was not to share. By 2535, these colonists were happy to give land to the refugees of the Human-Covenant War, but according to Vice Admiral Jean Mawikizi, were not happy when the UNSC ordered them to share the burden and share resources with them as they believe the refugees had their chance to fight and survive. Due to some issues between both the colonists and refugees, the UNSC couldn't trust either side to police, so did it themselves, prompting the UNSC were investigating where to send the refugees before many of them got to comfortable.[4]
Production notes[edit]
"Chi Rho (XP)" was a symbol used by the early Christian church to abbreviate the name of Jesus Christ. It is formed from the first two letters of the original Greek title Christos:ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: The Cole Protocol (First appearance)
- Halo Mythos (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Smoke and Shadow
