Circinius IV
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Circinius IV[Note 1] was a Unified Earth Government Outer colony world in the Circinius system.[1][Note 2] The planet was orbited by at least three natural satellites. It was the location of the Corbulo Academy of Military Science, an officer training school for the offspring of high-ranking UNSC officials.[2] The space elevator located at Corbulo Academy was considered one of the planet's most spectacular sites.[3] ContentsOverview[edit]Topography and climate[edit]Circinius IV features dense forests and mountains as well as large bodies of water.[2] Locations[edit]History[edit]Human-Covenant war[edit]
After the first engagements on Harvest, ONI Section II kept the Covenant invasion secret from the general population. However, Corbulo Academy's superintendent, General Daniel Black, was informed. As preparation for a possible attack, Black discreetly increased the readiness of the UNSC Marine garrison posted in the academy and authorized limited communications blackouts under the guise of routine maintenance procedures.[2] The colony and the academy were attacked by the Covenant during the earliest days of the Human-Covenant War on April 26, 2526.[4] Orbiting UNSC vessels soon deployed Orbital Drop Shock Troopers directly onto Corbulo Academy's campus. The planet's space elevator was also destroyed, killing many of the escaping cadets as it fell.[5] During the battle, the Covenant killed almost the entire population of the planet. Only four cadets from Corbulo Academy survived the initial assault,[6] although one of them, Chyler Silva, died during the battle. Later, the planet was glassed by the Covenant.[7] At some point following the planet's invasion, the UNSC launched Operation: ABLE SENTRY on Circinius IV to investigate Covenant activity on the planet. Edward Buck participated in this operation. Directly afterwards, Operation: PHALANX was initiated and carried out by UNSC personnel, including John-117, to rescue civilians on Circinius IV and to investigate Covenant invasion patterns.[8][9] Production notes[edit]Along with Hat Yai, Circinius IV is not mentioned in the Assembly's report on glassed worlds (dated January 1, 2530) in data pad 14 from Halo: Reach. From a real-world perspective, the obvious explanation is that the planet was created after the game's release, there is no clear in-universe reason for this omission. However, given that both worlds had some form of human population on their surface following their presumed glassing dates,[9] it is possible that both Circinius IV and Hat Yai were not entirely glassed by the Covenant.
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