Editing Europa

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'''Europa''' is a [[natural satellite]] of [[Jupiter]] in the [[Sol system]]. Governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]], Europa is a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony world]]. It has been fully [[Terraforming|terraformed]], though it retains a frosty atmosphere.{{Ref/Reuse|enc295}}

==Overview==
===Topography===
*[[West Conamara]]
**[[Denegroth]]
*[[Katreus]]
*[[Thynia]]
*[[Pelagon]]

==History==
===Colonization and theorization===
Theories existed that the oceans beneath Europa's icy surface may be inhabited with amino acids and the building blocks of life, created by ocean vents. However, when the first colonists began settling on the Jovian moons in around [[2080]], they discovered that this was not the case. Colonization occurred without the discovery of any new life forms.{{Ref/Reuse|enc295}} Nonetheless, humans would later maintain [[xenobiology]] labs on Europa.{{Ref/Book|HM|Page=50-51}}

At some point, Europa was fully [[Terraforming|terraformed]] for human habitation, but still retained its frosty atmosphere.{{Ref/Reuse|enc295}}

===Frieden movement and interplanetary conflict===
The [[Frieden]] movement started in [[Katreus]], a major city on Europa, in the mid-22nd century. In [[2158]], the Friedens bombed an embassy in the Europan city, [[Thynia]], leveling the building with military-grade explosives. In response to the rising Frieden threat, the [[United Nations]] sent [[United Nations Colonial Advisors|colonial advisors]] to [[Io]] to aid in policing efforts across the Jovian moons. However, when Frieden forces attacked the colonial advisors, the [[Jovian Moons Campaign]] began, a three-month conflict throughout the moons of Jupiter between forces of the United Nations, Frieden movement, and [[Koslovics]]. In [[2163]], Frieden leader [[Nadja Mielke]] was assassinated while on her way to a command center in the city of [[Pelagon]] on Europa, leading to the [[Mars Campaign]] as Frieden forces attacked Koslovic forces in [[Argyre Planitia]] on [[Mars]]. These conflicts would eventually escalate into the [[Interplanetary War]].{{Ref/Book|HM|Page=46-47}}

===Human-Covenant war===
The [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] supersoldiers had a mission on Europa some time before [[2552]];{{Ref/Novel|FS|Page=268}} this [[operation]] is regarded as the liveliest incursion on Europa since the Jovian Moons Campaign. Europa was left unscathed when the [[Covenant]] attacked the [[Sol system]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc295}} 

===Post-war===
After the Covenant War, the [[PREFECT-class Mjolnir|Prefect variant]] of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]] armor was tested in [[Denegroth]], [[West Conamara]] on Europa.{{Ref/Site|D=10|M=10|Y=2014|URL=http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/07/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-71013.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Halo Bulletin - 7.10.13|Detail=(defunct)}}

==Trivia==
The moon was named after [[Wikipedia:Europa (mythology)|Europa]], a queen in [[Wikipedia:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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 ==Trivia==
 The moon was named after [[Wikipedia:Europa (mythology)|Europa]], a queen in [[Wikipedia:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].
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-File:Jupiter&moons.jpg|The scale size of Jupiter and its moons, including Europa.
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 ==List of appearances==