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The '''Military Survey of Uninhabited Planets''' was a study conducted by the [[United Nations Space Command]] or [[Colonial Military Authority]] some time prior to the onset of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The survey covered a number of uncharted worlds with manned surface expeditions, used to study the planets and determine whether they had any value for [[human]] [[Human colonies|colonisation]] or industrialisation.{{Ref/Novel|Id=OB8|Oblv|Chapter=8}}

==History==
[[KC-59]] was one of the earliest worlds catalogued, despite this, it took centuries for the world to visited by humans during a [[2501]] survey mission conducted by the {{Class|Huygens|survey ship}} ''[[Jazmin's Lament]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|CFTomes}}

By [[2526]], the survey had indexed the planet of [[Netherop]], with the assesor's notes listing the planet as having minimal strategic value and no exploitable resources, alongside a hostile environment that forced the survey mission to end prematurely. In reality, an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] classified addendum to the Netherop report listed the planet as possibly abandoned, with no further context for the comment. As such, the comment could be interpreted as recovered signs of a survey probe or evidence of an artificially-constructed structure - the latter of which would be later proven true with the discovery of the extinct [[List of unidentified species#Netherop|Netherop civilisation]] and the [[Precursor]] [[Divine Hand]]. The Netherop entry was ultimately processed apparently without any further reading than the note of the planet's lack of strategic value, and as such the ruins on the planet remained undiscovered until the [[Battle of Netherop (2526)|Battle of Netherop]] in summer of 2526.{{Ref/Reuse|OB8}}

The survey continued to be used following the war's end, with [[Xenoarchaeology|xenoarchaeologist]] [[Keely Iyuska]] cross-referencing it with the [[Covenant]]'s own [[Covenant World Registry|World Registry]] to uncover the location of the Divine Hand in [[2559]].{{Ref/Novel|HOut|Chapter=3}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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==See also==
*[[Earth Survey Catalog]]
*[[UEG Cartographic Corps]]

[[Category:Military terminology]]