Partition
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Partition is a remote human colony world in the Exile system governed by the Unified Earth Government.[1][2]
Overview[edit]
Astronomical features[edit]
Partition is a small planet in the Exile system,[1][2] close to Unified Earth Government trade routes.[2]
Topography and ecology[edit]
A vibrant world, the planet features jungles and rocky gorges with exotic flora and fauna.[2][3][4] Another part of the planet featured a canyon with lakes, waterfalls and a river flowing through it, overlooked by a Forerunner data archive.[4][5]
History[edit]
Ancient history[edit]
At some point in the distant past, the Forerunners built a data archival site on the planet.[4]
Human-Covenant war[edit]
Despite its proximity to human-controlled space, the planet remained undetected for centuries. Sometime during the Human-Covenant War, the ammunition ship UNSC Diadochi crash-landed on this planet due to an engine failure. The survivors lived amongst the ruins of the ship for years until rescue teams finally discovered them, in a thriving community.[2][6] Officially considered to have been colonized in 2543,[1] the planet was eventually named Partition in a nod to Earth's Diadochi conflicts, referencing the ship and crew which had initially discovered the world.[2]
By February 2558, a War Games simulation of the Diadochi crash site, called Exile, was created.[2][6] Eventually, the data archival site was found and began to be studied, hoping to shift human understanding in Forerunner technology.[4]
Production notes[edit]
Partition is the setting for the Halo 4 multiplayer map Exile. The now-cancelled Halo Online set the map Edge on the planet, with the map hosting a Forerunner databank amidst a verdant series of grasslands, canyons and waterfalls. Due to the game's cancellation, any story or lore from that game is not considered canon.
The map Edge is been brought back to the Halo 3 component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection with added lore.
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Concept art for a vista on the planet.
Concept art for a forest on the planet.
The vista of the planet, as viewed from the Forerunner data archive.
The exterior of the Forerunner data archive.
The interior of the data archive site.
Birds on Partition.
List of appearances[edit]
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 51
- ^ a b c d e f g Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 212
- ^ Halo 4, multiplayer map Exile
- ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Hot Drops (Retrieved on May 25, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo 3, multiplayer map Edge
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Halo 4 Interactive Guide - Maps: Exile (Retrieved on Apr 25, 2013) [local archive] [external archive]
