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'''Grid Thirteen by Twenty-Four''', on the planet [[Sigma Octanus IV]], | {{era|FOR}} | ||
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'''Grid Thirteen by Twenty-Four''', on the planet [[Sigma Octanus IV]], was a location deep in the jungle on the planet, just outside the outskirts of the capital, [[Côte d'Azur]]. Though covered by dense foliage, it was also home to a river and several rocky embankments, which serve well to conceal bases <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 165-166</ref>. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In the early | In the early 2500's, a meteor crashed in this Grid. Unbeknown to the [[Human]] colonists, the meteor contained [[Forerunner]] artifacts. The colonists took some of the artifacts from the meteor, and put them in the [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 233-234</ref> | ||
===[[Human-Covenant War]]=== | ===[[Human-Covenant War]]=== | ||
In [[2552]], during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] set up a [[ | In [[2552]], during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] set up a [[Firebase]] in [[Planetary Grid|Grid]] 13 x 24, [[Firebase Bravo]]. They hoped the embankments would hide the base. Unfortunately, they were wrong. The [[Covenant]] ambushed the base and destroyed it, slaughtering most of the Marines when a force of [[Unggoy]], [[Kig-yar]], and [[Mgalekgolo]] overwhelmed the group <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 164-169</ref>. A lucky band of survivors, led by [[Corporal]] [[Harland]], managed to make it all the way to [[Alpha Headquarters|Alpha HQ]], where they were relieved by the [[Spartans]] who managed to drive the Covenant away. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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