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'''Verent''' was an [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] planet of the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Linda-058'']</ref> The [[Phoenix-class colony ship|colony ship]] ''[[Spirit of Fire]]'' was deployed to the planet in [[2520]]; this would be the ship's last mission before it was appropriated by the [[UNSC Navy]] as a combat support vessel.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', ''[[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events]]''</ref> Verent was [[glassing|glassed]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]] when the [[Covenant]] attacked the planet. Only a small portion of Verent's population escaped aboard fleeing transport ships.<ref name="hitd"/>

[[Linda-058|Linda Pravdin]], a future [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II supersoldier]], was born on Verent on [[2511|March 19, 2511]].<ref name="waypoint"/> The planet was also the birthplace of [[Luther Mann]] and his family, who narrowly escaped Verent's destruction at the hands of the Covenant and fled to [[Earth]].<ref name="hitd"/>