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The '''Via Casilina Trade Route''' is an interstellar trade route through [[slipstream space]] that arose in the aftermath of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The trade route connects the [[Orso system|Orso]], [[Cordoba system|Cordoba]], [[Shaps system|Shaps]], [[Elduros system|Elduros]], and [[Sverdlovsk system|Sverdlovsk systems]], systems that lie along the frontier of [[human]]ity's [[Outer Colonies]], all with varying degrees of independence from the [[Unified Earth Government]] and little [[United Nations Space Command]] presence.<ref name="itf">"[[Into the Fire]]" — ''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', p. 239 (Google Play edition)</ref><ref name="hr15">''[[Halo: Renegades]]'', p. 15</ref> | The '''Via Casilina Trade Route''' is an interstellar trade route through [[slipstream space]] that arose in the aftermath of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The trade route connects the [[Orso system|Orso]], [[Cordoba system|Cordoba]], [[Shaps system|Shaps]], [[Elduros system|Elduros]], and [[Sverdlovsk system|Sverdlovsk systems]], systems that lie along the frontier of [[human]]ity's [[Outer Colonies]], all with varying degrees of independence from the [[Unified Earth Government]] and little [[United Nations Space Command]] presence.<ref name="itf">"[[Into the Fire]]" — ''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', p. 239 (Google Play edition)</ref><ref name="hr15">''[[Halo: Renegades]]'', p. 15</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[[File:Venezia.jpg|thumb|200px|Venezia, a major waypoint in the Via Casilina Trade Route]] | [[File:Venezia.jpg|thumb|200px|Venezia, a major waypoint in the Via Casilina Trade Route]] | ||
Located on the edge of the [[Outer Colonies]] close to what was once [[Covenant]] space, the Via Casilina Trade Route cuts through [[slipstream space]] to connect the [[Orso system|Orso]], [[Cordoba system|Cordoba]], [[Shaps system|Shaps]], [[Elduros system|Elduros]], and [[Sverdlovsk system|Sverdlovsk systems]]. | Located on the edge of the [[Outer Colonies]] close to what was once [[Covenant]] space, the Via Casilina Trade Route cuts through [[slipstream space]] to connect the [[Orso system|Orso]], [[Cordoba system|Cordoba]], [[Shaps system|Shaps]], [[Elduros system|Elduros]], and [[Sverdlovsk system|Sverdlovsk systems]].<ref name="itf"/> | ||
Beginning in the [[Isbanola sector]], the route commences at the Oros system, home to [[Venezia]], a major interspecies trade hub. | Beginning in the [[Isbanola sector]], the route commences at the Oros system, home to [[Venezia]], a major interspecies trade hub.<ref name="itf"/><ref name="wf">''[[Halo Warfleet]]'', p. 23</ref> From Orso, the Via Casilina continues on to the nearby [[Gao]] in the Cordoba system.<ref name="itf"/> 8.7 light-years away in realspace,<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', p. 50</ref> the route moves on to the [[Shaps system]], home to the uninhabited [[Shaps III]],<ref name="itf"/> as well as the [[moon]]s [[Taram]] and [[Myer's Moon]].<ref>''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', Chapter 6</ref><ref>''Halo: Renegades'', p. 223</ref> The route then connects the Elduros system, home to the desolate and impoverished mining colony of [[Aleria]]. From Aleria, the Via Casilina terminates in the Sverdlovsk system, the location of the moons [[Talitsa]] and [[Komoya]],<ref name="itf"/> the latter holding the reputation of the junkyard of the Via Casilina.<ref name="hr15"/> | ||
While traveling along the Via Casilina, the distance from the Cordoba system to the Sverdlovsk system was less than an hour trip via slipspace by [[human]] standards.<ref name="hr37">''Halo: Renegades'', p. 37-38</ref> | While traveling along the Via Casilina, the distance from the Cordoba system to the Sverdlovsk system was less than an hour trip via slipspace by [[human]] standards.<ref name="hr37">''Halo: Renegades'', p. 37-38</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The trade route was moderately new, having risen in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | The trade route was moderately new, having risen in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="itf"/> The Via Casilina was heavily utilized by [[Salvaging|salvagers]], such as [[Rion Forge]] and the crew of ''[[Ace of Spades]]'', seeking profit among the remains of the [[Outer Colonies]]. In turn, the salvagers were preyed upon by marauders and [[Covenant remnants|remnants]] of the [[Covenant]] looking to steal their loot. In [[2556]], three notable salvaging crews of the Via Casilina had gone missing, captured by [[Gek 'Lhar]].<ref name="sas4">''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'', Chapter 4</ref> | ||
Fueled by the success of the salvagers, [[Nor Fel]], owner of a prosperous [[Nor Fel's clearing house|clearing house]] on [[Venezia]], became one of the preeminent dealers of salvaged goods and military surplus along the Via Casilina Trade Route,<ref>''Halo: Renegades'', p. 22</ref> maintaining informants across the entire trade route. | Fueled by the success of the salvagers, [[Nor Fel]], owner of a prosperous [[Nor Fel's clearing house|clearing house]] on [[Venezia]], became one of the preeminent dealers of salvaged goods and military surplus along the Via Casilina Trade Route,<ref>''Halo: Renegades'', p. 22</ref> maintaining informants across the entire trade route.<ref name="itf"/> [[Walter Hahn]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] served as a counter-contraband agent specializing in acquiring [[Forerunner]] artifacts from salvage and informant handling across the Via Casilina.<ref name="hr37"/> | ||
== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
The trade route was likely named after the [[Wikipedia:Via Casilina|Via Casilina]], a medieval road that connected Rome to Capua. | The trade route was likely named after the [[Wikipedia:Via Casilina|Via Casilina]], a medieval road that connected Rome to Capua. | ||