Reynes

Reynes was a former mining colony and later a UNSC listening outpost.

Before and during the Human-Covenant War, Reynes was used by the UNSC to mine aluminum, tantalum and copper. Before the Covenant glassed the colony, there were about 50,000 miners working on the planet. In January 2553, it was used as a temporary listening station, operated by Mike Spenser, until he was exfiltrated. He stayed underground in the mines of the colony, which had remained largely intact after the glassing. A group of Kig-Yar would occasionally scavenge the colony for tantalum, and one of them was capable of communicating with Spenser. While Malcolm Geffen and Vasily Beloi were evacuating Spenser, the Kig-Yar moved in on the ship, wanting to take it for themselves. After several disagreements, the situation escalated into a firefight in which all Kig-Yar were killed, and Mal received a dent in his helmet from a Type-31 Rifle round.

Trivia
Reynes is a town in southern France.

List of appearances

 * Kilo-Five Trilogy
 * Halo: Glasslands