Venezia

Venezia, referred to by the Sangheili as Sqala, is a human colony formerly governed by the Unified Earth Government, now under the control of a centralized Insurrectionist leadership. Its most prominent city is New Tyne.

History
Sometime prior to 2543, the planet cut off communications with the UNSC and declared independence. At the time, it was a known haven for terrorists and outlaws. At some point during the Insurrection, they destroyed the local CAA bureau. After the end of the Human-Covenant War, rebel forces have begun preparation for an attack on the UEG capital, Earth.

In January 2553, the experienced reactor malfunctions and was forced to exit slipspace over the planet. As Venezia refused to allow the ship's crew to evacuate planetside, and the arrived late at the scene, the Adriadne's reactor exploded and the ship was lost with all hands. As the Monte Cassino was conducting search-and-rescue operations, Venezian ground forces fired upon the ship with a Covenant T-38 "Tyrant" cannon, despite the Monte Cassino informing Venezia traffic control of its intended movement. The ship evaded fire and easily destroyed the cannon with missiles.

On March 2553, ODSTs Malcolm Geffen and Vasily Beloi, along with undercover ONI operative Mike Spenser, infiltrated New Tyne disguised as civilians. Once there, they discovered that one of Venezia's high-ranking Insurrectionist leaders was Staffan Sentzke, Naomi-010's father. After participating in an operation on Sanghelios, Kilo-Five returned to the colony to find Sentzke. They discovered that he was with a Skirmisher pirate named Sav Fel who had taken the Pious Inquisitor the UNSC had been looking for due to it being a major threat.

Locations

 * Grexco tantalum extraction plant
 * New Tyne
 * Stavros's bar
 * Stuttgart armory
 * Weymouth Island

Known residents

 * Gareth
 * Nairn
 * Saul
 * Peter Moritz
 * Sav Fel
 * Staffan Sentzke
 * Laura Sentzke
 * Hedda Sentzke
 * Edvin Sentzke
 * Janey Sentzke
 * Kerstin Sentzke

Trivia

 * Venezia is Italian for Venice.
 * Venezia is apparently rich in tantalum, as much of Venezia's economy was built on mining it.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Glasslands
 * Halo: The Thursday War
 * Halo: Mortal Dictata