2530


 * The UNSC colony of Eridanus II is glassed by the Covenant.
 * Rani Sobeck is born.
 * Jake Courage's photo exhibit Killing Time wins the John Pilger prize.
 * Thrust assemblies are replaced on the from the scuttled UNSC destroyer Calcutta.
 * SPARTAN-II Blue Team shuts down United Rebel Front Station Jefferson in the Eridanus System.
 * Blue Team destroys, captures or otherwise eliminates the United Rebel Front Destroyer Origami sometime prior to November.
 * Blue Team eliminates a United Rebel Front high-explosive manufacturing facility at an unspecified location sometime around November.
 * Blue Team disrupts United Rebel Front activity in Micronesia and breaks up a saboteur ring on Reach between November of this year and May 2531.
 * January 30th:
 * Kat-320 is born on Monastir, New Harmony.
 * SPARTAN-B312 is born.
 * October 20th: Michael "Mickey" Crespo is born in Crisium City, Naniwa, on Luna.
 * December 24th: The Battle of Groombridge-1830 takes place, resulting in a costly UNSC victory.