Joyous Exultation

Joyous Exultation is, to date, the only known Covenant colony. It was located in the fringe of the massive Covenant empire in the Salia System. It had a small moon, Malhiem.

During the Civil War of the Covenant, the world was a rallying point for the Elites, under the leadership of Xytan 'Jar Wattinree. The Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose met here, along with ships from the Second Fleet of Homogenous Clarity and as many other Elite controlled ships as could be found. They planned to set up a meeting with the Covenant Separatists on this planet, where they would massacre the Brute and Prophet leadership.

Unfortunately, the plan was averted in 2552 when a NOVA taken from Reach by the supercarrier Sublime Transcendence exploded, blowing away a quarter of the world, destroying the planet's moon, and causing massive shock waves that destroyed many of the cities on the rest of the world.