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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
A [[UNSC]] colony world, little has been revealed about this planet. It is the location of the [[Luxor Spaceport]] and [[Elysium City]], where [[John-117]] grew up until he was abducted and sent into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517 | A [[UNSC]] colony world, little has been revealed about this planet. It is the location of the [[Luxor Spaceport]] and [[Elysium City]], where [[John-117]] grew up until he was abducted and sent into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517]]. | ||
The [[ | The [[Eridanus Rebels]] had staged a localised rebellion against the UNSC in [[2494]]. The UNSC struck back two years later and forced the rebels out at the cost of four [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyers]]. A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat [[Colonel (UNSC)|Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], overthrew the civilian government of the system in [[2513]]. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, [[Operation: TREBUCHET]], but in fact he escaped to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid belt with the rest of the rebels. | ||
It remained a place of much hostility against the [[UNSC]], as [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] stated many pirates and rebels were operating from the system. John later returned there in [[2525]] with the other Spartan-II's aboard the [[Destroyer]] [[UNSC Pioneer|UNSC ''Pioneer'']] to board the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'' and travel to a rebel base, [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid field. In fact, the asteroid Eridanus Secundus is where John 117 had his first mission, to capture the rebel leader, Col. [[Robert Watts]]. | |||
The planet was [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] in [[2530]] during the [[Battle of Eridanus II]], and the UNSC abandoned the planet.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 240</ref> | |||
Though there is some debate as to the nature of the planet, there is nothing to actually suggest that Eridanus II was a gas giant; rather there is a separate gas giant in the system that [[Dr. Halsey]] used for a slingshot maneuver on her approach to the planet. She did mention "climate-controlled weather"<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 22</ref>, from which one might infer domed environments, although this does not necessarily suggest a world without a breathable atmosphere. | Though there is some debate as to the nature of the planet, there is nothing to actually suggest that Eridanus II was a gas giant; rather there is a separate gas giant in the system that [[Dr. Halsey]] used for a slingshot maneuver on her approach to the planet. She did mention "climate-controlled weather"<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 22</ref>, from which one might infer domed environments, although this does not necessarily suggest a world without a breathable atmosphere. | ||