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'''Eridanus II''' is a [[UNSC]] colony world in the [[Eridanus System]]. It is the location of the cities of [[Luxor]] and [[Elysium City]], where [[John-117]] grew up until he was abducted and sent into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517]]. [[Emile-239]] was from Luxor, born there in 2523. The planet was mostly rural, devoid of pollution or crowding, and had climate-controlled weather.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 22</ref> | '''Eridanus II''' is a [[UNSC]] colony world in the [[Eridanus System]]. It is the location of the cities of [[Luxor]] and [[Elysium City]], where [[John-117]] grew up until he was abducted and sent into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517]]. [[Emile-239]] was from Luxor, born there in 2523. The planet was mostly rural, devoid of pollution or crowding, and had climate-controlled weather.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 22</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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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]] was where John-117 had his first mission, to capture the rebel leader, Col. [[Robert Watts]]. | 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]] was where John-117 had his first mission, to capture the rebel leader, Col. [[Robert Watts]]. | ||
The planet was [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] in [[2530]] during the [[Battle of Eridanus II]], and the UNSC abandoned the planet.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 240</ref> | The planet was [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] in [[2530]] during the [[Battle of Eridanus II]], and the UNSC abandoned the planet.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 240</ref> | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||