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==History== | ==History== | ||
===The Foreruners=== | |||
Some time before the [[Foreunner-Flood War]], the [[Forerunners]] visited the world and buried an artifact in the planet's arctic region, apparently some kind of star map. | |||
===UNSC Breadbasket=== | |||
In [[2502]], [[Avery Junior Johnson]] was involved in the assassination of [[Jerald Mulkey Ander]], the head of the [[People's Occupation Government]] on Harvest as part of the [[ORION Project]]'s [[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE]]. | In [[2502]], [[Avery Junior Johnson]] was involved in the assassination of [[Jerald Mulkey Ander]], the head of the [[People's Occupation Government]] on Harvest as part of the [[ORION Project]]'s [[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE]]. | ||
Harvest was the first colony to be attacked by the Covenant and the first [[human]] world to be [[glassing|glassed]]. It was also the first place humanity ''officially'' made contact with the Covenant, after the incidents on ''[[This End Up]]'' and ''[[Minor Transgression]]''. | Harvest was the first colony to be attacked by the Covenant and the first [[human]] world to be [[glassing|glassed]]. It was also the first place humanity ''officially'' made contact with the Covenant, after the incidents on ''[[This End Up]]'' and ''[[Minor Transgression]]''. | ||
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On October 7th, [[2525]], [[Fleet Command]] assembled a battle group to investigate, due to the fact that the Harvest situation was deemed to have become serious. The battle group consisted of the destroyer ''[[Heracles]]'', commanded by Captain Veredi, as well as the frigates ''[[UNSC Arabia|Arabia]]'' and ''[[UNSC Vostok|Vostok]]''. They entered the Harvest system only to find the planet's surface almost entirely melted down to [[Glassing|glass]]. While there, the battle group encountered an unknown alien vessel. This vessel immediately fired on the inferior human vessels, and the ''Vostok'' and ''Arabia'' were lost with all hands. The ''Heracles'' managed to jump out of the system, but took several weeks to return to Reach due to damage sustained in the battle. | On October 7th, [[2525]], [[Fleet Command]] assembled a battle group to investigate, due to the fact that the Harvest situation was deemed to have become serious. The battle group consisted of the destroyer ''[[Heracles]]'', commanded by Captain Veredi, as well as the frigates ''[[UNSC Arabia|Arabia]]'' and ''[[UNSC Vostok|Vostok]]''. They entered the Harvest system only to find the planet's surface almost entirely melted down to [[Glassing|glass]]. While there, the battle group encountered an unknown alien vessel. This vessel immediately fired on the inferior human vessels, and the ''Vostok'' and ''Arabia'' were lost with all hands. The ''Heracles'' managed to jump out of the system, but took several weeks to return to Reach due to damage sustained in the battle. | ||
[[Vice Admiral Preston Cole]] fought and barely won the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] in [[2531]], six years later. This battle was the single most titanic battle ever fought by the two opposing forces before the | [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] fought and barely won the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] in [[2531]], six years later. This battle was the single most titanic battle ever fought by the two opposing forces before the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] in [[2552]], and resulted in the creation and implementation of the [[Cole Protocol]]. The [[UNSC]] was able to retake the planet but with the massive loss of 2/3 of their fleet even then they had outnumbered the covenant | ||
[[Image:Harvest_Plasma_Glassed.jpg|300px|thumb|Harvest after the [[UNSC Spirit of Fire]] arrived in the system.]] | [[Image:Harvest_Plasma_Glassed.jpg|300px|thumb|Harvest after the [[UNSC Spirit of Fire]] arrived in the system.]] | ||
Soon after Admiral Cole's victory, the [[UNSC Spirit of Fire|UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'']] arrived in the system and found the Covenant had | Soon after Admiral Cole's victory, the [[UNSC Spirit of Fire|UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'']] arrived in the system and found the Covenant had established a presence on the planet's surface, and more shockingly, had uncovered the previously unknown [[Forerunner]] relic. <ref>http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40831.html</ref> | ||
==Inconsistencies== | ==Inconsistencies== | ||