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[[Image:Earth.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Earth from the ''[[Halo 2 Cinematic Trailer]]''.]] | |||
[[Image:Earthshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[UNSCDF]] [[Orbital Defense Platform]]s in geosynchronous orbit around Earth.]] | |||
[[Image:HumanEarth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Earth, with a human Marine in the foreground.]] | |||
[[Image:Cycle response.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pangaea, the supercontinent 250 million years ago that was the amalgamation of all current present-day continents.]] | |||
[[Image:H3_CradleOfLife_Machines.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Forerunners construct "machines" in ''[[Halo 3: The Cradle of Life]]''.]] | |||
[[Image:H3_TheArk_Opening.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Forerunner portal to the [[Ark]], built to protect humanity, opens in [[2552]] during the [[Second Battle of Earth]].]] | |||
[[Image:UNSC Home Fleet.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The [[UNSC Home Fleet]]s orbital defenses in orbit around Earth.]] | |||
[[Image:H2_UNSCDF_Earth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The UNSCDF streams towards the Covenant attack fleet during the [[First Battle of Earth]].]] | |||
[[Image:Halo hogfight.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[SPARTAN-117]] leads the UNSC thrust from [[Old Mombasa]] towards the Covenant [[Scarab]] ravaging [[New Mombasa]].]] | |||
{{quote|Fight for her|UNSC poster displaying Earth}} | |||
'''Earth''' is the third planet in the [[Sol System]] and is the home planet of the [[human]] race, as well as many other various life forms. It is the capital planet of the [[United Nations]], [[Unified Earth Government]], and the [[UNSC]] and [[Colonial Administration Authority]] have a strong presence on Earth as well. Earth was possibly the most populate planet of the human space territories.{{Verify_source}} | |||
== Introduction == | |||
Earth consists of six geological continents (traditionally there are 7), which offer a myriad of different meteorological and geological climates, which are home to a significant diverse population of animals, plants, and other organisms, all of which are believed to be carbon-based lifeforms. It was formed about 4.6 billion years ago. | |||
Earth holds significant oceans and bodies of fresh and salt water, and also a mostly nitrogen atmosphere, although it contains oxygen to facilitate aerobic respiration. | |||
== History == | |||
The Earth gave rise to single-celled organisms about 3.5 billion years ago. About 200,000 years ago, a certain species of exceptional speech and toolmaking adeptness arose: ''Homo Sapiens'', otherwise known as the Human race. Indigenous to Eastern Africa, they gradually spread across the entire planet. The enigmatic race known as the [[Forerunners]] are believed to have came to Earth 100,000 years ago, making significant contributions to the human race, and are believed to have made a "Conservation Measure"<ref>http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/118020/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=12360308</ref> to conserve the human race from the threat of the [[Flood]], and have built a [[portal]] to the [[Ark]] in Africa, where the Forerunner intelligence of [[AdjutantReflex]] resides<ref>http://206.16.223.61/X84xE2/flash/web/index.html</ref>. The Forerunners were also seen constructing "machines" in [[Africa]]<ref>''[[Halo 3: The Cradle of Life]]''</ref>. | |||
Eventually, humans, originally consisting of groups of hunter-gatherers, began to develop [[wikipedia:civilization|civilizations]]. These civilizations gradually became more and more complex, with some becoming nation-states and empires. After thousands of years of wars against one another a governing body of sorts was formed with the UN in 1945. In 1957 Humanity finally made their way into space with unmanned probes and by 1961 Humans themselves had gone into space. In 1969 Humanity had finally stepped on an extraterrestrial surface--Earth's Moon. After World War II, Humanity would lack war on that scale, although smaller wars and conflicts erupted, including the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Cold War. In the early 21st century terrorism became a potential thorn in the side for the nations on Earth and small wars broke out along with civil unrest in many countries. However, no full scale wars erupted. | |||
After years of overcrowding on Earth and the other planets in the Sol System, dissident factions emerged. The Neo-[[Communism|Communist]] [[Koslovics]] and [[Fascism|Fascistic]] [[Frieden]], the two major movements, began to battle one another and the [[United Nations]]. In March-June [[2160]], Jovian secessionists attacked [[UN Colonial Advisors|United Nations Colonial advisers]] on the moon [[Io]], which led to three months of fighting between the Earth military and Jovian "Frieden" forces. [[National Governments]] began to support their own colonies which began in a proxy wars off planet, leading to tension and militarization on Earth. In [[2162]] armed conflict ripped through [[South America]], starting the [[Rain Forest Wars]], as [[Koslovic]], [[Frieden]], and [[UN]] forces all clashed over ideological differences, sparking additional conflicts off-planet. In December of [[2163]], the three factions clashed, this time on [[Mars]]. This was the first extraterrestrial use of [[Marines]], who launched lightning raids on [[Koslovics]] positions, permentally affecting military doctrine for centuries. In [[2164]] UN forces began a massive military build-up and began the first true interplanetary war. The [[UNSC]] was bolstered by a massive propaganda campaign running on the victories on Mars and over the next six years took back the [[Sol System]] and drove the dissident factions to destruction. Now with a massive military with no enemy to fight, overpopulation, famine, and a collapsing economy, the unified Earth faced trouble. | |||
It wasn't until [[2291]] that this problem was solved when researchers created the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive]] and gained access to [[Slipspace]]. In [[2310]] the UNSC unveiled their first line of colony ships and the best and brightest from both civilian walks of life and the military go out to form the Inner Colonies. This eased the overpopulation problem upon Earth, which became the capital of the [[Colonial Administration Authority]], while the inner colony of [[Reach]] became the headquarters of the [[UNSC]]. | |||
It remained peaceful until insurrections began to open up in the outer colonies, flaring up a number of conflicts, promoting the creation of the [[SPARTAN-II]]s. However, all this was canceled by their first meeting with the alien alliance known as the [[Covenant]]. After first contact at [[Harvest]] in [[2525]] the Covenant systematically beat humans back to Earth in just over 25 years, with their last victory upon Earth's doorstep, Reach, on September 4th, [[2552]]. On October 20th the Covenant launched their first attack upon Earth, resulting in a final stand between UNSC forces and the Covenant.<ref>http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm</ref><ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo 2]]''</ref> | |||
=== Pre-First Battle of Earth === | |||
Prior to the first attempt to invade Earth there had been a suppressed influx of information by [[ONI]], resulting in people going about their normal lives even up until the attack. The forces stationed at Earth were heavy, with the [[Second Fleet]], [[Seventh Fleet]], the [[Sixteenth Fleet]] and the 6th Battle Group along with large amounts of Marines and [[ODST]]s present, four SPARTAN-IIs, [[Admiral Hood]] and Earth's most prominent means of defense, three hundred [[Orbital Defense Platforms]], each sporting a Mk. V "Super" [[MAC]]. Also, there were numerous human colonies on various moons, a large naval shipyard and factories at Mars, and a listening post at [[Io]]. | |||
=== [[First Battle of Earth]] === | |||
{{Main|First Battle of Earth}} | |||
On October 20th, 2552, the first Covenant forces entered the Sol system. An expeditionary force of 13 [[CCS-class Battlecruiser ]]s and 2 [[Assault Carriers]] appeared in system, first detected around Io, the third largest moon of Jupiter. After the existence of the Covenant presence was confirmed by probes the [[UNSCDF]] forces went to full alert. The option was taken to wait for the Covenant forces to come to them rather than let [[Fleet Admiral Harper]] launch a counter attack. The Covenant began to work on punching a hole through the orbital defenses by taking out the stations in the battle cluster above the Mediterranean via bombs planted by boarding parties. Both [[Athens Station|Athens]] and [[Malta Station]]s were destroyed. [[Cairo Station]] was saved thanks to the efforts of [[John-117]], who was on board for an awards ceremony at the time. After the Covenant fleet attempted to rush the newly formed gap the UNSC fleet annihilated them, destroying all the Battle cruisers but failing to destroy the Assault Carriers, though one Carrier was destroyed during its descent to Earth by John-117. The other Carrier, commanded by the [[Prophet of Regret]], assaulted the city of [[Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]]. | |||
On the ground members of [["A" Company]] of the [[405th]] from [[Diego Garcia]] launched the first counterattack and defense of the city and took severe casualties, but held their ground. More reinforcements were brought in from the UNSC [[Frigate]] [[In Amber Clad]], which included Marines, members of the [[7th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Battalion]] and the Master Chief, along with [[Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson]]. They successfully pushed the Covenant back from [[Old Mombasa]] then destroyed hostile forces in New Mombasa, finally hunting down and destroying a [[Scarab]] walker. After its destruction a general retreat was called by Regret who began to instigate a slip space jump inside the city. The In Amber Clad followed as Mombasa was devastated by the slip space jump. At the end all covent ships exept for the [[Regret|Regret's]] flagship were destroyed. | |||
=== [[Second Battle of Earth]] === | |||
[[Image:H3 E3 Tsavo Highway Road.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The UNSC resistance movement battles to retake [[Tsavo Highway (Location)|Tsavo Highway]] from the [[Covenant Loyalists]].]] | |||
[[Image:H3 E3 2007 Scarab Down.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[SPARTAN-117]] and [[Hornet]] fliers surround a recently grounded [[Covenant Loyalist]] [[Scarab]].]] | |||
{{Main|Second Battle of Earth}} | |||
After Regret's disastrous attack and subsequent retreat, the Covenant forces returned in full strength, bringing their full armada to bear down upon Earth. More and more gaps formed in Earth's orbital defense grid with Covenant forces attacking Mount Erebus, the sea floor of the Yucatan peninsula and the Centennial Orbital Elevator in Havana, Cuba. These attacks were pushed back thanks to the actions of the three SPARTANs on Earth who remained on active duty. However, the Covenant forces focused their attacks on Kenya, securing massive areas throughout the country and devastating the remaining Marines. | |||
The tide began to turn as the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] that recently escaped from [[High Charity]] arrived, carrying with it the Master Chief, back from the [[Battle of Installation 05]]. In the events of [[Halo: Uprising]] he gets off at [[Io Station]] and returns to Earth. Upon the surface he reunites with Marine forces and then meets [[The Arbiter (character)|The Arbiter]] and after a initial misunderstanding they unite and begin to fight across the wastelands of Kenya. After fighting through the jungles he reached a UNSC base under attack. After an initial defense he, along with Marine forces, moved down the [[Tsavo Highway]] to the position where Covenant vessels were excavating the surface of the Earth to reveal [[The Portal]], an ancient [[Forerunner]] artifact buried underground for a hundred millennium. After that, they attacked the Covenant held town of [[Voi]], neutralizing the heavy garrison and a Scarab walker, then proceeded to disable the anti-air emplacements there, allowing UNSC forces including the former Commander of the [[In Amber Clad]], [[Miranda Keyes]], to slip past to the Ark Gateway site. After winning the [[Second Battle of Earth]]<ref>[[Museum]], [[Believe]]</ref>, UNSC forces were able to eliminate the remainder of the Covenant at the Ark along with the flood, winning the war in March of 2553, but at a horrible cost as the majority of the human colonies were destroyed in the Covenant onslaught. | |||
== Earth locations== | |||
[[Image:2ndsunriseovernewmombasa6uk.png|thumb|right|200px|[[New Mombasa]], with the [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator]] at its city center.]] | |||
[[Image:Earth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Covenant [[Assault Carrier]] transitioning to [[Slipspace]] over New Mombasa, causing a slipspace rupture that destroyed the city.]] | |||
[[Image:Zanzibarfull.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Wind Power Station 7]] on [[Zanzibar Island]], [[Tanzania]].]] | |||
[[Image:FoundationH2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System]] testing grounds in Industrial Zone 08 of [[Chicago]], United States of America.]] | |||
[[Image:Macstationcairolarge1ki.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Orbital Defense Platform]] ''[[Cairo Station]]'' in geosynchronous orbit over Earth.]] | |||
=== Planetside === | |||
==== Africa ==== | |||
*[[Diego Garcia]] - Island in the Indian Ocean and a major UNSC base. | |||
*[[Arab Republic of Egypt]] | |||
**[[Cairo (City)|Cairo]] | |||
*[[Republic of Kenya]] | |||
**[[Mombasa]] - Major African city that was the first landing site of Covenant forces on Earth, destroyed in ensuing attack and retreat during the First Battle of Earth. | |||
***[[New Mombasa|New Mombasa]] | |||
****[[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator]] | |||
***[[Old Mombasa]] | |||
****''[[Turf (Level)|Turf]]'' - The "backstreets"<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Turf (Level)|Turf]]''</ref> of Old Mombasa, and the location of a downed [[Scarab]] destroyed by [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marine]]s | |||
***[[Tombstone (Level)|UNSC Munitions Testing Facility]] - A decommissioned, hazardous facility turned into an industrial wasteland on the outskirts of Mombasa<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12358</ref> | |||
**[[Voi]] - A town further inland from Mombasa and a source of major battles during the [[Second Battle of Earth]] | |||
***[[Voi Municipal Water Pumphouse]] | |||
***[[Traxus Factory Complex 09]] | |||
**[[Tsavo Highway (Location)|Tsavo Highway]] - An overpass highway bridging Voi, Mombasa, Arusha, and other cities together. | |||
**[[Outpost C9]] | |||
**[[Crow's Nest (Base)|UNSC Underground Facility "Crow's Nest"]] | |||
*[[United Republic of Tanzania]] | |||
**[[Zanzibar Island]] - Location of [[Wind Power Station 7]] | |||
***[[Wind Power Station 7]] - Decomissioned windwheel<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Zanzibar (Level)]]''</ref>, which was reacquisitoned by the UNSC as [[SPARTAN]] training grounds<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Last Resort (Level)|Last Resort]]''</ref> | |||
==== Oceania ==== | |||
*[[Commonwealth of Australia]] | |||
**[[Sydney]] | |||
***[[HighCom Facility Bravo-6]] - Home of [[HIGHCOM]] and HQ of the UNSC. | |||
***[[Sydney Synthetic Intellect Institute]] - [[Artificial Intelligence|A.I.]] research institute. | |||
**[[Western Australia]] | |||
***[[Perth]] | |||
****[[Swanbourne]] | |||
*****[[ONI Ordnance Testing Facility B5D]] | |||
==== Asia ==== | |||
*[[Korea]] | |||
**[[Kyonggi Province]] | |||
***[[Songnam]] | |||
****[[Special Warfare Center]] - Testing and training area, famous for testing the [[MJOLNIR|MJOLNIR MK VI]] and the [[CQB Armor|C]] and [[EVA Armor|V]] variants | |||
*[[Pakistan]] | |||
*[[China]] | |||
*[[Japan]] | |||
==== North America ==== | |||
*[[Canada]] | |||
*[[United States of America]] | |||
**[[Massachusetts]] | |||
***[[Boston]] | |||
****[[Chawla Base]] - An [[ONI]] base that housed the artifact from [[I Love Bees]] | |||
**[[Ohio]] | |||
***[[Cleveland]] - Site of the [[Battle of Cleveland]]; underneath the city is the [[Key of Osanalan]]. | |||
**[[Illinois]] | |||
***[[Chicago]] | |||
****[[Industrial Zone 08]] | |||
*****[[Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System]] - Site of the [[Halo 2]] map [[Foundation]] | |||
**[[New York]] | |||
***[[New York City]] - The Morelli family from I Love Bees all live or were born here. | |||
**[[Commonwealth of Kentucky]] - [[Rani Sobeck]] from I Love Bees lives here or was born here. | |||
**[[Oregon]] - A construction company in the [[United States]] is located here. | |||
***[[Salem]] - The capital of Oregon and location of the construction company. | |||
*[[Mexico]] | |||
**[[Mexico City]] | |||
***[[Base Segundo Terra]] - Mexico City, Mexico. Used as the staging area | |||
*[[Republic of Cuba]] | |||
**[[Havana]] | |||
***[[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] - A 200 year old antiquated Space Elevator that was destroyed during the Second Battle of Earth. | |||
==== Europe ==== | |||
*[[United Kingdom]] | |||
**[[Great Britain]] | |||
***[[London]] | |||
***[[Bristol]] | |||
***[[Leeds]] | |||
***[[Reading]] | |||
***[[Cheshire]] | |||
***[[Birmingham]] | |||
***[[Portsmouth]] | |||
***[[Islington]] | |||
**[[Scotland]] | |||
***[[Edinburgh]] | |||
*[[Federal Republic of Germany]] | |||
**[[Essen]] | |||
***[[Beweglichrüstungsysteme|Beweglichrüstungsysteme Testing Facility]] - Testing site of the C Variant MJOLNIR MK. VI | |||
==== Antarctica ==== | |||
*[[Ross Island]] | |||
**[[Mount Erebus]] - Site of a Covenant attack during the Second Battle of Earth. | |||
=== Orbital === | |||
*''[[Athens Station]]'' - A [[Orbital Defense Platform|ODP]] defending Earth, destroyed by boarders in the First Battle of Earth. | |||
*''[[Cairo Station]]'' - A [[Orbital Defense Platform|ODP]] defending Earth. It was the command center of Earth's defense by [[Admiral Hood]]. | |||
*''[[Malta Station]]'' - A [[Orbital Defense Platform|ODP]] defending Earth, destroyed by boarders in the First Battle of Earth. | |||
*''[[Nassau Station]]'' - A [[Orbital Defense Platform|ODP]] trapped in the 21st century by a slipspace "bubble" (non-canonical). | |||
*[[Station Wayward Rest]] - Termination point of the COE. Destroyed during the Second Battle of Earth. | |||
=== [[Luna]] === | |||
*[[Luna OCS Academy]] - The Moon-based training academy for UNSC Naval officers. | |||
==Sources== | |||
<references/> | |||
[[Category:UNSC]] | |||
[[Category:Planets]] | |||