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[[File:HR Screenshot Epilogue-After.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The recovered landscape of [[Reach]] in [[2589]], reterraformed after its [[glassing]] in [[2552]].]] | [[File:HR Screenshot Epilogue-After.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The recovered landscape of [[Reach]] in [[2589]], reterraformed after its [[glassing]] in [[2552]].]] | ||
[[Human]]ity uses terraforming processes to convert potential [[Human colonies|colonies]] into environments suitable for habitation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'''</ref> Modern humans first began to utilize terraforming technology during the colonization of the [[Sol system]] in the 22nd century, transforming many of the system's formerly inhospitable worlds into environments suited for human life.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 42'' (2011)</ref> The [[colony ship]] ''[[Odyssey]]'' was the first ship to carry terraforming gear out of Sol in [[2362]].<ref>''Xbox.com'': The Halo Timeline (defunct, [[Archive:Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline|Archived]])</ref> | [[Human]]ity uses terraforming processes to convert potential [[Human colonies|colonies]] into environments suitable for habitation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'''</ref> Modern humans first began to utilize terraforming technology during the colonization of the [[Sol system]] in the 22nd century, transforming many of the system's formerly inhospitable worlds into environments suited for human life.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]''', ''page 42'' (2011)</ref> The [[colony ship]] ''[[Odyssey]]'' was the first ship to carry terraforming gear out of Sol in [[2362]].<ref>''Xbox.com'': The Halo Timeline (defunct, [[Archive:Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline|Archived]])</ref> | ||
The UNSC uses devices known as atmospheric processors to push a planet's atmosphere towards a more tolerable composition, but human terraforming technology has its limits. Many planets are so inhospitable that they cannot be terraformed, which often results in the UNSC seeking already habitable planets. Understandably, these are extremely few and far between, which results in some colonies being extremely remote.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 32''</ref> The UNSC has used several methods to terraform worlds, such as bombarding a planet with [[asteroid]]s to lay a new mantle and crust over the planet's natural one. This process is known to trap [[Helium|helium-3]] into the second, artificial mantle. The colony world [[Verge]] was known to have required this type of terraforming.<ref name="BluntInstruments">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Blunt Instruments]]", ''page 194''</ref> Similarly, some terraforming involves bombarding the planet with large ice chunks to establish a presence of water on the planetary surface and in the atmosphere. Such a process was used in terraforming the colony of [[Biko]], with a large quarry established on the ice moon of [[Seoba]] to mine the ice needed for the operation, before launching it into Biko's gravity well via the use of a [[mass driver]].<ref name="SilentStormBiko">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 8</ref> | The UNSC uses devices known as atmospheric processors to push a planet's atmosphere towards a more tolerable composition, but human terraforming technology has its limits. Many planets are so inhospitable that they cannot be terraformed, which often results in the UNSC seeking already habitable planets. Understandably, these are extremely few and far between, which results in some colonies being extremely remote.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 32''</ref> The UNSC has used several methods to terraform worlds, such as bombarding a planet with [[asteroid]]s to lay a new mantle and crust over the planet's natural one. This process is known to trap [[Helium|helium-3]] into the second, artificial mantle. The colony world [[Verge]] was known to have required this type of terraforming.<ref name="BluntInstruments">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Blunt Instruments]]", ''page 194''</ref> Similarly, some terraforming involves bombarding the planet with large ice chunks to establish a presence of water on the planetary surface and in the atmosphere. Such a process was used in terraforming the colony of [[Biko]], with a large quarry established on the ice moon of [[Seoba]] to mine the ice needed for the operation, before launching it into Biko's gravity well via the use of a [[mass driver]].<ref name="SilentStormBiko">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 8</ref> | ||