Harvest Botanical Gardens: Difference between revisions

The Harvest Botanical Gardens were chosen as the meeting place between the [[human]]s and the [[Covenant]] because of its scenic grandeur and relative distance from any human population center.{{Ref/Reuse|ch238}} When the [[Jiralhanae]] representatives landed, led by [[Maccabeus]], they were led to the third level of the greenhouse where a fruit basket was waiting for the aliens on the oak table.{{Ref/Reuse|ch247}} The human representatives were [[Governor]] [[Nils Thune]], [[Rol Pederson|Attorney General Rol Pederson]], [[Ponder|Captain Ponder]], [[Jilan al-Cygni|Lieutenant Commander Jilan al-Cygni]], and Staff Sergeants [[Nolan Byrne]] and [[Avery Johnson]]. The meeting ended poorly when a overeager [[Unggoy]], [[Yull]], attacked and killed [[Osmo|a member]] of [[Harvest militia|Harvest's colonial militia]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 257''</ref> Pederson was shot and killed with a [[Type-25 Spiker]] by [[Vorenus]] after the latter had heard Osmo firing his rifle. Several militia members were wounded in the engagement and the Jiralhanae [[Licinus]] was heavily injured.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 254''</ref> With Licinus wounded, the Jiralhanae fell back and the Covenant retreated from the area.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 258''</ref> Due to the Unggoy's incompetence, [[Tartarus]] grabbed the wounded Yull, ripped off his mask, and threw him into the Mimir River's rapids that led to the waterfall.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 257''</ref> The gardens were likely destroyed when the Covenant [[glassed]] the planet.