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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The symbol for hand-loaded match-grade 14.5 x 114mm ammunition from Misriah is a winged hourglass | *The symbol for hand-loaded match-grade 14.5 x 114mm ammunition from Misriah is a winged hourglass head stamp flanked by double "X"s. | ||
*Misriah shares its name with an organization in the [[Marathon]] Universe. | *Misriah shares its name with an organization in the [[Marathon]] Universe. | ||
{{BigQuote|On January 6, 2345 (Earth A.D.), at the United [[Earth]] Government Misriah food distribution center, what had begun as a commonplace food riot turned into a massacre. The [[UEG]] riot troopers who arrived at the scene had been informed that the rioters were armed. As the UEG troopers approached the scene in their Randal | {{BigQuote|On January 6, 2345 (Earth A.D.), at the United [[Earth]] Government Misriah food distribution center, what had begun as a commonplace food riot turned into a massacre. The [[UEG]] riot troopers who arrived at the scene had been informed that the rioters were armed. As the UEG troopers approached the scene in their Randal Hover tank, plasma fire began spraying upwards. In a flash decision, the commander of the Hover tank ordered his crew to open fire upon the crowd. It took only five seconds for over five hundred starving Martians to be incinerated. -- [http://marathon.bungie.org/Story/uescuesg.html The Rose (Terminal 2)] | ||
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