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The '''Epsilon Indi system''' was the system that the [[Human]] colony world of [[Harvest]] was in. Described as being approximately six weeks away from the nearest human colony [[Madrigal]], and a little more than two months from [[Reach]]. Not taking into account potential slipspace technology breakthroughs, this means Epsilon Indi is approximately 88 light years from Madrigal, and 117 light years from Reach.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], page 32</ref> The system was first colonized in [[2468]]. There was one habitable planet in the system. ''[[Sif]]'', an [[AI]] that operates all of Harvest's orbital elevators, often wonders why humans colonized this world. The reason is that Epsilon Indi was more than a little out of the way, but the only answer that she could come up with was Harvest. The fact that Harvest was habitable was enough to elicit a colonization effort.

It contained an amber sun in the middle and three planets, one of which, [[Harvest]], was habitable. All were in close orbit. It was briefly occupied by the [[UNSC]] around [[2525]] and was a new colony at the time. The UNSC established a population of three million citizens and an orbital platform orbiting the planet, but it was still considered to be on the frontier of explored space.  

In 2525, the [[Covenant]] sent a ship into the system. It was the Human's first contact with the Covenant and the Covenant [[glassed]] Harvest. In [[2531]], [[The Battle of Harvest]] took place in the system and the UNSC took it back from the Covenant.  

It is unclear who currently possesses the Epsilon Indi system. Planet Harvest is dead, and so neither the UNSC nor the Covenant have any real tactical value for the system, short of orbital resources that are likely easier to find than one of the most remote star systems from Earth.