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Harvest was known to the Forerunners approximately 100,000 years prior to the Human-Covenant War, and possessed at least [[Relic (Structure)|one relic]], a holographic stellar cartographer that pointed the way to another star system, [[Procyon System|Procyon]]. It is unknown whether the relic pointed to other Forerunner worlds and installations, or whether it was specifically built to guide users to a particular system. It is unknown whether Harvest held any other significance to the Forerunners. | Harvest was known to the Forerunners approximately 100,000 years prior to the Human-Covenant War, and possessed at least [[Relic (Structure)|one relic]], a holographic stellar cartographer that pointed the way to another star system, [[Procyon System|Procyon]]. It is unknown whether the relic pointed to other Forerunner worlds and installations, or whether it was specifically built to guide users to a particular system. It is unknown whether Harvest held any other significance to the Forerunners. | ||
===Human | ===Human colonization=== | ||
Harvest was founded in [[2468]] when the {{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} arrived transporting colonists, then dismantled to form the core of Utgard. The seventeenth colony world founded by the UNSC, as well as one of the furthest and most isolated, the population was still small when Sergeant [[Avery J. Johnson]] engaged in his first mission on the planet. By the time he returned in 2525, the population of Utgard alone had doubled. Many of the population of Harvest were of | Harvest was founded in [[2468]] when the {{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}} arrived transporting colonists, then dismantled to form the core of Utgard. The seventeenth colony world founded by the UNSC, as well as one of the furthest and most isolated, the population was still small when Sergeant [[Avery J. Johnson]] engaged in his first mission on the planet. By the time he returned in 2525, the population of Utgard alone had doubled. Many of the population of Harvest were of American descent, specifically the Mid-Western states of the [[United States of America]]. Most locations on Harvest were named in reference to Norse mythology, as were its AIs Sif and Loki. | ||
===UNSC | ===UNSC breadbasket=== | ||
In [[2502]], [[Avery Junior Johnson]] was involved in the assassination of [[Jerald Mulkey Ander]], the head of the [[People's Occupation Government]] on Harvest as part of the [[ORION Project]]'s [[Operation]] [[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE|KALEIDOSCOPE]]. | In [[2502]], [[Avery Junior Johnson]] was involved in the assassination of [[Jerald Mulkey Ander]], the head of the [[People's Occupation Government]] on Harvest as part of the [[ORION Project]]'s [[Operation]] [[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE|KALEIDOSCOPE]]. | ||
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===Escape from Harvest=== | ===Escape from Harvest=== | ||
[[File:Harvest Plasma Glassed.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Harvest, partially [[glassed]] by the Covenant]] | [[File:Harvest Plasma Glassed.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Harvest, partially [[glassed]] by the Covenant]] | ||
{{Main|First Battle of Harvest}} | |||
The citizens of Harvest soon found themselves in the middle of the first battle between the [[Covenant]] and [[humanity]], using their newly trained Militia to herd hundreds of thousands of civilian survivors from [[Gladsheim]], Vigrond and other locations to the [[Utgard]] [[Space Elevator]]s to escape the planet. During the first Covenant attack on Harvest about 250,000+ humans managed to escape the planet by packing into 236 freight containers which were then loaded into seven elevator depots in Utgard. Every five to [[seven]] minutes, seven pairs of freight containers were loaded into the Space Elevator. Loaded ahead of these freight containers were seven "grease buckets", maintenance containers, two which were loaded with Johnson's men and Jilan al-Cygni. The other five were decoys rigged with claymore mines which were used to soften the Brutes, Grunts and Drones which had boarded and taken control of ''[[Tiara]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', pages 351-352</ref> While the other two "grease buckets" holding Johnson and Co. stopped and they were fighting off the Covenant, the number seven strand of the Space Elevator snapped a few thousand kilometers above its anchor due to the stress caused by the load becoming unbalanced. There were 11 pairs of freight containers on the strand when it snapped, killing around 40,000 people.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page 372</ref> The remaining freight containers carrying the survivors of Harvest continued up the elevator, out into space, where they met up with [[propulsion pods]] that [[Sif]] had placed previously. Once Johnson and Co. finished fighting the Covenant on the ''Tiara'', they joined the survivors and used the propulsion pods to enter Slipspace.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page 352</ref> | The citizens of Harvest soon found themselves in the middle of the first battle between the [[Covenant]] and [[humanity]], using their newly trained Militia to herd hundreds of thousands of civilian survivors from [[Gladsheim]], Vigrond and other locations to the [[Utgard]] [[Space Elevator]]s to escape the planet. During the first Covenant attack on Harvest about 250,000+ humans managed to escape the planet by packing into 236 freight containers which were then loaded into seven elevator depots in Utgard. Every five to [[seven]] minutes, seven pairs of freight containers were loaded into the Space Elevator. Loaded ahead of these freight containers were seven "grease buckets", maintenance containers, two which were loaded with Johnson's men and Jilan al-Cygni. The other five were decoys rigged with claymore mines which were used to soften the Brutes, Grunts and Drones which had boarded and taken control of ''[[Tiara]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', pages 351-352</ref> While the other two "grease buckets" holding Johnson and Co. stopped and they were fighting off the Covenant, the number seven strand of the Space Elevator snapped a few thousand kilometers above its anchor due to the stress caused by the load becoming unbalanced. There were 11 pairs of freight containers on the strand when it snapped, killing around 40,000 people.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page 372</ref> The remaining freight containers carrying the survivors of Harvest continued up the elevator, out into space, where they met up with [[propulsion pods]] that [[Sif]] had placed previously. Once Johnson and Co. finished fighting the Covenant on the ''Tiara'', they joined the survivors and used the propulsion pods to enter Slipspace.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page 352</ref> | ||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery>File:Harvest_Space_Elevators.jpg|Six of the [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|seven]] [[space elevator|space elevators]] linking the planet Harvest to the [[Tiara]] space station. | <gallery> | ||
File:Harvest_Space_Elevators.jpg|Six of the [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|seven]] [[space elevator|space elevators]] linking the planet Harvest to the [[Tiara]] space station. | |||
File:Outcome of Second Battle of Harvest.png|Cole's victory in the Second Battle of Harvest. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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[[Category:UNSC Colonies]] | [[Category:UNSC Colonies]] | ||
[[Category:Planets]] | [[Category:Planets]] | ||
[[Category:Harvest locations | [[Category:Harvest locations]] | ||