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The destruction of a Human controlled world varies upon many different factors, from the world itself and its defenses, to the requirements of the Covenant fleet and its leader be it a [[Fleet Master]] or Prophet.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''' ''Chapter 19, page 148''</ref> Undeveloped human colonies, ones that are atmospheric contained habitats or stations, are typically destroyed while the rest of the world is left unharmed - however, planets that have been terraformed may be destroyed by many different methods.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]''' '''[[The Return]]''' ''page 494''</ref>

It has been noted that areas of interest to the Covenant are left intact for reasons of study or retrieval; however, this is not common, as only three planets have been partially glassed and only when a Forerunner Artifact was discovered.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''Chapter 13, page 122''</ref> After the Covenant glasses a planet, a shard of glass is removed and placed in the ''[[Step of Silence]]'' within ''[[High Charity (Structure)|High Charity]]'', where it hangs with ~~dozens of~~ other shards from worlds glassed by the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', Epilogue, ''page 338''</ref>

It has been noted that areas of interest to the Covenant are left intact for reasons of study or retrieval; however, this is not common, as only three planets have been partially glassed and only when a Forerunner Artifact was discovered.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''Chapter 13, page 122''</ref> After the Covenant glasses a planet, a shard of glass is removed and placed in the ''[[Step of Silence]]'' within ''[[High Charity (Structure)|High Charity]]'', where it hangs with countless other shards from worlds glassed by the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', Epilogue, ''page 338''</ref>

The [[Battle of Earth]] culminated in the glassing of the city of [[Voi]] in [[Africa]] by [[Covenant Separatists]], in an effort to contain a [[Flood]] infestation which had come to [[Earth]] only hours earlier.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''{{Levelname|Floodgate}}''</ref> Lord Hood accuses the Sangheili lead fleet of glassing half of the continent, but given his distaste for his former enemies, he might have exaggerated about the actual extent of the glassing.

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 The destruction of a Human controlled world varies upon many different factors, from the world itself and its defenses, to the requirements of the Covenant fleet and its leader be it a [[Fleet Master]] or Prophet.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''' ''Chapter 19, page 148''</ref> Undeveloped human colonies, ones that are atmospheric contained habitats or stations, are typically destroyed while the rest of the world is left unharmed - however, planets that have been terraformed may be destroyed by many different methods.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]''' '''[[The Return]]''' ''page 494''</ref>
-It has been noted that areas of interest to the Covenant are left intact for reasons of study or retrieval; however, this is not common, as only three planets have been partially glassed and only when a Forerunner Artifact was discovered.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''Chapter 13, page 122''</ref> After the Covenant glasses a planet, a shard of glass is removed and placed in the ''[[Step of Silence]]'' within ''[[High Charity (Structure)|High Charity]]'', where it hangs with dozens of other shards from worlds glassed by the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', Epilogue, ''page 338''</ref>
+It has been noted that areas of interest to the Covenant are left intact for reasons of study or retrieval; however, this is not common, as only three planets have been partially glassed and only when a Forerunner Artifact was discovered.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''Chapter 13, page 122''</ref> After the Covenant glasses a planet, a shard of glass is removed and placed in the ''[[Step of Silence]]'' within ''[[High Charity (Structure)|High Charity]]'', where it hangs with countless other shards from worlds glassed by the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', Epilogue, ''page 338''</ref>
 The [[Battle of Earth]] culminated in the glassing of the city of [[Voi]] in [[Africa]] by [[Covenant Separatists]], in an effort to contain a [[Flood]] infestation which had come to [[Earth]] only hours earlier.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''{{Levelname|Floodgate}}''</ref> Lord Hood accuses the Sangheili lead fleet of glassing half of the continent, but given his distaste for his former enemies, he might have exaggerated about the actual extent of the glassing.