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'''Zone 67''' was a highly-classified area on the planet [[Onyx]]. After the [[UNSC]] expeditions uncovered [[Forerunner]] artifacts, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] took over, creating the "Zone" for excavation and extracting of any Forerunner artifacts and technology as an advantage over the Covenant.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Pages 122-127</ref> Zone 67 was the location of an ONI base, supporting a compliment of troops and an [[Artificial Intelligence]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 175</ref> It also housed a [[Slipspace COM Launcher]], one of only three known launchers in the galaxy.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 176</ref>
'''Zone 67''' was a highly-classified area on the planet [[Onyx]]. After the [[UNSC]] expeditions uncovered "[[Forerunner|Alien]]" artifacts, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] took over, creating the "Zone" for excavation and extracting of any Forerunner artifacts and technology as an advantage over the Covenant.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Pages 122-127</ref> Zone 67 was the location of an ONI base, supporting a compliment of troops and an [[Artificial Intelligence]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 175</ref> It also housed a [[Slipspace COM Launcher]], one of only three known launchers in the galaxy.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 176</ref>


After [[Camp Currahee]] was constructed to the south in [[2531]], a team of [[Spartan-III]]s from Beta Company went missing in Zone 67 in [[2539]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 94</ref> ONI cordoned off the area, ensuring that in the future, no more Spartans (or anyone else) would go there. Zone 67's [[AI]] helped Camp Curahee through the years, though it was always a "smart" AI and so it was replaced every seven years. At first the AI was [[Eternal Spring]], who was replaced by [[Deep Winter]], who was then replaced by [[Endless Summer]].
After [[Camp Currahee]] was constructed to the south in [[2531]], a team of [[Spartan-III]]s from Beta Company went missing in Zone 67 in [[2539]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 94</ref> ONI cordoned off the area, ensuring that in the future, no more Spartans (or anyone else) would go there. Zone 67's [[AI]] helped Camp Curahee through the years, though it was always a "smart" AI and so it was replaced every seven years. At first the AI was [[Eternal Spring]], who was replaced by [[Deep Winter]], who was then replaced by [[Endless Summer]].
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
''Zone 67'' might be an indirect allusion to the modern day ''Area 51'' for its shrouded mystery, namesake, and designation number following the title.
''Zone 67'' might be an indirect allusion to the modern day ''Area 51'' for its shrouded mystery, namesake, and designation number following the title, though this is just speculation.


==Sources==
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