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|sector=[[FLEETCOM Sector Three]] | |sector=[[FLEETCOM Sector Three]]<ref name="HETILATPDOPJCS7">''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", Section Seven: The Covenant War: The Battle of Psi Serpentis (2543 CE)</ref> | ||
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|affiliation=*[[Unified Earth Government]] | |affiliation=*[[Unified Earth Government]]<ref name="HTCPC70">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', Chapter 70</ref> | ||
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'''18 Scorpii''' is a planetary system identified as a region in [[FLEETCOM Sector Three]], where the [[human]] colony world [[Falaknuma]] is located.<ref | '''18 Scorpii''' is a planetary system identified as a region in [[FLEETCOM Sector Three]],<ref name="HETILATPDOPJCS7"/> where the [[human]] colony world [[Falaknuma]] is located.<ref name="HTCPC70"/> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Planetary system=== | ===Planetary system=== | ||
*[[Falaknuma]]: Human colony world. | *[[Falaknuma]]: Human colony world.<ref name="HTCPC70"/> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
=== | ===Colonization=== | ||
[[ | At some point prior to [[2535]], the [[Unified Earth Government]] settled on the planet of [[Falaknuma]] in the system.<ref name="HTCPC70"/> | ||
It was also the site of a [[Battle of 18 Scorpii|minor engagement]] between UNSC and Covenant forces in [[2543]], in which UNSC forces were saved by a surprise force of independent/[[Insurrectionist]] ships.<ref | ===Exodus Project scare=== | ||
By [[2535]] [[Exodus Project|a large asteroid]] led by the {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} loaded with over a million refugees from behind Covenant lines was approaching near the system worrying the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Ready or Not}} that it may have been Covenant. It was not till the asteroid arrived that the crew stopped worrying and began a rescue effort.<ref name="HTCPC70"/> | |||
===Battle of 18 Scorpii=== | |||
It was also the site of a [[Battle of 18 Scorpii|minor engagement]] between UNSC and Covenant forces in [[2543]], in which UNSC forces were saved by a surprise force of independent/[[Insurrectionist]] ships.<ref name="HETILATPDOPJCS7"/> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== |