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{{Quote|Time on Mars tends to give a man... perspective.|[[Edward Buck]], referring to [[Taylor H. Miles]].<ref>[[Halo 3: ODST ViDoc: Desperate Measures|''Halo 3: ODST'', ViDoc, Desperate Measures]]</ref>}} | {{Quote|Time on Mars tends to give a man... perspective.|[[Edward Buck]], referring to [[Taylor H. Miles]].<ref>[[Halo 3: ODST ViDoc: Desperate Measures|''Halo 3: ODST'', ViDoc, Desperate Measures]]</ref>}} | ||
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On January 18, [[2524]], a telescope located on or orbiting Mars spotted an anomalous, evidently artificial object while observing the stellar cluster [[Wikipedia:NGC 2244|NGC 2244]]; while unknown to humans at the time, this was actually the Covenant planetoid station ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', "A new threat?" image</ref> | On January 18, [[2524]], a telescope located on or orbiting Mars spotted an anomalous, evidently artificial object while observing the stellar cluster [[Wikipedia:NGC 2244|NGC 2244]]; while unknown to humans at the time, this was actually the Covenant planetoid station ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', "A new threat?" image</ref>{{Ref/Note|NGC 2244 is 5200 light-years away from Sol, meaning that the light from the cluster would have taken 5200 years to reach the telescope. ''High Charity'' was commissioned in [[648 BCE]], which implies that the holy city must have been significantly closer to Sol than NGC 2244, which the telescope was observing. This is also apparent by ''High Charity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s silhouette being recognizable from the image, as it would otherwise be impossible to discern on the scale involved.}} | ||
On [[2526|April 2, 2526]], UNSC forces working with [[ONI]] agents prevented an attack on [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]]. Two [[Insurrectionist]]s, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]], were disguised as Army specialists and were stealing [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system|nuclear weapons]] for a possible attack.<ref>''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'', Part 1</ref> | On [[2526|April 2, 2526]], UNSC forces working with [[ONI]] agents prevented an attack on [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]]. Two [[Insurrectionist]]s, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]], were disguised as Army specialists and were stealing [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system|nuclear weapons]] for a possible attack.<ref>''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'', Part 1</ref> | ||