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'''Second Base''' was a [[human]] [[Outer Colony|Outer]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] of the [[Unified Earth Government|Unified Earth Government (UEG)]].{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Mythos]]|Page=54}} | '''Second Base''' was a [[human]] [[Outer Colony|Outer]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] of the [[Unified Earth Government|Unified Earth Government (UEG)]].{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Mythos]]|Page=54}} In [[2525]], it became one of the first human [[Human colonies|colonies]] to fall to the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=Genesis|[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Human-Covenant war=== | ===Human-Covenant war=== | ||
Along with [[Green Hills]], Second Base was one of two colonies [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] | Along with [[Green Hills]], Second Base was one of two colonies [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] almost immediately after their [[First Battle of Harvest|attack]] on [[Harvest]] at the start of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Initially, the [[United Nations Space Command|United Nations Space Command (UNSC)]] had hoped to cover up their loss by explaining it away as a communications blackout caused by [[Insurrectionist|rebels]]. Eventually, they revealed that the UNSC was now fighting a xenocidal alien hegemony, and that Second Base and Green Hills had both been destroyed with the total loss of two million [[civilian]]s between them.{{Ref/Reuse|Genesis}} | ||
In [[2530#January|January 2530]], the [[The Assembly|Assembly]] conservatively estimated that it would take somewhere between one hundred and ten years to three hundred years to [[Terraforming|re-terraform]] Second Base after the Covenant glassed the world.{{Ref/Game|Id=datapad|[[Halo: Reach]]|Detail=[[Data pads|Data pad 14]]}} | In [[2530#January|January 2530]], the [[The Assembly|Assembly]] conservatively estimated that it would take somewhere between one hundred and ten years to three hundred years to [[Terraforming|re-terraform]] Second Base after the Covenant glassed the world.{{Ref/Game|Id=datapad|[[Halo: Reach]]|Detail=[[Data pads|Data pad 14]]}} | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:H2A SecondBaseConcept.jpg|Unused concept art of Second Base for ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'''s [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|terminals]]. | File:H2A SecondBaseConcept.jpg|Unused concept art of Second Base for ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''{{'}}s [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|terminals]]. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||