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==History== | ==History== | ||
London has a long history going back thousands of years. It has experienced plague, a devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment, and [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attacks. At some point prior to [[2170]], the [[Houses of Parliament|Palace of Westminster]] was badly damaged in an act of domestic terrorism.<ref name="ST"/> The [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] ceased to exist<ref name="ST"/> as a governing entity shortly thereafter (though the term still continued to be used for areas of its former governance)<ref name="exhibit">'''[[Xbox.com]]''' - ''Jake Courage Exhibition'' (defunct)</ref> as all the nations on Earth were incorporated into the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Pieces of the [[Houses of Parliament]], as the palace was also known, were gathered and some were restored.<ref name="ST"/> The symbolic action of such a restoration was vital to the creation of the UEG, and was also seen by some as a cynical attempt to play on the twin vices of nostalgia and patriotism. In the late twenty-fifth century, restored pieces of the original building were fashioned used to create a cavernous space where trials were held. In January of [[2558]], a trial for the [[smart AI]] known as [[Iona]] was held in a simulated environment modeled after this space.<ref name="ST">''[[Halo: Saint's Testimony]]''</ref> | London has a long history going back thousands of years. It has experienced plague, a devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment, and [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attacks. At some point prior to [[2170]], the [[Houses of Parliament|Palace of Westminster]] was badly damaged in an act of domestic terrorism.<ref name="ST"/> The [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] ceased to exist<ref name="ST"/> as a governing entity shortly thereafter (though the term still continued to be used for areas of its former governance)<ref name="exhibit">'''[[Xbox.com]]''' - ''Jake Courage Exhibition'' (defunct)</ref> as all the nations on Earth were incorporated into the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Pieces of the [[Houses of Parliament]], as the palace was also known, were gathered and some were restored.<ref name="ST"/> The symbolic action of such a restoration was vital to the creation of the UEG, and was also seen by some as a cynical attempt to play on the twin vices of nostalgia and patriotism. In the late twenty-fifth century, restored pieces of the original building were fashioned used to create a cavernous space where trials were held. In January of [[2558]], a trial for the [[smart AI]] known as [[Iona]] was held in a simulated environment modeled after this space.<ref name="ST">'''[[Halo: Saint's Testimony]]''', ''pages 7-8'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
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