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'''Sigma Octanus IV''', located in the Sigma Octanus star system, is an out-of-the-way colony planet with one moon and a population of nearly seventeen million citizens before [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. It features a warm, humid atmosphere that is perfect for growing warm weather crops, like rice. The planet has many rice fields. Much of the planet is a dense jungle and it appears that a meteor containing [[Forerunner]] | '''Sigma Octanus IV''', located in the Sigma Octanus star system, is an out-of-the-way colony planet with one moon and a population of nearly seventeen million citizens before [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. It features a warm, humid atmosphere that is perfect for growing warm weather crops, like rice. The planet has many rice fields. Much of the planet is a dense jungle and it appears that a meteor containing [[Forerunner]] artefacts crashed on the planet before Humanity's arrival. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
On July of [[2552]], the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] began with the invasion of the crusading alien faction, the Covenant. One of the planet's major population | On July of [[2552]], the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] began with the invasion of the crusading alien faction, the Covenant. One of the planet's major population centres, [[Côte d'Azur]], was attacked by [[Covenant]] ground forces and the [[Spartan]]s were deployed to find out why the Covenant were so interested in the city. The museum of the city held a Forerunner artefact that the Covenant wanted and the Spartans were able to retrieve this artefact, more specifically a rock sample with rubies in it, and level Côte d´ Azur and the Covenant presence within with a [[HAVOK Nuclear Warhead]]. Later on, it is revealed that the Forerunner artefact contained directions to [[Installation 04]]. This is the first place Engineers and Hunters were seen in combat. | ||
It is the only known [[human]]-controlled world, with the exception of [[Earth]], that has survived a Covenant assault. The assault on Sigma Octanus was a distraction to remove the Forerunner | It is the only known [[human]]-controlled world, with the exception of [[Earth]], that has survived a Covenant assault. The assault on Sigma Octanus was a distraction to remove the Forerunner artefact, and is most likely why Sigma Octanus IV survived. | ||
== Locations on Sigma Octanus IV == | == Locations on Sigma Octanus IV == | ||
*[[Côte d'Azur]] | *[[Côte d'Azur]] | ||
*[[Sigma Octanus IV Grid 19 x 37]] | *[[Sigma Octanus IV Grid 19 x 37]] | ||
