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'''Pegasi Delta''' is a small world in the [[51 Pegasi System]]. The surface of the planet was made of red rocks and sand. Orange dust permeated the sky and had a faint yellow sun, [[85 Pegasi-194A ]] around which the world orbited.<ref name="GOO13"/><ref name="GOO13">[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 13</ref> It had seas that were unusually rich in [[Deuterium]] and [[Tritium]] which the [[Covenant]] used in their plasma reactors, and it was used to refuel their ships. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 15</ref> | '''Pegasi Delta''' is a small world in the [[51 Pegasi System]]. The surface of the planet was made of red rocks and sand. Orange dust permeated the sky and had a faint yellow sun, [[85 Pegasi-194A ]]around which the world orbited.<ref name="GOO13"/><ref name="GOO13">[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 13</ref> It had seas that were unusually rich in [[Deuterium]] and [[Tritium]] which the [[Covenant]] used in their plasma reactors, and it was used to refuel their ships. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 15</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The UNSC tried many times to neutralize the refinery, using nukes dropped from slipspace. However, the plutonium that lined the nukes let off an aura of [[Cherenkov radiation]] upon reentering normal space, which therefore made the nukes stealth coatings useless. The Covenant easily found and destroyed the nukes. Similarly, there were too many Covenant ships near the planets moon to send a slow, distantly launched nuke. Neither a regular invasion force or [[Helljumpers]] were worth the attempt. | The UNSC tried many times to neutralize the refinery, using nukes dropped from slipspace. However, the plutonium that lined the nukes let off an aura of [[Cherenkov radiation]] upon reentering normal space, which therefore made the nukes stealth coatings useless. The Covenant easily found and destroyed the nukes. Similarly, there were too many Covenant ships near the planets moon to send a slow, distantly launched nuke. Neither a regular invasion force or [[Helljumpers]] were worth the attempt. | ||
In [[2545]], the UNSC sent in 300 [[Spartan-III]] super-soldiers from Beta Company to destroy the refinery in [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. They successfully destroyed the refinery, crippling the Covenant supply lines, but came out with the apparent death of | In [[2545]], the UNSC sent in 300 [[Spartan-III]] super-soldiers from Beta Company to destroy the refinery in [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. They successfully destroyed the refinery, crippling the Covenant supply lines, but came out with the apparent death of 296 out of the 300 Spartans of [[Beta Company]]. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 27</ref> Because of this, [[Lucy-B091]], one of the three surviving [[SPARTAN-III|Spartans]], was so shocked from the incident that she became mute and could not (or chose not to) speak anymore. | ||
==Known locations== | ==Known locations== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*''Pegasi Delta'' is the UNSC designation for the Covenant colony. It is likely that the Covenant had their own name or designation for it, unrelated to that used by the [[UNSC]]. | *''Pegasi Delta'' is the UNSC designation for the Covenant colony. It is likely that the Covenant had their own name or designation for it, unrelated to that used by the [[UNSC]]. | ||
* | *In the novel Ghosts of Onyx it is stated that Only two of the 300 survived, but two other survivors are stated to be Kat-B320 and Spartan-312 of noble team in Halo: Reach | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Planets]] | [[Category:Planets]] | ||