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[[File:Onyx.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Onyx]] and XF-063 IV-1.]] | [[File:Onyx.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Onyx]] and XF-063 IV-1.]] | ||
'''XF-063 IV-1''' was the [[UNSC]] designation for the only [[ | '''XF-063 IV-1''' was the [[UNSC]] designation for the only [[natural satellite]] of the artificial planet [[Onyx]], the fourth planet in the [[Zeta Doradus system]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-one/230711 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Office of Naval Intelligence//Section 3 - Data Drop One'']</ref> The moon was silvery in color and its surface was largely composed of ice. The cratered moon was home to numerous canyons of blue ice and [[methane]] geysers.<ref name="goo155">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 155-156''</ref> | ||
[[Catherine Halsey| | ==History== | ||
On [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], [[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Catherine Halsey]] whipped around the moon in the ''[[Beatrice]]'' to escape attacking [[Onyx Sentinel]]s.<ref name="goo155"/> Later in the [[Battle of Onyx]], a [[Patterson's battle group|UNSC battle group]] regrouped around the moon. [[Covenant]] ships engaged the UNSC around the moon, with Covenant ships taking flanking positions on opposite sides of the moon. After a majority of the Covenant's vessels were destroyed by the UNSC battle group, a large Covenant fleet arrived over the moon and destroyed nearly all surviving UNSC vessels.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 328-332''</ref> After the battle, a large field of debris formed around the moon.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 376''</ref> | |||
It is unknown what became of XF-063 IV-1 after Onyx was disintegrated by the planet's sentinels. | It is unknown what became of XF-063 IV-1 after Onyx was disintegrated by the planet's sentinels. |
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XF-063 IV-1 was the UNSC designation for the only natural satellite of the artificial planet Onyx, the fourth planet in the Zeta Doradus system.[1] The moon was silvery in color and its surface was largely composed of ice. The cratered moon was home to numerous canyons of blue ice and methane geysers.[2]
History
On November 3, 2552, Doctor Catherine Halsey whipped around the moon in the Beatrice to escape attacking Onyx Sentinels.[2] Later in the Battle of Onyx, a UNSC battle group regrouped around the moon. Covenant ships engaged the UNSC around the moon, with Covenant ships taking flanking positions on opposite sides of the moon. After a majority of the Covenant's vessels were destroyed by the UNSC battle group, a large Covenant fleet arrived over the moon and destroyed nearly all surviving UNSC vessels.[3] After the battle, a large field of debris formed around the moon.[4]
It is unknown what became of XF-063 IV-1 after Onyx was disintegrated by the planet's sentinels.
List of appearances
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Office of Naval Intelligence//Section 3 - Data Drop One
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 155-156
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 328-332
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 376