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'''51 Pegasi-B''' was a planet located in a star system on the fringes of [[UNSC]] controlled space, orbiting [[51 Pegasi]], and was close to [[85 Pegasi-194A]]<ref name="Page 15">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', page 15</ref>. It was also home of the small moon of [[Pegasi Delta]].

The [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] constructed a massive refinery on the planet's moon, Pegasi Delta<ref name="Page 15"/>. Serving as a supply station, the system was to be a Covenant forward staging post for incursions into UNSC space, as Covenant ships would come here and refuel, resupply, and gather to attack the enemy. <ref name="Page 15"/> In [[2545]], the [[Spartan-III]] [[Beta Company]] was sent on an attack on this facility during [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. Though they successfully destroyed the facility, 296 of the 300 [[Spartan-III]]s in Beta Company were massacred in a suicidal frontal assault, with the exceptions of [[Min-B174]] after his death in an explosives accident and [[Adam-B004]], who died when the facility exploded. These incidents only left [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]] alive.

[[Wikipedia:51 Pegasi|51 Pegasi]] is an actual star, within the constellation [[Wikipedia:Pegasus (Constellation)|Pegasus]], with the planet [[Wikipedia:51 Pegasi b|55 Pegasi b]] orbiting it. The real life system is 50.1 lightyears from [[Earth]]. 51 Pegasi b was the first ever planet discovered orbiting a sun-like star.