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A "tropical paradise", Arcadia was a popular destination for tourists<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref> and received many shipments from [[Harvest]].<ref name = "Gamepro">Gamepro, July Edition</ref> The planet was also home to the [[Deep Space Research Array]].<ref>''[[Halo Wars]]'' timeline</ref> By [[2531]], it had a population of approximately three million. However, it became a [[First Battle of Arcadia|site of conflict]] in [[2531]], caught up in the [[Human-Covenant War]], after a Forerunner [[Relic (Structure)|stellar map]] on [[Harvest]] pointed the [[Arbiter (Rank)|Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]] towards the colony. Eventually, the Covenant were pushed off by the efforts of the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, allowing much of its civilian populace to be evacuated. The capital city of [[Pirth]] would soon become overtaken by nature. Meanwhile, the remaining colonists formed the farming community of [[Abaskun]] on the continent of [[Mu]]. It would remain a mostly lawless region, but continued to supply the UNSC with food The Covenant would return to Arcadia later in the war, [[Second Battle of Arcadia|destroying it]].