Ariel
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Astrographical

System:

Timmerick system[1]

Physical

Atmosphere:

Breathable[2]

Societal

Species:

Human (Non-native)[2]

Population:

4,000[2]

Colonized:

2485[1]

Government:

Unified Earth Government

 

Ariel is a human colony world located in the Timmerick system.[1] The planet is a remote, barren world with two archaeological dig sites and one settlement, with a population of approximately 4,000 residents.[2] The colony also housed an ONI Section Three laboratory.[3]

HistoryEdit

Ancient historyEdit

During the height of the Forerunner civilization, they built an underground complex on Ariel. The facility housed The Knowing, an AI construct designed to observe and archive information. The entrance to the facility was defended by booby traps consisting of crisscrossing laser beams.[4]

Rise of humanityEdit

Ariel was colonized by humanity in 2485.[1] In 2532, the ONI rerouted several chemical precursors used in the SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures to the Section Three lab on Ariel, along with similar facilities on other colonies, likely to serve as the basis for the SPARTAN-III augmentations.[3] At some point during the Human-Covenant War, rumors originating on Ariel emerged of advanced Mark IV MJOLNIR armor prototypes with the architecture for energy shields.[5]

InvasionEdit

Main article: Battle of Ariel

In January 2552, the Covenant invaded Ariel, and one of the civilians managed to send out a distress signal, to which UNSC High Command responded with sending a force of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers from the 105th ODST Division to investigate. The UNSC forces came to notice that the Covenant were not operating in their usual fashion: glassing of the planet was not their intent, but they were searching for something under the surface instead.[2]

The object the Covenant sought was discovered to be the Forerunner AI. Shortly after being found by the ODST squad, it self-destructed on the orders of ODST Kojo Agu. As a result, the Covenant fleet broke off their attack, not even wasting the energy required to glass the planet.[4]

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