Ariel
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Ariel is a Human colony world of the United Nations Space Command. The planet has two archaeological dig sites and one settlement, with a population of approximately 4000 residents.[1]
During the Human-Covenant War, the Covenant invaded the colony, and one of the civilians managed to send out a distress signal, to which UNSC High Command sent 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.[1]
The object the Covenant sought was discovered to be a Forerunner A.I., which called itself "The Knowing". Shortly after being found by the ODST squad, it self-destructed. As a result, the Covenant fleet broke off their attack, not even wasting the energy required to glass the planet.
Trivia
- Ariel is also the name of the planet Uranus's fourth largest moon.
- Ariel is also the name of a planet in the television series Firefly, which starred the voice actors for Buck, Dutch and Mickey (being Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin and Alan Tudyk, respectively).
List of appearances
- Halo: Helljumper (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: Helljumper, "Issue One"
