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==History== | ==History== | ||
Prior to the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]] in [[97,445 BCE]], the planet later known as Cassidy III, Cybele | Prior to the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]] in [[97,445 BCE]], the planet later known as Cassidy III, Cybele IV, or Freedom was frequented by [[Forerunner]]s, who built various structures on its surface which were embedded into the landscape.<ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref><ref name="CF9">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Cannon Fodder #9 - Array With Words'']</ref> | ||
When [[Unified Earth Government]] pioneer groups initially scouted the planet, it was considered to be highly remote from the standpoint of [[human]]-occupied space at the time.<ref name="HBB11">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 11''</ref> So although a UEG colony was established there, it was abandoned by the governing authorities by around [[2458]], rather soon after it had been settled.<ref name="HBB2"/><ref name="HBB11"/> This was due to the travel costs associated with the limited [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Shaw-Fujikawa translight engine]]s available then.<ref name="HBB11"/> The locals moved into the rubble a decade after its abandonment and found themselves sitting atop of a lot of Forerunner technology.<ref name="HBB2"/> From that point on they quietly eked out a self-sufficient living there, at times selling some of the planet's Forerunner tech on the [[black market]].<ref name="HBB2"/> In [[2508]] the settlement referred to as the [[Hole in the Wall]] was founded by a large number of outlaws—mostly [[Piracy|pirate]]s—who wished to build a secure hideout for themselves.<ref name="HBB11"/> Once this was done, these outlaws fell in with a bunch of [[insurrectionist]]s on the run also in need of a place to hide. When the [[Insurrection]] began to wane due to the [[Covenant]]'s [[Human-Covenant War|war]] against humanity, a large portion of the [[United Rebel Front]] was folded into the group occupying Cassidy III.<ref name="HBB11"/> | When [[Unified Earth Government]] pioneer groups initially scouted the planet, it was considered to be highly remote from the standpoint of [[human]]-occupied space at the time.<ref name="HBB11">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 11''</ref> So although a UEG colony was established there, it was abandoned by the governing authorities by around [[2458]], rather soon after it had been settled.<ref name="HBB2"/><ref name="HBB11"/> This was due to the travel costs associated with the limited [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Shaw-Fujikawa translight engine]]s available then.<ref name="HBB11"/> The locals moved into the rubble a decade after its abandonment and found themselves sitting atop of a lot of Forerunner technology.<ref name="HBB2"/> From that point on they quietly eked out a self-sufficient living there, at times selling some of the planet's Forerunner tech on the [[black market]].<ref name="HBB2"/> In [[2508]] the settlement referred to as the [[Hole in the Wall]] was founded by a large number of outlaws—mostly [[Piracy|pirate]]s—who wished to build a secure hideout for themselves.<ref name="HBB11"/> Once this was done, these outlaws fell in with a bunch of [[insurrectionist]]s on the run also in need of a place to hide. When the [[Insurrection]] began to wane due to the [[Covenant]]'s [[Human-Covenant War|war]] against humanity, a large portion of the [[United Rebel Front]] was folded into the group occupying Cassidy III.<ref name="HBB11"/> | ||