Circumstance: Difference between revisions

'''Circumstance''' is a [[human]] [[Inner Colony]] planet in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]], famous for its universities and courts of justice.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 62''</ref> Circumstance, just after [[Reach]] and [[Tribute]], was one of the first planets colonized in the system by the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/tribute '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tribute'']</ref> One of the universities on the planet was [[Koletre-Browning University]], which Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] attended.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/catherine-elizabeth-halsey '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Doctor Catherine Halsey'']</ref> [[Kurt Ambrose|Kurt Trevelyan]] was born in the city of [[Mira]] on Circumstance in [[2511]], eventually growing up in [[Kuiper]], before being abducted to the [[SPARTAN-II program]] as Kurt-051.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> When the Epsilon Eridani system was invaded by the [[Covenant]] in the summer of [[2552]], most of the population centers on Circumstance were destroyed.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/fathom-station '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Fathom Station'']</ref> The planet was likely [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant at some point during the invasion.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 299'' (2011)</ref>