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{{Status|Canon}} | |||
{{Planet infobox | |||
|name=Cygnus | |||
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|system=[[Cygnus system]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Fodder|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-that-escalated-quickly|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - That Escalated Quickly}} | |||
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|position=Second planet{{Ref/Reuse|Fodder}} | |||
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|atmosphere=[[Oxygen]]-[[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|nitrogen]] | |||
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|species=[[Human]] | |||
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|government=[[Unified Earth Government]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Cygnus''', also designated as '''Cygnus II''', is an [[Outer Colony|Outer]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] [[planet|world]] of the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the second planet in orbit in the [[Cygnus system]].{{Ref/Reuse|Fodder}} | |||
==Overview== | |||
===Known residents=== | |||
*[[Chyler Silva]] — [[United Nations Space Command|United Nations Space Command (UNSC)]] officer cadet, [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]]<ref name="squad">''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn: Squad]]''</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
===Human colonisation and expansion=== | |||
Cygnus was one of two habitable worlds in the system colonized by the [[Unified Earth Government]], the other being [[New Jerusalem]].{{Ref/Reuse|Fodder}} | |||
===Human-Covenant war=== | |||
In [[2550]], a [[colony ship]] traveling to Cygnus suffered a catastrophic [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] malfunction due to its improperly mounted [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]]. When the drive was activated, the ship was cut in half and 700 crew and passengers were killed.{{Ref/Level|Id=LNoS|Halo: Reach|[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]}} | |||
===Post-war=== | |||
After the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[Fetching|fetcher]] [[Oliver Birch]] was intending to deliver a "[[saddle box]]" slipspace drive to an [[ONI]] agent, [[Steve (ONI)|Steve]], on Cygnus.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' (2010), [[Tug o' War]]</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' | |||
**''[[Tug o' War]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Fm}} | |||
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
[[Category:Planets]] | |||
[[Category:Human colonies]] | |||