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The '''Epoloch system''' is a planetary system in an unknown region of space within the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]. It was the location of [[Requiem|Shield World 0001]]<ref name="DK H4TEVG">[http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781409334828,00.html '''DK Publising''' - ''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'' '''Preview''']</ref>, also known as Requiem.
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The '''Epoloch system''' is a planetary system within the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]. It was the location of the [[shield world]] known as [[Requiem]], the home of the [[Promethean]] [[Warrior-Servant]]s, which was the second astronomical body in the system.<ref name="DK H4TEVG">[http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781409334828,00.html '''DK Publising''' - ''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'' '''Preview''']</ref>


==History==
==History==
The system was the home of the Forerunner military forces, the [[Prometheans]], leaded by the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], for thousands of years until the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. After the war, it was not visited until [[2554]], when the [[Covenant remnant]] lead by the [[Sangheili]] [[Jul 'Mdama]], discovered the coordinates to Requiem in a planet called [[Hesduros]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War'''</ref> Over the next three years, the Covenant tried to enter the planet, without success. In [[2557|July 2557]], several of 'Mdama' ships identified the human vessel {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} heading to the planet. 'Mdama ordered his troops to board the ship and keep the humans away from Requiem.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-terminal-jul-mdama/0f378de5-e0e3-4f31-a1e1-2a363af4094d '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Halo 4 Terminal: Jul 'Mdama'']</ref> They were unsuccessful as the human and Covenant ships in the area were pulled into Requiem.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Dawn (level)|Dawn]]''</ref>
At the end of the [[Requiem Campaign]] in [[2558|February 2558]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant]] leader [[Jul 'Mdama]] sent Requiem on a collision course with the star in an attempt to destroy the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} and her crew. Though ''Infinity'' escaped and returned to [[Earth]], the shield world was consumed by Epoloch's immense heat and gravity. As part of Requiem's native [[Flood]] containment measure and total failure of local plasma shell containment systems,<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2994218_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2994218 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2994218)]</ref> Epoloch violently imploded on itself moments later in a [[supernova]]-level event.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''[[S1/Exodus|Season One - Exodus]] epilogue cutscene''</ref>
 
==Trivia==
Epoloch is shown to be blue-white in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[Halo (Halo 3 level)#Epilogue|Legendary ending]] as well as in the ''Halo 4'' main menu and the campaign level ''[[Dawn]]''; however, when Requiem is plunged into the star in ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', it is depicted as being yellow. Epoloch is also yellow-orange in the [[Halo: Escalation Issue 1|first issue]] of ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', in which the star is also shown as being disproportionately small.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Legendary Planet.jpg|Requiem partially eclipsing its sun.
File:Requiem destruction.png|Epoloch undergoes immediate stellar collapse after consuming Requiem.
File:H4 SO S01E10 Roland and Glassman.jpg|A [[holography|holographic]] representation of Epoloch system.
File:Infinity escape Requiem.jpg|''Infinity'' flees from the system.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==<!--There is technically no need to list Scanned, as the present-day sequences of the trailer take place entirely inside Requiem. The star and its surrounding space are never shown.-->
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
*''[[The Commissioning]]''
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:Planetary Systems]]
[[Category:Planetary systems]]

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Epoloch
Artwork of Requiem.
Stellar overview

Orbiting planets:

At least 4

 

The Epoloch system is a planetary system within the Forerunner ecumene. It was the location of the shield world known as Requiem, the home of the Promethean Warrior-Servants, which was the second astronomical body in the system.[1]

History[edit]

At the end of the Requiem Campaign in February 2558, Covenant leader Jul 'Mdama sent Requiem on a collision course with the star in an attempt to destroy the UNSC Infinity and her crew. Though Infinity escaped and returned to Earth, the shield world was consumed by Epoloch's immense heat and gravity. As part of Requiem's native Flood containment measure and total failure of local plasma shell containment systems,[2] Epoloch violently imploded on itself moments later in a supernova-level event.[3]

Trivia[edit]

Epoloch is shown to be blue-white in the Halo 3 Legendary ending as well as in the Halo 4 main menu and the campaign level Dawn; however, when Requiem is plunged into the star in Spartan Ops, it is depicted as being yellow. Epoloch is also yellow-orange in the first issue of Halo: Escalation, in which the star is also shown as being disproportionately small.

Gallery[edit]

  • Requiem partially eclipsing its sun.

    Requiem partially eclipsing its sun.

  • Epoloch undergoes immediate stellar collapse after consuming Requiem.

    Epoloch undergoes immediate stellar collapse after consuming Requiem.

  • A holographic representation of Epoloch system.

    A holographic representation of Epoloch system.

  • Infinity flees from the system.

    Infinity flees from the system.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ DK Publising - Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide Preview
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction (post 2994218)
  3. ^ Spartan Ops, Season One - Exodus epilogue cutscene
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