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<center>''Not to be confused with the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].''</center>

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|name         =Eridanus

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|sector        =[[Eridanus sector]]

|constellation =[[Wikipedia:Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]]

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|notable       =Birthplace of John-117

The '''Eridanus system''' is a planetary system in the [[Outer Colonies]] in [[FLEETCOM Sector Four]].<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''July 21, 2517''</ref> The system is home to 12 planets,<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 75''</ref> and an orange star known as Eridanus.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17 and 21''</ref><ref group="note">There is no star system by the name "Eridanus" in the real world. However, [[Wikipedia:Eridanus (constellation)|a constellation of the same name]] exists, and it is likely that this system is located around one of the stars within the constellation. One possible star would be [[Wikipedia:Eta Eridani|Eta Eridani]], 121 light years away from [[Earth]]. With human ships being able to cross distances of 2.626 light years per day, it would only take 46 days to reach Eta Eridani. Another possible star, also within the constellation, would be [[Wikipedia:82 Eridani|82 Eridani]], about 20 light-years from Earth. Much like Eridanus mentioned in the novels, the star is orange in color and is noted as being a possible location for a habitable system.</ref> One of the many systems with prevalent [[Insurrectionist]] activity, it was under [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] control until [[2530]] when its main planet, [[Eridanus II]], was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref name="FS">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 240''</ref>

The rebels had staged a localized rebellion against the UNSC in [[2494]]. The UNSC struck back two years later and forced the rebels out at the cost of four [[uNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], overthrew the civilian government of the system in [[2513]]. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, [[Operation: TREBUCHET]], but in fact he escaped to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid belt with the rest of the rebels.<ref name="pg75">'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> It remained a place of much hostility against the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]], as [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] stated many [[Space piracy|pirates]] and rebels were operating from the system.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17-18''</ref>

The boy who would become the legendary [[John-117|Master Chief]] was conscripted here in [[2517]]. In [[2525]], a group of [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] led by [[John-117]] entered the system aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|Destroyer]] [[UNSC Pioneer|UNSC ''Pioneer'']].<ref name="pg75"/> They boarded the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'', [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|traveled to the rebel base]] and captured Watts.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', "chapter 10"</ref>

The system's main planet, [[Eridanus II]], was [[Battle of Eridanus II|glassed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] in [[2530]] and the UNSC abandoned the system.<ref name="FS"/> However, the asteroid base survived, and the [[Spartan|SPARTANs]] later returned to the system in [[2552]] aboard the captured Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant  Justice|Ascendant Justice]]'', fleeing from the [[Fall of Reach|Battle of Reach]] to expedite repairs at the Rebel base. However, a Covenant fleet followed and destroyed the base, with only the ''Ascendant Justice'' escaping.

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