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The '''Eridanus System''' is a planetary system in the [[Outer Colonies]]. The system is home to an orange star referred to as Eridanus.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', | The '''Eridanus System''' is a planetary system in the [[Outer Colonies]]. The system is home to an orange star referred to as Eridanus.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', pages 17 and 21</ref> One of the many systems with prevalent [[Insurrectionist]] activity, it was under [[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> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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 (UNSC)|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. It remained a place of much hostility against the [[UNSC]], as [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] stated many pirates and rebels were operating from the system.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', | 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 (UNSC)|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. It remained a place of much hostility against the [[UNSC]], as [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] stated many 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]]s led by [[John-117]] entered the system aboard the [[UNSC Destroyer|Destroyer]] [[UNSC Pioneer|UNSC ''Pioneer'']]. They boarded the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'' and [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|traveled to the rebel base]] and captured Watts. | The boy who would become the legendary [[John-117|Master Chief]] was conscripted here in [[2517]]. In [[2525]], a group of [[SPARTAN-II]]s led by [[John-117]] entered the system aboard the [[UNSC Destroyer|Destroyer]] [[UNSC Pioneer|UNSC ''Pioneer'']]. They boarded the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'' and [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|traveled to the rebel base]] and captured Watts. | ||