Europa: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:Europa.jpg|300px]]

|system=[[Sol system]]<ref name="enc295">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 295'' (2011)</ref>

|body=[[Jupiter]]<ref name="enc295"/>

|position=Sixth [[natural satellite]]

|diameter={{Convert|3121.6|km|mi|sp=us}}

|demonym=Europan

|species=[[Human]]  

|government=[[Unified Earth Government]]<ref name="enc295"/>

'''Europa''' is the sixth [[natural satellite]] of [[Jupiter]] in the [[Sol system]], as well as the fourth largest of the planet's [[Jovian Moons|moons]]. Governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]], Europa is a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony world]]. Slightly smaller than [[Luna]], Europa is primarily made of silicate rock and likely has an iron core. It is the fourth largest and yet only fully [[Terraforming|terraformed]] Jovian moon, though it retains a frosty atmosphere.<ref name="enc295"/>

Europa was discovered in 1610 by the astronomer [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei|Galileo Galilei]]. Scientists in the 20th and early 21st centuries theorized that the oceans beneath Europa's icy surface may be inhabited with amino acids and the building blocks of life, created by ocean vents. However, when the first colonists began settling on the Jovian moons in around [[2080]], they discovered that this was not the case. Colonization occurred without the discovery of any new life forms.<ref name="enc295"/> Nonetheless, humans would later maintain [[xenobiology]] labs on Europa.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 50''</ref>

Europa was [[Terraforming|terraformed]] and established as a thriving [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]], but with only a small [[United Nations Space Command]] presence.<ref name="enc295"/> The [[Frieden]] movement started in [[Katreus]], a major city on Europa, in the mid-22nd century. In [[2158]], the Friedens bombed an embassy in the Europan city, [[Thynia]], leveling the building with military-grade explosives. In response to the rising Frieden threat, the [[United Nations]] sent [[United Nations Colonial Advisors|colonial advisors]] to [[Io]] to aid in policing efforts across the Jovian moons. However, when Frieden forces attacked the colonial advisors, the [[Jovian Moons Campaign]] began, a three-month conflict throughout the moons of Jupiter between forces of the United Nations, Frieden movement, and [[Koslovics]]. In [[2163]], Frieden leader [[Nadja Mielke]] was assassinated while on her way to a command center in the city of [[Pelagon]] on Europa, leading to the [[Mars Campaign]] as Frieden forces attacked Koslovic forces in [[Argyre Planitia]] on [[Mars]]. These conflicts would eventually escalate into the [[Interplanetary War]].<ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 47''</ref>

The [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] supersoldiers had a mission on Europa some time before [[2552]];<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 268''</ref> this [[operation]] is regarded as the liveliest incursion on Europa since the Jovian Moons Campaign. Europa was left unscathed when the [[Covenant]] attacked the [[Sol system]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="enc295"/> After the Covenant War, the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Prefect|Prefect variant]] of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]] armor was tested in [[Denegroth]], [[West Conamara]] on Europa.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/07/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-71013.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin - 7.10.13''] (defunct)</ref>

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