Europa: Difference between revisions

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|system=[[Sol system]]<ref name="enc295">''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', Locations: The Sol System, p. 282-283 (2009); p. 294-295 (2011 edition)</ref>

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

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

'''Europa''' is a [[natural satellite]] of [[Jupiter]] in the [[Sol system]]. Governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]], Europa is a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony world]]. It has been fully [[Terraforming|terraformed]], though it retains a frosty atmosphere.<ref name="enc295"/>

Theories existed 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]]'', The Interplanetary War, p. 50-51</ref>

At some point, Europa was fully [[Terraforming|terraformed]] for human habitation, but still retained its frosty atmosphere.<ref name="enc295"/>

The [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] supersoldiers had a mission on Europa some time before [[2552]];{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: First Strike]]|Page=268}} 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 [[PREFECT-class Mjolnir|Prefect variant]] of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]] armor was tested in [[Denegroth]], [[West Conamara]] on Europa.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/07/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-71013.aspx|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=The Halo Bulletin - 7.10.13|Detail=(defunct)}}