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{{Quote|Indeed, Lieutenant, ever since we left Earth's gravity well, we’ve been fighting one another for every cubic centimeter of vacuum—from [[Mars]] to the [[Jovian Moons Campaign|Jovian Moons]] to the Hydra System Massacres and on to the hundred brushfire wars in the Outer Colonies.|Doctor Catherine Halsey to Jacob Keyes<ref name="for">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', p. 20-21 (2001); p. 35 (2010)</ref>}} | {{Quote|Indeed, Lieutenant, ever since we left Earth's gravity well, we’ve been fighting one another for every cubic centimeter of vacuum—from [[Mars]] to the [[Jovian Moons Campaign|Jovian Moons]] to the Hydra System Massacres and on to the hundred brushfire wars in the Outer Colonies.|Doctor Catherine Halsey to Jacob Keyes<ref name="for">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', p. 20-21 (2001); p. 35 (2010)</ref>}} | ||
The '''Hydra System Massacres''' were a series of massacres that occurred periodically throughout the history of the [[Hydra system]],{{Ref/Reuse|for}} a near-lawless system within the domain of the [[Unified Earth Government]]. With [[Piracy|pirates]] and [[insurrectionist]]s being reoccurring threats within the Hydra system, [[UNSC Armed Forces|military forces]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] occasionally arrive in the system to mete out justice with the use of [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', p. 300 (2011)</ref> | The '''Hydra System Massacres''' were a series of massacres that occurred periodically throughout the history of the [[Hydra system]],{{Ref/Reuse|for}} a near-lawless system within the domain of the [[Unified Earth Government]]. With [[Piracy|pirates]] and [[insurrectionist]]s being reoccurring threats within the Hydra system, [[UNSC Armed Forces|military forces]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] occasionally arrive in the system to mete out justice with the use of [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]'', p. 300 (2011)</ref> | ||
The massacres occurred after the ''[[Domus Diaspora]]'' began in [[2362]], but likely before the [[Insurrection]] began in earnest in [[2494]].{{Ref/Note|This is based on Halsey's placement of them before the wars in the Outer Colonies in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', as well as her statement being dated on [[2517#August|August 17, 2517]].}} | The massacres occurred after the ''[[Domus Diaspora]]'' began in [[2362]], but likely before the [[Insurrection]] began in earnest in [[2494]].{{Ref/Note|This is based on Halsey's placement of them before the wars in the Outer Colonies in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', as well as her statement being dated on [[2517#August|August 17, 2517]].}} | ||