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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Insurrection=== | |||
During the [[Insurrection]], the [[Freedom League]] fought for independence against the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its military.<ref name="ss6">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 6</ref> In [[2525]], [[Spartan-II]]s were dispatched to Jericho VII to suppress the [[insurrectionist]]s,<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 103 (2001); p. 125 (2010)</ref> as was the [[10th Shock Troops Battalion]] of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]], who battled rebels on Jericho VII for over 131 days.<ref>''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'', Part 1</ref> The Spartans effectively helped to quell rebellion on the planet, cutting through the leadership of the Freedom League.<ref name="ss6"/><ref name="ss16">''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 16</ref> | During the [[Insurrection]], the [[Freedom League]] fought for independence against the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its military.<ref name="ss6">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 6</ref> In [[2525]], [[Spartan-II]]s were dispatched to Jericho VII to suppress the [[insurrectionist]]s,<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 103 (2001); p. 125 (2010)</ref> as was the [[10th Shock Troops Battalion]] of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]], who battled rebels on Jericho VII for over 131 days.<ref>''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'', Part 1</ref> The Spartans effectively helped to quell rebellion on the planet, cutting through the leadership of the Freedom League.<ref name="ss6"/><ref name="ss16">''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 16</ref> | ||
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Jericho VII was found and attacked by the [[Covenant]] as early as [[2532]].<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 70</ref> The planet was [[Glassing|glassed]] via orbital bombardment in the final stages of the [[Battle of Jericho VII]] in [[2535]]. At the end of the battle, [[John-117]] asked [[De Blanc|Captain de Blanc]] for permission to watch Jericho VII being glassed. A large number of orphans from this planet enlisted for the [[SPARTAN-III program]], among them [[Owen-B096]].<ref name="HBB17">''[[Halo: Battle Born]]'', Chapter 17</ref> Five years following the planet's fall, UNSC forces returned to the planet in [[Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE]] and recovered several Covenant artifacts that would later be studied in [[SWORD Base]] on [[Reach]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', multiplayer map | ===Battle of Jericho-VII=== | ||
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Jericho VII was found and attacked by the [[Covenant]] as early as [[2532]].<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 70</ref> The planet was [[Glassing|glassed]] via orbital bombardment in the final stages of the [[Battle of Jericho VII]] in [[2535]]. At the end of the battle, [[John-117]] asked [[De Blanc|Captain de Blanc]] for permission to watch Jericho VII being glassed. A large number of orphans from this planet enlisted for the [[SPARTAN-III program]], among them [[Owen-B096]].<ref name="HBB17">''[[Halo: Battle Born]]'', Chapter 17</ref> Five years following the planet's fall, UNSC forces returned to the planet in [[Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE]] and recovered several Covenant artifacts that would later be studied in [[SWORD Base]] on [[Reach]].<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', multiplayer map [[Sword Base]]</ref> | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||