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'''K7-49''' is a [[Covenant]] | '''K7-49''' is an [[asteroid]] that housed a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] shipyard complex. It is located only seventeen light years from the space border of the [[UNSC]]; less than two weeks travel via [[slipspace]].<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 88</ref> | ||
==History== | |||
===Operation: PROMETHEUS=== | |||
{{Main|Operation: PROMETHEUS}} | |||
K7-49 was discovered by a [[telemetry probe]] launched by the prowler {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}}.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] was launched against K7-49 on [[2537|July 27, 2537]]. The [[SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] disabled enough of the reactors on K7-49 to allow for sufficient cooling and permanently shut down the operation, ruining the Covenant's capacity to produce the metal.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} Initial resistance to the SPARTANs was light, and after two days, seven reactors had been deactivated before the Covenant organized a proper force for a counterattack. However, the force was neutralized and over the next three days, Alpha Company destroyed 13 more reactors. | |||
However, the Covenant soon arranged a massive counterattack and all 300 of the Spartans were killed in the ensuing fighting. After the operation K7-49 was rendered useless and abandoned by the Covenant. According to [[Kurt-051]], if the operation had failed, the Covenant would have destroyed all of humanity's [[Wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|Orion]]-side colonies.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', page 341</ref> | |||
==Description== | |||
K7-49 had a system of artificial volcanic activity created by several high-output [[plasma]] reactors.<ref name="GoO">''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', pages 83-84</ref> These plasma reactors were used to refine metal used in the construction of Covenant [[warship]]s. These were then refined, shaped, and shipped away for final assembly.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} A network of gravity beams then transported refined alloy to the surface to be welded into Covenant battleships. | |||
== Trivia == | |||
The name K7-49 contains both the number 7 and its square, 49, another [[seven]] reference. Additionally, K is the eleventh letter of the alphabet making the number before the hyphen "117". | |||
== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{C|Not mentioned by name}} | |||
==Sources== | |||
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[[Category:Asteroids]] | |||