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'''K7-49''' is a [[Covenant]] asteroid and shipyard complex.  
'''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>


It was located only seventeen light years from the border of the [[UNSC]]; less than an hour of travel via [[Slipspace]].  
==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.


It had a system of artificial volcanic activity created by several high-output plasma reactors. These plasma reactors were used to refine metal used in construction of Covenant starships. A network of gravity beams then transported refined alloy to the surface to be welded into Covenant battleships.
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>


In [[2537]], K7-49 was discovered by the prowler ''[[Razor's Edge]]''. [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] took place on K7-49. The [[Spartan-III]] Alpha Company disabled K7-49, but all 300 of the Spartans were killed in the process. K7-49 was then abandoned.
==Description==
[[Category:Places]]
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".


== Trivia ==
==List of appearances==  
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


* The name K&-49 is most likely a tribute to [[w:c:starwars:HK-47|HK-47]], the infamous assassin droid from the [[w:c:starwars:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]] series.
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K7-49 is an asteroid that housed a Covenant shipyard complex. It is located only seventeen light years from the space border of the UNSC; less than two weeks travel via slipspace.[1]

History[edit]

Operation: PROMETHEUS[edit]

Main article: Operation: PROMETHEUS

K7-49 was discovered by a telemetry probe launched by the prowler UNSC Razor's Edge.[2] Operation: PROMETHEUS was launched against K7-49 on July 27, 2537. The SPARTAN-III 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.[2] 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 Orion-side colonies.[3]

Description[edit]

K7-49 had a system of artificial volcanic activity created by several high-output plasma reactors.[2] These plasma reactors were used to refine metal used in the construction of Covenant warships. These were then refined, shaped, and shipped away for final assembly.[2] A network of gravity beams then transported refined alloy to the surface to be welded into Covenant battleships.

Trivia[edit]

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[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 88
  2. ^ a b c d Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 83-84
  3. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 341
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