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Following the Covenant War's end, Meridian was recolonized by the [[Liang-Dortmund Corporation]], though the world remained independent from the Unified Earth Government. Using the colony support ships abandoned in orbit around [[Hestia V]] during the Covenant War to facilitate their work,<ref name="m5a"/> Liang-Dortmund established a [[space elevator]]—[[Pinnacle Station]]—on the colony and hired workers to help resettle the moon and aid in the "deglassing" efforts; the settlers were comprised mainly of former Meridian residents wishing to rebuild their home or opportunists seeking profit.<ref name="glassed intel"/> Liang-Dortmund's intentions were to pay excavators to mine away the glass on Meridian's surface so that in a generation or two, the corporation would have land rights to an entire colony world.<ref name="unconfirmed"/> | Following the Covenant War's end, Meridian was recolonized by the [[Liang-Dortmund Corporation]], though the world remained independent from the Unified Earth Government. Using the colony support ships abandoned in orbit around [[Hestia V]] during the Covenant War to facilitate their work,<ref name="m5a"/> Liang-Dortmund established a [[space elevator]]—[[Pinnacle Station]]—on the colony and hired workers to help resettle the moon and aid in the "deglassing" efforts; the settlers were comprised mainly of former Meridian residents wishing to rebuild their home or opportunists seeking profit.<ref name="glassed intel"/> Liang-Dortmund's intentions were to pay excavators to mine away the glass on Meridian's surface so that in a generation or two, the corporation would have land rights to an entire colony world.<ref name="unconfirmed"/> | ||
[[ | The [[smart AI]], [[Sloan]], served as Liang-Dortmund's administrator and as the colony's [[governor]] as early as December [[2553]]<ref>[https://mobile.twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/891758677635588097 '''Twitter''']</ref>, having been elected to the position by the people of Meridian for two four-year terms.<ref name="sloan">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/governor-sloan '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Governor Sloan'']</ref> That same month, the [[Jiralhanae]] [[dokab]] of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], [[Castor]], visited Meridian. Also present was an [[ONI]] [[ferret]] team which was led by [[Veta Lopis]] and included three [[Spartan-III]] supersoldiers: [[Ash-G099]], [[Mark-G313]], and [[Olivia-G291]].<ref>''[[Halo: Retribution]]''</ref> | ||
Settlers believed that it would take approximately twenty years to completely deglass the moon.<ref name="ms intel"/> Five days into the recolonization efforts, the colonists began digging through the glass to create a road from the space elevator to a newly created settlement—[[Meridian Station]],<ref name="glassed intel"/> with [[Apogee Station|Apogee]], [[Darkstar Station|Darkstar]], and [[Jorta Station]]s being established shortly after.<ref name="unconfirmed"/><ref name="glassed ceiling">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-glassed-ceiling '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Glassed Ceiling'']</ref> Liang-Dortmund's efforts were occasionally impeded by [[Kig-Yar]] raiders or rival corporations seeking to conduct kinetic espionage on Liang-Dortmund's Meridian operations.<ref name="buzz">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-buzz-generating '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Buzz Generating'']</ref> At some point, a group of settlers discovered the extensive Forerunner structure under Meridian's surface near Apogee Station while attempting to deglass the land above it and began working to uncover it.<ref name="ms intel"/> By [[2558]], Governor Sloan, believing that Liang-Dortmund might provide the workers on Meridian with a bonus if they find something of value, had a group of miners attempt to force their way into the structure.<ref name="unconfirmed intel"/> This installation was actually the holding bay of the world's Guardian.<ref name="sloan"/> | Settlers believed that it would take approximately twenty years to completely deglass the moon.<ref name="ms intel"/> Five days into the recolonization efforts, the colonists began digging through the glass to create a road from the space elevator to a newly created settlement—[[Meridian Station]],<ref name="glassed intel"/> with [[Apogee Station|Apogee]], [[Darkstar Station|Darkstar]], and [[Jorta Station]]s being established shortly after.<ref name="unconfirmed"/><ref name="glassed ceiling">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-glassed-ceiling '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Glassed Ceiling'']</ref> Liang-Dortmund's efforts were occasionally impeded by [[Kig-Yar]] raiders or rival corporations seeking to conduct kinetic espionage on Liang-Dortmund's Meridian operations.<ref name="buzz">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-buzz-generating '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Buzz Generating'']</ref> At some point, a group of settlers discovered the extensive Forerunner structure under Meridian's surface near Apogee Station while attempting to deglass the land above it and began working to uncover it.<ref name="ms intel"/> By [[2558]], Governor Sloan, believing that Liang-Dortmund might provide the workers on Meridian with a bonus if they find something of value, had a group of miners attempt to force their way into the structure.<ref name="unconfirmed intel"/> This installation was actually the holding bay of the world's Guardian.<ref name="sloan"/> | ||