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'''New Jerusalem''' was a large [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] world in the [[Cygnus system]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 61''</ref> The city of [[Mount Haven]] was located on the colony.<ref name="dirt">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Dirt]]"</ref><ref group="note">It has been confirmed in a comment by [[Tobias Buckell]] [http://goingrampant.blogspot.com/2010/03/examination-of-female-characters-part-3.html here] that the rookie in ''Dirt'' is the same character as The Rookie from ''Halo 3: ODST''. Thus, the battle depicted in the story has to be the Battle of New Jerusalem, as it was the last battle in which The Rookie participated before the [[Battle of Earth]].</ref>
'''New Jerusalem''' was a large [[human]] city on the [[Outer Colony]] world of [[Cygnus]] in the [[Cygnus system]].


==History==  
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Revision as of 19:52, March 4, 2015

New Jerusalem
Societal

Species:

Human

Government:

Unified Earth Government

 

New Jerusalem was a large human city on the Outer Colony world of Cygnus in the Cygnus system.

History

The colony was discovered by the Covenant in September 2552 and was known to be defended by the 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, who suffered "near annihilation" in the Battle of New Jerusalem. Upon arriving on the planet, the Covenant began to search for Forerunner artifacts. During the battle, several Orbital Drop Shock Troopers went rogue; attempting to steal a large cache of gold from a bank in the city of Mount Haven. However, when children were discovered in the bank's vault, a dispute began between the ODSTs. Some wanted to call in a Pelican dropship to rescue the civilians, while others wanted to abandon them.[1] Gage Yevgenny, having seen enough people die in the war, took a Pelican and retrieved the artifacts the Covenant was looking for. Drawing pursuers to his position, Gage proceeded to detonate a Shiva-class nuclear missile inside his dropship; obliterating both the rogue ODSTs and groundside Covenant invaders.[2]

Following the battle, UNSC forces retreated from the planet, leaving it to be glassed by the Covenant.[3] The Rookie fought at New Jerusalem as part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, before transferring to his current unit.[4]

Trivia

New Jerusalem is named after the city of Jerusalem in Israel and Palestinian territories, located on Earth, in the middle east.

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