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Oban

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Oban
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Societal

Species:

Human (Non-native)

Government:

Unified Earth Government

 

Oban is a mountainous planet and a human colony of the Unified Earth Government.[1]

History

Colonization

After the Human-Covenant War, the United Nations Space Command discovered the planet and used it as a home for millions of human refugees.[2] Some of these refugees came from New Mombasa.[3] The UNSC Navy maintained a presence on the planet, using it as a staging ground for a number of highly classified military exercises, including Operation: DAYBREAK, located in the highlands of Saviron.[4] Operation: WHITE VAN also took place on the planet.[5]

Conflict on Oban

Main article: Battle of Oban

On July 16, 2558, the planet was attacked by Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and his Promethean allies. The attack was advocated by Doctor Catherine Halsey, who believed that a bold move would attract UNSC Infinity. As Halsey predicted, Infinity was deployed to the planet and Commander Sarah Palmer led a joint Spartan-UNSC Marine operation in response to the attack. The UNSC eventually repelled the attack, and only minor damage was inflicted upon a new power station halting the colonization of the planet. However, Jul's Covenant attacked Oban just to lead Infinity into a trap.[6]

Holographic readout of Oban created by Axis for the Halo 5: Guardians intro
The destruction caused by the Guardian.

Created crisis

Within 72 hours after October 20, 2558, a Forerunner Guardian on Oban was activated and sent to Genesis by the Created, inadvertently taking a UNSC Marine patrol along with it.[7] Oban, along with Conrad's Point and Ursa IV, was one of the first five colonies in which a Guardian was activated, with the Guardian's activation causing widespread destruction and numerous causalities on the planet.[8]

Topography

Locations

Trivia

It is likely the planet is named after the Scottish town Oban.

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources