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[[File:Requiem destruction.png|thumb|275px|[[Epoloch system|Epoloch]] goes supernova after consuming Requiem.]] | [[File:Requiem destruction.png|thumb|275px|[[Epoloch system|Epoloch]] goes supernova after consuming Requiem.]] | ||
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In early [[Forerunner]] history, the Forerunners attempted to manipulate several stars in their [[Orion complex|region of space]]. They subsequently failed and caused several stars to supernova, leaving their [[Ghibalb|homeworld]] heavily irradiated and uninhabitable.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 222''</ref> | In early [[Forerunner]] history, the Forerunners attempted to manipulate several stars in their [[Orion complex|region of space]]. They subsequently failed and caused several stars to supernova, leaving their [[Ghibalb|homeworld]] heavily irradiated and uninhabitable.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 222''</ref> | ||
Before their defeat at the hands of the [[Flood]], and the firing of the [[Halo Array]], the Forerunner fleet had "the capacity to force premature stellar collapse," creating an artificial supernova, used to destroy entire star systems taken by the Flood.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal | Before their defeat at the hands of the [[Flood]], and the firing of the [[Halo Array]], the Forerunner fleet had "the capacity to force premature stellar collapse," creating an artificial supernova, used to destroy entire star systems taken by the Flood.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 2]]''</ref> | ||
According to the [[San'Shyuum]], a supernova destroyed the species' homeworld, [[Janjur Qom]], in [[648 BCE]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 113''</ref> However, many members of the [[Covenant]] doubted this claim.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/janjur-qom '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Janjur Qom'']</ref> | According to the [[San'Shyuum]], a supernova destroyed the species' homeworld, [[Janjur Qom]], in [[648 BCE]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 113''</ref> However, many members of the [[Covenant]] doubted this claim.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/janjur-qom '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Janjur Qom'']</ref> | ||
During the [[Battle of | During the [[Battle of Trove]] in [[2531]], Professor [[Ellen Anders]] came up with a plan to destroy the [[shield world]] and its fleet of [[Forerunner]] {{Class|Sojourner|dreadnought}}s by taking the FTL reactor of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} and detonating it inside the installation's internal star. This would cause the star to go supernova and obliterate the shield world.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Reactor (Halo Wars level)|Reactor]]''</ref> Due to damage sustained during an attack by Covenant forces, Sergeant [[John Forge]] was forced to take the reactor into the star and detonate it manually. As the ''Spirit of Fire'' escaped the shield world, the internal star went supernova, destroying the planet and the Forerunner fleet, thwarting the Covenant plan.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw449I95UHY&feature=player_embedded "One Less Sun in The Universe"]</ref> A debris field persisted until [[2557]] when a massive UNSC fleet destroyed the debris with a massive bombardment of [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]'''</ref> | ||
In [[2552]], Spartan [[John-117]] destroyed Halo [[Installation 04]] by detonating the fusion reactors of the crashed {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Maw]]''</ref> The explosion created supernova-like temperatures and created a new element on the [[Alpha Shard]], a fragment of the installation that was propelled through [[slipspace]] to orbit a red giant. This new element was fatal to humans and was turned into a [[bioweapon]] by [[terrorist]]s. After the source of the new element was traced to Alpha Shard following the [[terrorist attack on Sedra City]], Private [[Talitha Macer]] correctly surmised that the supernova effects of the destruction of Installation 04 created it, confirmed by the lack of the element anywhere else in the known universe. [[Mission to Alpha Shard|A joint mission]] by an [[ONI]]-[[Sedran Colonial Guard]] team destroyed the deposits of this new element with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'''</ref> | In [[2552]], Spartan [[John-117]] destroyed Halo [[Installation 04]] by detonating the fusion reactors of the crashed {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Maw]]''</ref> The explosion created supernova-like temperatures and created a new element on the [[Alpha Shard]], a fragment of the installation that was propelled through [[slipspace]] to orbit a red giant. This new element was fatal to humans and was turned into a [[bioweapon]] by [[terrorist]]s. After the source of the new element was traced to Alpha Shard following the [[terrorist attack on Sedra City]], Private [[Talitha Macer]] correctly surmised that the supernova effects of the destruction of Installation 04 created it, confirmed by the lack of the element anywhere else in the known universe. [[Mission to Alpha Shard|A joint mission]] by an [[ONI]]-[[Sedran Colonial Guard]] team destroyed the deposits of this new element with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'''</ref> | ||
At the close of the [[Requiem | At the close of the [[Requiem Campaign]] in [[2558]], the leader of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|a Covenant remnant]], [[Jul 'Mdama]], put the shield world [[Requiem]] on a collision course with the system's sun, [[Epoloch]]. When the shield world was absorbed by the sun, the star went into a supernova state and exploded, nearly destroying the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} which narrowly escaped the shockwave into slipspace.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', [[S1/Exodus|S1E10 ''Exodus'']]</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*The destruction of two [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]]s involved a supernova. [[Trove]] was destroyed when the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s FTL reactor was used to cause the internal sun to go supernova while the destruction of [[Requiem]] in its sun [[Epoloch system|Epoloch]] caused Epoloch to go supernova. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' | *''[[Halo 3]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminals]]'' {{Fm}} | ||
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Astronomy]] | [[Category:Astronomy]] | ||
[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||