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====Locations==== | ====Locations==== | ||
*[[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]] | |||
**[[Arcadia City Theater]] | |||
*[[Arcadia Forerunner ruins]] | |||
**[[Arcadia ONI facility]] | |||
*[[Avalon]] | *[[Avalon]] | ||
**[[Dunwich]] | **[[Dunwich]] | ||
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**[[Rungholt]] | **[[Rungholt]] | ||
**[[Skara Brae]] | **[[Skara Brae]] | ||
*[[Saqsin]] | *[[Saqsin]] | ||
*[[Daylam]] | *[[Daylam]] | ||
*[[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]] | *[[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]] | ||
*[[Deep Space Research Array]] | *[[Deep Space Research Array]] | ||
===Known residents=== | ===Known residents=== | ||
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*[[Jordan Gaines]] - [[ONI]] operative | *[[Jordan Gaines]] - [[ONI]] operative | ||
*[[Ellen Anders]] - Scientist | *[[Ellen Anders]] - Scientist | ||
*[[Adam Andrews | *[[Adam Andrews|Adam]] | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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In [[2560]], [[Adam Andrews]], who had been saved from the Covenant by [[John Forge]] and Marines from the ''Spirit of Fire'' during the [[Battle for Arcadia]], met with [[Kig-Yar]] salvagers working for [[Nor Fel]] at the Forerunner ruins and traded the {{Pattern|R'awuw|Scarab}}'s [[focus cannon]] for [[rumbledrug]]s. The salvagers were then ambushed and killed by [[Team Omega]] who secured the focus cannon and framed it so that the salvagers were waylaid after they had departed from Arcadia.{{Ref/Reuse|Hippo}} | In [[2560]], [[Adam Andrews]], who had been saved from the Covenant by [[John Forge]] and Marines from the ''Spirit of Fire'' during the [[Battle for Arcadia]], met with [[Kig-Yar]] salvagers working for [[Nor Fel]] at the Forerunner ruins and traded the {{Pattern|R'awuw|Scarab}}'s [[focus cannon]] for [[rumbledrug]]s. The salvagers were then ambushed and killed by [[Team Omega]] who secured the focus cannon and framed it so that the salvagers were waylaid after they had departed from Arcadia.{{Ref/Reuse|Hippo}} | ||
==Government== | ==Government and society== | ||
Arcadia was an [[Outer Colony]] administrated by the [[Unified Earth Government]]. The colony was divided into forty-two{{Ref/Tabletop|Id=risk|Risk|Halo Wars Risk}} provincial regions, the largest of which was the metropolitan capital of [[Pirth City]],{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} located on the continent of [[Eire]].{{Ref/Reuse|risk}} Other major cities on Arcadia included [[Abaskun]], [[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]], [[Daylam]], and [[Saqsin]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} The [[Arcadian Patrol]] served as the colony's [[Law enforcement|police force]].{{Ref/Reuse|arcadia city}} The [[United Nations Space Command]] maintained [[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]] on the colony,{{Ref/Map|HW|[[Fort Deen]]}} while the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] also had their own [[Arcadia ONI facility|facility]] in the jungles of Arcadia.{{Ref/Level|HW|[[Dome of Light]]}} In early [[2531]], the colony had a population of 2,998,230.{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} | Arcadia was an [[Outer Colony]] administrated by the [[Unified Earth Government]]. The colony was divided into forty-two{{Ref/Tabletop|Id=risk|Risk|Halo Wars Risk}} provincial regions, the largest of which was the metropolitan capital of [[Pirth City]],{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} located on the continent of [[Eire]].{{Ref/Reuse|risk}} Other major cities on Arcadia included [[Abaskun]], [[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]], [[Daylam]], and [[Saqsin]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} The [[Arcadian Patrol]] served as the colony's [[Law enforcement|police force]].{{Ref/Reuse|arcadia city}} The [[United Nations Space Command]] maintained [[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]] on the colony,{{Ref/Map|HW|[[Fort Deen]]}} while the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] also had their own [[Arcadia ONI facility|facility]] in the jungles of Arcadia.{{Ref/Level|HW|[[Dome of Light]]}} In early [[2531]], the colony had a population of 2,998,230.{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} | ||
After the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle for Arcadia|attack]], most Arcadians abandoned their homeworld, though many returned over the following years.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} [[Abaskun]] would be resettled as a farming community{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}} and habitation would continue in Arcadia City.{{Ref/Reuse|gaines}} Although Abaskun was regarded as lawless{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}} and anachronistic,{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} [[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]] maintained a colonial government | After the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle for Arcadia|attack]], most Arcadians abandoned their homeworld, though many returned over the following years.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} [[Abaskun]] would be resettled as a farming community{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}} and habitation would continue in Arcadia City.{{Ref/Reuse|gaines}} Although Abaskun was regarded as lawless{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}} and anachronistic,{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} [[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]] maintained a colonial government,{{Ref/Site|Id=gaines|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jordan-gaines|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Jordan Gaines}} | ||
Like many Outer Colonies, Arcadia was exploited for its natural resources, and for recreational purposes, becoming a popular tourist destination.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} Described as a "tourist paradise", Arcadia became famed for its safaris and other recreational amenities, with cruise ships in constant transit between the colony and [[Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc298}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=ch127|CH|Page=127}} Due to the planet's fertile environment, the colony soon had a large agricultural industry, providing foodstuffs to other [[Human colonies|colonies]] of the Unified Earth Government. | Like many Outer Colonies, Arcadia was exploited for its natural resources, and for recreational purposes, becoming a popular tourist destination.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} Described as a "tourist paradise", Arcadia became famed for its safaris and other recreational amenities, with cruise ships in constant transit between the colony and [[Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc298}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=ch127|CH|Page=127}} Due to the planet's fertile environment, the colony soon had a large agricultural industry, providing foodstuffs to other [[Human colonies|colonies]] of the Unified Earth Government. | ||