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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|UNSC|HCW}}
{{Planet infobox
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|name=Asmara
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|species=[[Human]] {{C|Non-native}}
|species=[[Human]] {{C|Non-native}}
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|colonized=[[2482]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P50}}
|government=[[Unified Earth Government]]
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'''Asmara''' is a former [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] [[planet|world]] in the [[Husten system]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P50}}<ref name="dirt">''Halo: Evolutions'', [[Dirt]]</ref> In [[2529]], the planet was [[glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P50}}{{Ref/Reuse|DP14}}
'''Asmara''' was a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] [[planet]] in an unspecified system.<ref name="dirt">''Halo: Evolutions'', [[Dirt]]</ref>  


==Overview==
==Overview==
===Known residents===
===Known residents===
*[[Carlo Hoya]] - Future [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] who escaped the planet alongside his family as refugees.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]}}
*[[Carlo Hoya]] - [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]]; him and his family were refugees.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]}}


==History==
==History==
===Rise of humanity===
Asmara was [[Human colonies|colonized]] by [[human]]ity in [[2482]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P50}}
===Human-Covenant war===
===Human-Covenant war===
In [[2529]],{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P50}} Asmara was discovered and [[Battle of Asmara|attacked]] by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Game|Id=DP14|Halo: Reach|Detail=Data pad 14}} [[Gage Yevgenny]]'s team of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s was involved in the defense of the planet. One ODST to die in the battle was [[Mason]], after a [[Sangheili]] speared him along with ten other ODSTs with an [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]] before Gage got off a near point-blank shot with a missile launcher.<ref name="dirt"/> Ultimately, the [[United Nations Space Command]] would be unable to repel the invaders from Asmara and the world was [[glassing|glassed]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P50}}{{Ref/Reuse|DP14}}
The colony was among the first eight to be [[Battle of Asmara|destroyed]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], being destroyed sometime in the first four years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Game|Halo: Reach|Detail=Data pad 14}} It involved [[Gage Yevgenny]]'s team of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s. One ODST to die in the battle was [[Mason]], after a [[Sangheili]] speared him along with ten other ODSTs with an [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Sword]] before Gage got off a near point-blank shot with a missile launcher.<ref name="dirt"/>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The colony is likely named for the city of [[Wikipedia:Asmara|Asmara]], the capital of [[Wikipedia:Eritrea|Eritrea]].
The colony is likely named for the city of [[Wikipedia:Asmara|Asmara]], the capital of [[Wikipedia:Eritrea|Eritrea]].


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

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