Editing Côte d'Azur

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Center|''For the planet, see [[Cote d'Azure]].''}}
{{City infobox
|city=Côte d'Azur
|image=[[File:FoR - d'Azur.jpg|300px]]
|location=[[Sigma Octanus IV]]
|built=
|destroyed=July 17, 2552
|notable=[[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]
|notable-title=Notable events
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
}}
'''Côte d'Azur'''<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 160</ref> was a coastal city that was the main population center of [[Sigma Octanus IV]], a [[human]] colony world in [[FLEETCOM Sector Three]]. The population of Côte D'Azur was estimated to be 300,000, nearly all of whom were killed during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]].

==Overview==
Côte d'Azur's citizens grew [[list of food and drinks|rice]] paddies outside of the city. The main sections on the latter interior of Côte d'Azur were the wharf and bay areas, the residential section, the downtown, and the docks. Côte d'Azur had a sewer system under the city. The sewer systems had steel pipes running along the top of the plastic conduits. The sewer systems had a two meter diameter pipe, with a steel grate,<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 182</ref> on the beach side near the edge of the city. The inhabitants used sodium vapor lamps, which washed everything above with an eerie glow.

==History==
In the year [[2552]], the [[Covenant]] launched a small [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|attack]] against the Sigma Octanus system in hopes to retrieve a [[Forerunner]] [[Sigma Octanus IV artifact|artifact]] that was on display at the [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]] on Sigma Octanus IV's surface. When the Covenant invaded Côte d'Azur, they killed the entire population, save for twenty civilians (some of whom were wounded) who hid in a cargo ship. It is assumed that these twenty are the only to have survived.

The Covenant were in the process of securing the artifact and relaying messages to the ships above when the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] entered the city. Blue Team managed to retrieve the artifact, save the remaining civilians, and escape back to their [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] Dropship. Upon entering the Pelican and exiting the atmosphere, [[John-117]] detonated a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] underneath the city streets, which destroyed the city and prevented the Covenant from finding anything else of value. Sigma Octanus IV and the remnants of Côte d'Azur still remain under human control.

== Trivia ==
*The city was probably named after the real Cote d'Azur, a region in the [[Wikipedia:French Riviera|French Riviera]] which translates as "Blue Coast".
*This was likely the first contact that Blue Team had with [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]], as they had to improvise to defeat them. After their armor-piercing bullets had no effect, John ordered the Spartans to switch to shredder rounds and shoot out the floor that the Hunters were standing on, dropping them to the floor below and allowing Blue Team to escape with the Forerunner artifact.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Sigma Octanus IV locations]]
[[Category:Human cities]]