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The '''Epsilon Indi system''', designated '''UC-901-9081''' by the [[Forerunner]]s, | The '''Epsilon Indi system''', designated '''UC-901-9081''' by the [[Forerunner]]s,<ref name="Catalog"/> is a planetary system that consists of the star Epsilon Indi and five planets in close orbit,<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 80''</ref> One of these planets, [[Harvest]], was habitable prior to its [[First Battle of Harvest|destruction]] by the [[Covenant]] in [[2525]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 32''</ref> The system exists on the frontier of [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] space, largely due to the topology of local [[slipspace]];<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969317)]</ref> it is located weeks from the nearest human colony, [[Madrigal]], and slightly more than two months from [[Reach]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Epsilon Indi was part of the Forerunner [[ecumene]] prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]]; the Forerunners built an unknown number of structures on Harvest. | Epsilon Indi was part of the Forerunner [[ecumene]] prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]]; the Forerunners built an unknown number of structures on Harvest.<ref name="Catalog"/><ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> The system was colonized by the [[Unified Earth Government]] in [[2468]]. The fact that Harvest was habitable without any [[terraforming]] necessary was enough to elicit a colonization effort to a such faraway world. At eleven light-years from [[Earth]], Epsilon Indi is not the most linearly distant star system in human territory; however, a combination of [[propaganda]] and the vagaries of slipspace travel led to it being declared the farthest-flung system in UEG space.<ref name="Catalog"/> A population of 3,000,000 citizens was ultimately established on Harvest and an orbital platform was built for exporting and importing goods. | ||
In 2525, the [[Covenant]] discovered the system. It was humanity's first contact with the Covenant and after a [[First Battle of Harvest|violent first contact]], the Covenant [[Glassing|glassed]] most of the surface. In [[2526]], the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] took place in the system and the UNSC took it back from the Covenant. | In 2525, the [[Covenant]] discovered the system. It was humanity's first contact with the Covenant and after a [[First Battle of Harvest|violent first contact]], the Covenant [[Glassing|glassed]] most of the surface. In [[2526]], the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] took place in the system and the UNSC took it back from the Covenant. | ||
