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|location=[[Wikipedia:Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]], [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]
|location=[[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]
|population=7 million (prior to the [[Battle of Earth (2557)|New Phoenix Incident]])<ref name="escalation 7">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #7''</ref>
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'''New Phoenix''' is a metropolitan area of [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]], a state in the [[United Republic of North America]] on [[Earth]]. It was the fourth most populated city of URNA, after [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Chicago]].<ref name="escalation 7"/>
'''New Phoenix''' is a metropolitan area of [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]], a state in the [[United Republic of North America]] on [[Earth]]. It was the fourth most populated city of URNA, after [[New York City]], Los Angeles, and [[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone|Chicago]].<ref name="escalation 7"/>


==History==
==History==
The city of New Phoenix was originally two separate cities, [[Wikipedia:Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] and [[Wikipedia:Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. As the populations of both cities grew, they agreed to become one large metropolis.<ref name="escalation 7"/>
New Phoenix was originally two separate cities, [[Wikipedia:Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] and [[Wikipedia:Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. As the populations and boundaries of both cities grew to intersect, they agreed to become one large metropolis.<ref name="escalation 7"/>


===Battle of Earth===
===Battle of Earth===
{{Main|Battle of Earth (2557)}}
{{Main|Battle of Earth (2557)}}
During his swift attack on Earth in [[2557|July 2557]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was able to position his flagship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', in a high [[geosynchronous orbit]] above the city. Despite resistance from the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], he activated the [[Composer]], [[mind transfer|converting]] New Phoenix's population of seven million into virtual form and disintegrating their bodies.<ref name="escalation 7"/> [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] soon destroyed the Composer, however, some of the harvested minds were sent to [[Requiem]] via the Composer's [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] portal.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[Memento Mori|E5: ''Memento Mori'']]</ref>
During his swift attack on Earth on [[2557|July 24, 2557]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was able to position his flagship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', in [[geosynchronous orbit]] above the city. Despite resistance from the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], he activated the [[Composer]], [[mind transfer|converting]] New Phoenix's population of seven million into virtual form and disintegrating their bodies within ninety seconds.<ref name="escalation 7"/> Though [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] soon destroyed the Composer, some of the harvested minds were sent to [[Requiem]] via [[slipspace translocation]].<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[Memento Mori|E5: ''Memento Mori'']]</ref>


===Quarantine===
===Quarantine===
[[File:New Phoenix rebirth.jpg|thumb|200px|New Phoenix's rebirth ceremony in March 2558.]]
[[File:New Phoenix rebirth.jpg|thumb|200px|New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony in March 2558]]
Due to the nature of the Composer, the city's infrastructure remained completely intact.<ref>'''Halo 4''' - ''[[Epilogue (Halo 4 level)|Epilogue]]''</ref> New Phoenix was quarantined after the holocaust and remained off-limits. The UNSC hid the details of the attack from the public, concealing it as a attack by the [[Covenant remnants]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #3''</ref> Six months later, however, [[John Sullivan]], an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] public relations officer, released a statement that the attack was not of [[Covenant]] origin.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[Departure]]''</ref>  
Due to the nature of the Composer, the city's infrastructure remained completely intact.<ref>'''Halo 4''' - ''[[Epilogue (Halo 4 level)|Epilogue]]''</ref> New Phoenix was quarantined after the holocaust and remained off-limits. The UNSC hid the details of the attack from the public, concealing it as a attack by the [[Covenant remnants]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #3''</ref> Six months later, however, [[John Sullivan]], an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] public relations officer, released a statement that the attack was not of [[Covenant]] origin.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[Departure]]''</ref>  


On March 24, [[2558]], eight months after the attack, the city's quarantine was lifted.<ref name="escalation 7"/> Doctor [[Ruth Charet]], [[President of the Unified Earth Government]], presided over New Phoenix's rebirth ceremony. Spartan [[Tedra Grant]] accompanied [[Gabriel Thorne]] as he return to the city and visited [[Thorne family|his family]]'s home.<ref name="escalation 7"/>
On March 24, [[2558]], eight months after the attack, the city's quarantine was lifted.<ref name="escalation 7"/> Doctor [[Ruth Charet]], [[President of the Unified Earth Government]], presided over New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony. Spartan [[Tedra Grant]] accompanied [[Gabriel Thorne]] as he return to the city and visited [[Thorne family|his family]]'s home.<ref name="escalation 7"/>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer from Earth orbit in 2557, wiping out its entire population.
File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer.
File:H4Epilogue - NP Streets.jpg|The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack.
File:H4Epilogue - NP Streets.jpg|The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack
File:H4Epilogue - NP Pelicans.jpg|Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident.
File:H4Epilogue - NP Pelicans.jpg|Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident
File:H4Epilogue - Hazteam.jpg|A UNSC HAZMAT team arrives to investigate the city.
File:H4Epilogue - Hazteam.jpg|UNSC Marines arrive to investigate the city.
File:H4 New Phoenix Article.JPG|An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked.
File:H4 New Phoenix Article.JPG|An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked
File:New Phoenix population composed.jpg|Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident.
File:New Phoenix population composed.jpg|Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident
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</gallery>



Revision as of 15:34, June 26, 2014

Template:City New Phoenix is a metropolitan area of Arizona, a state in the United Republic of North America on Earth. It was the fourth most populated city of URNA, after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.[1]

History

New Phoenix was originally two separate cities, Flagstaff and Phoenix. As the populations and boundaries of both cities grew to intersect, they agreed to become one large metropolis.[1]

Battle of Earth

Main article: Battle of Earth (2557)

During his swift attack on Earth on July 24, 2557, the Didact was able to position his flagship, Mantle's Approach, in geosynchronous orbit above the city. Despite resistance from the UNSC Home Fleet, he activated the Composer, converting New Phoenix's population of seven million into virtual form and disintegrating their bodies within ninety seconds.[1] Though Spartan John-117 soon destroyed the Composer, some of the harvested minds were sent to Requiem via slipspace translocation.[2]

Quarantine

New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony in March 2558

Due to the nature of the Composer, the city's infrastructure remained completely intact.[3] New Phoenix was quarantined after the holocaust and remained off-limits. The UNSC hid the details of the attack from the public, concealing it as a attack by the Covenant remnants.[4] Six months later, however, John Sullivan, an Office of Naval Intelligence public relations officer, released a statement that the attack was not of Covenant origin.[5]

On March 24, 2558, eight months after the attack, the city's quarantine was lifted.[1] Doctor Ruth Charet, President of the Unified Earth Government, presided over New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony. Spartan Tedra Grant accompanied Gabriel Thorne as he return to the city and visited his family's home.[1]

Trivia

  • New Phoenix is the second North American city to be depicted in a Halo game, the first being Chicago in the Halo 2 multiplayer map Foundation.
  • Spartan Gabriel Thorne had family and friends who were killed in New Phoenix,[6] most notably his maternal grandmother.[1]
  • New Phoenix housed the New Phoenix Philharmonic, an orchestra that Gabriel Thorne's grandmother played in as a violinist for twenty years.[1]

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named escalation 7
  2. ^ Spartan Ops, E5: Memento Mori
  3. ^ Halo 4 - Epilogue
  4. ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue #3
  5. ^ Spartan Ops, Departure
  6. ^ Spartan Ops, E4: Didact's Hand