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(Don't know how this meshes with the "perfectly intact infrastructure" bit... Or maybe ONI just are really good at cleaning up)
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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 the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]] and later to [[Requiem]] via [[slipspace translocation]], to be implanted into new [[Promethean Knight]]s for the Didact's army.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue 9]]''</ref><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 the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]] and later to [[Requiem]] via [[slipspace translocation]], to be implanted into new [[Promethean Knight]]s for the Didact's army.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue 9]]''</ref><ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[Memento Mori|E5: ''Memento Mori'']]</ref>


During the events surrounding the Didact's attack, [[slipspace portal]] was opened in New Phoenix—evidently by the Didact's [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant followers]]—allowing Promethean forces to pour through and launch an invasion on the city. An [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] research team based in the city attempted to use the [[Forerunner]] artifact known as the [[Conduit]] to close the portal and thus halt the assault.<ref name="ign hss">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbhbZLhOFk '''YouTube''': '' Halo: Spartan Strike Gameplay Commentary'']</ref>
Not long after the attack, the Didact's [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant followers]] opened [[slipspace portal]]s in an [[New Phoenix ONI facility|ONI base]] located in New Phoenix through a Forerunner device ONI had been studying there. Covenant and Promethean forces invaded the city through the portals, but an ONI research team, with the help of a Spartan [[Headhunter]], managed to use a [[Forerunner]] artifact known as the [[Conduit]] to close the portals and halt the assault.<ref>'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]]''</ref>


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Revision as of 02:22, April 21, 2015

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]

New Phoenix Incident

Main article: New Phoenix Incident

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 the Composer's Abyss on Installation 03 and later to Requiem via slipspace translocation, to be implanted into new Promethean Knights for the Didact's army.[2][3]

Not long after the attack, the Didact's Covenant followers opened slipspace portals in an ONI base located in New Phoenix through a Forerunner device ONI had been studying there. Covenant and Promethean forces invaded the city through the portals, but an ONI research team, with the help of a Spartan Headhunter, managed to use a Forerunner artifact known as the Conduit to close the portals and halt the assault.[4]

Quarantine

New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony in March 2558

Due to the nature of the Composer, the city's infrastructure remained completely intact.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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,[8] 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

  • New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer.

    New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer.

  • The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack

    The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack

  • Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident

    Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident

  • UNSC Marines arrive to investigate the city.

    UNSC Marines arrive to investigate the city.

  • An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked

    An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked

  • Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident

    Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident

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. ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue 9
  3. ^ Spartan Ops, E5: Memento Mori
  4. ^ Halo: Spartan Strike, Operation D: Adamantine Shield
  5. ^ Halo 4 - Epilogue
  6. ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue #3
  7. ^ Spartan Ops, Departure
  8. ^ Spartan Ops, E4: Didact's Hand
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