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{{SeeWikipedia|Milky Way}} | {{SeeWikipedia|Milky Way}} | ||
[[Image:Milky Way.jpg|thumb|The Milky Way seen in infrared from Earth.]] | [[Image:Milky Way.jpg|thumb|The Milky Way seen in infrared from Earth.]] | ||
[[Image:Ssc2008-10a.jpg|thumb|An overhead view of the Milky Way]] | |||
The '''Milky Way''' is the [[wikipedia:galaxy|galaxy]] where the [[Human]]s and the [[Covenant]] reside,<ref>[[Halo: Contact harvest]], page 26</ref> and is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter. It is a [[wikipedia:Barred spiral galaxy|barred spiral galaxy]] that lies within the [[wikipedia:Local group|local group]] of galaxies neighborhood, which is just a very small portion of the Universe. Visible from [[Earth]] as a band of light in the night sky, the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the observable universe, though the Milky Way has special significance to Humanity as it is the home galaxy of the planet, Earth. | The '''Milky Way''' is the [[wikipedia:galaxy|galaxy]] where the [[Human]]s and the [[Covenant]] reside,<ref>[[Halo: Contact harvest]], page 26</ref> and is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter. It is a [[wikipedia:Barred spiral galaxy|barred spiral galaxy]] that lies within the [[wikipedia:Local group|local group]] of galaxies neighborhood, which is just a very small portion of the Universe. Visible from [[Earth]] as a band of light in the night sky, the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the observable universe, though the Milky Way has special significance to Humanity as it is the home galaxy of the planet, Earth. | ||
==Orion Arm== | ==Orion Arm== | ||
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On April 20, [[2525]], contact with the Outer Colony, [[Harvest]], was lost. After failing to re-establish contact with Harvest, the [[Colonial Military Administration]] sent a scout ship, the [[Argo]], to investigate. Contact with the Argo was subsequently lost after the ship arrived in the Harvest system, plunging humanity into a deadly war with an alien race known as the "[[Covenant]]". Harvest was glassed from orbit, and marked the beginning of the war with the Covenant. The war was termed the [[Human-Covenant War]], and was the most destructive conflict in the galaxy's history since the [[Forerunner-Flood War]] 100,000 year prior. Since the war's beginning, hundreds of human colonies have been destroyed and billions of civilian and military personnel have been killed by the Covenant. | On April 20, [[2525]], contact with the Outer Colony, [[Harvest]], was lost. After failing to re-establish contact with Harvest, the [[Colonial Military Administration]] sent a scout ship, the [[Argo]], to investigate. Contact with the Argo was subsequently lost after the ship arrived in the Harvest system, plunging humanity into a deadly war with an alien race known as the "[[Covenant]]". Harvest was glassed from orbit, and marked the beginning of the war with the Covenant. The war was termed the [[Human-Covenant War]], and was the most destructive conflict in the galaxy's history since the [[Forerunner-Flood War]] 100,000 year prior. Since the war's beginning, hundreds of human colonies have been destroyed and billions of civilian and military personnel have been killed by the Covenant. | ||
At its peak, the UNSC encompassed a number of star systems, with hundreds of planets, moons and planetoids settled by colonists, some terraformed to greater degrees than others depending on the local conditions and presence of indigenous life. The Inner Colonies encompassed a region of space in at least a 10.5 light-year three-dimensional radius from Earth. Beyond that were the Outer Colonies. In 2456, Harvest was the furthest Outer Colony at 11.83 light-years from the other colonies. Other colonies were established even further - [[Onyx]] in the [[Zeta Doradus]] system, at 38 light-years<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref>; [[Coral]], at 42 light-years<ref>''[[I Love Bees]]''</ref>; and [[23 Librae]], which lay 83.7 light-years from Earth.<ref>''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''</ref>, [[Sigma Octanus]] at 270 light-years,<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''</ref> and [[Beta Centauri]], at 525 light-years from Earth, the furthest ''known'' human-occupied star system.<ref | At its peak, the UNSC encompassed a number of star systems, with hundreds of planets, moons and planetoids settled by colonists, some terraformed to greater degrees than others depending on the local conditions and presence of indigenous life. The Inner Colonies encompassed a region of space in at least a 10.5 light-year three-dimensional radius from Earth. Beyond that were the Outer Colonies. In 2456, Harvest was the furthest Outer Colony at 11.83 light-years from the other colonies. Other colonies were established even further - [[Onyx]] in the [[Zeta Doradus]] system, at 38 light-years<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref>; [[Coral]], at 42 light-years<ref>''[[I Love Bees]]''</ref>; and [[23 Librae]], which lay 83.7 light-years from Earth.<ref>''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''</ref>, [[Sigma Octanus]] at 270 light-years,<ref name="Reach">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''</ref> and [[Beta Centauri]], at 525 light-years from Earth, the furthest ''known'' human-occupied star system.<ref name="Reach"/> It is unknown how many colonies remain at the end of the war in 2553, although remarks made by [[Lord Hood]] suggested that UNSC territory has been reduced to sol, and a mere handful of Inner Colonies. | ||
===Covenant=== | ===Covenant=== | ||
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==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
[[Image:Orion_Arm.png|thumb|The known Milky Way galaxy. The yellow dot represents the Solar System and the Orion Arm is Labeled "Local Spur".]] | [[Image:Orion_Arm.png|thumb|200px|The known Milky Way galaxy. The yellow dot represents the Solar System and the Orion Arm is Labeled "Local Spur".]] | ||
*'''Perseus Arm''' | *[[wikipedia:Perseus Arm|'''Perseus Arm''']] | ||
*'''Norma and Cygnus Arm''' | *[[wikipedia:Cygnus Arm|'''Norma and Cygnus Arm''']] | ||
*'''Scutum-Crux Arm''' | *[[wikipedia:Scutum-Crux Arm|'''Scutum-Crux Arm''']] | ||
*'''Sagittarius Arm''' | *[[wikipedia:Sagittarius Arm|'''Sagittarius Arm''']] | ||
===[[Orion Arm]]=== | ===[[Orion Arm]]=== | ||
The Milky Way, and the [[Orion Arm]] in particular, has a large number of inhabited or, at least, habitable, planets within it, with the '''[[United Earth Government]]''' and the '''[[Covenant|Covenant Empire]]''' both maintaining distinct territories of their own. Other planets and systems were once home to the now-extinct '''[[Forerunners]]''', whose interstellar empire spanned the galaxy until their disappearance. | The Milky Way, and the [[Orion Arm]] in particular, has a large number of inhabited or, at least, habitable, planets within it, with the '''[[United Earth Government]]''' and the '''[[Covenant|Covenant Empire]]''' both maintaining distinct territories of their own. Other planets and systems were once home to the now-extinct '''[[Forerunners]]''', whose interstellar empire spanned the galaxy until their disappearance. | ||
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====UNSC==== | ====UNSC==== | ||
=====Systems===== | =====Systems===== | ||
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*[[Paris IV]] | *[[Paris IV]] | ||
*[[Tantalus]] | *[[Tantalus]] | ||
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====Covenant==== | ====Covenant==== | ||
=====Systems===== | =====Systems===== | ||
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*[[Onyx|Onyx Shield World]] | *[[Onyx|Onyx Shield World]] | ||
*[[Shield World (Halo Wars)|Unknown Shield World]] | *[[Shield World (Halo Wars)|Unknown Shield World]] | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Sol System]] | *[[Sol System]] | ||
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*The Milky Way is visible from [[The Ark]]. | *The Milky Way is visible from [[The Ark]]. | ||
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[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:Astronomy]] | [[Category:Astronomy]] | ||