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| [[File:Szudork From Orbit HR.PNG|thumb|300px|Satellite image of Szurdok Ridge.]] | | {{Ratings}} |
| '''Szurdok Ridge''' was a mountainous ridge in [[Ütközet]], [[Viery Territory]] on the [[human]] [[Inner Colony|Inner]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] [[world]] of [[Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|TotS}}{{Ref/Reuse|night}} | | {{New Content}} |
| | [[File:Szurduk Ridge.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Satellite image of Szurdok Ridge.]] |
| | '''Szurdok Ridge''' was a mountain ridge at [[Ütközet]] on the [[human]] [[Inner Colonies|colony world]] of [[Reach]]. A river on top of the ridge housed a large [[Unidentified hydroelectric power plant|hydroelectric power plant]] that provided energy for Reach's inhabitants. A large battle between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant Empire]] took place on the ridge during the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=28515 '''Bungie.net''': ''Weekly Update 09/10/2010'']</ref> |
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Geography===
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| A river on top of the ridge housed a large [[Ütközet hydroelectric power plant|hydroelectric power plant]] that provided energy for Reach's inhabitants.{{Ref/Level|Id=night|HR|[[Nightfall]]}} A [[BXR Mining Corporation|BXR Mining]] [[Szurdok Ridge BXR facility|facility]] was also in the region.{{Ref/Reuse|TotS}}
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| ==History==
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| ===Human-Covenant war===
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| [[File:Szurduk Ridge.jpg|thumb|200px|Close-up satellite image observing UNSC and Covenant forces in Szurdok Ridge]]
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| In the [[2552#August|August 2552]], [[Recon Team Bravo|a portion]] of [[Noble Team]] was [[Mission to Szurdok Ridge|sent to scout]] a Covenant "dark zone" at Szurdok Ridge during the [[Fall of Reach]]. There they discovered that the area was being used as a staging ground for their forces to invade the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|night}}
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| The next day [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|a large battle]] between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] took place on the ridge. UNSC forces would eventually make their way to [[Spire One]]. There, the {{Pattern|Sh'wada|supercarrier}} would destroy the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}}, sending its wreckage into the ground.{{Ref/Level|Id=TotS|[[Halo: Reach]]|[[Tip of The Spear]]}}
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| ===Post-war===
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| During [[Operation]]: [[Operation: WOLFE|WOLFE]], [[Banished]] forces were sent to scout Szurdok Ridge.{{Ref/Novel|SoR}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *"Szurdok" is the [[Wikipedia:Hungarian language|Hungarian]] word for "canyon". Hence the name, "Szurdok Ridge" sounds like a narrow trench or "Ridge". | | *The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language Hungarian] word "szurdok" means "canyon" in English. |
| *[[Wikipedia:Szurduk|Szurduk]] is a commune in present-day Romania. | | *[[Wikipedia:Szurduk|Szurduk]] is a commune in present-day Romania. |
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:Reach TotS Bridge.jpg|A destroyed bridge at Szurdok.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' | | **''[[Tip of the Spear]]'' |
| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Mo}} | |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Reach locations]] | | [[Category:Reach locations]] |
