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{{Stellar infobox | |||
|name=Epsilon Indi system | |||
|image=[[File:EpsilonIndi.png|300px]] | |||
|sector= | |||
|constellation= | |||
|distance=11.83 light-years<ref name="enc298">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', UNSC Colonies, p. 287 (2009), p. 299 (2011)</ref> | |||
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|bodies=1 [[asteroid]] belt<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 92''</ref> | |||
|asteroids=At least 5 bodies | |||
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|affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]] | |||
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The '''Epsilon Indi system''', designated '''UC-901-9081''' by the [[Forerunner]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|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== | |||
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/Reuse|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/Reuse|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. | |||
The Covenant [[Harvest campaign|attacked again]] later in the same year and were not driven off from the system by UNSC forces until [[2531]]. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The real Epsilon Indi is regarded as a prime candidate for human colonization. | |||
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==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Legends]]'' | |||
**''[[Origins]]'' | |||
**''[[Homecoming]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | |||
**''[[Dirt]]'' | |||
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | |||
**''[[Data pads]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | |||
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
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