Arcadia: Difference between revisions

{{Planet infobox

|name=Arcadia

|system=[[Procyon system]]<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 12''</ref>

|body=[[Procyon]]{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}

|government=[[Unified Earth Government]] {{C|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}

}}

==History==

[[File:Arcadia Colonized.jpg|thumb|250px|left|''Phoenix''-class colony ships colonizing Arcadia]]

Arcadia was colonized by the [[Unified Earth Government]] in [[2429]], where the planet was established as an [[Outer Colony]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} The colony did not require any aggressive [[terraforming]] measures to be suitable for [[human]] habitation, as the planet had a plentiful supply of resources needed to support human settlement.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} Several {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}}s were involved with the initial colonization of Arcadia, supporting the establishment of the metropolitan capital of [[Pirth City]].<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[Origins]]''</ref>

Following the Battle for Arcadia, the planet's major population centers were destroyed and the surviving Arcadians fled their ruined homeworld. However, over the following years, many Arcadians slowly began returning to their world and rebuilding. While flora had overgrown most of their cities, the Arcadians resettled in [[Abaskun]] on [[Mu]], a mostly lawless community that provided much needed food supplies to the UNSC and the [[Inner Colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}} However, on [[2549#September|September 9, 2549]], a massive Covenant fleet [[Second Fall of Arcadia|returned]] to Arcadia and [[Glassing|glassed]] the planet. The Arcadians attempted to flee aboard hundreds of transports, although only a handful successfully escaped.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} The surviving Arcadians eventually relocated to the UEG refugee camps in the southern dunes of [[Terra Cimmeria]] on [[Mars]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Oasis]]", ''page 298'' (Google Play edition)</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]''', ''page 73'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Following the Covenant War, Arcadia became the site of multiple salvage operations undertaken by [[Kig-Yar]]. The United Nations Space Command, in response, launched [[Operation: EASTERN AZURE]], which not only involved the surveillance of these activities but also the mapping of new potential slipspace routes to and from the planet; [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Jameson Locke]] participated in this operation.<ref name="H5GLtd">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition]]''', ''Spartan Locke's Classified Orders''</ref>

In [[2557#January|January 2557]], the [[salvaging]] ship ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' passed by the glassed Arcadia on her way to the neighboring planet of [[Laconia]], searching for ''[[Radiant Perception]]'' which had crash landed on Laconia following the Battle for Arcadia years earlier.<ref name="sas71">'''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''', ''pages 71-72'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After retrieving a [[log buoy]] from ''Radiant Perception'', the crew of ''Ace of Spades'' briefly hid from pursuing forces of [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant remnant]] on the dark side of Arcadia.<ref>'''Halo: Smoke and Shadow''', ''page 106'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Arcadia was an [[Outer Colony]] administrated by the [[Unified Earth Government]]. The colony was divided into forty-two<ref name="risk">''[[Risk|Halo Wars Risk]]''</ref> provincial regions, the largest of which was the metropolitan capital of [[Pirth City]],{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} located on the continent of [[Eire]].{{Ref/Reuse|risk}} Other major cities on Arcadia included [[Abaskun]], [[Arcadia City (location)|Arcadia City]], [[Daylam]], and [[Saqsin]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} The [[Arcadian Patrol]] served as the colony's [[Law enforcement|police force]].{{Ref/Reuse|arcadia city}} The [[United Nations Space Command]] maintained [[Fort Deen (location)|Fort Deen]] on the colony,<ref>'''Halo Wars''', multiplayer level, ''[[Fort Deen]]''</ref> while the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] also had their own [[Arcadia ONI facility|facility]] in the jungles of Arcadia.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Dome of Light]]''</ref> In early [[2531]], the colony had a population of 2,998,230.{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} After the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle for Arcadia|attack]], most Arcadians abandoned their homeworld, though many returned over the following years and resettled in Abaskun.{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}} Although Abaskun maintained a colonial government,<ref name="gaines">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jordan-gaines '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jordan Gaines'']</ref> the colony was regarded as lawless and anachronistic.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}

Arcadia was also home to three [[space elevator]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} as well as an orbital refinery complex that was destroyed during the Covenant's first attack on the colony.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} [[Lethbridge Industrial]] also maintained facilities on Arcadia, one of which held design files for the corporation's own variant of the [[HRUNTING Mark III Cyclops]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', ''[[Phoenix Log]]: Cyclops''</ref> Among other exports, the planet was known for [[List of food and drinks|Procyon champagne]], a luxurious vintage favored by [[Robert Watts]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 104'' (2010)</ref>

The Arcadians were regarded as a peaceful and thriving people.{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} The colony's inhabitants had only explored a relatively small portion of the planet; the creation of the [[Deep Space Research Array]] in Arcadia's orbit led some to point out the irony that the Arcadians knew more about the galaxy than about the dense forests and jungles of their own planet. The population appeared to be loyal to the [[Unified Earth Government]], providing the [[Inner Colonies]] with much needed foodstuff even after their civilization had fallen into a bizarre state of anarchy and lawlessness, following the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle for Arcadia|first attack]] on Arcadia.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The Arcadians had their own style of fashion, unique to their world.<ref name="evg8">'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 8''</ref>

File:Arcadia Escalation.png|The ''Spirit of Fire'' arriving at Arcadia.  

File:HaloPlanets.jpg|A comparison of Arcadia and multiple other planets.

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