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'''Chi Ceti IV''' is a planet in the [[Chi Ceti system]]. The planet has a top-secret installation on its surface, known as the [[Damascus Testing Facility]],<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 113''</ref> where the [[SPARTAN-IIs]] were first given their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV MJOLNIR armor]] during the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]].
'''Chi Ceti IV''' is a planet in the [[Chi Ceti system]]. A distant red nebula is visible from the system.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 103''</ref>
The planet has a top-secret installation on its surface, the [[Damascus Testing Facility]], where the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV MJOLNIR armor]] and the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/EOD variant|MJOLNIR EOD variant]] were developed.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 113''</ref>


The facility and a UNSC training center was abandoned and, those being the only known [[Human]] installations on the planet, it is quite unlikely that the planet was destroyed and glassed by the [[Covenant]] ensuing the evacuation. When the Covenant attacked, the SPARTAN-IIs boarded their ship and succeeded in destroying it, but [[Samuel-034]] died in the process, the first Spartan to be listed as MIA.<ref>ONI Directive 930</ref> The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/EOD variant|MJOLNIR/EOD variant]] was also developed at the Damascus facility in this system.
==History==
{{Main|Battle of Chi Ceti}}
On [[2525#November|November 27, 2525]], the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] vessel ''[[Unrelenting]]'' arrived in the Chi Ceti system. The [[UNSC frigate|frigate]] {{UNSCship|Commonwealth}} drove off the former vessel, though both ships were heavily damaged. ''Commonwealth'' remained in orbit as the [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] received their MJOLNIR armor. Later that day, the Spartans were deployed from the frigate toward a hole that had been blasted into ''Unrelenting'''s hull in an attempt to destroy the vessel from within. Only three Spartans, [[John-117]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Samuel-034]], arrived at the enemy vessel, which they then boarded. Shortly thereafter, Samuel's armor was damaged, leaving him unable to return to the ''Commonwealth''. He stayed behind and detonated an [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile|ANVIL-II missile]], killing himself and destroying ''Unrelenting''.


The engagement taking place in the orbit of Chi Ceti IV between the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} and the [[Covenant light cruiser]] ''[[Unrelenting]]'' was one of the first, and perhaps also one of the smallest naval engagements to occur between Covenant and UNSC forces. But it was also perhaps one of the most notable engagements, due to the loss of the first Spartan, Samuel-034.
When the planet was compromised by the Covenant, the Damascus Testing Facility and a nearby [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] training center were abandoned. As these were the only known [[human]] installations on the planet, it is unlikely that the planet was [[Glassing|glassed]].


==Trivia==
==List of appearances==
*A distant red nebula is visible from the system.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 103''</ref>
''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*A planet from Bungie's previous game, Marathon, takes a similar name, Tau Ceti IV.


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 14:58, April 17, 2011

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Chi Ceti IV is a planet in the Chi Ceti system. A distant red nebula is visible from the system.[1] The planet has a top-secret installation on its surface, the Damascus Testing Facility, where the Mark IV MJOLNIR armor and the MJOLNIR EOD variant were developed.[2]

History

Main article: Battle of Chi Ceti

On November 27, 2525, the Covenant vessel Unrelenting arrived in the Chi Ceti system. The frigate Template:UNSCship drove off the former vessel, though both ships were heavily damaged. Commonwealth remained in orbit as the Spartans received their MJOLNIR armor. Later that day, the Spartans were deployed from the frigate toward a hole that had been blasted into Unrelenting's hull in an attempt to destroy the vessel from within. Only three Spartans, John-117, Kelly-087, and Samuel-034, arrived at the enemy vessel, which they then boarded. Shortly thereafter, Samuel's armor was damaged, leaving him unable to return to the Commonwealth. He stayed behind and detonated an ANVIL-II missile, killing himself and destroying Unrelenting.

When the planet was compromised by the Covenant, the Damascus Testing Facility and a nearby UNSC training center were abandoned. As these were the only known human installations on the planet, it is unlikely that the planet was glassed.

List of appearances

Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 103
  2. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 113