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In 2525, the [[Covenant]] sent a ship into the system. It was the Human's first contact with the Covenant and the Covenant [[glassed]] Harvest. In [[2531]], [[The Battle of Harvest]] took place in the system and the UNSC took it back from the Covenant. | In 2525, the [[Covenant]] sent a ship into the system. It was the Human's first contact with the Covenant and the Covenant [[glassed]] Harvest. In [[2531]], [[The Battle of Harvest]] took place in the system and the UNSC took it back from the Covenant. | ||
It is unclear who currently possesses the Epsilon Indi system. Planet Harvest is dead, and so neither the UNSC nor the Covenant have any real tactical value for the system. | It is unclear who currently possesses the Epsilon Indi system. Planet Harvest is dead, and so neither the UNSC nor the Covenant have any real tactical value for the system, short of orbital resources that are likely easier to find than one of the most remote star systems from Earth. | ||
It should be noted that six ships fled the planet before it was glassed | It should be noted that for six ships that fled the planet before it was glassed, the Covenant destroyed five of them. One that escaped carried [[Spartan-Shane|Shane]], a future [[Spartan III]] of [[Alpha Company]]).<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 72</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The Epsilon Indi system exists in real life<ref>http://www.solstation.com/stars/eps-indi.htm</ref>, but it is only 11 light years from Earth, whereas Epsilon Indi in '''Halo: Contact Harvest''' is described as being over a hundred light years from Reach (which is only ten light years from Earth). Whether or not this is an oversight, or a deliberate reference to another fictional star is unknown. | The Epsilon Indi system exists in real life<ref>http://www.solstation.com/stars/eps-indi.htm</ref>, but it is only 11 light years from Earth, whereas Epsilon Indi in '''Halo: Contact Harvest''' is described as being over a hundred light years from Reach (which is only ten light years from Earth). Whether or not this is an oversight, or a deliberate reference to another fictional star is unknown. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||