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The '''Epsilon Indi system''' is a planetary system that consists of the star [[Epsilon Indi]] and five planets orbiting it,<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 80''</ref> all in close orbit, one of which, [[Harvest]], was habitable<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 32''</ref> | The '''Epsilon Indi system''' is a planetary system that consists of the star [[Epsilon Indi]] and five planets orbiting it,<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 80''</ref> all in close orbit, one of which, [[Harvest]], was habitable.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 32''</ref> Described as being approximately six weeks away from the nearest human colony [[Madrigal]], and a little more than two months from [[Reach]], it is at the edges of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]-controlled space. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The system was colonized by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] in [[2468]]. The fact that Harvest was habitable without any [[terraforming]] necessary was enough to elicit a colonization effort to a such faraway world. The UNSC established a population of three hundred thousand citizens and an orbital platform, and was considered to be on the frontier of explored space. | The system was colonized by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] in [[2468]]. The fact that Harvest was habitable without any [[terraforming]] necessary was enough to elicit a colonization effort to a such faraway world. The UNSC established a population of three hundred thousand citizens and an orbital platform, and was considered to be on the frontier of explored space. | ||
In 2525, the [[ | 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 | The Covenant [[Harvest campaign|attacked again]] later in the same year, and were not driven off from the system by UNSC forces until [[2531]]. As of [[2553]], it is unclear who currently possesses the Epsilon Indi system. Planet Harvest is dead, and so neither the UNSC nor the Covenant has any real tactical value for the system, short of orbital resources that are likely easier to find than in one of the most remote star systems from Earth. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*A system by the name Epsilon Indi 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 not given an exact distance from anywhere but is described to be the furthest outer colony world, six weeks away from Madrigal, which is approximately 84 light years away from Sol, and two months from Reach, which is 10.5 light years from Sol. | *A system by the name Epsilon Indi 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 not given an exact distance from anywhere but is described to be the furthest outer colony world, six weeks away from Madrigal, which is approximately 84 light years away from Sol, and two months from Reach, which is 10.5 light years from Sol. [[Catalog#Trivia|Catalog]] explained this discrepancy as resulting from both major differences between the topologies of normal space and slipspace as well as "[propaganda] considerations" during humanity's colonial expansion.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969317)</ref> | ||
*Today, the real-life Epsilon Indi system is part of a list of systems most likely to have planets that can support life. | *Today, the real-life Epsilon Indi system is part of a list of systems most likely to have planets that can support life. | ||