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-'''Sigma Octanus''' is a system of planets in [[FLEETCOM Sector Three]] with over 17 million people on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. The [[Keyes Loop]] and the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] occurred here in [[2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', pages 144-146</ref> [[Master Chief]] and the [[Blue Team]] also found a strange [[Forerunner]] [[Sigma Octanus IV Artifact|artifact]] in [[Côte d'Azur]] [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History|Museum of Natural History]] on Sigma Octanus IV while the [[Covenant]] tried to retrieve it.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 208</ref>
+'''Sigma Octanus''' is a planetary system in [[FLEETCOM Sector Three]], with at least four planets orbiting a binary star.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 211</ref> The system is home to the [[human]] colony world of [[Sigma Octanus IV]], which had a population of over 17 million people prior to the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page 144</ref>
+During the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] performed the famous [[Keyes Loop]] in the system.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', pages 144-146</ref> In addition, [[John-117]] and the [[Blue Team]] found a strange [[Forerunner]] [[Sigma Octanus IV Artifact|artifact]] in [[Côte d'Azur]] [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History|Museum of Natural History]] on Sigma Octanus IV while the [[Covenant]] tried to retrieve it.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page 208</ref> The system remained under UNSC control after the battle which ended in a rare UNSC victory.
 ==Trivia==
-While there is in fact no actual star with the designation Sigma Octanus, there is one named Sigma Octantis, a slight spelling change, located 270 lightyears from [[Sol]], which is the most southern of all visible stars in the sky. This would make it the furthest known [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colony, significantly further than [[Epsilon Indi]], or even [[23 Librae]].
+*While there is in fact no actual star with the designation "Sigma Octanus", there is one named "Sigma Octantis", a slight spelling change, located 270 light years from [[Sol]]. However, it is impossible to be the same system for a number of reasons. The real-world Sigma Octantis is classified as a F0 III-type giant instead of a binary star. In addition, it would make Sigma Octanus the second furthest known [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colony, significantly further than the [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] system [[23 Librae]] which was considered to be "behind enemy lines" by 2535. Furthermore, the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} traveled from the system to [[Reach]] in less than a month. Traveling over 250 light years in such timeframe would be an impossibility with human slipspace velocities.
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