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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Wikipedia|18 Scorpii}}
{{ratings}}
{{Stellar infobox
{{Stellar Infobox
|name=18 Scorpii system
|name         =18 Scorpii
|image=
|image         =
|sector=[[FLEETCOM Sector Three]]{{Ref/Anthology|Id=HETILATPDOPJCS7|Evo|Story=The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole|Section=Seven: The Covenant War: The Battle of Psi Serpentis (2543 CE)}}
|distance      =45.7 LY
|constellation=
|type         =G2 Va
|distance=
|magnitude     =4.77
|type=
|constellation =[[Wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpius]]
|magnitude=
|bodies        =1+
|bodies=
|affiliation   =[[UNSC]]
|asteroids=
|notable      =
|events=[[Battle of 18 Scorpii]]
|affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTCPC70|TCP|Chapter=70}}
}}
}}


'''18 Scorpii''' is a planetary system identified as a region in [[FLEETCOM Sector Three]],{{Ref/Reuse|HETILATPDOPJCS7}} where the [[human]] colony world [[Falaknuma]] is located.{{Ref/Reuse|HTCPC70}}
'''18 Scorpii''' is a planetary system located 45.7 light years from [[Sol]], in [[FLEETCOM Sector Three]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', page 473</ref>


==Overview==
[[Falaknuma]] is a [[UNSC]] colony within the system. 18 Scorpii also saw in [[2535]] [[Exodus Project|a large asteroid]] led by the {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} loaded with over a million refugees from behind Covenant lines.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', page 343</ref> It was also the site of a [[Battle of 18 Scorpii|minor engagement]] between UNSC and Covenant forces in [[2543]], in which UNSC forces were saved by a surprise force of independent/[[Insurrectionist]] ships.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', pages 472-486</ref> 18 Scorpii has many physical properties in common with Sol.<ref name="wp">[[Wikipedia:18 Scorpii|18 Scorpii at Wikipedia]]</ref>
===Planetary system===
*[[Falaknuma]]: Human colony world.{{Ref/Reuse|HTCPC70}}


==History==
==Trivia==
===Colonization===
*18 Scorpii was identified in September 2003 by astrobiologist Margaret Turnbull from the University of Arizona in Tucson as one of the most promising nearby candidates for hosting life based on her analysis of the HabCat list of stars.<ref name="wp"/>
In [[2446]], the [[Unified Earth Government]] settled on the planet of [[Falaknuma]] in the system.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=50-51}}
*No planets have yet been confirmed to orbit the real-life star.
 
*Cayrel de Strobel (1996) included it in her review of the stars most similar to the Sun, and Porto de Mello & da Silva (1997) identified it as a solar twin.
===Covenant War===
In [[2535]], 18 Scorpii was the chosen destination for the [[Exodus Project]] - a plan created by the inhabitants of the [[Rubble]] to convert [[Habitat Exodus|an asteroid]] for use as a "lifeboat" to evacuate over a million refugees in the event their base was attacked by the [[Covenant]]. During the [[Battle of the Rubble]], the asteroid was escorted to 18 Scorpii by {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}}. On approach, UNSC forces in the system suspected in the approaching mass to be a large Cvoeannt armada - though the emergence of the asteroid soon proved these fears false. The refugees on the asteroid were promptly rescued and settled on Falaknuma, with the asteroid disintegrating soon after.{{Ref/Reuse|HTCPC70}}
 
In [[2543]], 18 Scorpii was the site of [[Battle of 18 Scorpii|an engagement]] between UNSC and Covenant naval forces, with the three ships of [[Battle Group Sierra-3]] taking on a single Covenant {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}. The UNSC forces were almost destroyed in the battle, though saved by the timely intervention of an [[insurrectionist]] flotilla led by the [[UNSC frigate|frigate]] [[Bellicose|''Bellerophon'']].{{Ref/Reuse|HETILATPDOPJCS7}} The fending off of this attack was successful, and Falaknuma survived the war entirely unscathed by the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


==List of appearances==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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