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{{Planet infobox | {{Planet infobox | ||
|name=Ariel | |name=Ariel | ||
|image=[[File:Ariel.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:Ariel.png|300px]] | ||
|system= | |system= | ||
|body= | |body= | ||
|position= | |position= | ||
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|daylength= | |daylength= | ||
|yearlength= | |yearlength= | ||
|atmosphere=Breathable | |atmosphere=Breathable | ||
|composition= | |composition= | ||
|temperature= | |temperature= | ||
|demonym= | |demonym= | ||
|species=[[Human]] | |species=[[Human]] | ||
|population= | |population=4000 | ||
|colonized= | |colonized= | ||
|government=[[Unified Earth Government]] | |government=[[Unified Earth Government]] | ||
|hidea=yes | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Ariel''' is a [[human]] | '''Ariel''' is a [[human]] colony world in the twenty-sixth century. The planet is a remote, barren world with two archaeological dig sites and one settlement, with a population of approximately 4000 residents.<ref name="is1">'''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''', ''[[Halo: Helljumper Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> The colony also housed an [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section III|ONI Section Three]] laboratory.<ref name="journal">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''January 18, 2532''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
=== | ===The Forerunner=== | ||
During the height of the [[Forerunner]] civilization, they built [[Ariel Forerunner complex|an underground complex]] on Ariel. The facility housed [[The Knowing]], an [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] construct designed to observe and archive information. The entrance to the facility was defended by booby traps consisting of crisscrossing [[laser]] beams. | During the height of the [[Forerunner]] civilization, they built [[Ariel Forerunner complex|an underground complex]] on Ariel. The facility housed [[The Knowing]], an [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] construct designed to observe and archive information. The entrance to the facility was defended by booby traps consisting of crisscrossing [[laser]] beams.<ref name="is5">'''Halo: Helljumper''', ''[[Halo: Helljumper Issue 5|Issue 5]]''</ref> | ||
=== | ===Human-Covenant War=== | ||
In [[2532]], the ONI rerouted several chemical precursors used in the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures]] to the Section III lab on Ariel, along with similar facilities on other colonies, likely to serve as the basis for the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentations]].<ref name="journal"/> | |||
In [[2552#January|January 2552]], the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Battle of Ariel|invaded the colony]], and one of the [[civilian]]s managed to send out a distress signal, to which [[UNSC High Command]] responded with sending a force of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s from the [[105th Shock Troops Division|105th ODST Division]] to investigate. The UNSC forces came to notice that the Covenant were not operating in their usual fashion: [[glassing]] of the planet was not their intent, but they were searching for something under the surface instead.<ref name="is1"/> | |||
In [[2552#January|January 2552]], the [[Covenant]] [[Battle of Ariel|invaded]] | |||
The object the Covenant sought was discovered to be the Forerunner AI. Shortly after being found by the ODST squad, it [[self-destruct]]ed on the orders of ODST [[Kojo Agu]]. As a result, the Covenant fleet broke off their attack, not even wasting the energy required to glass the planet. | The object the Covenant sought was discovered to be the Forerunner AI. Shortly after being found by the ODST squad, it [[self-destruct]]ed on the orders of ODST [[Kojo Agu]]. As a result, the Covenant fleet broke off their attack, not even wasting the energy required to glass the planet.<ref name="is5"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Ariel is also the name of the planet [[Uranus]]' [[Wikipedia:Ariel (moon)|fourth largest moon]]. | *Ariel is also the name of the planet [[Wikipedia:Uranus|Uranus]]' [[Wikipedia:Ariel (moon)|fourth largest moon]]. | ||
*Ariel is also the name of a planet in the television series [[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]], which starred the voice actors for [[Edward Buck|Buck]], [[Taylor H. Miles|Dutch]] | *Ariel is also the name of a planet in the television series [[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]], which starred the voice actors for [[Edward Buck|Buck]], [[Taylor H. Miles|Dutch]] and [[Michael Crespo|Mickey]] (being [[Nathan Fillion]], [[Adam Baldwin]] and [[Alan Tudyk]], respectively). | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Ariel_settlement.png|One of Ariel's archaeological settlements. | File:Ariel_settlement.png|One of Ariel's archaeological settlements. | ||
File:Ariel_excavation.png|Covenant digging in Ariel's reactor complex. | File:Ariel_excavation.png|Covenant digging in Ariel's reactor complex. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Human colonies]] | [[Category:Human colonies]] | ||
