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{{Planet | {{Ratings}} | ||
{{Planet | |||
|image=[[File:Ariel.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:Ariel.png|300px]] | ||
| | |name= Ariel | ||
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|position= | |moon(s)= | ||
|moon(s)= | |satellite(s)= | ||
| | |gravity= | ||
|gravity | |atmosphere= | ||
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|population= 4000 | |||
|atmosphere | |societal approximation= Mixed/Democratic/Religious | ||
|government= [[United Nations]] | |||
|temperature= | |technology tier= Tier 3 | ||
| | |current threat to array= | ||
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'''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> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
=== | ===The Forerunner=== | ||
During the height of the [[Forerunner]] civilization, they built | During the height of the [[Forerunner]] civilization, they built an underground complex on Ariel. The facility housed [[The Knowing]], an [[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=== | ||
{{Main|Battle of Ariel}} | |||
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], 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 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"/> | |||
The object the Covenant sought was discovered to be the Forerunner AI. Shortly after being found by the ODST squad, it | The object the Covenant sought was discovered to be the Forerunner AI. Shortly after being found by the ODST squad, it self-destructed. 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). | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Human colonies]] | [[Category:Human colonies]] | ||
[[Category:Planets]] | |||
[[Category:Places]] | |||
