Editing Bliss

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|moon(s)=[[Aires]]<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref>

|population=500 million {{c|estimated, pre-[[2526]]}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=journal|Heading=[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]|Subheading=[[Intersystem News]]}}

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'''Bliss''' was a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] [[world]] governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]], with its capital at [[Manikata]]. Bliss was orbited by one [[natural satellite]], [[Aires]]. The planet and its system was protected by the [[Bliss Defense Fleet]].{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} Bliss was home to an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] subspace [[communications relay]] that allowed for [[superluminal communications]].<ref name="htt11">'''[[Hunt the Truth]]''', ''Episode 11: DOWN TO THE BONE''</ref>

On [[2526|February 13, 2526]], a [[fleet]] of 45 [[Covenant]] [[Covenant starship|vessels]], including five [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carriers]], 23 [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruisers]], and 17 [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]], entered the planet's system.<ref>'''Dr. Halsey's personal journal''' "''The Accra Incident''": "''Unknown ships positively identified as alien warships comprising what appear to be five assault carriers, twenty-three battlecruisers, and seventeen destroyers.''"</ref> [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] operatives on Bliss had apparently learned of the Covenant's inevitable assault and fled the planet. Although the agents of the planet's [[communications relay]] took all items of value from the facility with them, they left behind an active communications server, likely assuming the entire station would be destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|htt11}} Three [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC starship|ships]], including the [[UNSC cruiser|heavy cruisers]] {{UNSCShip|Weeping Willows}} and {{UNSCShip|Matador}}, as well as the [[UNSC frigate|frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Purpose}}, [[Battle of Bliss|engaged]] the [[Covenant fleet]]. The [[Space warfare|battle]] lasted about three minutes and resulted in the [[glassing]] of the colony. The destruction of Bliss later led to dissident leaders among the [[Outer Colonies]] agreeing to peace with the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}

Professor [[Ellen Anders]] of [[Rishard University]] on [[Arcadia]] noted that Bliss, [[Cote d'Azure]], and [[Onyx]] had "large-scale engineered features", suggesting the presence of [[Forerunner]] structures on the planet.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref>

After the [[Human-Covenant War]], a [[Wikipedia:Silicate|silicate]] mining settlement was established on Bliss, surrounded by numerous quarries.{{Ref/Reuse|htt11}} By [[2558]], Bliss had not yet been [[Terraforming|reterraformed]] by [[human]]ity and was now charted in a [[sector]] on the outskirts of human space. In that year, a signal emanated from Bliss. The signal was picked up by a source of reporter [[Petra Janecek]]'s, whom then instructed journalist [[Benjamin Giraud]] to discover the signal's source before it was detected by the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref>'''Hunt the Truth''', ''Episode 10: GAG ORDER''</ref> Gaining passage aboard a mining [[freighter]], Giraud traveled to Bliss and ventured out into the planet's glasslands. He eventually came across the relatively intact communications relay station that had survived the glassing of Bliss. Inside the facility, he discovered the active communications server that had recorded all ONI records over the years. Taking files from the server, Giraud intended to use them to bring down ONI.{{Ref/Reuse|htt11}}