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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Military infobox
{{Military infobox
|image=[[File:H2A E2-BAG 1 7.jpg|300px]]
|image=[[File:E2-BAG_1_7.png|300px]]
|formed=[[2552]]
|formed=[[2552]]
|affiliation= [[United Nations Space Command]]
|affiliation= [[United Nations Space Command]]
|branch= [[UNSC Marine Corps]]
|branch= [[UNSC Marine Corps]]
|type= [[Battalion]]
|type= [[Battalion]]
|role= Light infantry
|role=
|size=
|size=
|nicknames=
|nicknames=
|battles= *Presumably the [[Battle of Eridanus II]]
|battles= [[Battle of Mombasa]]
*[[Battle of Mombasa]]
|commanders=[[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]], 1st Plt commander
*[[Battle of Installation 05]]
|commanders=*Unknown battalion commander
*[[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]], 1st Plt commander
}}
}}
'''E2-BAG/1/7''', or First [[Battalion]], [[Seven]]th Marine [[Regiment]], is a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] [[list of UNSC military units|unit]] recruited from [[Eridanus II]].<ref name="evo">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Palace Hotel", ''pages 349 and 366''</ref>{{Ref/Site|Id=bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGBruteGrenade|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Spike Grenade|D=07|M=02|Y=2021|LocalArchive=Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/Spike grenade}}
'''E2-BAG/1/7''', or First [[Battalion]], [[Seven]]th Marine [[Regiment]], is a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] [[list of UNSC military units|unit]] recruited from [[Eridanus II]].<ref name="evo">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Palace Hotel", ''pages 349 and 366''</ref><ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGBruteGrenade Bungie.net's preview of the Spike Grenade]</ref>


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
After Eridanus II fell in [[2530]], the unit was reassigned to defend other [[human colonies]]. Retaining the "E2" designation despite the loss of their homeworld, they became known as one of the "ghost battalions".{{Ref/Reuse|evo}} Following the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]], elements of E2-BAG/1/7 were reassigned to [[New Mombasa]], [[Earth]] along with other units as a part of the UNSC's efforts to bolster the defenses of Earth's [[space elevator|tether]] cities.{{Ref/Reuse|evo}} During the [[Battle of Earth]], the Third Squad from the Kilo Company of E2-BAG/1/7 fought alongside [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] in New Mombasa. The Spartan later met Kilo Company's [[commanding officer]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]], in the unit's command post at [[Palace Hotel (location)|Palace Hotel]] where they planned a counterattack to retake the city's [[New Mombasa industrial zone|industrial center]] from the Covenant and destroy a [[Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Palace Hotel"</ref> Some members of the unit would later deploy on [[Installation 05]], and see action against the [[Flood]] on the installation.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3shotgun|Site=Bungie.net|Page=The M90A Shotgun|D=08|M=6|Y=2020|LocalArchive=Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/M90A}}
After Eridanus II fell in [[2530]], the unit was reassigned to defend other [[human colonies]]. Retaining the "E2" designation despite the loss of their homeworld, they became known as one of the "ghost battalions".<ref name="evo"/> Following the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]], elements of E2-BAG/1/7 were reassigned to [[New Mombasa]], [[Earth]] along with other units as a part of the UNSC's efforts to bolster the defenses of Earth's [[space elevator|tether]] cities.<ref name="evo"/> During the [[Battle of Earth]], the Third Squad from the Kilo Company of E2-BAG/1/7 fought alongside [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] in New Mombasa. The Spartan later met Kilo Company's [[commanding officer]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]], in the unit's command post at [[Palace Hotel]] where they planned a counterattack to retake the city's [[New Mombasa industrial zone|industrial center]] from the Covenant and destroy a [[Type-47A Scarab|Scarab]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Palace Hotel"</ref>


E2-BAG/1/7 was at some point interviewed by [[Robert McLees (ship designer)|Dr. Robert McLees]] on multiple late-war UNSC and [[Covenant]] vehicles and firearms to produce a report entitled ''[[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
E2-BAG/1/7 was at some point interviewed by [[Robert McLees (ship designer)|Dr. Robert McLees]] on multiple late-war UNSC and [[Covenant]] vehicles and firearms to produce a report entitled ''[[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]]''.<ref name="bnet"/>


==Subordinate units==
==Subordinate units==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Robert McLees "interviews" with E2-BAG/1/7 were posted on [[Bungie.net]]'s front page prior to the release of ''[[Halo 3]]'' as a conceit to give an introduction to the weapons and vehicles in the game.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
*Robert McLees "interviews" with E2-BAG/1/7 were posted on [[Bungie.net]]'s front page prior to the release of ''[[Halo 3]]'' as a conceit to give an introduction to the weapons and vehicles in the game.<ref name="bnet"/>
*It is possible that [[A Company]], elements of which are encountered by John-117 near the end of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' level ''[[Metropolis]]'', was part of E2-BAG/1/7.
*It is possible that [[A Company]], elements of which are encountered by John-117 near the end of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' level ''[[Metropolis]]'', was part of E2-BAG/1/7.
*It is possible that the designation "E2-BAG/1/7" is simply an administrative designation, similar to the prefix "V" used for infantry battalions in the [[Wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]] (ex. "V27 for 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment).
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:E2-BAG_1_7.png|Members of E2-BAG/1/7 in ''Halo 2''.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Palace Hotel]]''
**''[[Palace Hotel (short story)|Palace Hotel]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps units]]
[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps units]]

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