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| '''K7-49''' is an [[asteroid]] that housed a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] shipyard complex. It is located only seventeen light years from the space border of the [[UNSC]]; less than two weeks travel via [[slipspace]].<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 88</ref> | | {{ratings}} |
| | '''K7-49''' is a [[Covenant]] asteroid and shipyard complex. |
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| ==History==
| | It was located only seventeen light years from the space border of the [[UNSC]]; less than two weeks travel via [[Slipspace]]<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] pg. 88</ref>. |
| ===Operation: PROMETHEUS===
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| {{Main|Operation: PROMETHEUS}}
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| K7-49 was discovered by a [[telemetry probe]] launched by the prowler {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}}.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] was launched against K7-49 on [[2537|July 27, 2537]]. The [[SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] disabled enough of the reactors on K7-49 to allow for sufficient cooling and permanently shut down the operation, ruining the Covenant's capacity to produce the metal.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} Initial resistance to the SPARTANs was light, and after two days, seven reactors had been deactivated before the Covenant organized a proper force for a counterattack. However, the force was neutralized and over the next three days, Alpha Company destroyed 13 more reactors.
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| However, the Covenant soon arranged a massive counterattack and all 300 of the Spartans were killed in the ensuing fighting. After the operation K7-49 was rendered useless and abandoned by the Covenant. According to [[Kurt-051]], if the operation had failed, the Covenant would have destroyed all of humanity's [[Wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|Orion]]-side colonies.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', page 341</ref>
| | It had a system of artificial volcanic activity created by several high-output plasma reactors. These plasma reactors were used to refine metal used in construction of Covenant warships. A network of gravity beams then transported refined alloy to the surface to be welded into Covenant battleships. |
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| ==Description==
| | K7-49 was discovered by a [[Telemetry Probe]] launched by the prowler ''[[Razor's Edge]]''. [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] was launched against K7-49 on July 27, [[2537]]. The [[Spartan-III]] Alpha Company disabled enough of the reactors on K7-49 to allow for sufficient cooling and permanently shut down the operation. Unfortunately all 300 of the Spartans were killed in the process. K7-49 was then abandoned by the Covenant. |
| K7-49 had a system of artificial volcanic activity created by several high-output [[plasma]] reactors.<ref name="GoO">''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', pages 83-84</ref> These plasma reactors were used to refine metal used in the construction of Covenant [[warship]]s. These were then refined, shaped, and shipped away for final assembly.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}} A network of gravity beams then transported refined alloy to the surface to be welded into Covenant battleships. | |
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| == Trivia == | | == Trivia == |
| The name K7-49 contains both the number 7 and its square, 49, another [[seven]] reference. Additionally, K is the eleventh letter of the alphabet making the number before the hyphen "117".
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| ==List of appearances==
| | * The name K7-49 contains both the number 7 and its square, 49, another [[7]] reference. |
| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | | * The 300 Spartans sent to K7-49 is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae Battle of Thermopylae].<ref>[[Operation:_PROMETHEUS#Historical_Significance]]</ref> |
| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}} | |
| *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
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