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| |name=Kholo | | {{Planet |
| |image=[[File:TR Kholo.png|300px]] | | |name = Kholo |
| |system=[[Equinox system]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=51}} | | |population = At least one major city, many outlying settlements |
| |body= | | |species = Humans, many animal species |
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| | |government = None (UEG, pre-glassing) |
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| |species=[[Human]] {{c|Non-native}}
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| |population=Millions<ref name="TR">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Return]]", ''page 310''</ref> {{C|2539}}
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| |colonized=[[2439]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| '''Kholo'''<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Return", ''page 492''</ref> was a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] [[world]] in the [[Equinox system]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} It was [[Glassing|glassed]] in [[2539]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].
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| ==Overview==
| | '''Kholo'''<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' - ''[[The Return]]'', page 492</ref> was a [[UNSC]] controlled colony that was partially glassed in [[2539]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. |
| ===Known residents===
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| *[[Ilsa Zane]] - [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV supersoldier]], prior to defecting to [[insurrectionist]] causes{{Ref/Book|Halo: The Third Life}}
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| *[[Lucy-B091]] - [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III supersoldier]]
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===Rise of humanity===
| | In the early years of the war, the [[Covenant]] attacked viciously and without mercy. Kholo was largely ignored in this early stage, until an unnamed [[Shipmaster]] found a freighter that hailed from the world, interrogated the pilot, and found the coordinates. After receiving holy approval from the [[High Council]], he ordered a scouting force be sent to the human freighter's home system. |
| Kholo was colonized in [[2439]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| ===Human-Covenant War===
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| {{Main|Battle of Kholo}}
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| In the early years of the war, the [[Covenant]] [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|attacked]] viciously and without mercy. Kholo was largely ignored in this early stage, until an [[Unnamed Sangheili Shipmaster (The Return)|unnamed Shipmaster]] found a [[freighter]] that hailed from the world, interrogated the pilot, and found the coordinates. After receiving holy approval from the [[High Council]], he ordered the [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance]] be sent to the human freighter's home system. | |
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| Kholo's defenses were considered weak by the Covenant, and the scout ships were able to inflict considerable damage before the main fleet even arrived. The Shipmaster was accompanied by the [[Prophet of Conviction]], a San'Shyuum sent with him to complete a particular holy task. After removing the final layers of human resistance, the Shipmaster was given the command to glass the world, albeit in a special manner. Manually controlling the cleansing beam, he [[glassing|fired upon the planet's surface]], etching a Covenant symbol into its crust, the symbol meaning the word, "Faith". The Shipmaster was subsequently deemed worthy of being bound to the Prophet, and the world was partially glassed by the rest of the fleet. | | ===Covenant Attack=== |
| | Kholo's defenses were considered weak by the Covenant, and the scout ships were able to inflict considerable damage before the main fleet even arrived. The Shipmaster was accompanied by the Prophet of Conviction, a San'Shyuum sent with him to complete a particular holy task. After removing the final layers of human resistance, the Shipmaster was given the command to glass the world, albeit in a special manner. Manually controlling the cleansing beam, he [[glassing|fired upon the planet's surface]], etching a Covenant symbol into its crust, the symbol meaning the word, "Faith". The Shipmaster was subsequently deemed worthy of being bound to the Prophet, and the world was completely glassed by the rest of the fleet. |
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| ===Postwar===
| | Later, six years after the Human-Covenant War, the Shipmaster returned to the world, trying to find purpose in his life and some atonement for his sins in glassing the world. There, among the bones of his victims, he found [[Kig-Yar|Kig-yar]] and [[humans]] fighting over relics that were obviously [[Forerunner]]. Upon finding a wounded human survivor, the Shipmaster gave command to bring down a more permanent force, to learn more of the relics. What happened after the event remains unknown. |
| Later, in [[2559]], the Shipmaster returned to the world, trying to find purpose in his life and some atonement for his sins in glassing the world. There, among the bones of his victims, he found [[Kig-Yar]] and [[human]]s fighting over relics that were obviously [[Forerunner]]. Upon finding a wounded human survivor, the Shipmaster gave command to bring down a more permanent force, to learn more of the relics. | |
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| ==Gallery==
| | Do to the fact that after the war the planet was still habitable it is possible that the planet was only partially glassed by the Covenant. |
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| File:Battle of Kholo 01.png|UNSC and Covenant forces clash on Kholo's surface.
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| File:BattleOfKholo.png|Covenant forces evacuating from Kholo before its glassing.
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| File:Kholo_14.png|A Covenant assault carrier carving the Glyph of Faith on Kholo.
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| File:Glyph of Faith.JPG|The Glyph of Faith on Kholo's surface.
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| File:Kholo_overhead.png|Sangheili forces over Kholo in 2559.
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| File:EvoMC KholoDesert.jpg|A desert on Kholo in 2559.
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| File:Kholo_encampment.png|A human encampment amidst a ruined city on Kholo.
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| File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-01.jpg|{{CAAShip|Heavy Burden}} holds position over a gas giant within Kholo's vicinity in [[2557]].
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| **''[[The Return]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
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| **''[[Breaking Strain]]'' {{mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: The Third Life]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| | | [[Category:UNSC]] |
| [[Category:Planets]] | | [[Category:Planets]] |
| [[Category:Human colonies]] | | [[Category:UNSC Colonies]] |
| | [[Category:Places]] |
