Editing Luna

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Wikipedia|Moon}}
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'''Luna''', often referred to as '''the Moon''', is the only [[natural satellite]] of [[Earth]].{{Ref/Site|Id=earthwayp|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/earth|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Earth|D=01|M=6|Y=2020}} Luna is home to a large [[human]] population and the renowned [[Luna OCS Academy]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', p. 34</ref> Luna houses a number of [[skyhook]] defense complexes suspended in its low orbit.<ref name="H4G">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US/Halo4Guide ''Halo Waypoint:'' Halo 4 Interactive Guide]</ref>

Luna is also the name generally used to refer to the populated colonies across the moon.{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=5}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=badbchapt6|BadB|Chapter=6}}

==Overview==
===Topography===
Luna has a barren surface and is atmospherically devoid. Its gravity is low, which has prevented large-scale [[terraforming]].{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=282-283}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=294-295}} Day and night run in a month-long pattern of two weeks of darkness and two weeks of light.{{Ref/Reuse|badbchapt6}}

Luna has a "near side"/"front face" and a "far side". The far side of Luna faces out into space while the near side faces Earth. The far side contains more and deeper impact craters than the near side since the near side is protected by Earth itself. [[Daedalus Crater]] was in the middle of the far side while [[Mare Cognitum]] is on the near side and visible from Earth without a telescope.{{Ref/Reuse|badbchapt6}}

Due to being atmospherically devoid, the habitats on Luna are sealed from the vacuum and interconnected by tubes.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Cole|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}} Most contain soaring spires dotted with windows (all designed to take advantage of the low gravity) and vast dome habitats.{{Ref/Reuse|badbchapt6}} Colonies on the moon are sometimes referred to as canopy settlements.{{Ref/Book|Id=myth50-51|HM|50-51}}
====Locations====
*[[Naniwa]]
**[[Crisium City]]{{Ref/Site|Id=BNet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Halo3ODSTsquad|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Meet the Squad|D=12|M=10|Y=2014}}{{Ref/Site|Id=fieldguide|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo 3 ODST : Field Guide - Dutch|D=25|M=05|Y=2013|LocalArchive=Archive:Bungie.net/Halo 3: ODST: Field Guide#Personnel}}
*[[Daedalus Crater]]
**[[Daedalus complex]]
*[[Delambre]]
*[[Lake Autolycus]]
*[[Mare Cognitum]]
*[[Mare Nubium|State of Mare Nubium]]
**[[Newton|County of Newton]]
***[[Shadow Perimeter 3]]
***[[Asimov Center]]
***[[Academy at Mare Nubium|Luna OCS Academy]]
*[[Mare Insularum]]
**[[Armstrong Alley]]
*[[Mare Imbrium]]
**[[Ankara]]
***[[Anakara Resiliency Chamber]]
***"[[Bosque de Negro]]"
*[[Mare Frigoris]]
*[[Procellarum basin]]
*[[Tycho Observation Facility]]<ref name="loot2">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]</ref>
*[[UNSC Transit Dock L22]]{{Ref/Generic|Id=HODGtSignin|[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]|Gabriella terminal|[[UNSC Form 4026-N]]}}
*[[UNSC Naval Archives]]

===Known residents===
*[[Keyes family]]
**[[Jacob Keyes]]
**[[Miranda Keyes]]
*[[Michael Crespo]]
*[[Jonathan Doherty]]
*[[Sarah Palmer]]
*[[Margaret Parangosky]]

==History==
[[File:HCEA Terminals AmericanAstronaut.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Early human explorers on the moon.]]
===Rise of humanity===
Human beings took their first steps on Luna in [[1969]].{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Section=Timeline|Page=31}} By [[1971]], [[United States of America|US]] [[Wikipedia:Apollo 14|Apollo 14]] astronaut [[Wikipedia:Edgar Mitchell|Edgar Dean Mitchell]] was the 6th human to have walked on the moon.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://206.16.223.63/members.html|Site=Society of the Ancients|Page=Members|Detail=|D=22|M=11|Y=2007}}

Humans began settling on Luna around [[2080]].{{Ref/Book|Id=encyc44|Enc09|Page=44}}{{Ref/Book|Id=myth47|HM|Section=Rise of Humanity|Page=47}} During the [[Interplanetary War]], [[Vladimir Koslov]] and his family were killed in a bombing at [[Lake Autolycus]] on Luna.{{Ref/Reuse|myth50-51}}

The [[Colonial Administration Authority]] had the ''[[Odyssey]]'' along with hundreds of {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}}s and {{Class|Euphrates|colony ship}}s made over Luna.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=116}} The ''[[Domus Diaspora]]'' was launched from Luna{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=40}} in [[2362]].

By [[2492]], a governing body of Luna was known as [[Luna Confederated States]], the [[Mare Nubium|State of Mare Nubium]] being one of the said states. The [[Academy at Mare Nubium]], known more generally as the Luna OCS Academy, was located here.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole}}

===Human-Covenant War===
{{Main|Human-Covenant War}}
[[File:LunarememberReach.jpg|thumb|200px|Luna listed as a destination at the [[Manassas Spaceport]] just prior to the Fall of Reach.{{Ref/Reuse|spaceport}}]]
Despite its proximity to Earth, Luna was home to some degree of [[Insurrectionist]] activity; shortly after [[2530]], the parents of [[Michael Crespo]] died attempting to detonate a bomb attached to a government building on Luna.<ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]'' - Mickey Interview</ref>

Around the time of the [[Fall of Reach]], flights from the [[Manassas Spaceport]] on [[Reach]] went to Luna.<ref name="spaceport">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', [[Spaceport (Remember Reach)|Spaceport]]</ref>

During the [[Battle of Earth]] in late [[2552]], both Luna and [[Mars]] got [[Battle of Luna|hit particularly hard]] compared to other colonies in the [[Sol system]], although they both fared better than Earth.{{Ref/Novel|Id=hnb|HNB|Chapter=12}} Around November 17, an overwhelming and final Covenant [[High Charity defense fleet|naval forces]] under the [[Truth's fleet|command]] of the [[Prophet of Truth]] break through the Lunar perimeter and later overrun too much of the weakened [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] over Earth as the Truth-controlled [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] headed for the planet, letting the Covenant fleet to lead a subsequent [[Orbital bombardment|bombardment]] on the human homeworld.{{Ref/Level|Id=TGJ|H2|The Great Journey}}{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|H3|Crow's Nest}}

Many habitats on the moon survived the Covenant assault relatively intact.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/humans|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Humans|D=01|M=6|Y=2020}}  Following the [[Battle for Tribute]] with the loss of over half of the population on [[Tribute]], Earth was unable to afford to spare any immediate assistance with Sol’s colonies left in ruins.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/tribute|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Tribute|D=01|M=6|Y=2020}}

[[File:H4-Infinity-Firing.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Luna, with the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} in the foreground.]]

===Post-war===
Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], Luna was home to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] vessel {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}, which was deployed to [[Installation 00]] in December of [[2553]] to investigate the disappearance of automated probes sent eight months prior and to determine the [[343 Guilty Spark|source]] of an unknown signal.{{Ref/Novel|Id=hitd c2|Halo: Hunters in the Dark|Chapter=2}}<ref>''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]'', Provenance</ref>

====Created uprising====
{{Main|Created uprising}}
Luna lost power during [[The Reclamation]]. Two days later, one of the facilities on the moon was overrun by [[Armiger]]s who took hostages. Shortly after, [[Alpha-Nine]]  [[Mission to Luna|arrived on a mission]] in order to retrieve [[Vergil]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Bad Blood|Chapter=5-7}}

==Government and society==
Due to the physical limitations of the moon, gravity and atmospherics have to be provided by large scale system and massive housing infrastructure. Luna features some of the most densely populated places in the galaxy with [[Mare Cognitum]] being the largest.{{Ref/Reuse|badbchapt6}}

The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Daedalus complex|maintained a base]] on Luna in the [[Daedalus Crater]].{{Ref/Reuse|badbchapt6}}

==Trivia==
*Luna is the [[Latin]] word for Moon, and many Latin-based languages share the word.
*In many Earth-based maps in the ''Halo'' games, Luna often appears to be larger than in real life.

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:Moon.jpg|Luna from ''Halo 2''.
File:Innerplanets.jpg|The scale size of Luna compared with [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], [[Earth]] and [[Mars]].
File:LunaMoon.jpg|A shot of Luna in space.
File:H2A - Luna.jpg|Luna shortly before the [[Battle of Earth]].
File:H2A-Luna in-game.png|Luna from ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
File:Oaxaca Station.jpg|Luna, with ''[[Oaxaca Station]]'' in the foreground.
File:HSS Concept EarthStorm.jpg|Concept art of Luna in orbit of Earth in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''.
File:Enc22 Earthrise.jpg|Earth, as seen from the surface of Luna.
File:HM-DomusD 1.jpg|The ''Odyssey'' along with a ''Phoenix''-class ship in orbit of Luna.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]''
*''[[Remember Reach]]''
**''[[Spaceport (Remember Reach)|Spaceport]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
*''[[The Commissioning]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: New Blood]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''

==Sources==
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