Editing Ross-Ziegler Blip

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{{Quote|A tiny aberration in the fossil and carbon records of Earth, noted by two Earth geologists in 2332-and matched on several other worlds, demonstrating a gap in certain species so tiny and uniform, that it had been attributed not to a biological catastrophe, but rather had been investigated and then abandoned as odd evidence of warping or stretching of spacetime itself. The Ross-Ziegler Blip is now being opened and re-investigated in connection to the events of 2552.|Dr. William Arthur Iqbal}}

The '''Ross-Ziegler Blip''' was a [[Wikipedia:stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] event on[[ Earth]] and a number of other colonized planets named for two Earth geologists who discovered it in [[2332]], dating back approximately [[100,000 B.C.E.|100,000 years ago]] during the [[Wikipedia:Late Pleistocene|Late Pleistocene]], coinciding with the activation of the [[Halo Array]] by the [[Forerunners]] that wiped the galaxy of sentient life. Since such a massive simultaneous extinction event seemed logically impossible, especially with the unexplainable absence of any fossil evidence, the anomaly was eventually dismissed as evidence of spatial distortion until the discovery of the Array by the [[UNSC]] in 2552. Given these new discoveries, the Blip was presumably re-explained to be the result of the sudden destruction of bio-mass and sentient life at the conclusion of the [[Forerunner-Flood War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]", ''page 519''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The event may have been named after Bonnie Ross-Ziegler, a manager at Microsoft Game Studios who worked on ''[[Halo Wars]]'',<ref>[[Halo Wars Credits#Microsoft Game Studios|Halo Wars Credits]]</ref> and was credited in the ''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' acknowledgments.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''page 521''</ref>

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-{{Quote|A tiny aberration in the fossil and carbon records of Earth, noted by two Earth geologists in 2332—and matched on several other worlds, demonstrating a gap in certain species so tiny and uniform, that it had been attributed not to a biological catastrophe, but rather had been investigated and then abandoned as odd evidence of warping or stretching of spacetime itself. The Ross-Ziegler Blip is now being opened and re-investigated in connection to the events of 2552.|Doctor William Arthur Iqbal<ref name="evolutions">"[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]" – ''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''</ref>}}
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-The '''Ross-Ziegler Blip''' was a [[Wikipedia:stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] event on [[Earth]] and a number of other planets named for two Earth geologists who discovered it in [[2332]], dating back approximately [[97,445 BCE|100,000 years ago]] during the [[Wikipedia:Late Pleistocene|Late Pleistocene]], coinciding with [[Great Purification|the activation of]] the [[Halo Array]] by the [[Forerunner]]s that wiped the galaxy of sentient life. Since such a massive simultaneous extinction event seemed logically impossible, especially with the unexplainable absence of any fossil evidence, the anomaly was eventually dismissed as evidence of spatial distortion until the discovery of the Array by the [[United Nations Space Command]] in [[2552]]. Given these new discoveries, the Blip was re-explained to be the result of the sudden destruction of bio-mass and sentient life at the conclusion of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|evolutions}}
+{{Quote|A tiny aberration in the fossil and carbon records of Earth, noted by two Earth geologists in 2332-and matched on several other worlds, demonstrating a gap in certain species so tiny and uniform, that it had been attributed not to a biological catastrophe, but rather had been investigated and then abandoned as odd evidence of warping or stretching of spacetime itself. The Ross-Ziegler Blip is now being opened and re-investigated in connection to the events of 2552.|Dr. William Arthur Iqbal}}
-After further research was conducted by Doctor [[William Iqbal]] and his team in [[Kenya]], the remains of what was thought to be the [[Librarian]]'s [[Catalog]] was discovered seven meters down in the Ross-Ziegler Blip.<ref>''[[Halo: Renegades]]'', Chapter 23</ref>
+The '''Ross-Ziegler Blip''' was a [[Wikipedia:stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] event on[[ Earth]] and a number of other colonized planets named for two Earth geologists who discovered it in [[2332]], dating back approximately [[100,000 B.C.E.|100,000 years ago]] during the [[Wikipedia:Late Pleistocene|Late Pleistocene]], coinciding with the activation of the [[Halo Array]] by the [[Forerunners]] that wiped the galaxy of sentient life. Since such a massive simultaneous extinction event seemed logically impossible, especially with the unexplainable absence of any fossil evidence, the anomaly was eventually dismissed as evidence of spatial distortion until the discovery of the Array by the [[UNSC]] in 2552. Given these new discoveries, the Blip was presumably re-explained to be the result of the sudden destruction of bio-mass and sentient life at the conclusion of the [[Forerunner-Flood War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]", ''page 519''</ref>
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-The event may have been named after [[Bonnie Ross|Bonnie Ross-Ziegler]], a manager at [[Microsoft Game Studios]] and studio head of [[343 Industries]] from [[2007]] to [[2022]].{{Ref/Reuse|evolutions}}
+*The event may have been named after Bonnie Ross-Ziegler, a manager at Microsoft Game Studios who worked on ''[[Halo Wars]]'',<ref>[[Halo Wars Credits#Microsoft Game Studios|Halo Wars Credits]]</ref> and was credited in the ''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' acknowledgments.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''page 521''</ref>
-==List of appearances==
-*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
-**''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]'' {{Fm}}
-*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}}
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