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|species=[[Sangheili]] {{C|Non-native}} | |species=[[Sangheili]] {{C|Non-native}} | ||
|population= | |population= | ||
|colonized= | |colonized= | ||
|government=*[[Covenant]] {{C|formerly}} | |government=*[[Covenant]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
*[[Joyous Exultation Covenant]] | *[[Joyous Exultation Covenant]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:HINF Concept Sunaion.jpg|250px|thumb|A city on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}]] | [[File:HINF Concept Sunaion.jpg|250px|thumb|A city on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}]] | ||
When the Sangheili came to colonize the planet, they fought to keep development in orbit in order to prevent the exploitation of its natural habitats. The planet became a flourishing colony and hub of war science prior to the completion of ''[[High Charity]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22 | When the Sangheili came to colonize the planet, they fought to keep development in orbit in order to prevent the exploitation of its natural habitats. The planet became a flourishing colony and hub of war science prior to the completion of ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
===Great Schism=== | ===Great Schism=== | ||
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The plan failed when a [[NOVA bomb]] taken from [[Reach]] by the fleet's flagship, the [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', was accidentally detonated, vaporizing a quarter of the world, shattering the planet's moon, and destroying much of the [[Joyous Exultation alliance|fleet]] gathered there. However, due to the large size of the fleets, about a quarter of the vessels on the other side of the planet escaped. The bomb also caused massive shockwaves that leveled many cities on other parts of the planet. In addition, the explosion resulted in 300 kilometer-per-hour winds that razed many of the remaining cities, and created massive tidal waves that destroyed much of the coastline.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO27}} Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree was vaporized by the blast.{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=129}} | The plan failed when a [[NOVA bomb]] taken from [[Reach]] by the fleet's flagship, the [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', was accidentally detonated, vaporizing a quarter of the world, shattering the planet's moon, and destroying much of the [[Joyous Exultation alliance|fleet]] gathered there. However, due to the large size of the fleets, about a quarter of the vessels on the other side of the planet escaped. The bomb also caused massive shockwaves that leveled many cities on other parts of the planet. In addition, the explosion resulted in 300 kilometer-per-hour winds that razed many of the remaining cities, and created massive tidal waves that destroyed much of the coastline.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO27}} Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree was vaporized by the blast.{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=129}} | ||
The Jiralhanae, knowing that Joyous Exultation would serve as an anchor point for the Sangheili forces, intended to lay siege to the planet. By the time they arrived, however, both the planet and the fleet had been destroyed.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009)]]|Page=270}} In the aftermath of the explosion, [[Kaidon]] [[Olabisi Varo'dai]] convinced the master of a late-arriving flotilla to forsake his original mission and begin rescue operations. [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] subsequently arranged for a charter of colonization on an uninhabited world in the [[Emauzs system]] for the survivors. Thanks to Varo'dai's quick actions, tens of thousands of | The Jiralhanae, knowing that Joyous Exultation would serve as an anchor point for the Sangheili forces, intended to lay siege to the planet. By the time they arrived, however, both the planet and the fleet had been destroyed.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009)]]|Page=270}} In the aftermath of the explosion, [[Kaidon]] [[Olabisi Varo'dai]] convinced the master of a late-arriving flotilla to forsake his original mission and begin rescue operations. [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] subsequently arranged for a charter of colonization on an uninhabited world in the [[Emauzs system]] for the survivors. Thanks to Varo'dai's quick actions, tens of thousands of Sangeheli survived the cataclysm.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out4|Out|4}} | ||
What little survived was frozen or suffocated in the cataclysmic aftermath,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} rendering the entire planet uninhabitable.{{Ref/Reuse|Out4}} | What little survived was frozen or suffocated in the cataclysmic aftermath,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} rendering the entire planet uninhabitable.{{Ref/Reuse|Out4}} | ||
==Government | ==Government and society== | ||
===Culture=== | ===Culture=== | ||
Saepon'kai had a pronounced local dialect of [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Reuse|Out4}} | Saepon'kai had a pronounced local dialect of [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Reuse|Out4}} | ||
