Editing Strilun IV

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'''Strilun IV'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} is a [[Covenant]]-controlled world situated in the [[Orion Arm]], close to [[human]] [[Human colonies|space]].{{Ref/Site|Id=BWU|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13160|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/11/08|Quote=It’s on an alien world discovered and controlled by the Covenant. It’s location is secret, but it is in this spiral arm of the Galaxy. Close to human occupied space. If you look through the glass floors of the Covenant structures, you’ll see Forerunner artifacts buried beneath the ice.|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Shuku}}

==History==
===Forerunner era===
Strilun IV, like other worlds such as [[Kamchatka]] and [[Zehar VI]], was inhabited by the [[Forerunners]]. During their reign, the [[Lifeworker]]s held interest in Strilun IV due to its status as an ice world - building vast rehabilitation complexes within the world's glacial layers.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=359}}

===Covenant era===
During their expansion, the Covenant found Strilun IV and settled the world, building multiple bases on its surface surrounded by {{Pattern|Shuku|sentry turret}}s and {{Pattern|A'uo'i|sensor emplacement}}s.{{Ref/Map|H3|Snowbound}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Shuku|Enc22|Page=301|Detail=''Shuku''-pattern sentry turret caption|Quote=STRILUN_DEFENSE}}

==Production notes==
Strilun IV is the setting for the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[Snowbound]]. While no source explicitly links the two, it can be inferred thanks to the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]''. On page 359, Strilun IV is mentioned as an ice world housing Forerunner complexes similar to Kamchatka and Zehar VI (the setting of the map [[Waterfall]]), with Strilun mentioned at no other point in the book or any other then-released canon source. 

In the June [[2022]] edition of [[Canon Fodder]], [[343 Industries]] confirmed that the setting of Snowbound was hidden within the book's pages, though left the specifics of this lore ambiguous as to encourage fans to uncover the mystery for themselves.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-encyclopedia-extravaganza|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Encyclopedia Extravaganza|D=01|M=06|Y=2022}} The connection is confirmed on page 301, with the caption for the ''Shuku''-pattern turret confirming the world as Strilun.

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[[Category:Forerunner worlds]]
[[Category:Covenant worlds]]