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| |name=Viperidae | | |name=Viperidae |
| |image= | | |star, position= Psi Serpentis System |
| |system=[[Psi Serpentis system]]
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| |body=[[Psi Serpentis]]
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| |moon(s)= | | |moon(s)= |
| |diameter= | | |satellite(s)= |
| |gravity= | | |gravity= |
| |daylength= | | |daylength= |
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| |atmosphere=[[Hydrogen]], [[helium]] | | |atmosphere= |
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| |colonized= | | |species=[[Human]] |
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| | |government=UNSC/UEG |
| | |technology tier= Tier 3 |
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| '''Viperidae''' was a gas giant in the [[Psi Serpentis system]]. Red in color, the planet's tightly compressed atmosphere consisted of [[helium]] and [[hydrogen]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 338''</ref> Its mass was thirteen times that of [[Jupiter]]. Viperidae's gravity was nearly able to crush and fuse the hydrogen in its atmosphere.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 329''</ref>
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| ==History==
| | '''Viperidae''' was a gas giant in the Psi Serpentis System, and the location of Admiral [[Preston Cole]]'s [[Battle of Psi Serpentis|last stand]] where his outnumbered fleet was destroyed. He did, however, manage to destroy at least 300 Covenant ships before being killed. |
| Viperidae was the location of Admiral [[Preston Cole]]'s "[[Battle of Psi Serpentis|Last Stand]]." [[Battlegroup India]] engaged a massive [[Covenant]] [[Covenant fleet|armada]] in orbit. The planet was destroyed by the one hundred [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s Cole launched onto its surface, igniting the super-pressurized hydrogen in its atmosphere and briefly turning the gas giant into a brown dwarf. The nuclear blast that followed obliterated the entire [[Covenant]] fleet, well over 300 ships, and led to the presumed death of Preston Cole. | |
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| ==Trivia==
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| The [[Wikipedia:Viperidae|Viperidae]], or the vipers, are a family of venomous snakes found throughout the world.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{1st}}
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| [[Category:Planets]] | | [[Category:Planets]] |
