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|date=[[2551]]<ref name="terminal">'''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 2 Anniversary|Terminal 14]]''</ref> | |date=[[2551]]<ref name="terminal">'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminal 14]]''</ref> | ||
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|forces2=*At least 3 {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s<ref name="terminal"/> | |forces2=*At least 3 {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}s<ref name="terminal"/> | ||
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*''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal/Halo 2 Anniversary|Terminals]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminals]]'' {{1st}} | ||
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The Battle of Meridian was an engagement between the United Nations Space Command and Covenant on Meridian[2] in 2551, during the Human-Covenant War.[1]
The battle
Meridian was first attacked by the Covenant earlier in the Human-Covenant War, though the UNSC was able to repel the alien invaders.[3] In 2551, the Covenant returned to the world and the Battle of Meridian began.[1] The first prototype for the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX "Mantis" ADS engaged in an action known as the "Cherbourg Run", in which it successfully engaged 18 heavily guarded Type-27 Anti Aircraft Cannons, also known as "Mantis". The success of the prototype in the "Cherbourg Run" is one of the theories of why the walker was eventually called "Mantis".[2] However, the Covenant succeeded in glassing the moon.[3]
At least three CAS-class assault carriers glassed the moon, including Solemn Penance. Following the battle, a Covenant Special Operations team was dispatched by the High Prophet of Regret to the moon's surface to search for Forerunner artifacts. The team retrieved a Luminary and delivered it to Regret aboard his flagship.[1]
Aftermath
Some time later, the High Prophet of Regret's Stewards successfully decrypted the Luminary, which revealed the existence of the final home of the Forerunners, as well as a portal that led to it. The Luminary also revealed the location of this portal, "Erde-Tyrene". Regret assembled the Fleet of Sacred Consecration and ordered the fleet to head for the world at once. Unbeknownst to Regret, Erde-Tyrene was the Forerunner name for Earth—the homeworld of humanity.[1]
Chalybs Defense Solutions had numerous facilities on Meridian that were abandoned during the battle, and later destroyed when the world was glassed.[4] As a result, companies such as Acheron Security and Naphtali Contractor Corporation took over production of many of CDS' products.[5]
Gallery
Meridian is glassed
Covenant forces hunt for relics on Meridian
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach
- Dr. Halsey's personal journal (First mentioned)
- Halo 2: Anniversary
- Terminals (First appearance)
- Halo 5: Guardians (Mentioned only)
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h Halo 2: Anniversary, Terminal 14
- ^ a b Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 111
- ^ a b Halo: Reach, Dr. Halsey's personal journal
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo 4 Interactive Guide (defunct)
- ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 110
