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==History==
==History==
[[File:Invasion; Sigma Octanus IV.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The Spartan-IIs exfiltrate from Sigma Octanus IV as [[Côte d'Azur]] is destroyed with a [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK nuclear weapon]].]]
[[File:Invasion; Sigma Octanus IV.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The Spartan-IIs exfiltrate from Sigma Octanus IV as [[Côte d'Azur]] is destroyed with a [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK nuclear weapon]].]]
60,000 years prior to human colonization, a meteor containing a [[Sigma Octanus IV Artifact|Forerunner artifact]] crashed on the planet on [[57,448 BCE]]. It was later discovered by humanity and was placed on display in the [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]].<ref name="for233"/>
60,000 years prior to human colonization, a meteor containing a [[Sigma Octanus IV Artifact|Forerunner artifact]] crashed on the planet on [[57,448 BCE]]. It was later discovered by humanity and was placed on display in the [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]].{{Ref/Reuse|for233}}


Some time prior to [[2552]], the [[Unified Earth Government]] colonised the planet, and prior to the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], it had a population of nearly seventeen million citizens. The human colonists found the atmospheric conditions to be perfect for growing warm weather crops, giving rise to the many [[rice]] fields around [[Côte d'Azur]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', "chapter 20"</ref><ref name="for144">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 144''</ref> UNSC personnel considered it to be a desirable location for leave owing to the weather and beaches.<ref>'''[[Halo.Bungie.Org]]''', [http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1132258 community forum]</ref>
Some time prior to [[2552]], the [[Unified Earth Government]] colonised the planet, and prior to the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], it had a population of nearly seventeen million citizens. The human colonists found the atmospheric conditions to be perfect for growing warm weather crops, giving rise to the many [[rice]] fields around [[Côte d'Azur]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', "chapter 20"</ref><ref name="for144">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 144''</ref> UNSC personnel considered it to be a desirable location for leave owing to the weather and beaches.<ref>'''[[Halo.Bungie.Org]]''', [http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1132258 community forum]</ref>