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'''New Phoenix''' is a [[City|metropolitan area]] of [[Arizona]], a location in the [[United Republic of North America]] on [[Earth]]. It was the fourth most populated city in the URNA, after [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone|Chicago]].{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations?page=2|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Locations, Page 2}} It was one of many well-developed cities in the URNA.{{Ref/Book|Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide|Page=199}} | '''New Phoenix''' is a [[City|metropolitan area]] of [[Arizona]], a location in the [[United Republic of North America]] on [[Earth]]. It was the fourth most populated city in the URNA, after [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone|Chicago]].{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations?page=2|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Locations, Page 2}} It was one of many well-developed cities in the URNA.{{Ref/Book|Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide|Page=199}} | ||
==Overview== | |||
===Geography=== | |||
====Locations==== | |||
*[[New Phoenix ONI facility]] | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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During his swift attack on Earth on [[2557|July 24, 2557]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was able to position his flagship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', in [[geosynchronous orbit]] above the city. Despite resistance from the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], he activated the [[Composer]], [[mind transfer|converting]] New Phoenix's population of seven million into digital form and disintegrating their bodies within ninety seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}} The attack ended when the [[SPARTAN-II]] known as [[John-117|the Master Chief]] destroyed ''Mantle's Approach'' and the Composer with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]], sparing the rest of the planet New Phoenix's fate.{{Ref/Level|Halo 4|[[Midnight]]}} | During his swift attack on Earth on [[2557|July 24, 2557]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was able to position his flagship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', in [[geosynchronous orbit]] above the city. Despite resistance from the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], he activated the [[Composer]], [[mind transfer|converting]] New Phoenix's population of seven million into digital form and disintegrating their bodies within ninety seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}} The attack ended when the [[SPARTAN-II]] known as [[John-117|the Master Chief]] destroyed ''Mantle's Approach'' and the Composer with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]], sparing the rest of the planet New Phoenix's fate.{{Ref/Level|Halo 4|[[Midnight]]}} | ||
However, many of the harvested minds were sent to the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]] and later to [[Requiem]] via [[slipspace translocation]], to be implanted into new [[Promethean Knight]]s for the Didact's mechanical army.{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Escalation| | However, many of the harvested minds were sent to the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]] and later to [[Requiem]] via [[slipspace translocation]], to be implanted into new [[Promethean Knight]]s for the Didact's mechanical army.{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Escalation|Issue=9}}{{Ref/SpOps|Memento Mori}} | ||
After being sent to the outer boundaries of the [[Domain]] following his own digitization, the Didact discovered that the humans composed in New Phoenix had ended up in the human rift alongside the [[Ancestors]]. This gave the Ancestors hope that humanity had survived, although they were unable to find out for sure as the composed essences were unable to communicate yet. [[Forthencho]], after learning that the Didact was responsible for this, told the Promethean that it would take centuries for the newcomers to settle and even longer for them to pull themselves together as the ancient humans had done. Having regained his sanity, the Didact felt remorse for what he had done to them.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi22|Epi|22}} The Didact later welcomed the essences of those composed in New Phoenix into the Domain along with the rest of the Forerunners and humans, giving them a home, a place to heal and rest, to commune and explore.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi26|Epi|26}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi27|Epi|27}} | |||
===Attack on the ONI facility=== | ===Attack on the ONI facility=== | ||
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On [[2558#March|March 24, 2558]], eight months after the attack, the city's quarantine was lifted. Doctor [[Ruth Charet]], [[President of the Unified Earth Government]], presided over New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony. Spartan [[Tedra Grant]] accompanied Spartan [[Gabriel Thorne]] as he returned to the city and visited [[Thorne family|his family]]'s home.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}} | On [[2558#March|March 24, 2558]], eight months after the attack, the city's quarantine was lifted. Doctor [[Ruth Charet]], [[President of the Unified Earth Government]], presided over New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony. Spartan [[Tedra Grant]] accompanied Spartan [[Gabriel Thorne]] as he returned to the city and visited [[Thorne family|his family]]'s home.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}} | ||
== | ==Government and society== | ||
=== | ===Culture=== | ||
New Phoenix housed the [[New Phoenix Philharmonic]], an orchestra that Gabriel Thorne's [[Thorne family|grandmother]] played in as a violinist for twenty years.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}} | New Phoenix housed the [[New Phoenix Philharmonic]], an orchestra that Gabriel Thorne's [[Thorne family|grandmother]] played in as a violinist for twenty years.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}} | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer. | File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer. | ||
File: | File:H4 - NewPhoenix Streets.png|The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack. | ||
File: | File:H4 - Pelicans in New Phoenix.png|Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident. | ||
File: | File:H4 - HAZMAT Team.png|UNSC Marines arrive to investigate the city. | ||
File:H4 New Phoenix Article.JPG|An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked. | File:H4 New Phoenix Article.JPG|An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked. | ||
File:New Phoenix population composed.jpg|Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident. | File:New Phoenix population composed.jpg|Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident. | ||
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*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Im}} | *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Im}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]'' | |||
**''[[Meridian Homecoming]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||