Canon

New Phoenix: Difference between revisions

From Halopedia, the Halo wiki

mNo edit summary
 
(51 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Era|Post}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{City
{{City infobox
|city=New Phoenix
|city=New Phoenix
|image=[[File:H4-NewPhoenix.jpg|300px]]
|image=[[File:H4-NewPhoenix.jpg|300px]]
|location=[[Wikipedia:Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]], [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]
|location=[[Arizona]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]{{Ref/Site|Id=waypnewphoenix|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-phoenix|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - New Phoenix}}
|built=
|population=7 million (prior to the [[New Phoenix Incident]]){{Ref/Comic|Id=escalation 7|[[Halo: Escalation]]|Detail=''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue 7]]''}}
|destroyed=
|notable=
|notable=
|affiliation=[[United Earth Government]]
|governance=[[Unified Earth Government]]{{Ref/Reuse|waypnewphoenix}}
}}
}}
'''New Phoenix''' is a metropolitan area of [[Wikipedia:Arizona|Arizona]], a state in the [[United Republic of North America]] on [[Earth]].
 
'''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}}


==History==
==History==
===Battle of Earth===
[[File:Thorneschool.png|thumb|200px|[[Gabriel Thorne]] discussing the history of New Phoenix, showing the cities of Flagstaff and Phoenix on a map.]]
{{Main|Battle of Earth (2557)}}
New Phoenix was originally two separate cities, [[Wikipedia:Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]] and [[Wikipedia:Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. As the populations and boundaries of both cities grew to intersect, they agreed to become one large metropolis.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypnewphoenix}}
During his swift attack on Earth in [[2557|July 2557]], the [[Didact]] was able to position his flagship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', in a high geosynchronous orbit above the city. Despite resistance from the [[UNSC Home Fleet]], he activated the [[Composer]], converting New Phoenix's population into "digital intelligences" and disintegrating their bodies. [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] soon destroyed the Composer, however, some of the resulting digital intelligences were sent to [[Requiem]] via the Composer's [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] portal.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[Memento Mori|E5: ''Memento Mori'']]</ref>
 
===New Phoenix Incident===
{{Main|New Phoenix Incident}}
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|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===
{{Main|Skirmish in New Phoenix}}
Not long after the attack, the Didact's [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant followers]] opened [[slipspace portal]]s in an [[New Phoenix ONI facility|ONI base]] located in the city through a [[Unidentified Forerunner machine|Forerunner device]] ONI had been studying there. Covenant and Promethean forces invaded the city through the portals, but an ONI research team, with the help of a [[Unidentified Headhunter|Spartan Headhunter]], managed to use a [[Forerunner]] artifact known as the [[Conduit]] to close the portals and halt the assault.<ref name="HSS">''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'', ''[[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]]''</ref>
 
===Quarantine===
[[File:New Phoenix rebirth.jpg|thumb|200px|New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony in March 2558.]]
Due to the nature of the Composer, the city's infrastructure remained intact.{{Ref/Level|Halo 4|[[Epilogue (Halo 4 level)|Epilogue]]}} New Phoenix was quarantined after the holocaust and remained off-limits. The UNSC hid the details of the incident from the public, concealing it as a Covenant attack,{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Escalation|Detail=''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 3|Issue 3]]''}} a story that was likely corroborated by the invasion of the ONI facility.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS}} Six months later, however, [[John Sullivan]], an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] public relations officer, released a statement that the attack was not of [[Covenant]] origin.<ref>''Spartan Ops'', ''[[Departure]]''</ref>
 
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}}
 
==Geography==
===Locations===
*[[New Phoenix ONI facility]]


Due to the nature of the Composer, the city's infrastructure remained completely intact.<ref>'''Halo 4''' - ''[[Epilogue (Halo 4 level)|Epilogue]]''</ref> New Phoenix was quarantined after the holocaust and remained off-limits for at least six months. [[John Sullivan]], an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] public relations officer, released a statement that the attack was not of [[Covenant]] origin.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[Departure|E1: ''Departure'']]</ref>
==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}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*New Phoenix is the first North American city to be visually depicted in the story of a ''Halo'' game and is the fifth overall of Earth, after the [[Kenya|Kenyan]] cities of [[New Mombasa]] and [[Voi]], the Ecuadorian city of [[Quito]], and the [[Australia|Australian]] city of [[Sydney]].
*New Phoenix is the second North American city to be depicted in a ''Halo'' game, the first being [[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone|Chicago]] in the ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer map [[Foundation]].
*[[Gabriel Thorne]] had family and friends that were killed in New Phoenix. This was the reason he enlisted in the [[SPARTAN-IV Program]].<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[Didact's Hand|E4: ''Didact's Hand'']]</ref>
*[[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Gabriel Thorne]] had family and friends who were killed in New Phoenix,<ref>''Spartan Ops'', ''[[Didact's Hand|E4: Didact's Hand]]''</ref> most notably his maternal grandmother.{{Ref/Reuse|escalation 7}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer from Earth orbit in 2557, wiping out its entire population.
File:H4-ComposerFiringOnPhoenix.jpg|New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer.
File:H4Epilogue - NP Streets.jpg|The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack.
File:H4Epilogue - NP Streets.jpg|The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack.
File:H4Epilogue - NP Pelicans.jpg|Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident.
File:H4Epilogue - NP Pelicans.jpg|Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident.
File:H4Epilogue - Hazteam.jpg|A UNSC HAZMAT team arrives to investigate the city.
File:H4Epilogue - Hazteam.jpg|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:HSS NewPhoenixDesert.jpg|Artwork of New Phoenix in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''.
File:HSS NewPhoenixRoundBuildings.jpg|Artwork of some buildings in New Phoenix in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''.
File:New Pheonix Map.png|Map of a location in New Phoenix in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''.
</gallery>
</gallery>
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]''
**''[[Meridian Homecoming]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Human cities]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:United States]]

Latest revision as of 18:20, April 30, 2024

New Phoenix
H4-NewPhoenix.jpg
Overview

Location:

Arizona, URNA[1]

Population:

7 million (prior to the New Phoenix Incident)[2]

Governed by:

Unified Earth Government[1]

 

New Phoenix is a 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 Chicago.[2][3] It was one of many well-developed cities in the URNA.[4]

History[edit]

Gabriel Thorne discussing the history of New Phoenix, showing the cities of Flagstaff and Phoenix on a map.

New Phoenix was originally two separate cities, Flagstaff and Phoenix. As the populations and boundaries of both cities grew to intersect, they agreed to become one large metropolis.[2][1]

New Phoenix Incident[edit]

Main article: New Phoenix Incident

During his swift attack on Earth on July 24, 2557, the 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, converting New Phoenix's population of seven million into digital form and disintegrating their bodies within ninety seconds.[2] The attack ended when the SPARTAN-II known as 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.[5]

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 Knights for the Didact's mechanical army.[6][7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10]

Attack on the ONI facility[edit]

Main article: Skirmish in New Phoenix

Not long after the attack, the Didact's Covenant followers opened slipspace portals in an ONI base located in the city through a Forerunner device ONI had been studying there. Covenant and Promethean forces invaded the city through the portals, but an ONI research team, with the help of a Spartan Headhunter, managed to use a Forerunner artifact known as the Conduit to close the portals and halt the assault.[11]

Quarantine[edit]

New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony in March 2558.

Due to the nature of the Composer, the city's infrastructure remained intact.[12] New Phoenix was quarantined after the holocaust and remained off-limits. The UNSC hid the details of the incident from the public, concealing it as a Covenant attack,[13] a story that was likely corroborated by the invasion of the ONI facility.[11] Six months later, however, John Sullivan, an Office of Naval Intelligence public relations officer, released a statement that the attack was not of Covenant origin.[14]

On 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 his family's home.[2]

Geography[edit]

Locations[edit]

Culture[edit]

New Phoenix housed the New Phoenix Philharmonic, an orchestra that Gabriel Thorne's grandmother played in as a violinist for twenty years.[2]

Trivia[edit]

  • New Phoenix is the second North American city to be depicted in a Halo game, the first being Chicago in the Halo 2 multiplayer map Foundation.
  • Spartan Gabriel Thorne had family and friends who were killed in New Phoenix,[15] most notably his maternal grandmother.[2]

Gallery[edit]

  • New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer.

    New Phoenix is fired upon by the Composer.

  • The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack.

    The empty streets of New Phoenix in the aftermath of the Didact's attack.

  • Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident.

    Two Pelicans touching down in New Phoenix after the incident.

  • UNSC Marines arrive to investigate the city.

    UNSC Marines arrive to investigate the city.

  • An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked.

    An article on the condition of New Phoenix six months after it was attacked.

  • Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident.

    Gabriel Thorne's nightmare about the New Phoenix Incident.

  • Artwork of New Phoenix in Halo: Spartan Strike.

    Artwork of New Phoenix in Halo: Spartan Strike.

  • Artwork of some buildings in New Phoenix in Halo: Spartan Strike.

    Artwork of some buildings in New Phoenix in Halo: Spartan Strike.

  • Map of a location in New Phoenix in Halo: Spartan Strike.

    Map of a location in New Phoenix in Halo: Spartan Strike.

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, Universe - New Phoenix (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Escalation: Issue 7
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint, Universe - Locations, Page 2 (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 199
  5. ^ Halo 4, campaign level Midnight
  6. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 9
  7. ^ Halo 4 - Spartan Ops, episode Memento Mori
  8. ^ Halo: Epitaph, chapter 22
  9. ^ Halo: Epitaph, chapter 26
  10. ^ Halo: Epitaph, chapter 27
  11. ^ a b Halo: Spartan Strike, Operation D: Adamantine Shield
  12. ^ Halo 4, campaign level Epilogue
  13. ^ Halo: Escalation: Issue 3
  14. ^ Spartan Ops, Departure
  15. ^ Spartan Ops, E4: Didact's Hand
Retrieved from "https://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=New_Phoenix&oldid=1626550"