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{{Era|FOR}}'''Eridanus II''' is a planet in the [[Epsilon Eridani System]]<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]</ref> (which, including Eridanus II has a total of 12 planets.)
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{{Planet infobox
|name=Eridanus II
|image=[[File:WFEridanusII.png|300px]]
|system=[[Eridanus system]]
|body=[[Eridanus system|Eridanus]]
|position=Second planet
|moon(s)=One; [[Ehilend]]{{Ref/Game|[[Halo 3]]|Detail=[[Bestiarum]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|JALP}}{{Ref/Audio|HIMA|Chapter 4: Unsavory Means}}
|diameter=
|gravity=1.01 G
|daylength=
|yearlength=
|atmosphere=1 ([[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|N<sub>2</sub>]], [[Oxygen|O<sub>2</sub>]])
|temperature=-18°C to 38°C (0.4°F to 100.4°F)
|demonym=
|species=[[Human]] {{c|Non-native}}
|population= 510,000 (Post-war) {{Ref/Book|Id=JALP|[[Halo: Warfleet]]|Page=22}}
|colonized=[[2440]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=50}}{{Ref/Book|Id=encpg47|Enc22|Page=47}}
|government=*[[Unified Earth Government|UEG]]
**[[Eridanus Government]]
*[[Secessionist Union]]
**[[Eridanus secessionists]] {{c|Briefly}}}}


==Background==
'''Eridanus II''' is a [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] [[planet]] in the [[Eridanus system]]. The planet was mostly rural, devoid of pollution or crowding, and had climate-controlled weather.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]|Page=22}} It was famous for its beautiful landscapes and higher learning centers.{{Ref/Reuse|JALP}} It was the location of the [[city|cities]] of [[Luxor]] and [[Elysium City]], where [[John-117]] grew up until he was abducted and sent into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517]]. [[Emile-A239]] was from Luxor, born there in 2523.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24523|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Emile's profile page|Detail=(Quote)}}
A [[UNSC]] colony world, little has been revealed about this planet, it is the location of the [[Luxor Spaceport]] and [[Elysium City]], where [[John-117]] grew up until he was abducted and sent into the [[Spartan-II program]] in [[2517]]. John never met his family after he was abducted and after [[2530]] the planet was glassed by the [[Covenant]]. It is also to be noted that it is a place of much hostility against the [[UNSC]], as [[Dr. Halsey]] stated many pirates and rebels were operating from the system. John later returned there in [[2525]] with the other Spartan-II's aboard the [[Destroyer]] [[UNSC Pioneer]] to board the cargo freighter Laden and travel to a rebel base, [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid field. In fact, the asteroid Eridanus Secundus is where John 117 had his first mission, to capture the rebel leader, Col. Robert Watts.


The [[Spartan]]s later returned to the system in [[2552]] aboard the captured [[Covenant]] flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', returning to the Rebel base.
==Overview==
===Topography and ecology===
Eridanus II boasted vast territories free of pollution.{{Ref/Reuse|encpg47}}


Though there is some debate as to the nature of the planet, there is nothing to actually suggest that Eridanus II was a gas giant; rather there is a separate gas giant in the system that [[Dr. Halsey]] used for a slingshot maneuver on her approach to the planet. She did mention "climate-controlled weather"<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 22</ref>, from which one might infer domed environments, although this does not necessarily suggest a world without a breathable atmosphere.
====Locations====
*[[Elysium City]]
**[[Elysium City Primary Education Facility Number 119]]
*[[Eridanus II space docks]]
*[[Lake Gusev]]
*[[Luxor]]
**[[Luxor Spaceport]]
*[[Teribus Island]]
 
===Known residents===
*[[John-117]] - The [[Master Chief Petty Officer|Master Chief]]; [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]]
*[[Ellie Bloom]]
*[[Emile-A239]]
*[[Robert Grove]]
*[[Robert Watts]]
*[[Palmer (Marine)|Palmer]]
*[[Parisa]]
*[[Katrina]]
*[[Kiko]]
 
==History==
===Rise of humanity===
Eridanus II was settled in [[2440]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|encpg47}}
====Insurrection====
The [[Eridanus secessionists|secessionist rebels]] in the system staged a localized rebellion against the UNSC in [[2494]] and briefly took control of the planet.{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos|Halo Mythos|Page=55}}{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/colonel-watts|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Colonel Watts|D=13|M=4|Y=2016}} The UNSC struck back two years later in [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE]] and forced the rebels out at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc44}} A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], overthrew the civilian government of the system in [[2513]]. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, [[Operation: TREBUCHET]], but in fact he escaped to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's [[asteroid]] belt with the rest of the rebels.
 
In [[2517]], Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] and [[Jacob Keyes|Lieutenant Jacob Keyes]] visited the planet during the former's mission to observe the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] candidates. Halsey met [[John-117]] at a playground in [[Elysium City]]'s [[Elysium City Primary Education Facility Number 119|Education Facility 119]], where she determined his admission into the program with the flip of [[quarter|an antique coin]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=FoRpg21-25|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Page=21-25 (2001)}}
 
As part of Operation: TREBUCHET in [[2524]], [[Colonial Military Authority]] Marines attempted to raid an [[Insurrectionist]] base on [[Teribus Island]]. Sympathizers in the unit tipped the Insurrectionists off, and by the time the dropship arrived it had been abandoned. Later, a nightclub in Elysium City was targeted by Insurrectionist bombers because it was a favorite CMA area for off-duty personnel, killing dozens of civilians and a CMA pilot, [[Allison Stark]] and putting a CMA Marine, [[Eric Santiago]], into a coma. [[Gage Yevgenny]] and [[Felicia Sanderson]] were injured, but survived the attack.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|[[Dirt]]}} Around this time, [[refugee]]s from Eridanus II ended up in [[Pirth City]] on [[Arcadia]] and [[New Jerusalem]].{{Ref/Generic|[[Hunt the Truth]]}}
 
It remained a place of much hostility against the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]], and many [[piracy|pirates]] and rebels continued to operate across the system, with the asteroid belt as their main base of operations. John-117 returned to the system in [[2525]] with the other Spartan-IIs aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|Pioneer}} for their [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|first mission]] to capture the rebel leader, [[Robert Watts|Colonel Robert Watts]]. The Spartan team boarded the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'' and traveled to the rebel asteroid base Eridanus Secundus, where they successfully captured the Colonel and escaped.
 
At an unknown time, a skirmish between UNSC and Insurrectionist forces during [[Operation: ROCK HOUSE]] took place.{{Ref/Game|Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition|[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers#Frederic-104|Dossier files]] - Frederic-104}}
 
===Human-Covenant War===
{{Main|Human-Covenant War}}
At some point during the Human-Covenant War, [[Operation]]: [[Operation: BLUE MOON|BLUE MOON]] took place on the planet.{{Ref/Game|Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition|[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers#Linda-058|Dossier files]] - Linda-058}} Eridanus II was [[Battle of Eridanus II|attacked]] and [[glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] in [[2530]] and the UNSC abandoned the planet.{{Ref/Novel|FS|Page=240}}
 
===Post-war===
The planet was left largely intact, enabling rehab pioneers and original inhabitants to return hoping to rebuild.{{Ref/Reuse|encpg47}} By [[2557]], the UNSC had reclaimed and resettled the planet, as [[Nova Austin Station]] on the planet [[Cascade]] offered flights to Eridanus II that year.{{Ref/Map|H4|[[Skyline]]}}
 
==Government and society==
The governing of Eridanus II was under the auspices of the [[Eridanus Government]], an ally of the [[Unified Earth Government|Unified Earth Government (UEG)]].<ref name="enc44">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', p. 44</ref> Eridanus II has some of the best educational facilities in the Outer Colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|encpg47}} [[Martial arts|Boxing]] was outlawed on the planet.<ref>''Hunt the Truth'', Episode 03: CRITICAL CONDITION</ref>
 
Briefly, a [[Eridanus secessionists|group of rebels]] from the [[Secessionist Union]] took control of the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos}}
 
===Culture===
Children on Eridanus II, at some schools, can play [[gravball]].{{Ref/Reuse|FoRpg21-25}}
 
==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
{{Notice/Silver|category=no}}
{{Main|Eridanus II/Silver}}
Originally uninhabited, Eridanus II was settled as a part of the [[Reach for Life project]]. The [[Reach for Life installation]] on Eridanus II was one of only six to survive its pilot stage, becoming a fertile forest built into an otherwise hostile planet. It was where [[John-117/Silver|John-117]] was born and lived for the first several years of his life, at one point discovering a [[Forerunner]] [[keystone]] in a cavern near his home. His parents were the leaders of the Eridanus II colony.{{Ref/Film|Id=Emergence|TV|Episode=[[Emergence]]}}{{Ref/Film|Id=Homecoming|TV|Episode=[[Homecoming (TV Series)|Homecoming]]}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* It may be a play on [[Wikipedia:Eta Eridani|Eta Eridani]] a real life star with the traditional name "Azha," which translates as ''"Hatching Place"'' or ''"Breeding Place"''. The real life Eta Eridani is actually 121 lightyears from [[Earth]], well outside of [[UNSC]] territory.
[[Wikipedia:Eridanos (mythology)|Eridanus]] (or Eridanos) is a river in [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]], associated by [[Wikipedia:Herodotus|Herodotus]] with the [[Wikipedia:Po (river)|Po River]].
* It is [[Master Chief|John-117]]'s birth place.


==Related Links==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
<gallery>
File:Eridanus II.jpg|A fleet over Eridanus II in ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''.
File:HTFOR-BC EridanusII Spaceport 1.png|The planet's orbital space docks.
File:H4L - John 117 E2 beach.jpg|John-117, as a young child, playing on a beach on Eridanus II, in ''[[Scanned]]''.
File:Eridanus II & Ehilend.png|Eridanus II in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''.
File:TFoR AS - Elysium City.jpg|Elysium City on Eridanus II.
File:TFoR AS - Eridanus space docks.jpg|The Eridanus space docks.
</gallery>


*[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]
==List of appearances==
*[[Halo: First Strike]]
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Dirt]]''
**''[[Palace Hotel]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*''[[Scanned]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
**''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers|Limited Edition dossiers]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Infinite: Memory Agent]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Ref/Sources}}
 
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Eridanus II
WFEridanusII.png
Astrographical

System:

Eridanus system

Orbiting:

Eridanus

Orbital position:

Second planet

Moon(s):

One; Ehilend[1][2][3]

Physical

Gravity:

1.01 G

Atmosphere:

1 (N2, O2)

Surface temperature:

-18°C to 38°C (0.4°F to 100.4°F)

Societal

Species:

Human (Non-native)

Population:

510,000 (Post-war) [2]

Colonized:

2440[4][5]

Government:

 

Eridanus II is a human Outer Colony planet in the Eridanus system. The planet was mostly rural, devoid of pollution or crowding, and had climate-controlled weather.[6] It was famous for its beautiful landscapes and higher learning centers.[2] It was the location of the cities of Luxor and Elysium City, where John-117 grew up until he was abducted and sent into the SPARTAN-II program in 2517. Emile-A239 was from Luxor, born there in 2523.[7]

Overview[edit]

Topography and ecology[edit]

Eridanus II boasted vast territories free of pollution.[5]

Locations[edit]

Known residents[edit]

History[edit]

Rise of humanity[edit]

Eridanus II was settled in 2440.[4][5]

Insurrection[edit]

The secessionist rebels in the system staged a localized rebellion against the UNSC in 2494 and briefly took control of the planet.[8][9] The UNSC struck back two years later in Operation: CHARLEMAGNE and forced the rebels out at the cost of four destroyers.[10] A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat Colonel Robert Watts, overthrew the civilian government of the system in 2513. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, Operation: TREBUCHET, but in fact he escaped to Eridanus Secundus in the system's asteroid belt with the rest of the rebels.

In 2517, Dr. Catherine Halsey and Lieutenant Jacob Keyes visited the planet during the former's mission to observe the SPARTAN-II candidates. Halsey met John-117 at a playground in Elysium City's Education Facility 119, where she determined his admission into the program with the flip of an antique coin.[11]

As part of Operation: TREBUCHET in 2524, Colonial Military Authority Marines attempted to raid an Insurrectionist base on Teribus Island. Sympathizers in the unit tipped the Insurrectionists off, and by the time the dropship arrived it had been abandoned. Later, a nightclub in Elysium City was targeted by Insurrectionist bombers because it was a favorite CMA area for off-duty personnel, killing dozens of civilians and a CMA pilot, Allison Stark and putting a CMA Marine, Eric Santiago, into a coma. Gage Yevgenny and Felicia Sanderson were injured, but survived the attack.[12] Around this time, refugees from Eridanus II ended up in Pirth City on Arcadia and New Jerusalem.[13]

It remained a place of much hostility against the UNSC, and many pirates and rebels continued to operate across the system, with the asteroid belt as their main base of operations. John-117 returned to the system in 2525 with the other Spartan-IIs aboard the destroyer UNSC Pioneer for their first mission to capture the rebel leader, Colonel Robert Watts. The Spartan team boarded the cargo freighter Laden and traveled to the rebel asteroid base Eridanus Secundus, where they successfully captured the Colonel and escaped.

At an unknown time, a skirmish between UNSC and Insurrectionist forces during Operation: ROCK HOUSE took place.[14]

Human-Covenant War[edit]

Main article: Human-Covenant War

At some point during the Human-Covenant War, Operation: BLUE MOON took place on the planet.[15] Eridanus II was attacked and glassed by the Covenant in 2530 and the UNSC abandoned the planet.[16]

Post-war[edit]

The planet was left largely intact, enabling rehab pioneers and original inhabitants to return hoping to rebuild.[5] By 2557, the UNSC had reclaimed and resettled the planet, as Nova Austin Station on the planet Cascade offered flights to Eridanus II that year.[17]

Government and society[edit]

The governing of Eridanus II was under the auspices of the Eridanus Government, an ally of the Unified Earth Government (UEG).[10] Eridanus II has some of the best educational facilities in the Outer Colonies.[5] Boxing was outlawed on the planet.[18]

Briefly, a group of rebels from the Secessionist Union took control of the planet.[8]

Culture[edit]

Children on Eridanus II, at some schools, can play gravball.[11]

Non-canon and dubious canon appearances[edit]

Silver Timeline[edit]

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 This article contains information about the Silver Timeline, and is not a part of the established Halo canon.
Main article: Eridanus II/Silver

Originally uninhabited, Eridanus II was settled as a part of the Reach for Life project. The Reach for Life installation on Eridanus II was one of only six to survive its pilot stage, becoming a fertile forest built into an otherwise hostile planet. It was where John-117 was born and lived for the first several years of his life, at one point discovering a Forerunner keystone in a cavern near his home. His parents were the leaders of the Eridanus II colony.[19][20]

Trivia[edit]

Eridanus (or Eridanos) is a river in Greek mythology, associated by Herodotus with the Po River.

Gallery[edit]

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List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo 3: Bestiarum
  2. ^ a b c Halo: Warfleet, page 22
  3. ^ Memory Agent, episode Chapter 4: Unsavory Means
  4. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 50
  5. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 47
  6. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 22
  7. ^ Bungie.net, Emile's profile page: (Quote)
  8. ^ a b Halo Mythos, page 55
  9. ^ Halo Waypoint, Colonel Watts (Retrieved on Apr 13, 2016) [archive]
  10. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), p. 44
  11. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 21-25 (2001)
  12. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Dirt
  13. ^ Hunt the Truth
  14. ^ Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition, Dossier files - Frederic-104
  15. ^ Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition, Dossier files - Linda-058
  16. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 240
  17. ^ Halo 4, multiplayer map Skyline
  18. ^ Hunt the Truth, Episode 03: CRITICAL CONDITION
  19. ^ Halo: The Television Series, episode Emergence
  20. ^ Halo: The Television Series, episode Homecoming
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