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{{Planet
|name=Kholo
|name                   = Kholo
|image=[[File:TR Kholo.png|300px]]
|population              = At least one major city, many outlying settlements
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|species                = Humans, many animal species
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|government              = None (UEG, pre-glassing)
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|technology tier        = Tier 3 (pre-glassing)
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|species=[[Human]] {{c|Non-native}}
|population=Millions<ref name="TR">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Return]]", ''page 310''</ref> {{C|2539}}
|colonized=[[2439]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|government=[[Unified Earth Government]]
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'''Kholo'''<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Return", ''page 492''</ref> was a [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] [[world]] in the [[Equinox system]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} It was [[Glassing|glassed]] in [[2539]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].


'''Kholo'''<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' - ''[[The Return]]'', page 492</ref> was a [[UNSC]] controlled colony that was partially glassed in [[2539]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].
==Overview==
===Known residents===
*[[Ilsa Zane]] - [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV supersoldier]], prior to defecting to [[insurrectionist]] causes{{Ref/Book|Halo: The Third Life}}
*[[Lucy-B091]] - [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III supersoldier]]


==History==
==History==
In the early years of the war, the [[Covenant]] attacked viciously and without mercy. Kholo was largely ignored in this early stage, until an unnamed [[Shipmaster]] found a freighter that hailed from the world, interrogated the pilot, and found the coordinates. After receiving holy approval from the [[High Council]], he ordered a scouting force be sent to the human freighter's home system.
===Rise of humanity===
Kholo was colonized in [[2439]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
===Human-Covenant War===
{{Main|Battle of Kholo}}
In the early years of the war, the [[Covenant]] [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|attacked]] viciously and without mercy. Kholo was largely ignored in this early stage, until an [[Unnamed Sangheili Shipmaster (The Return)|unnamed Shipmaster]] found a [[freighter]] that hailed from the world, interrogated the pilot, and found the coordinates. After receiving holy approval from the [[High Council]], he ordered the [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance]] be sent to the human freighter's home system.


===Covenant Attack===
Kholo's defenses were considered weak by the Covenant, and the scout ships were able to inflict considerable damage before the main fleet even arrived. The Shipmaster was accompanied by the [[Prophet of Conviction]], a San'Shyuum sent with him to complete a particular holy task. After removing the final layers of human resistance, the Shipmaster was given the command to glass the world, albeit in a special manner. Manually controlling the cleansing beam, he [[glassing|fired upon the planet's surface]], etching a Covenant symbol into its crust, the symbol meaning the word, "Faith". The Shipmaster was subsequently deemed worthy of being bound to the Prophet, and the world was partially glassed by the rest of the fleet.
Kholo's defenses were considered weak by the Covenant, and the scout ships were able to inflict considerable damage before the main fleet even arrived. The Shipmaster was accompanied by the Prophet of Conviction, a San'Shyuum sent with him to complete a particular holy task. After removing the final layers of human resistance, the Shipmaster was given the command to glass the world, albeit in a special manner. Manually controlling the cleansing beam, he [[glassing|fired upon the planet's surface]], etching a Covenant symbol into its crust, the symbol meaning the word, "Faith". The Shipmaster was subsequently deemed worthy of being bound to the Prophet, and the world was completely glassed by the rest of the fleet.


Later, six years after the Human-Covenant War, the Shipmaster returned to the world, trying to find purpose in his life and some atonement for his sins in glassing the world. There, among the bones of his victims, he found [[Kig-Yar|Kig-yar]] and [[humans]] fighting over relics that were obviously [[Forerunner]]. Upon finding a wounded human survivor, the Shipmaster gave command to bring down a more permanent force, to learn more of the relics. What happened after the event remains unknown.
===Postwar===
Later, in [[2559]], the Shipmaster returned to the world, trying to find purpose in his life and some atonement for his sins in glassing the world. There, among the bones of his victims, he found [[Kig-Yar]] and [[human]]s fighting over relics that were obviously [[Forerunner]]. Upon finding a wounded human survivor, the Shipmaster gave command to bring down a more permanent force, to learn more of the relics.


Do to the fact that after the war the planet was still habitable it is possible that the planet was only partially glassed by the Covenant.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Battle of Kholo 01.png|UNSC and Covenant forces clash on Kholo's surface.
File:BattleOfKholo.png|Covenant forces evacuating from Kholo before its glassing.
File:Kholo_14.png|A Covenant assault carrier carving the Glyph of Faith on Kholo.
File:Glyph of Faith.JPG|The Glyph of Faith on Kholo's surface.
File:Kholo_overhead.png|Sangheili forces over Kholo in 2559.
File:EvoMC KholoDesert.jpg|A desert on Kholo in 2559.
File:Kholo_encampment.png|A human encampment amidst a ruined city on Kholo.
File:H4-MP-CFM88-MiningShip-01.jpg|{{CAAShip|Heavy Burden}} holds position over a gas giant within Kholo's vicinity in [[2557]].
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Return]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
**''[[Breaking Strain]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Third Life]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}
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[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:UNSC Colonies]]
[[Category:Human colonies]]
[[Category:Places]]

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Kholo
The human colony Kholo being completely devastated by the Fleet of Righteous Vigilance before being ultimately glassed.
Astrographical

System:

Equinox system[1]

Societal

Species:

Human (Non-native)

Population:

Millions[2] (2539)

Colonized:

2439[1]

Government:

Unified Earth Government

 

Kholo[3] was a human colony world in the Equinox system.[1] It was glassed in 2539 during the Human-Covenant War.

Overview[edit]

Known residents[edit]

History[edit]

Rise of humanity[edit]

Kholo was colonized in 2439.[1]

Human-Covenant War[edit]

Main article: Battle of Kholo

In the early years of the war, the Covenant attacked viciously and without mercy. Kholo was largely ignored in this early stage, until an unnamed Shipmaster found a freighter that hailed from the world, interrogated the pilot, and found the coordinates. After receiving holy approval from the High Council, he ordered the Fleet of Righteous Vigilance be sent to the human freighter's home system.

Kholo's defenses were considered weak by the Covenant, and the scout ships were able to inflict considerable damage before the main fleet even arrived. The Shipmaster was accompanied by the Prophet of Conviction, a San'Shyuum sent with him to complete a particular holy task. After removing the final layers of human resistance, the Shipmaster was given the command to glass the world, albeit in a special manner. Manually controlling the cleansing beam, he fired upon the planet's surface, etching a Covenant symbol into its crust, the symbol meaning the word, "Faith". The Shipmaster was subsequently deemed worthy of being bound to the Prophet, and the world was partially glassed by the rest of the fleet.

Postwar[edit]

Later, in 2559, the Shipmaster returned to the world, trying to find purpose in his life and some atonement for his sins in glassing the world. There, among the bones of his victims, he found Kig-Yar and humans fighting over relics that were obviously Forerunner. Upon finding a wounded human survivor, the Shipmaster gave command to bring down a more permanent force, to learn more of the relics.

Gallery[edit]

  • UNSC and Covenant forces clash on Kholo's surface.

    UNSC and Covenant forces clash on Kholo's surface.

  • Covenant forces evacuating from Kholo before its glassing.

    Covenant forces evacuating from Kholo before its glassing.

  • A Covenant assault carrier carving the Glyph of Faith on Kholo.

    A Covenant assault carrier carving the Glyph of Faith on Kholo.

  • The Glyph of Faith on Kholo's surface.

    The Glyph of Faith on Kholo's surface.

  • Sangheili forces over Kholo in 2559.

    Sangheili forces over Kholo in 2559.

  • A desert on Kholo in 2559.

    A desert on Kholo in 2559.

  • A human encampment amidst a ruined city on Kholo.

    A human encampment amidst a ruined city on Kholo.

  • CAA Heavy Burden holds position over a gas giant within Kholo's vicinity in 2557.

    CAA Heavy Burden holds position over a gas giant within Kholo's vicinity in 2557.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 51
  2. ^ Halo: Evolutions, "The Return", page 310
  3. ^ Halo: Evolutions, "The Return", page 492
  4. ^ Halo: The Third Life
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