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[[File:Requiem.png|thumb|right|250px|Requiem, formerly the main planetary body in the Epoloch system.]] | [[File:Requiem.png|thumb|right|250px|Requiem, formerly the main planetary body in the Epoloch system.]] | ||
The '''Epoloch system''' is a planetary system in an unknown region of space within the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]. It was the location of the [[shield world]] known as [[Requiem]], the home of the [[Promethean]] [[Warrior-Servant]]s.<ref name="DK H4TEVG">[http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781409334828,00.html '''DK Publising''' - ''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'' '''Preview''']</ref> At the end of the [[Second Battle of Requiem]] in [[2558|February 2558]], [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] leader [[Jul 'Mdama]] sent Requiem on a collision course with the star in an attempt to destroy the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} and her crew. Though ''Infinity'' escaped and returned to [[Earth]], the shield world was consumed by Epoloch's immense heat and gravity.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''[[S1/Exodus|Season One - Exodus]] epilogue cutscene''</ref> | The '''Epoloch system''' is a planetary system in an unknown region of space within the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]. It was the location of the [[shield world]] known as [[Requiem]], the home of the [[Promethean]] [[Warrior-Servant]]s.<ref name="DK H4TEVG">[http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781409334828,00.html '''DK Publising''' - ''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'' '''Preview''']</ref> At the end of the [[Second Battle of Requiem]] in [[2558|February 2558]], [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] leader [[Jul 'Mdama]] sent Requiem on a collision course with the star in an attempt to destroy the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} and her crew. Though ''Infinity'' escaped and returned to [[Earth]], the shield world was consumed by Epoloch's immense heat and gravity. Epoloch itself exploded moments later.<ref>'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''[[S1/Exodus|Season One - Exodus]] epilogue cutscene''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances==<!--There is technically no need to list Scanned, as the present-day sequences of the trailer take place entirely inside Requiem. The star and its surrounding space are never shown.--> | ==List of appearances==<!--There is technically no need to list Scanned, as the present-day sequences of the trailer take place entirely inside Requiem. The star and its surrounding space are never shown.--> | ||
Revision as of 04:31, May 19, 2013
The Epoloch system is a planetary system in an unknown region of space within the Forerunner ecumene. It was the location of the shield world known as Requiem, the home of the Promethean Warrior-Servants.[1] At the end of the Second Battle of Requiem in February 2558, Covenant leader Jul 'Mdama sent Requiem on a collision course with the star in an attempt to destroy the UNSC Infinity and her crew. Though Infinity escaped and returned to Earth, the shield world was consumed by Epoloch's immense heat and gravity. Epoloch itself exploded moments later.[2]
List of appearances
- Halo 3 (First appearance)
- Halo Legends
- The Commissioning
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- Halo 4
- Halo: Silentium
Sources
- ^ DK Publising - Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide Preview
- ^ Spartan Ops, Season One - Exodus epilogue cutscene
