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The '''Tiara''' was a space station in equatorial [[geosynchronous orbit]] over [[Utgard]], on the human colony [[Harvest]]. Constructed in [[2468]] when the Harvest colony was founded, it supported the [[Harvest Space Elevators|seven space elevators]] servicing the colony's capital city of Utgard, and functioned as an orbital port for passenger and cargo transport, as well as the storage area for the data centers of the [[AI]] [[Sif]], who was in charge of Harvest's shipping operations and maintaining the ''Tiara'' 's position. It was not present in [[2502]], but was fully functional by [[2524]].<ref name="ch66">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 66''</ref>

The ''Tiara'' is described as two arcs separated by the [[Carbon nanofiber|carbon nano-fiber]] strands that made up the space elevators of Harvest. The beam work connecting the two looked like delicate filigree. Six beveled [[titanium]] spars ran the length of the facility. [[Avery Johnson]] estimated the station was about 4 kilometers long and it's interior around 300 meters in diameter (13,200 and 990 feet, respectively).<ref name="ch66"/> It possessed some form of [[artificial gravity]] as well.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 230''</ref>

It, along with [[Sif]], was seriously damaged in [[2525]] by a [[mass driver]] fired by [[Loki]] from the surface of the planet,<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 378''</ref> just before Harvest fell to the [[Covenant]]. The strands and parts of Tiara wrapped around Harvest, as per it's rotation. In a state of grief, [[Mack]], Harvest's agricultural AI, ordered the [[JOTUN]]s to bury the strands of the ''Tiara'' and the space elevators, protecting them from plasma fire as Harvest was glassed due to the Covenant [[glassing|orbital bombardment]].

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File:Harvest_Space_Elevators.jpg|Six of the [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|seven]] [[space elevator]]s linking the planet [[Harvest]] to the Tiara space station.

[[Category:Space stations]]