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Ruthersburg was colonized by the [[Unified Earth Government]] as a minor [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]], famed for little and barely charted. The planet's single inhabitable continent served as the home to Ruthersburg's only [[human]] settlements with low populations.<ref name="CF"/> | Ruthersburg was colonized by the [[Unified Earth Government]] as a minor [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]], famed for little and barely charted. The planet's single inhabitable continent served as the home to Ruthersburg's only [[human]] settlements with low populations.<ref name="CF"/> | ||
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] of the [[Covenant]] arrived at Ruthersburg and eradicated the planet's small population. Just as the Covenant began to [[Glassing|glass]] Ruthersburg, a section of the planet's fragile mantle buckled, tearing the only | During the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] of the [[Covenant]] arrived at Ruthersburg and eradicated the planet's small population. Just as the Covenant began to [[Glassing|glass]] Ruthersburg, a section of the planet's fragile mantle buckled, tearing the only habitable continent apart in a rippling series of pyroclastic explosions. The barren husk that remained would have remained a footnote in history were it not for [[slipstream space]] routes discovered after the Covenant War, which placed Ruthersburg in a spur of the new [[Sol system|Sol]]-[[Epsilon Eridani system|Epsilon Eridani]] trade route. Megacorporations quickly sited resource extraction and refining operations on the planet's ruined surface dedicated to feeding metals and rare earths to shipyards building the next generation of [[UNSC Navy]] vessels above [[Mars]] and [[Tribute]].<ref name="CF"/> | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
In the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' live-action short ''[[Spaceport (Remember Reach)|Spaceport]]'', Ruthersburg is a destination listed at the [[Manassas Spaceport]].<ref>'''[[Remember Reach]]''', ''[[Spaceport (Remember Reach)|Spaceport]]''</ref> | In the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' live-action short ''[[Spaceport (Remember Reach)|Spaceport]]'', Ruthersburg is a destination listed at the [[Manassas Spaceport]].<ref>'''[[Remember Reach]]''', ''[[Spaceport (Remember Reach)|Spaceport]]''</ref> |