In 2525, mere months prior to the outbreak of the Human-Covenant war, Reach was the site of a major terrorist bombing against the luxury liner National Holiday. Public opinion of the two planets reached an all time low by 2524, with their general population being from the liberal pro-secession circles, was now used as a reactionary slogan by people who saw a total UNSC abandonment of the star system as more practical than continuing the fight. Reach and its sister planets, Tribute and Circumstance, became notorious for the increasingly-sophisticated bombing campaigns by Insurrectionist groups which killed thousands in 2524 alone, and the increasingly-harsh reprisals by the UNSC in Operation: TREBUCHET which only exacerbated the situation. It was hinted that Reach was more important to the Spartans than Earth, the homeworld of humanity.ĭespite its position as the UNSC's largest naval base, strategic headquarters, and second-largest population center, the Epsilon Eridani system was wracked by Insurrectionist activity throughout the early 26th Century. It was said by Fred-104 that Reach was their home, and every Spartan-II would fight to the death to defend her. The Spartan-IIs were trained and housed on Reach.

This facility was also the birthplace of the legendary SPARTAN-II Program. The fact that this artifact was so valuable to them is perhaps the main reason anyone survived the aftermath of the Fall of Reach at all, as the Covenant were afraid of destroying it. The Office of Naval Intelligence commandeered the mine after it breached a secret complex beneath Reach's surface containing a Forerunner artifact that was highly desired by the Covenant. ONI's CASTLE Base was located in one of these mines underneath Menachite Mountain.

The mines all over the planet ran thousands of meters deep. It was originally colonized in 2362 by the Odyssey for its rich titanium deposits. įirst confirmations of Reach's existence to Earth's humans were in the early 21st century. Reach's second moon, Turul, was captured in Reach's gravity, somewhere between 80,000 BCE and 70,000 BCE. A large Forerunner star ship also crashed on Reach. They built at least one structure beneath Menachite Mountain. At that time, Reach only had one moon Csodaszarvas. The Forerunners once had some sort of presence on Reach circa 100,000 BCE. History Forerunner Era and Pre-Colonization

1.5 Revival and Re-Terraforming Efforts.

1.1 Forerunner Era and Pre-Colonization.

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