Cascade

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 is a UNSC world in an unknown star system. Its largest populated urbanized metropolis is Mindoro, its capital. The planet survived a Covenant attack at the end of the Human-Covenant war.

History
The colony was established at some point before the Human-Covenant war as an industrial powerhouse. Many manufacturing companies took up headquarters on the planet, particularly its capital, Mindoro. At some point in late 2552, Cascade was attacked by the Covenant. Unlike most human colonies, it survived the battle, albeit suffering damage to many of its cities, including the loss of the planet's one orbital tether. In the aftermath of the war construction teams set about busily repairing and rebuilding across the planet. The industrial corporations based out of Mindoro pooled resources and funded the construction of a replacement space tether near the Nova Austin spaceport. The construction of this tether was still ongoing in 2558.

Trivia

 * The Nova Austin Space Tether is the site of the Halo 4 DLC map, Skyline.
 * Cascade's capital city, Mindoro, shares its name with a Philippine island on Earth. Its name means "gold mine."

List of appearances

 * Halo 4