Ariel is a Human colony world of the Unified Earth Government.
History[]
It was once the site of a Forerunner artifact named The Knowing used to store information.[1]
Human Colonization[]
Under human occupation, the planet had two archaeological dig sites and one settlement, with a population of approximately 4000 residents.[1]
In 2532, several SPARTAN-II augumentation chemicals precursors were sent to an ONI Section 3 laboratory on this colony.[2]
Battle of Ariel[]
- Main article: Battle of Ariel
During the Human-Covenant war, the Covenant invaded the colony, and one of the civilians managed to send out a distress signal, to which UNSC High Command sent a force of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers from the 105th ODST Division to investigate. The UNSC forces came to notice that the Covenant were not operating in their usual fashion; Glassing of the planet was not their intent, but they were searching for something under the surface instead.[1]
Trivia[]
- Ariel is also the name of the planet Uranus's fourth largest moon.
- Ariel is also the name of a planet in the television series Firefly, which starred the voice actors for Buck, Dutch and Mickey (being Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin and Alan Tudyk, respectively).
- There is information in Halo Encyclopedia that Spartans wearing MJOLNIR mark IV armor were sighted. Suspiciously, that armor possessed energy shielding, thus it wasn't confirmed by ONI.
Appearances[]
- Halo: Helljumper (First appearance)
Sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Halo: Helljumper - Issue One
- ↑ Halo: Reach Legendary Edition - Bonus Item: Dr. Halsey's personal journal, January 18, 2532