Hades
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Hades is one of the major United Nations Space Command colony worlds.
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[edit] Discovery
The discovery of Hades can be traced back in the early 1600's when Galileo Galilei's first drawings of outer Solar System planets showed that a bright star situated deep in the unknown realm of the Galaxy stood out from the all the other stars. However, Galileo did not take much notice of this discovery and remained apparently uninterested towards this particular star. At the time of his discovery, Hades was stationary in the sky because it had just turned retrograde that very day; because it was only beginning its yearly retrograde cycle.
In the year 2187, Dr. Bernard Fallon, a scientist working at the Florida Astrophysics Institute discovered this same star and concluded that it was very close, if not exactly, of Earth-like characteristics. His report was handed out to the head of the Institute which on the 3rd of December, 2187, classified this star as a planet of Earth-like apparency. The planet was part of a solar system consisting of nine other planets circling a star.
[edit] Naming
Dr. Bernard Fallon stated that this planet blared a reddish light when it was at its strongest brightness. He linked this statement to the fires of hell in Greek mythology and decided to name it "Hades", meaning "Hell" in the Greek language. He also decided to name the Solar System in which the planet was situated and its four moons also originating from Greek mythology. He called the system, the "Zephyrus System", and the planet's moons "Eurotas", "Echo", "Cragus" and "Proteus".
[edit] Colonization
The first colony ship sent by the United Nations Space Command into the Zephyrus System was in the year 2218. The colony ship was named the "UNSC Santa Maria", in honor of the ship which discovered the New World seven hundred years in the past. Thanks to the quantum drive which enabled faster than light travel, the ship reached the Zephyrus System in a matter of hours and landed on a beach of Hades' sea-side. The UNSC colonists were stunned by the sheer beauty of the planets landscape and immediately began constructing resource bases. One of the colonists spoke one sentence which would later become a quote for everything that Hades stands for. "Whoever named this place hell, must've been a real nutball!"
The landing zone of the "UNSC Santa Maria" became the holy place which Hades colonists worshiped and cherished, for it was the landing zone where the beginning of new life on the planet had taken place.
[edit] Landscape
The landscape of Hades is various in many ways consisting of sea-sides, plains, mountains, deserts and a great deal of forests. One of the plain territories is named the "Glazia Plains" the largest plain side on the planet. Countless ancient Forerunner structures can be found both on the surface and underground, meaning that Hades was part of a Forerunner Empire 100.000 years ago.
[edit] Weather
The weather on Hades isn't very dissimilar from the Weather on Earth. Snow, Rain, and rarely volcanic eruptions. Just like Earth, Hades has two poles, North and south which are always covered with snow and the temperature average is -70 degrees Celsius. Several meteor rains made the terrain in some parts of the planet quite inhospitable and changed the climate considerably.
[edit] Moons
[edit] Eurotas
The moon Eurotas was named after the greek God. It's surface is mainly water and ocean, however the water is extremely toxic containing a considerable amount of Carbon dioxide (CO2). Eurotas hasn't been settled yet, either because the UNSC isn't interested in the moon, or because there is no possibility of establishing any kind of base of operations there.
[edit] Echo
Echo is the smallest moon of Hades, and its surface is mainly desert landscape and rough mountain sides. The UNSC GENCOM of Hades has built several training camps for special operations forces such as the "Echoes", from which the name originates. There was no report of rebel activity on Echo as far as the Office of Naval Intelligence could cover. However, the possibility of insurgent forces being stationed on Echo is considerably high.
[edit] Cragus
Cragus is a moon of extreme military importance, its surface is completely covered by ice and serves as the backup control center of Hades' GENCOM in case the main control center on Hades is overrun by rebels.
[edit] Proteus
Proteus is a basically an asteroid that was caught by Hades' gravitational field and became one of its moons. There is no trace of either UNSC or rebel bases on Proteus, this could be due to the fact that the asteroid is physically very unstable and dangerous for any operations to take place.
[edit] Locations
[edit] Glazia
Glazia is the capital city of the planet Hades. The History of the capital city of Glazia, dates back to the year 2219, when a group of newly arrived UNSC colonists ran into a large river which was surrounded by high hills. The place was perfect for constructing a new settlement, and due to the landscape it was situated on (mainly hills) it was exactly the place for a compound of military importance. In a few years time the settlement became increasingly inhabited by colonists and the little settlement grew ever larger in size. Soon, the majority of colonists on Hades came to this settlement and initially named it "New Washington". However, in the year 2236, this city was declared the main political and military city on Hades and quickly became the Capital of the planet. In the same year, it was also renamed to "Glazia".
[edit] Glazia Plains
The Glazia Plains are situated between the cities of Glazia and Tyloz. They stretch along most of the continental side. There are many colonists that live in the Glazia Plains, especially former German. It is said that the Glazia Plains are the location where neo-nazi rebels hide out.
[edit] Marseilles
[edit] Tyloz
[edit] Nebara
[edit] UNSC Nebara Outpost
[edit] Catrosca
[edit] Molaskia
[edit] Lesouri
[edit] New Parisian Plains
[edit] Industry
[edit] Military Command
[edit] Hades UNSC Peacekeeping
[edit] Hades SOCOM
[edit] Marine Special Forces "Echoes"
Echoes, the UNSC Marine Corps’ elite SpecOps unit, are tasked with everything from direct action, covert raids, and surveillance to kidnappings and assassination. Two MSF Echo companies are stationed on Hades, handling most of the planets various Special Operations needs.
The units are very informal, with 16 two-squad groups spread across the planet, each accompanied by a designated Pelican dropship, fitted as a mobile command center, and an ONI intelligence operative. The two-squad groups operate semi-independently, taking orders from their respective commanding officers: Major James Marquis with Blackmoon Company (callsign Blackmoon Six) and Major William Garrett with Darkside Company (callsign Darkside Six).
MSF Echo squads are typically of four marines: an officer and three NCOs of sergeant or higher. Each squad member has a weapons role and specialty role. The weapons roles are gunner, grenadier, marksman, and rifleman, and the specialty roles are radioman, demolitions, and medic. It should be noted that the marksman rarely takes two roles because of the load of carrying a sniper rifle and standard rifle, and that the grenadier often is also the demolitions expert. All squad members are trained in every role, also, in case another member of the squad is injured.
[edit] UNSC "Vipers" Counter-Terrorism Force
The UNSC Vipers counter-terrorism strike force has been established early in the year 2479, as a top-secret military unit hosted by the Office of Naval Intelligence. Its headquarters resides in an underground training compound on the planet Reach, specialized in Covert Ops practice, sapper and demolitions training and Field Medic training. It disposes of intelligence contacts spanning along most of the UNSC inner and outer colonies, which makes deployment into terrorist held territories much easier. The UNSC Vipers usually respond to hostage, theft, assault or escorting situations on various colony planets. The Vipers are divided into three teams, Team Alpha (assigned front security), Team Bravo (assigned medical and demolitions experts), and Team Charlie (assigned rear security) usually comprised of eighteen or more individuals. All three teams are placed under command of Captain Gregory Daniels, an ONI diplomatic official.
Since the Eridanus Rebellion had taken place, the Vipers had been dispatched several secondary mission-control stations around the Eridanus, Reach, and Zephyrus Systems. The Zephyrus System presented the highest threat of terrorist activity, due to the expanding rebel held territories on the planet Hades and the asteroid belts.
[edit] Special Operations Infantry
The start of the Second Marseille Insurrection was a huge blow to the UNSC on Hades, both in the strategic and morale sense. To counter that, Hades SOCOM created the Special Operations Infantry. SpecOps Infantry are volunteers from Marine units and loyal citizens on Hades, chosen because of their willingness to fight the various rebel groups. They are an elite unit, with a tough training regiment. Other aspects of SOCOM deride them as "wingless Helljumpers" due to the similarity in the training regimen, minus airborne training. The SOI is often used in a traditional infantry role, and also in recon and patrols deep behind enemy lines. Their command structure follows that of other light infantry units, as does their unit structure.
[edit] SPECTRE SpecOps Unit
SPECTRE (Special Personnel, Extraction, Combat, Transportation, Recon, Elimination) is a top-secret, experimental Navy Special Operations group. Consisting of two teams of eight split evenly between Navy and Marine Corps personnel, their primary assignments involve intelligence gathering and search and rescue.
The unit, activated circa the Eridanus Rebel Campaign, is part of ONI Section VI, the Special Operations department, and is commanded by Colonel Henry Stanford. After operations in the Eridanus Campaign, they continued operating throughout UNSC space, and are currently on Hades.
Each team is made up of two fireteams of four men. The pointman is armed with an MA2B and grenades, the gunner yields a modified MA2B fixed into a light repeating rifle and carries extra ammo, the heavy weapons specialist uses an M80 shotgun and carries a folded down version of the Jackhammer Explosive Rocket System, and the fireteam leader carries a radio and MA2B.
[edit] Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
[edit] Hades GENCOM
[edit] Hades FLEETCOM
[edit] UNSC Orbital Ships
[edit] Battles
[edit] Battle of Tyloz
[edit] Battle of Glazia
[edit] Rebel Wars
[edit] The Rebel War on Hades
[edit] Rebel Factions
[edit] Napoleonists (neo-French)
