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*Construction Platform 966A is decommissioned and abandoned.
*Madrigal is glassed by the Covenant. Survivors flee to a set of asteroids in orbit above Hesiod, dubbing the worldlets The Rubble.
*The Battle of Hat Yai takes place either late this year or in 2529.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, Dirt, 'page 126
*The MJOLNIR Security variant is created.
*The Assembly Minority decides to sacrifice remote, low-population colonies in order to determine the Covenant's pattern of operation and plan effective countermeasures based on it.Halo: Reach - Data pad 13
*January 30: James Cutter turns down a command position on board the UNSC destroyer .Official Xbox Magazine Issue #92, page 40
*February 13: The Battle of XI Boötis A takes place, resulting in a UNSC victory.
*December 5: Edward Buck enlists in the UNSC Marine Corps.
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