Omayyad

A distant rocky arid world more akin to an uprooted over-populated mining operation long abandoned than an actual colony Omayyad survived the Human-Covenant War. 
== Background ==
=== History ===
The planet had begun as an outpost world which benefitted from large titanium and gold deposits in Omayyad's crust. Not to be confused with a wealthy or prosperous world Omayyad was disparate and isolated. Food shortages were common prior to the war and full on famine overtook the colony for decades during and for a short time after. The planet was finally glassed in 2557 by an unknown force. 
In 2558 the Deliverance would be the discoverer of the condition of Omayyad. Originally tasked with assessing the level of insurrectionist sentiment the Deliverance arrived in system and quickly realized the capitol region had been glassed. A survey team sent planet side was unable to determine the existence of any survivors after being interrupted by a prevailing ONI prowler which ordered the immediate exfiltration from the planet and star system. 
=== Glassing and Rumors ===
It is speculated based on insurrectionist agents within the ranks of ONI and the UNSC that the colonial settlement on Omayyad was in fact glassed by the Eligius IV, an Eligius-class Battleship, during a test of the warships energy projector. It is known for certain that recent insurrectionist activity on the colony was growing vehemently due to the colonies abandonment during and for a short time even after the Human-Covenant War. When relief care did arrive to the colony notably forty percent of the inhabitants refused the help in solidarity against the UEG and UNSC forces potentially sparking ONI's deployment of their new toy. 
== Created Crisis ==
Survivors on Omayyad reached out to Created forces upon Cortana's coup of the galaxy to align with her newly established empire. Category:UEG Outer Colonies
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