Tiara

The Tiara was a space station in equatorial geosynchronous orbit of Harvest. It supported the seven space elevators servicing the colony's capital city of Utgard, and functioned as an orbital port for passenger and cargo transport, as well as the storage area for the data centers of the AI Sif, who was in charge of Harvest's shipping operations and maintaining the Tiara's position.
== Overview ==
The Tiara was a Class-2 Stanford Torus type space station with a total diameter of 4,000 meters (13,123.36 ft). The outer ring had an interior diameter of 300 meters (984.25 ft). The station was equipped with gravity plating that could emulate a maximum of 0.9 Gs. The outer hull was double-walled and equipped with sealant foam that could be deployed by the station's automated systems in the event of a hull breach.
== History ==
Beginning construction in 2503, the Tiara was fully functional by 2524. During the First Battle of Harvest in 2525, a large engagement occurred aboard the Tiara. The Covenant forces that arrived at the planet, from the cruiser Rapid Conversion, took control of the station and created outposts for its soldiers. The Jiralhanae left the Unggoy, from the cruiser, to guard all of the outposts, with Deacon Dadab in charge. Later in the battle, Harvest's human colonial militia attempted to retake the station. Harvest's civilians were being loaded up from the planet's space elevators into freighters attached to the station to escape Harvest. The militia engaged the Covenant soldiers with the Jiralhanae and Yanme'e actively looking for the humans, while the Unggoy attempted to hold their posts.
It, along with Sif, was destroyed when Loki fired one of Harvest's surviving AATIS mass drivers from the surface of the planet, just before Harvest fell to the Covenant. The strands wrapped around Harvest, as per its rotation and the remnants of the Tiara fell into Harvest's atmosphere. In a state of grief, Mack, Harvest's agricultural AI, used the numerous JOTUNs under his control to bury the elevator strands of the Tiara, protecting them from plasma fire as Harvest was glassed by the Covenant.