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My new B.net account is Grizzled Ancient. If you see him, its me.
Well, to begin with, get ready for a WHOLE bunch of long posts coming ur way... and im one of them :)
REACH is one of the most strategicly placed planets in the galaxy. Close enough to the SOL System, but far enough off the beaten path to live without fear of attack. It is also the base of FLEETCOM HQ in that system. It is also the planet with the largest UNSC and civilian spacecraft producer. REACH is probably the most heavily defended planet besides Earth. Its the Base of Operations for almost all of the campaigns the UNSC has led. It is also the prime ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) base.
REACH is also where the 75 SPARTAN II's trained. Considered their "home planet".
In the year 2552, REACH was found by the Covenant thanks to a tracker that attatched to the newly promoted Captain Jacob Keyes' ship, The Iroquois shortly after the Battle for Sigma Octanus IV. When the Covenant jumped into the system, The Orbital Defense platforms were activated and prepared to fire on the nearly 500 Covenant Destroyers, Frigates, and Carriers.
The remaining Spartan II's were preparing to Jump to find a Covenant vessel disable it, jump to the Covenants home world, and capture a prophet. When the Covenant attacked REACH, Three Spartans were sent to an Orbital platform to destroy a NAV data center with the location of Earth on it. The rest went to ground to defend the generators keeping the ODPs active. The 3 Spartans on the platforms completed their mission but at a heavy price, 1 was killed when their pelican smashed into platform and another Linda was mortally wounded, but was brought back aboard The Pillar of Autumn by the Master Chief. Their ship jumped and then came the following actions of HALO: CE
Back on REACH, the commanding Spartan on the ground, Fred, gathered up the surviving Spartans and defended the generators. After it was clear that they were going to be destroyed, Fred orderd a retreat and they extracted Admiral Whitcomb and fled to CASTLE BASE deep under the mountains of REACH.
After destroying Halo, the Master Chief met up with Sergeant Johnson, and others and captured a Covenant ship. They jumped to REACH, where they picked up a Spartan safe signal that only their fellow team mates new ( OLY OLY OXEN FREE ) The Chief Met up with them in CASTLE base and they all fled the planet.
I left ALOT out too, might want to go to this sight and find out more:
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Reach