Crossroads

 is an again flourishing colony under UNSC control since the late 2400's and was abandoned with the appearance of nearly forty Covenant cruisers in an adjacent systems. By 2560, it would secretly be repurposed from a once-major shipbuilding planet to the primary base of the Office of Naval Intelligence and remained unannounced to the public until 2574 when they offered the opportunity to return to the planet. Since then, the planet has grown in role to that of Reach's in previous years with a garrison of over 750,000 Army soldiers, Airmen, Colonial Militants, and an additional 120 warships, including a dozen of Voi carriers.