Wealth

"Work like a Wealthian."

- A popular saying in the 26th century, referencing the inhabitants of Wealth.

Wealth, previously known as Achernar-h and originally given the name Outbound, was a colony on the extreme borders of human-controlled space. Colonised in 2489, most of the planet's population was made up primarily of Russians and Greeks originating from the, more specifically to relieve the growing overpopulation problem. The colonists discovered that Wealth was surprisingly well-suited to human habitation, requiring only few methods of to occur, mostly introducing new animals and crops to prepare for its destiny as a breadbasket world. However, the first planetary governors realised that it would also be highly successful as a "remote research colony", attracting the attention of many large companies for research which would either be too questionable, too restricted and too expensive to do it on any other research planet. Because of this, its population boomed very quickly, already reaching a far higher population than most planets within the Outer Colony region.

Unfortunately, a combination of the beliefs of its inhabitants and its isolation resulted in its colonists being an early voice for self-governance and independence. Early violent cells appeared not long after the bombing of, caused due to the fact that the inhabitants had little real contact with the UNSC, and that incident portrayed them as violent oppressors. The CMA led a destructive campaign at first, but slowly eased off as their officers began to sympathise with the, and even opened negotiations with the rebels to discuss a potential agreement that could allow both parties to benefit from the independent colony. Those negotiations came to a quick and decisive end with a UNSC fleet's arrival in 2509, and which began the so-called Insurrection of Outbound. Over the two-decade war, both the UNSC and the rebels suffered significant casualties and destruction of property, so far that some called it the most bloodiest campaign of the Insurrection. Once the arrived to UNSC space, however, they pulled most of their assets to fight the aliens, eventually abandoning Outbound. With the research and mining infrastructure abandoned, the citizens supported the government's stance on heavily system development and militarisation program. To support this new change, the government renamed the planet Wealth, in honour of the amount of good-fortunes the circumstances given them.