User:Sgt.T.N.Biscuits/Minister

Minister is an UNSC Inner Colony world, that was one of the few colonies to remain undiscovered by Covenant through the war. At around 15 light-years from Earth it is home to a large population of around 70 million people. By 2553, Minister war one of the few remaining Human strongholds still intact.

Early History
Minister was founded in 2421 by a group of colonists led by Sir. David Michaels (Who would later found the colony of Kholo) and was quickly terraformed and devoloped to it's close location to UNSC space. After several years of terraforming the first two cities of Dogtown and Dorado Hills were built and colonists moved in. By 2450, the population had reached 25 million and was quickly expanding into a massive world.

Locations
Notable Locations include:

Portview: Home to the Lakeside Space Tether, headquarters of multiple billion dollar corperations, and home to a metroplotian zone of 20 million.
 * Lakeview: Suburban Section of the Portview metropolitan area, home to many luxirous locations.
 * Kuch Warfare Systems, Facility 1C: Kuch Warfare systems plant in the massive seaports that span across the city.
 * Rolling Thunder National Park: Located to the East of Portview spans several million acres, home to millions of wildlife imported from Earth.

Valio Mountains: Mountains to the Nort of Portview to the west of Dogtown

Dogtown: First city settled, home to nearly 2 million people. City outskirts, home to 1.5 million people, mainly living in the rolling hills of the nearby mountains.

Peacetree Valley: Farm land spanning from the Northern edges of the Vallio Mountains, across to Dogtown. Home to Camp Folsom, a basic training facility for ODSTs and Marines.

Highland Marshes: Several hundred thousands acres of swamps and wetlands to the East of Dogtown. Land was drained out falling the fall of the Outer Colonies in order to feed refugees.

Loomis: Corrupt Industrial city located several hundred miles south of Portview.

Defences
Minister is home to a Defense fleet, known as Battlegroup Phoenix. It also has Three ODPs in Orbit around the planet. Following the Covenant invasion of Earth and the subsquent destroyoed home fleet, the entire battlegroup )excluding one frigate) was sent in. 11 of the 15 ships sent would be destroyed with the remaining 4 returning to Minister following the war. Minister is home to a large number of military bases. The military population of Minister is estimated at 4 million, with various city Miltias not included. Like Battlgroup Phoenix, a large amount of troops would be sent in during the final battles of the war.