User:Spartan G-23/Leucopetra

Leucopetra is a planet located in the Nova Cantabricus System.

Geography
The planet has two continents, Dacia, the Eastern Continent and Thrace, the Western Continent. The planet has sub-tundra located at both the northern and southern poles. In the areas between the 23rd northern latitude and the northern pole are covered in temperate rainforests. In the area between the 23rd southern latitude and the southern pole vary depending on the continent. On Dacia, it is covered in rainforests, while in Thrace it is covered by a large desert. The area in-between the 23rd northern and southern latitudes is covered by large, fertile grasslands and large ore-rich mountains.

It is located on the Western portion of UNSC controlled space, and has one moon, Agrippa.

Use and Industry
The planet is considered extremely useful because of its large titanium, lead, and iron deposits which are refined and either sent to AUR shipyards, or turned into weapons at the local factories. The other major use of the planet is agriculture, due primarily to its large amount of fertile land. There is also a small fishing industry.

Due to the proximity of many mines to the grasslands, there is often conflict between miners and farmers.

Pre-Colonial
The oldest event known to modern historians is that approximately 120,000 years ago a glacial meltdown occurred which created the two massive seas on the planet. Approximately 70,000 Dacia and Thrace were no longer in the same hemisphere and continental drift left them in relatively the same state as it was in 2620.

Colonial
The planet was colonized in 2554, and was one of the UNSC's first colonies after the Human-Covenant war, despite its proximity to the Covenant Remnant. The planet thrived due to the mining industry, and by 2599 it had a population of almost 1.5 million. However, after the Battle of Kanna in 2607, and numerous Remnant raids a mass exodus occured and 1/3 of the population left the colony.

In 2613, Kig-Yar pirates raided the planet during the Raid at Leucopetra, which caused large profit losses for the mining industry, and some profit losses for the weapons industry.