Taradia

Taradia, known formerly as Indus Corus a, is one of two planets in the Indus Corus system and the only in the habitable zone, the other known as Indus Corus b and later Bartoni. The small terranian planet boasts three moons, Ensas, Dansas, and Bido. Taradia is also encircled by a handful of rings, though they are often not visible to the naked eye from the surface or space.

Named after the first colony ship to the planet, Taradia has been a human colony since 2481 under the CAA. As with many First Rim colonies, Taradia boasts a multitude of large-scale mining operations and is one of the only shipbuilding colonies in its sector. Taradia is also known to trade heavily with nearby neighbors including Bartoni, Harvest, and Arcadia for food and other manufactured goods.

By 2515, Taradia would be the site of an Insurrectionist assault, resulting in a morale-boosting victory for the UNSC as well as the collapse of an entire battlegroup from Insurrectionist forces. Later in 2536, the Covenant would attack the planet, which out of necessity had grown to support a major agricultural industry as well as its mining operations. The battle resulted in a pyhrric yet extremely strategic victory for the UNSC. Three years later, a Jiralhanae battlegroup would return to the planet. The ensuing battle would result in a Covenant victory, though only a single ship survived. It would attempt to singlehandedly glass the planet though a third battle resulted in the destruction of the ship with the loss of two UNSC ships.

Afterward, the planet would slowly and gradually be abandoned until it reached a minimal population of 22,000 civilians in 2548 from nearly twenty million in 2535. During the reconstruction period after the war, Taradia would struggle to bring back colonists until 2580 when it unearthed one of the largest known gold deposits. From there, it would become a flourishing colony with a high standard of living and maintain nearly a dozen shipyards.