Planetary Profile: Harvest

Battleground Planet: Harvest (Halo Universe) 
Status: Half- Dead World

Geographical Features: 

Harvest was a small planet, approximately one-third the size of Earth with an equatorial diameter of slightly more than 4,000 kilometers (2,484 miles), making Harvest slightly smaller than the Sol planet Mercury. In terms of surface area, Harvest possessed ~50 million km², roughly one-tenth the surface area of Earth. s. Harvest also has a day/night cycle only 17.5 Sol hours long.. The super-continent Edda dominated the planet, taking up roughly 67% of its surface. Two low-salinity seas covered the remainder of the planet, Hugin to the north, and Munin to the south. Almost 86% of Edda is within 500 meters of sea level, the only major change in elevation is the Bifrost, an escarpment that "cuts" Edda in half.

Harvest's surface was once beautiful, covered in grassland and forests, lush fields and rolling hills, and a thousand lakes swarming with fish. The orchards were filled with luscious crops. At night, bats filled the skies. After being glassed, however, the surface was reduced to a layer of melted glass, the destruction visible from orbit. The environment suffered a catastrophic blow as a result, the once glorious landscape turning into a nearly frozen tundra, causing most species to quickly go extinct. Soon, all that remained of Harvest's original ecosystem were the scavengers, feeding off the rotting remains of the planet's once abundant wildlife, and even they perished before long.

For this battle Harvest currently exists in its half-glassed state. Some areas are ice wastelands as a result of the Covenant, while a few areas still retain the lush beauty and fertility that so characterized the planet beforehand (though for how long they retain this, depends on if the winner can terraform it). 

Third Party Factions (2)

--- UNSC colonists: In this world there still exists a number of UNSC colonists, who in this parallel timeline were unable to escape their world in time. These colonists, about 300,000  of them, cling to what is left of the fertile grounds, as well as the few remaining cities around the middle of the continent (Bilfrost). They are lightly armed with MAC5 assault rifles, pistols, and even a few hornets/warthogs. However they are mostly farmers. 

---Flood: Yes in this timeline the Flood have begun to emerge from a hidden forerunner artifact, and are slowly creeping across the planet starting from the North. While they are still at the Feral Stage, they are currently showing signs of evolving to something further.  Currently they only have Flood Carrier and infection forms available, though of course the Flood work on assimilation. 


Danger Status: 3.9
- Flood and currently  bad environment from being half glassed. Very Dangerous. 


* This is a modified version of Harvest. Not completely in line with in-universe admittedly  but it will make for an awesome fight!