Reach (S-309)

Reach was a UNSC colony world located in Wild Space. Being the fifth planet in the Epsilon Eridani system meant that Reach required considerable terraforming prior to colonization. As of 57 ABY Reach served as a key training ground in the SPARTAN-II program devised by UNSC Navy Captain Catherine Elizabeth Halsey. The program was bankrolled by wealthy Twi'lek businessman Nat Secura who helped keep the S-II program one of Reach's closest guarded secrets.