====== Halo asteroid belt ======

^ Halo asteroid belt        ^ Planet                                             ^
| **Distance from Sol**     | [[travel times|3.2AU]]                             |
| **Sector**                | [[Inner System]]                                   |
| **Political affiliation** | [[Inner System bloc]], [[Central Solar Authority]] |

===== Description =====
The metal-rich asteroids of the system's inner ring were the Holy Grail of the initial expansion from [[Earth]]. The [[asteroid mining|factories and habitats]] in the Halo predate the [[CSA|system government]] in many places, and their output of metals, minerals and water fuel the industries of most of the other planets and stations short of the [[Kuiper belt]]. The Halo facilities were instrumental in providing the ice asteroids used to terraform [[Mars]], and many of the dynasties ruling swathes of the belt owe their fortunes to the mad scramble for farmland that came with human expansion from Earth.

===== Places of note =====
None.

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