Freyja (Earth-5875)

"There's all kinds of shit hitting the fan on this drop, so keep it by the book."

- - Major Thomas van Zandt

Freyja was a human settlement and mining outpost in the Outer colony Terra Nova, being the site of major ONI activity. Freyja fell victim to a large xenomorph outbreak on November 7th, 2547 after they breached from an ONI research facility, only to be destroyed by the sangheili warrior Dahr 'Voliree.

Early life
Founded in 2275, Freyja passed through numerous economic difficulties, but Terra Nova's survival through the First Contact War ensured it continued to sustain itself through numerous mining operations. In September 30th, 2547, the ONI closed Freyja's businesses to pan-corporate enterprises, reneging numerous co-development agreements, following the discovery of forerunner ruins on the planet.

Battle of Terra Nova
After the xenomorphs that were maintained captive by the Office of Naval Intelligence at their facility escaped to its nearby jungle, alongside the Keymind, they moved towards Freyja, hoping to acquire more hosts and biomass to transform the Keymind into a Gravemind. There, the Keymind set its hive within Freyja's Staten Refinery, while Six and the numerous other xenomorph forms went to the colony to harvest the inhabitants and kill any threat.

The 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, a massive UNSC Marine force stationed aboard the UNSC Marlow, was sent to Terra Nova to investigate the threat, which they believed to be a Covenant invasion. They were suffered heavy casualties against the xenomorphs, and those who survived regrouped within Freyja under the command of Major Thomas van Zandt to lead an assault on the Staten Refinery and kill the Keymind. However, almost the entire was killed or harvested, and the colony became even more overrun, which only allowed three people: Private Amir "Bacon" Kinard, Corporal Teresa "Tequila" Aquila, and Katya, to survive. The city and the surrounding vicinity, including all xenomorphs and the forerunner ruins, were destroyed by the sangheili First Blade officer Dahr 'Voliree, of the Covenant's Silent Shadow, who resorted to destroying the city with a stolen HAVOK nuke at the cost of the forerunner relics to destroy the infestation and stopping it from spreading beyond the planet.

Trivia

 * In Norse mythology, Freyja is a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, among many others.