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Forerunner artifacts became instrumental to beginning and ending the [[Human-Covenant War]]. First contact was made when humanity's Reclaimer status was discovered by the Covenant, who did not understand that they were being labeled as Forerunner objects. The [[Hierarchs]] of the Covenant soon learned humanity's status as apparently living descendants of their supposed gods, and found it potentially destructive to their religion. Thus they decided to hide this information from the general population and ordered that humanity be eradicated, a goal in which they nearly succeeded.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> Battles were fought often with relics at the center of the conflict, sometimes risking giving the Covenant victory early, other times hindering them and turning in favor of humans due to the Covenant's reluctance to damage Forerunner treasures. Many relics were destroyed by humans often as traps for Covenant or to keep them from falling into enemy hands.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign levels ''[[Reactor]]'', ''[[Escape]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[Dirt]]''</ref> | Forerunner artifacts became instrumental to beginning and ending the [[Human-Covenant War]]. First contact was made when humanity's Reclaimer status was discovered by the Covenant, who did not understand that they were being labeled as Forerunner objects. The [[Hierarchs]] of the Covenant soon learned humanity's status as apparently living descendants of their supposed gods, and found it potentially destructive to their religion. Thus they decided to hide this information from the general population and ordered that humanity be eradicated, a goal in which they nearly succeeded.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> Battles were fought often with relics at the center of the conflict, sometimes risking giving the Covenant victory early, other times hindering them and turning in favor of humans due to the Covenant's reluctance to damage Forerunner treasures. Many relics were destroyed by humans often as traps for Covenant or to keep them from falling into enemy hands.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign levels ''[[Reactor]]'', ''[[Escape]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[Dirt]]''</ref> | ||
The most important of Forerunner artifacts to be involved was the Halo Array, [[Installation 04|the first ring]] of which was discovered on the heels of the destructive [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> The resulting [[Battle of Installation 04]] revealed to humanity the existence of the Forerunners and their sacred place in the Covenant's religion, as well as the rings' true purpose as weapons of mass destruction. The activation of the Halos led to the awakening of other Forerunner relics, such as the [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels of Onyx]], or [[Installation 00|the Ark]] that controlled the Halo Array. Humanity's utilization of Forerunner tech was thus regarded as a "game-changer" to turn battles into their favor<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref> and also changed the goal of the war, now to keep the Covenant from reactivating the Array in their misguided pursuit of apotheosis. As the conflict drew to a close, the Covenant had been plunged [[Great Schism|into disarray]] as some discovered the Great Journey was false and thus [[Covenant | The most important of Forerunner artifacts to be involved was the Halo Array, [[Installation 04|the first ring]] of which was discovered on the heels of the destructive [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> The resulting [[Battle of Installation 04]] revealed to humanity the existence of the Forerunners and their sacred place in the Covenant's religion, as well as the rings' true purpose as weapons of mass destruction. The activation of the Halos led to the awakening of other Forerunner relics, such as the [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels of Onyx]], or [[Installation 00|the Ark]] that controlled the Halo Array. Humanity's utilization of Forerunner tech was thus regarded as a "game-changer" to turn battles into their favor<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref> and also changed the goal of the war, now to keep the Covenant from reactivating the Array in their misguided pursuit of apotheosis. As the conflict drew to a close, the Covenant had been plunged [[Great Schism|into disarray]] as some discovered the Great Journey was false and thus [[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction|seceded to ally with humanity]].<ref>''Halo 3'''</ref> [[Battle of Installation 00|The final battle of the war]] was fought aboard the Forerunners' Ark, and the UNSC and Covenant separatist forces together secured the Halo Array, destroying the Ark shortly afterward. In the post-war years humanity was beginning to reclaim its appointed place, gaining many technological leaps as a result of acquiring and reverse-engineering Forerunner technology with the assistance of a number of [[Huragok]] they had managed to procure.<ref name="ttw">'''Halo: The Thursday War'''</ref> | ||
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