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'''Earth''' is one of the terrestrial planets in the [[Solar System]] and is the home planet of the [[human]] race, as well as many other various creatures. It is the capital planet of the [[United Nations]], [[Unified Earth Government]], and the [[UNSC]] and [[Colonial Administration Authority]] have a strong presence on Earth as well. Earth was possibly the most populated planet of the human space territories.{{Verify_source}}

After years of overcrowding on Earth and the other planets in the [[Sol System]], dissident factions emerged. The Neo-[[Communism|Communist]] [[Koslovics]] and [[Fascism|Fascistic]] [[Frieden]], the two major movements, began to battle one another and the [[United Nations]]. In March-June [[2160]], Jovian secessionists attacked [[UN Colonial Advisors|United Nations Colonial advisers]] on the moon [[Io]], which led to three months of fighting between the Earth military and Jovian "Frieden" forces. [[National Governments]] began to support their own colonies which began in a proxy wars off planet, leading to tension and militarization on Earth. In [[2162]] armed conflict ripped through [[South America]], starting the [[Rain Forest Wars]], as [[Koslovic]], [[Frieden]], and [[UN]] forces all clashed over ideological differences, sparking additional conflicts off-planet. In December of [[2163]], the three factions clashed, this time on [[Mars]]. This was the first extraterrestrial use of [[Marines]], who launched lightning raids on [[Koslovics]] positions, permanently affecting military doctrine for centuries. In [[2164]] UN forces began a massive military build-up and began the first true interplanetary war. The [[UNSC]] was bolstered by a massive propaganda campaign running on the victories on [[Mars]] and over the next six years took back the [[Sol System]] and drove the dissident factions to destruction. Now with a massive military with no enemy to fight, overpopulation, food crisis, and a collapsing economy, the unified Earth faced trouble.  

Marines from [["A" Company]] of the [[405th]] counterattacked from [[Diego Garcia]] and succeeded in gaining and holding bridgeheads in the city despite suffering heavy casualties. They were reinforced by [[SPARTAN-117]], [[Sergeant Avery Johnson]], and elements of the [[7th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Battalion]] deploying from the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}. The Covenant were subsequently dislodged from [[Old Mombasa]] and, following the destruction of a [[Scarab]], from New Mombasa as well. The Prophet of Regret ordered a general retreat and the prophet's carrier initiated a slipspace jump while still over the city. The ''In Amber Clad'' followed in the carrier's wake, and the city itself was destroyed. Even the orbital space elevator was destroyed and the remains were scattered all over the savanna. The prophet's ship was the only Covenant vessel to survive.

The arrival in-system of [[SPARTAN-117]] in a Covenant-controlled [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], freshly escaped from the [[Battle of Installation 05]], was unexpected. SPARTAN-117 disembarked from the dreadnought at [[Io Station]] before returning to Earth<ref name="Halo_Uprising">''[[Halo: Uprising]]''</ref> where he rendezvoused with UNSC forces at [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]]. With the aid of the [[The Arbiter (character)|Arbiter]], Commander [[Miranda Keyes]], and Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]], SPARTAN-117 [[Battle of Voi|breached the Covenant anti-air defenses]] near the excavated [[Portal]], clearing the way for an aerial strike on the artifact. The strike was unable to disable the device or prevent the [[Prophet of Truth]] from traveling through the portal. Blocking the UNSC from immediate pursuit however was the unexpected arrival of a [[Flood]] infected vessel.  This infestation cumulated in half of East Africa being glassed as a precaution. After the brief intervention by the [[Flood]], a joint [[Sangheili]]/UNSC force departed through the portal in chase.