Human-Covenant War

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Factions

United Earth Government

United Nations Space Command

Leaders: HIGHCOM

Homeworld: Earth (still intact)

Military Forces: Exact numbers are unknown.

The Covenant

Leaders: The High Council

Homeworld: multiple worlds

Capital City: High Charity

Military Forces: Exact numbers are unknown.

Confirmed Casualties

The following is a short list of confirmed losses for both the Humans and the Covenant. These numbers are pulled from the battles that took place and are only an estimation; the true numbers while unknown, are probably a lot higher for both sides.

Covenant

Ships: Over 850

Military, Civilian, Etc.: Over 3.67 Million

The Unyielding Hierophant

High Charity

Human

Ships: Over 180

Worlds glassed: A minimum of 210 worlds

Military, Civilians, Etc.: Over 1.006 Billion

Timeline

2525

2530

  • The Covenant destroys the UNSC colony world of Eridanus II.

2531

2535

  • The Covenant destroys the UNSC colony world of Jericho VII in the Battle of Jericho VII.
  • In the course of four short years, UNSC forces have been hammered, despite excellent leadership and tactical brilliance. It is simply a matter of being outgunned; Covenant kill ratios tend to top three to one in ship-to-ship combat. By 2535, virtually all of the Outer Colony worlds have been destroyed by the Covenant.

2536

  • Covenant forces begin to swarm into the Inner Colonies. For several years the war falls into a pattern: humans win isolated battles, typically during ground operations, but at a horrible cost. In space combat, the humans are losing at a precipitous rate, and one by one, the colonies fall.

2537

2544

2545

2549

2552

July

August

  • Battle of Reach. In the largest naval battle yet in the war, 314 Covenant ships destroy 152 UNSC ships and 20 MAC gun platforms around Reach, and win a major victory, destroying a great UNSC' military stronghold.

September

October

November

  • The Battle of Onyx. The destruction of Installation 04 trigged Onyx sentinels to appear. The Covenant followed their stolen destroyer called Bloodied Spirit which a group of SPARTAN-IIs(Blue Team) were ordered by Lord Hood to take to Onyx in order to aid Dr. Halsey and the other Spartans. The battle ends in the same way of the Battle of Installation 04; all Covenant and Human vessels destroyed(with exception of the UNSC Dusk).
  • Civil War of the Covenant- The battle continues.
  • The Second Battle of Earth- The battle continues.
  • Battle of Installation 00 and the new Installation 04.
  • The final Covenant religious leader, the Prophet of Truth, is assassinated by The Arbiter.

2553

March 3

The war ends in a UNSC-Covenant Separatist victory. The victors erect a monument to commemorate their dead.

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