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UNSC territory is known to encompass several dozen worlds in several star systems in the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]], in various stages of colonization, from the well developed [[Inner Colonies]] to the relatively recent and struggling [[Outer Colonies]]. Thus far, 74 colonies have been referenced. | UNSC territory is known to encompass several dozen worlds in several star systems in the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]], in various stages of colonization, from the well developed [[Inner Colonies]] to the relatively recent and struggling [[Outer Colonies]]. Thus far, 74 colonies have been referenced. | ||
The territory encompassed by the Inner Colonies seems to stretch in at least a 10.5-light year radius around Earth, and the Outer Colonies beyond that. By [[2468]], the outermost colony was Harvest, at eleven light years from Earth - later, colonies were founded well beyond in the Outer Colonies. The furthest known UNSC colony is [[Beta Centauri]], at | The territory encompassed by the Inner Colonies seems to stretch in at least a 10.5-light year radius around Earth, and the Outer Colonies beyond that. By [[2468]], the outermost colony was Harvest, at eleven light years from Earth - later, colonies were founded well beyond in the Outer Colonies. The furthest known UNSC colony is [[Beta Centauri]], at 350 light years away.<ref name="Reach"/> Colonies may have been settled after Harvest, or founded during the Human-Covenant War. | ||
The UNSC's galactic territories were greatly reduced by the [[Covenant]] during the Human-Covenant War, with only Earth and a few scattered colonies left mostly intact by the end of the War in 2552. Since the end of the conflict, the UNSC is working to restore its galactic territories and has even recolonized some of its | The UNSC's galactic territories were greatly reduced by the [[Covenant]] during the Human-Covenant War, with only Earth and a few scattered colonies left mostly intact by the end of the War in 2552. Since the end of the conflict, the UNSC is working to restore its galactic territories and has even recolonized some of its former worlds including [[Reach]]. | ||
===Colony systems, worlds, and cities=== | ===Colony systems, worlds, and cities=== | ||