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|name=Battle of Charum Hakkor | |name=Battle of Charum Hakkor | ||
|image=[[File:H4 - Charum Hakkor.jpg| | |image=[[File:H4 - Charum Hakkor.jpg|350px]] | ||
|conflict=[[Human-Forerunner wars]] | |conflict=[[Human-Forerunner wars]] | ||
|date=c. [[ | |date=c. [[109,000 BCE]]<ref name="c131"/> | ||
|place=[[ | |place=[[Charum Hakkor]] | ||
|result= | |result= [[Forerunner]] victory | ||
*End of [[Human-Forerunner wars]] | |||
*End of | *Collapse of human empire | ||
|side1= | |side1=[[Ecumene|Forerunner ecumene]] | ||
|side2= | |side2=Human empire | ||
|commanders1=The [[Didact]] | |||
|commanders1=[[ | |||
|commanders2=*[[Forthencho]] | |commanders2=*[[Forthencho]] | ||
*[[Yprin Yprikushma]] | *[[Yprin Yprikushma]] | ||
|forces1= | |forces1= | ||
|forces2= | |forces2= | ||
|casual1= | |casual1= | ||
*Didact's | *Loss of all the Didact's childern. | ||
|casual2= | |casual2= | ||
*Destruction of humanity's | *Loss of the Lord of Admirals. | ||
*Loss of the Political and Moral Commander. | |||
*Destruction of humanity's Tier-1 empire. | |||
}} | }} | ||
The ''' | The '''Charum Hakkor campaign''' was a conflict between the [[Forerunner]]s and the [[Human-San 'Shyuum alliance]], a union between the [[prehistoric human civilization|human empire]] and the technologically advanced [[San 'Shyuum]] race; the campaign was the last conflict in the [[Human-Forerunner War]]. Lasting for a total of fifty years, it took place above and later on the planet [[Charum Hakkor]], the heart of the humans' interstellar empire, around nine thousand years prior to the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. It concluded in the Forerunners defeating the humans' empire.<ref name="c131">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 131''</ref> | ||
==The | ==The campaign== | ||
[[File:H4-Terminal-CharumHakkor-Battle.jpg|thumb| | [[File:H4-Terminal-CharumHakkor-Battle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Human forces making their last stand on Charum Hakkor's surface.]] | ||
After being pushed back to the core of their empire, the collective human species managed to hold off the Forerunner military for fifty years. Despite the humans using [[Precursor]] [[ | After being pushed back to the core of their empire, the collective human species managed to hold off the Forerunner military for fifty years. Despite the humans using [[Precursor]] [[unbending filament]]s to link their orbital defenses and the extensive amount of preparation and study gained from humanity's early conflicts with the Forerunners, humanity was pushed backwards and cut off from reinforcements as the Forerunner military disrupted humanity's slipstream tunnels, effectively preventing reinforcements and blockading Charum Hakkor from the rest of the human-San 'Shyuum alliance.<ref name="prim239">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 239-240''</ref> | ||
[[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals Forthencho]], commander of the last fleets of Charum Hakkor, managed to successfully resist the [[ | [[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals Forthencho]], commander of the last fleets of Charum Hakkor, managed to successfully resist the [[the Didact]] for three years of continuous attacks despite being overwhelmingly outnumbered and using inferior slipstream and AI technology. Human ships swept across the system for hundreds of times to counter the Didact's daring orbital incursions, to prevent them from establishing superior energy-efficient orbits.<ref name="prim239"/> | ||
The final blow came as the Forerunners staged an assault through seven [[slipspace portal]]s, opened at one-hour intervals to deliver a massive fleet commanded by the Didact and his most experienced commanders. The Forerunners sacrificed a significant number of ships, ranging from | The final blow came as the Forerunners staged an assault through seven [[slipspace portal]]s, opened at one-hour intervals to deliver a massive fleet commanded by the Didact and his most experienced commanders. The Forerunners sacrificed a significant number of ships, ranging from Fortress-class warships and dreadnoughts to picket cruisers, in mass waves to create openings in the human orbital defenses and overwhelming the human defenses with sheer force.<ref name="prim239"/> In the final moments before the fall, a debate was held at the highest levels of the human government to purposely draw out the flood and use them against the [[Ecumene|Forerunner ecumene]] in order to buy time. Ultimately, the plan was rejected as being too dangerous for the rest of the galaxy and humanity surrendered despite knowing the inevitable outcome.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 190''</ref> | ||
During the humans' last stand, a special force team of 7,000 warriors and 70 ships led by humanity's Political and Morale Commander [[Yprin Yprikushma]] was assigned to protect the timelock of | During the humans' last stand, a special force team of 7,000 warriors and 70 ships led by humanity's Political and Morale Commander [[Yprin Yprikushma]] was assigned to protect the timelock of [[the Primordial]] in the [[Charum Hakkor arena]].<ref name="prim239"/> In the face of inevitable defeat, the human warriors stripped their uniforms so the Forerunners could not identify their commanders. Despite this, the Didact could easily recognize his main adversary, the Lord of Admirals, among the survivors gathered in the citadel.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 233''</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Knowing what was to happen to them if they lost, (forced relocation and the removal of technological privileges), the majority of the human population committed mass-suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 118''</ref> Those who surrendered had their memories extracted before their execution; these "essences" would later be imprinted to certain humans through a [[geas]] imposed by the [[Librarian]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 111''</ref> | |||
Knowing what was to happen to them if they lost, (forced relocation and the removal of technological privileges), the majority of the human population committed mass-suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 118''</ref> Those who surrendered had their | |||
After Charum Hakkor had fallen, the remaining human fleets, consisting of forty | After Charum Hakkor had fallen, the remaining human fleets, consisting of forty prime cruisers and ten first-rate tuned platforms, retreated to another human-occupied star system near the galactic rim, bombarding its planets to slag as a scorched-earth strategy, denying the Forerunners their resources.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 156''</ref> This system was later where [[Installation 07]] was designated to self-destruct in the event it fell under enemy control, by placing the installation on a collision course with [[unidentified failsafe planet|one of the system's planets]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 339''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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