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*The Forerunner race reigned for millennia as the ascendant civilization in the galaxy until the activation of the Halo Array, their Pyrrhic solution to halt the Flood, in [[97,445 BCE]]. Although they themselves are essentially extinct, evidence of their existence remained, spread across the galaxy in the form of numerous creations, installations and artifacts. | *The Forerunner race reigned for millennia as the ascendant civilization in the galaxy until the activation of the Halo Array, their Pyrrhic solution to halt the Flood, in [[97,445 BCE]]. Although they themselves are essentially extinct, evidence of their existence remained, spread across the galaxy in the form of numerous creations, installations and artifacts. | ||
*In [[97,445 BCE]], monitor [[343 Guilty Spark]] learned a young alien civilization existed | *In [[97,445 BCE]], monitor [[343 Guilty Spark]] learned a young alien civilization existed withing a great dense cloud, possibly a star nursery. This alien race had gone unnoticed and unindexed by the [[Flood]] and the [[Forerunners]] at the time of the firing of the [[Halo Array]]. Having not been included in the [[Lifeworker]]'s Conservation Measure, the species became permanently extinct when the Halo pulse killed all life in the galaxy. Nothing was known about them or their history, other than that their first and very last signals to the stars were calls for attention.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 329''</ref> | ||
*Many centuries prior to the twenty-sixth century, a civilization existed on the planet [[Netherop]] in the [[Ephyra system]]. It ultimately died off before achieving spaceflight due to excessive heat created by [[Wikipedia:Greenhouse effect|greenhouse gasses]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref><ref name="TD">[[Troy Denning]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/1038654237453049862]</ref> | *Many centuries prior to the twenty-sixth century, a civilization existed on the planet [[Netherop]] in the [[Ephyra system]]. It ultimately died off before achieving spaceflight due to excessive heat created by [[Wikipedia:Greenhouse effect|greenhouse gasses]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref><ref name="TD">[[Troy Denning]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/1038654237453049862]</ref> | ||
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*By [[850 BCE]], [[thremaleon]], a species of lizard from the Sangheili homeworld [[Sanghelios]], was nearly extinct.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 100''</ref> | *By [[850 BCE]], [[thremaleon]], a species of lizard from the Sangheili homeworld [[Sanghelios]], was nearly extinct.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 100''</ref> | ||
*Prior to their incorporation into the Covenant, the [[Jiralhanae]] race was almost brought to extinction due to a decade-long civil war known as the [[First Immolation]]. The war between the [[Rh'tol]] and [[Vheiloth]] skeins had plunged their homeworld | *Prior to their incorporation into the Covenant, the [[Jiralhanae]] race was almost brought to extinction due to a decade-long civil war known as the [[First Immolation]]. The war between the [[Rh'tol]] and [[Vheiloth]] skeins had plunged their homeworld [[Doisac]] into a nuclear holocaust that drove the species back several hundred years in science and machinery.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jiralhanae'']</ref> | ||
*Between [[2525]] and [[2552]], the [[Covenant]] conducted a [[Human-Covenant War|period of genocide]] against [[humanity]] due to the discovery that they were set to inherit the Forerunner's technology.<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''Chapter Sixteen''</ref> Although their efforts resulted in the destruction of hundreds of colonies and billions of human lives, they would ultimately fail.<ref name="H3">'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref> By [[2553]] humanity had already begun a strong recovery and would emerge as a superpower in the known regions of the [[Orion Arm]] by [[2557]].<ref>'''Halo 4''' - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAs1V1NDwA "For too many years, humanity was on the backfront, reacting to threats rather than preventing them. The rest of the galaxy was bigger than us, stronger than us. We were mice, hiding in the shadows, hoping the giants would not see us. No more. Humanity is no longer on the defence. We are the giants now."]''',</ref> | *Between [[2525]] and [[2552]], the [[Covenant]] conducted a [[Human-Covenant War|period of genocide]] against [[humanity]] due to the discovery that they were set to inherit the Forerunner's technology.<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''Chapter Sixteen''</ref> Although their efforts resulted in the destruction of hundreds of colonies and billions of human lives, they would ultimately fail.<ref name="H3">'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref> By [[2553]] humanity had already begun a strong recovery and would emerge as a superpower in the known regions of the [[Orion Arm]] by [[2557]].<ref>'''Halo 4''' - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAs1V1NDwA "For too many years, humanity was on the backfront, reacting to threats rather than preventing them. The rest of the galaxy was bigger than us, stronger than us. We were mice, hiding in the shadows, hoping the giants would not see us. No more. Humanity is no longer on the defence. We are the giants now."]''',</ref> |