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Post-Covenant War conflicts

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Following the end of the Human-Covenant War in 2552, a number of smaller conflicts and tensions arose: this cold time period was referred to as the post-Covenant War era,[1] (shortened post-war era),[2] the postwar,[3][4][5] or infrequently as the Treaty period.[6]

The Unified Earth Government and its United Nations Space Command had emerged as a major superpower following the end of the war.[7] They maintained their alliance with the Swords of Sanghelios led by Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and both groups occasionally engaged in irregular hostilities between several new remnant factions of the former Covenant, most notably the smaller new "Covenant" led by Jul 'Mdama.[8] Various human Insurrectionist groups, many of which had been dormant during the Human-Covenant War, re-emerged in the post-war era, the most prominent of these being the New Colonial Alliance[9] and the United Rebel Front,[10] but also various independent colonial governments seeking to cut ties with the UEG.[11] Additionally, the Sangheili were embroiled in a civil war for several years, while many members of the species continued their earlier feud with the Jiralhanae, whose various packs and skiens also remained locked in irregular infighting.[12] By the year 2559, the extragalactic installation known as the Ark was embroiled in an isolated yet protracted battle between the mercenary group known as the Banished and the UNSC forces of the long-lost warship UNSC Spirit of Fire. Conflicts in the post-war era also saw an increase in the involvement of Forerunner elements, starting with the awakening of Promethean forces led by the renegade Ur-Didact who briefly attacked Earth in 2557. By the following year, the Promethean constructs fell under the banner of the Created, a newly-emerged group bent on galactic domination led by Cortana and the Warden Eternal.[13] This lead to the Subjugation of Earth, humanity's first major setback since the end of the war, and the start of the Created conflict.