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The Human-Covenant War brought a screeching halt to most Insurrection activity, though small, stubborn cells would continue to cause the UNSC headaches through the conflict.<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 33''</ref> On the whole, though, humanity as a whole had to contend with the military juggernaut of a technologically advanced, numerically superior, previously unknown alien hegemony that embarked, in 2525, on a war of total extermination against the human species for esoteric religious reasons. While the UNSC was heavily outmatched in space, human forces tended to fare much better on the ground against Covenant infantry, armored fighting vehicles and aircraft, though the Covenant’s sheer numbers still tended to overwhelm human planetary forces.<ref name="Halo Wars">'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> Even when the UNSC could score decisive victories on a planet’s surface, the overwhelming technological advantage the Covenant had in space meant that these were usually short-lived, buying time for the UNSC Navy to evacuate as many civilians as they could before the plasma bombardment.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', Prologue, ''page 9''(2001 paperback); ''page 23''(2010 paperback)</ref> | The Human-Covenant War brought a screeching halt to most Insurrection activity, though small, stubborn cells would continue to cause the UNSC headaches through the conflict.<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 33''</ref> On the whole, though, humanity as a whole had to contend with the military juggernaut of a technologically advanced, numerically superior, previously unknown alien hegemony that embarked, in 2525, on a war of total extermination against the human species for esoteric religious reasons. While the UNSC was heavily outmatched in space, human forces tended to fare much better on the ground against Covenant infantry, armored fighting vehicles and aircraft, though the Covenant’s sheer numbers still tended to overwhelm human planetary forces.<ref name="Halo Wars">'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> Even when the UNSC could score decisive victories on a planet’s surface, the overwhelming technological advantage the Covenant had in space meant that these were usually short-lived, buying time for the UNSC Navy to evacuate as many civilians as they could before the plasma bombardment.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', Prologue, ''page 9''(2001 paperback); ''page 23''(2010 paperback)</ref> | ||
The Fall of Reach marked the second-largest campaign of the conflict, and the most costly victory for the Covenant, which lost a considerable portion of the forces it deployed to conquer the planet through heavy human resistance, including widespread Spartan deployments across the planet.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', page 177</ref><ref>[http://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/2600/First+Look%3A+Halo+Reach/ '''Game Reactor''': ''First Look: Halo Reach'']</ref> | The Fall of Reach marked the second-largest campaign of the conflict, and the most costly victory for the Covenant, which lost a considerable portion of the forces it deployed to conquer the planet through heavy human resistance, including widespread Spartan deployments across the planet.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', page 177</ref><ref>[http://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/2600/First+Look%3A+Halo+Reach/ '''Game Reactor''': ''First Look: Halo Reach'']</ref> |