Unggoy Rebellion

The Unggoy Rebellion is an event in the history of the empire of the Covenant. It was started by the Infusion Incident when the growing Unggoy population put pressure on the Kig-Yar population with whom they shared their habitat. Apparently, the overwhelming Unggoy population forced many of the Kig-Yar to relocate, killing many of their eggs and forcing the Kig-Yar birth rate to decline. In an effort to exact revenge, some of the Kig-Yar poisoned the Unggoy infusion resources and made all the male Grunts who were contaminated sterile, escalating the conflict between the two species. After the San 'Shyuum failed to respond to it, due to the High Council rejecting the Minister of Fortitude's request to have further investigation done, it escalated into a short, but aggressive conflict, forcing the High Council to create an Arbiter, and the conflict ended when the Unggoy homeworld Balaho was almost razed due a orbital bombardment by a Covenant Fleet. This war showed that, well motivated, the Unggoy were excellent fighters. The war, though, kept Unggoy to a lowly position in the Covenant.

Military Forces
Unggoy
 * Commander: Unggoy Insurgent Leader
 * Unknown amount of Grunts but in the hundreds of thousands and with an unknown amount of ships, but probably very few.

Covenant

 * Commander: Presumed an Arbiter
 * Significant numbers of vessels and Covenant Armies

Timeline
This event began the 39th Age of Conflict and after the Grunts were forced back into the Covenant, ushered in the 23rd Age of Doubt.

Related Links

 * Arbiter
 * Taming of the Hunters