2508


 * In 2508, the Assembly Minority holds a strategy session where they discuss the ORION Project and what went wrong with it, also acknowledging that the project was just a necessary step on the way toward their primary goal.
 * Franklin Mendez enlists in the UNSC at the age of 16, with the approval of his parents. He leaves his home for Reach.
 * June 18: April Orenski is born on Harvest.